was proven when he took the stand, in the trial of Andrew Pepall. He was ultimately technically cleared, although that absolution was never signed off on by a future Ontario government. The Premier of Ontario (from 1919–23), Ernest C. Drury, labelled Jarvis "Canada's Dreyfus," a reference to Alfred Dreyfus who was wrongfully charged and jailed in his native France at the turn-of-the-century for blatantly political reasons. See also Aemilius Jarvis References Ontario political scandals Finance fraud