The Mulligan Affair: Top Cop on the Take - Softcover

Ian Macdonald; Betty O'Keefe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1895811457 ISBN 13: 9781895811452

Publisher: Heritage House Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

Starting in July 1955 and carrying through to the spring of 1956, the Tupper Inquiry, which was investigating the activities of Chief Constable Walter Mulligan and the Vancouver Police Department, was front-page news. Every evening at 6:10 p.m. precisely, virtually every radio that could pick up the signal turned the dial to Jack Webster on CJOR. Could Mulligan really be in cahoots with local bookies? Could Vancouver's chief constable be a 'top cop on the take?""

The Mulligan affair had everything it takes to make headlines: death, graft, bootleggers, bookies, corruption, hookers, gambling, cops and politicians with memory loss and a veiled mystery lady.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was a reporter for the Victoria Times Colonist, the Vancouver Province, and the Vancouver Sun. He was parliamentary correspondent in Victoria and bureau chief in Ottawa for the Ottawa Sun. He worked in media relations for federal ministers and the prime ministers office, and was head of Transport Canada Information. Ian has written for magazines, radio, television and film.

Betty O'Keefe was a Vancouver Province reporter for seven years in the 1950s, working as children's columnist, features writer and church editor. She then worked in corporate communications for 15 years and was commissioned to write two corporate biographies: Brenda: The Story of a Mine and The Mines of Babine Lake. Betty was the first woman to head the public-relations committee for the Mining Association of BC and the first woman to chair the information department of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heritage House Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1895811457
• ISBN 13: 9781895811452
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160