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  Ontario - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
Ontario is the second largest of Canada’s ten provinces in area and the largest in terms of population.
Ontario can be divided into three major natural regions: the Canadian Shield (also known as the Laurentian Plateau), which cuts a wide swath across the center of the province; the Hudson Bay Lowlands to the north; and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, which form the southernmost region.
Ontario’s size and its location in the northern interior of North America mean that the province’s climate is marked by strong seasonal variations in temperature.
encarta.msn.com /text_761577989___0/Ontario_(province_Canada).html   (13409 words)

  
 Ontario
Although northern Ontario received some overseas immigration early in the century, it was not until after 1945 that immigration from continental Europe, the West Indies and East Asia had a discernible impact on the main populated areas of the province.
Ontario was first settled mostly by farmers, but in the mid-19th century the population was channelling into the cities until, by the time of WWI, Ontario had become predominantly urban.
Ontario is the most highly urbanized province in Canada, with 84.7% of the population found in urban centres (2001).
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0005936   (10420 words)

  
 Ontario general election, 1943 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ontario general election of 1943 was held on August 4, 1943, to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Hepburn resigned and was eventually succeeded by Harry Nixon in early 1943.
Oliver was re-elected as a Liberal in the 1943 election.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ontario_general_election,_1943   (339 words)

  
 Ontario
Ontario became part of the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867, as one of the four original provinces.
Ontario covers a large area and has a wide range of climates, which can be grouped into two main regions-an arctic and subarctic climate area in the north and a humid continental zone in the south.
Ontario is represented in the Canadian Parliament by 24 senators, appointed by the Canadian governor-general in council, and by 99 members of the House of Commons, popularly elected to terms of up to five years.
www.angelfire.com /country/t2canada/provinces/Ontario.htm   (2587 words)

  
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Ontario suddenly found itself governed by a group of farmers and working men who never - certainly not at this time - expected to be elected as a government.
In Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, farmers and labour provided the core of the CCF and leading Progressives/Farmers were among the CCF's founders.
In Ontario the farm-labour link, as promoted by Drury, was one of the first manifestations of this unity of two apparently diverse groups.
www.ontariondp.on.ca /history.php   (1634 words)

  
 Canadian Auto Workers History, Ch 4 Recognition
A month after the Ontario election, the CCF was in first place in a national poll (twenty-nine per cent compared to twenty-eight per cent for each of the Liberals and Conservatives).
In a 1943 by-election in Montreal, the contest was actually between the communists and the CCF, with Fred Rose (CP) defeating David Lewis (CCF) for the seat.
With the record strike wave in 1943 and the shift to the left in the popular mood, the Liberal government eventually adopted more progressive legislation such as family allowances and union rights to regain control over the pace of change, undermine the CCF support, and preserve their own future.
www.caw.ca /whoweare/ourhistory/cawhistory/ch4/p2c4_4.html   (2805 words)

  
 publicpower :: The Ontario NDP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1942 the Ontario CCF held its first leadership convention and Ted Jolliffe, an attractive and articulate lawyer, was elected the first leader of the Ontario Party.
His family roots in old Ontario gave him the connections and the confidence to campaign enthusiastically in villages and towns throughout the province for democratic socialism, which he believed would bring a better life to all the people of Ontario.
Under a new leader, the Ontario Party organization was to be built slowly and carefully across the province so that the Party was in shape for another breakthrough in the next generation, with new policies, new leaders, and eventually with a new name.
www.publicpower.ca /the_party/history_3.htm   (1462 words)

  
 Margarette Rae Morrison Luckock - Canadian Women in Government - Celebrating Women's Achievements
Margarette Rae Luckock grew up on the family farm in Arthur, Ontario and was introduced to political activism early in her life as a result of the activities of her father, James J. Morrison.
He was one of the founders of the United Farmers of Ontario party in 1914, and served as general secretary of the party.
In the 1943 general election in Ontario, the first women were elected to the legislature, Rae Luckock and Agnes Macphail.
www.collectionscanada.ca /women/002026-843-e.html   (611 words)

  
 OECTA - The History of OECTA
Matters had reached this stage in the autumn of 1943 when the Department of Education informed teaching groups incorporated at the time of a draft of a teaching profession act.
In 1943 there were four provincial teachers' organizations: the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF), organized in 1919; the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario (FWTAO), organized in 1918; the Ontario Public School Men Teachers' Federation (OPSMTF), organized in 1921, and L'Association des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), organized in 1939.
The Ontario Teachers' Council established by the first three groups had for some time been studying the possibilities of a teaching profession act which would require that all teachers in tax-supported schools belong to a provincial professional organization to be known as the Ontario Teachers' Federation.
www.oecta.on.ca /aboutoecta/history43-60.htm   (1229 words)

