John Edward Brownlee sex scandal
The John Brownlee sex scandal occurred in 1934 in Alberta, Canada, and forced the resignation of the provincial Premier, John Edward Brownlee. Brownlee was accused of seducing Vivian MacMillan, a family friend and a secretary for Brownlee’s attorney-general in 1930, when she was 18 years old. After a sensational trial in June 1934, the six-man jury found in favour of...