  
 ADDRESS TO CBAO CIVIL LITIGATION/INSURANCE SECTIONS END OF TERM DINNER
The judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.
The Ontario rule does not contain the requirement that the genuine issue relate "to any material fact" and also omits the requirement that the moving party is "entitled to a judgment as a matter of law".
Rexcraft Storage and Warehouse Inc. the Ontario Court of Appeal's endorsement of the "robust" approach to the interpretation of Rule 20 is clearly in doubt.
www.ontariocourts.on.ca /court_of_appeal/speeches/address.htm   (5900 words)

  
 globeandmail.com
None of the backroom gang is surprised by the events of the first week of campaigning for the Oct. 2 election.
They know their history -- they know that Ontario is a place where voters by default opt for the Conservatives unless given a compelling reason not to.
The challenge for the opposition parties, particularly the Liberals, in the next three weeks is to persuade voters that there is a compelling reason to deny Mr.
www.theglobeandmail.com /series/election2k3/news/queen20.html   (722 words)

  
 Tory may yet regret Harper's support
Ontario voters become wary when a prime minister and provincial leader of the same party, in this case Conservatives, appear cozy.
They regained government in Ontario in 1985 only after a federal Liberal government was defeated, although it could not be said reluctance to have the same party in power federally and provincially was unfailingly the hottest topic.
The Ontario Conservatives for many years warned that if the Liberals were elected in Ontario, it would have a puppet government manipulated by Liberals governing in Ottawa.
www.citizen.on.ca /news/2006/0518/Columns/032.html   (617 words)

  
 THE COVENANT: a Canadian Reformed Perspective
Both statements are scriptural, and both the covenant and the election were maintained.
In 1943, a candidate for the ministry was not admitted by classis because he did not want to state that he would teach and preach in agreement with the decision of Synod.
Teaching election does not mean denying the reality and comfort of the covenant.
spindleworks.com /library/CR/gootjes.htm   (1267 words)

  
 Agnes Campbell Macphail - Canadian Women in Government - Celebrating Women's Achievements
Perhaps best known for the latter, her efforts came to fruition in 1936 when a Royal Commission was established to scrutinize the penal system, subsequently exposing extremely poor prison conditions and reiterating the suggestions for reform which Macphail had fought to implement.
Defeated in the general election of 1940, she began writing a column on agricultural issues for the Globe and Mail.
However, she returned to the political arena in the 1943 Ontario election as the C.C.F. candidate for the riding of York East.
www.collectionscanada.ca /women/002026-826-e.html   (474 words)

  
 Turmel Political Press 1981
They were evident in the last municipal election campaign, when anyone with an ax to grind could run for office if he or she could inveigle 10 friends to sign nomination papers.
Ontario election law no longer requires candidates to put down deposits when they enter a campaign.
If the by-election is nothing more than the elevation of Jim Coutts, then the dignity of the voters demands that it proceed with as little dignity as possible.
www.cyberclass.net /turmel/prspol81.htm   (12642 words)

  
 Kennedy, Rae may face similar problem
Kennedy was Ontario's education minister until he resigned to run for the federal Liberal party's vacant leadership and Rae is a former Ontario New Democrat premier who has left that party to run.
The last member of the Ontario legislature to go on to lead a major federal party was Conservative George Drew nearly 60 years ago.
Sheila Copps, once an Ontario MPP, left to run federally and years later was appointed Liberal deputy prime minister, but she did not switch expressly to run for leader and had only limited power that a prime minister gave her.
www.citizen.on.ca /news/2006/0413/Columns/028.html   (702 words)

  
 Poliomyelitis and the Salk Vaccine-political collections
In the fall election, he defeated the Republican challenger Paul Bagwell in a close election.
The Swainson collection consists of four subgroups of files: pre-gubernatorial (covering the period of 1943 to 1960), gubernatorial (covering his one-term, two-year tenure as the state's chief executive), post-gubernatorial (covering the years since he left the governor's office, 1963 to 1975), and visual materials.
The bulk of the collection is the gubernatorial subgroup documenting the last months of Swainson's term as lieutenant governor under Governor G. Mennen Williams, the 1960 campaign for governor, his gubernatorial administration, and his unsuccessful campaign for re-election.
www.umich.edu /~bhl/bhl/digpubs/polio/polcolls.htm   (988 words)

  
 Ontario Elections, Part II: Liberal Party
Dalton McGinty, Leader of Ontario's Liberal Party, was born in 1955 in Ottawa.
His father held the Ottawa-South Riding until the 1990 election when his son won the seat for that riding.
The Liberal Party, in Ontario, last held Office from 1985 to 1990 when David Petterson won the election.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/19625   (429 words)

  
 CBC - Ontario Votes 2003 - Ridings
Daily archives of election video and audio in a variety of streaming formats from CBC Radio and CBC Television.
From the Big Blue Machine to Premier Bob, the Common Sense Revolution and beyond, CBC Archives looks back at nearly 20 turbulent years of Ontario elections.
Tell us your view about the election, the party platforms and leaders, and issues during the campaign.
www.cbc.ca /ontariovotes2003/riding/079   (339 words)

  
 Dalton McGuinty appoints Landlord Lobbyist his Chief of Staff - 1999
Dewan has good Liberal credentials: He was director of policy under then premier David Peterson in the late 1980s and his grandfather was minister of agriculture in the Liberal government of 1943.
Dewan personally delivered speeches and wrote letters to the editor and op-ed pieces defending the act from attacks by tenant activists.
The McGuinty Liberals, meanwhile, ran in the spring election on a platform of restoring rent controls.
www.ontariotenants.ca /articles/1999/ts-99j11.phtml   (381 words)

  
 POL 211 CANADIAN POLITICAL PARTIES 1998-99
John C. Courtney and David E. Smith, "Voting in a Provincial General Election and a Federal By-election: A Constituency Study of Saskatoon City," CJEPS 32 (1966), 338-353.
Ontario Commission on Election Contributions and Expenses Report, Canadian Election Reform: Dialogue on Issues and Effects (December 1982).
Gerald L. Caplan, The Dilemma of Canadian Socialism: The CCF in Ontario (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973).
www.chass.utoronto.ca /~clarkson/courses/pol211y_bib.html   (12248 words)

  
 Two-Thirds in New York Back Spitzer: Angus Reid Global Monitor
The next gubernatorial election in the Empire State is scheduled for Nov. 7.
Since 1943, New York has had four Republican and three Democratic heads of government.
If the 2006 election for governor were being held today, and the candidates were Eliot Spitzer the Democrat and (the following Republicans), for whom would you vote?
www.angus-reid.com /polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11398   (448 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: January 24, 1943
politicians who were born in 1943 (all dates)
politicians who were married in 1943 (all dates)
The coverage of the site includes certain federal officials, state officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
politicalgraveyard.com /chrono/1943/01-24.html   (301 words)

  
 Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
November 4: Radio address on the election of liberals.
Eleanor Roosevelt described P.M. Churchill's visit in her syndicated journal column, "My Day," in a column released on August 17, 1943.
November 7: Remarks to the torchlight paraders on election night.
www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu /preroohp.html   (803 words)

  
 A Stranger in Town (1943)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Plot Summary: In the small town of Crown Port local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor...
Mayor Connison who thought all this time that he was running the show is practically run out of town and ends up, together with his goon squad, behind bars.
Worth watching now as it was back then in 1943 about an America that was meant to be in the nation that our founding fathers fought and died for back during the American Revolutionary War.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0036395   (426 words)

  
 Classics in the History of Psychology -- Cattell (1943)
Our place of birth was Clark University; the day, July 8, 1892; G. Stanley Hall was our Socrates and mid-wife.
Last and most honored of the living, G. Stanley Hall and George T. Ladd, our first two presidents, then seeming to be veteran leaders, but now having become my contemporaries, men to whom we owe so much in so many ways, founders not only of our association, but also of psychology.
To the twenty-six original members, five were added by election at the preliminary meeting.
psychclassics.yorku.ca /Cattell/founding.htm   (1125 words)

  
 FULTON COUNTY INDIANA
The grand jurors of the January term, 1943, were discharged of duty as of today, however, the Fulton county jury commissioners will meet with the clerk January 28th and draw a new panel of grand jurors for the January term, it was announced today.
The deceased who was an active worker in the Democratic party served two terms as sheriff of Fulton county, starting his first term in the year 1906.
During the past several years he was a member of the election board of Fulton county.
www.fulco.lib.in.us /Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1943.htm   (18201 words)

  
 C&EN: CANDIDATES' ELECTION STATEMENTS AND BACKGROUNDS
Last year I was elected to complete a term as director-at-large that became available because of a resignation from the board.
I have chaired council committees and have served on a wide variety of committees, subcommittees, and task forces.
When I presented myself for election to this office in 2000, the economy was approaching the end of one of the longest and strongest periods of growth in our history.
pubs.acs.org /cen/acs/print/8137elections.html   (10754 words)

  
 Tennessee Independent Media Center: newswire/1943   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
May 28, 29, 30 The Community's Conference & Activist Summit - Bringing together the Fellowship of Intentional Communities, and leaders in ecovillage design, alternative lifestyle and political movements for an intense and information filled exchange.
Many groups have choosen to focus on an election landslide and voter rally and a regime change in Washington.
Jason Fults has been involved with the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) since his first year of college (in '97).
www.tnimc.org /newswire/display/1943/index.php   (1202 words)

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