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	canadian federal election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Elections are generally held in either the fall or spring.
		By-elections can be held between general elections when seats become vacant.
		Canadian election turn-out is generally higher than that in the United States but lower than in most European nations.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Canadian_federal_election (916 words)

	Canadian federal election, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Canadian federal election, 2004 (more formally, the 38th general election), was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons.
		On election day, polling times were arranged to allow results from most provinces to be announced more or less simultaneously, with the exception of Atlantic Canada, whose results were known before the close of polling in other provinces.
		Although on the eve of the election the party was polling slightly ahead of the Liberals everywhere west of Quebec, it had dropped in support, polling behind or an par with Liberals everywhere except Alberta and British Columbia, where it held onto its traditional support.
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	Canadian federal election, 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000.
		The election was regarded as a great success by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the Liberal Party, but a failure for every other party.
		On election night, controversy arose when a CBC producer's gratuitously sexist comment about Stockwell Day's daughter-in-law, Juliana Thiessen Day, was accidentally broadcast on the Canadian networks' pooled election feed from Day's riding.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Canadian_federal_election,_2000 (751 words)

	Canadian federal election, 1988 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons.
		It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
		The election was the last for Canada's Social Credit movement: the party won no seats, and insignificant portion of the popular vote.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1988_Canadian_election (438 words)

	Canadian federal election, 1972 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons.
		On election night, the results appeared to give 109 seats to the Tories, however once the counting had finished the next day, the final results gave the Liberals a minority government and left the New Democratic Party led by David Lewis holding the balance of power.
		The election was the second fought by Liberal leader Pierre Trudeau.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Canadian_federal_election,_1972 (940 words)

	Elections in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Traditionally, governments have waited four years between elections, but under Jean Chrétien's Liberal government in the 1990s, elections were held every three and half years.
		1945 - 20th general election, Liberals, led by Mackenzie King, are re-elected with a third consecutive majority.
		2006 - 39th general election is expected to be held during the winter of 2006.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Elections_in_Canada (1178 words)

	Canadian federal election, 1867 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Canadian federal election of 1867, held on September 20th, was the first election for the new nation of Canada.
		As it was, Brown ran concurrently for seats in the Ontario legislature and the Canadian House of Commons and hoped to become Premier of Ontario.
		Elections held in the previous year in the Provinces of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia focussed on the issue of whether or not to form a confederation.
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	Canadian federal election, 1957 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons.
		In addition, Western Canadians felt alienated from a government that they believed was dominated by Ontario and Quebec interests.
		This was the first Canadian election to be televised, and while only a minority of Canadians owned a television, most got some opportunity to see the candidates they were voting for.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Canadian_federal_election,_1957 (831 words)

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		Canadian federal election, 1891 The 1891 Canadian election was won by House of Commons.
		Canadian federal election, 1940 The 1940 Canadian election was the 19th General Election in Canadian history.
		Canadian federal election, 1945 The 1945 Canadian election was the 20th General Election in Canadian history.
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	Canadian federal election, 1965 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the Canadian federal election of 1965, the Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the Canadian House of Commons.
		This was the first election for the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, a satirical party led by Cornelius the First.
		Cornelius, a resident of the Granby zoo, did not seek election because Canadian election law does not permit rhinoceroses or other zoo animals to seek election.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Canadian_federal_election,_1965 (874 words)

	Encyclopedia: Canadian federal election, 1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An election in 2005 is possible because the 2004 federal election held on June 28, 2004...
		The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th General Election in Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area.
		The federal election was the first since the victory of the Tommy Douglas (centre) stands in front of a CCF billboard during an election campaign in Saskatchewan.
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		The 1945 Canadian election was the 20th General Election in Canadian history.
		The federal election was the first since the victory of the
		Saskatchewan and many predicted a major breakthrough for the CCF nationally with the party expected to win 70 to 100 seats, possibly even enough to form a minority government but it was not to be and the party only won 28 seats.
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/1945_Canadian_election (171 words)

	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The CBC's predecessor, the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, was established in 1932 by the government of R.B. Bennett after an intense lobbying campaign by Graham Spry and Alan Plaunt of the Canadian Radio League which had been set up in 1930 to campaign for the implementation of recommendations by the Aird Commission on public broadcasting.
		This is partly due to severe budget cuts by the Canadian federal government, which began in the late 1980s and levelled off in the late 1990s.
		Defenders of the CBC mocked O'Reilly with his claim that the CBC was using their "monopoly" of Canadian broadcasting to smear him when in fact the CBC is one of at least three major domestic television networks in Canada and often not the highest rated one.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CBC (4687 words)

	King, William Lyon Mackenzie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was defeated in the 1911 federal election and the 1917 CONSCRIPTION election.
		King insisted on Canadian autonomy in relations with the UK and contributed to the definition of Dominion status at the 1926 Imperial Conference.
		King called a snap election early in 1940 and his government was returned with an increased majority.
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	Canadian federal election, 1957 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Louis St. Laurent, nicknamed 'Uncle Louis', was still popular, but many felt he had lost touch with ordinary Canadians.
		The Liberals won the popular vote, but lost the election as they piled up massive majorities in Quebec.
		The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation anchor covering the election famously lit a cigar in satisfaction with the results.
	bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Canadian_federal_election,_1957 (831 words)

	Canadian federal election, 1945 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was held June 11, 1945 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons.
		Mackenzie King threatened to call a new election if he was not given a majority: "We would have confusion to deal with at a time when the world will be in a very disturbed situation.
		The Progressive Conservatives tried to capitalize on the massive mid-campaign victory by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the 1945 Ontario provincial election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_1945 (761 words)

	Elections BC -- Important Dates in BC Election History
		Canadian citizenship recognized as qualification in addition to being a British subject (SBC 1947 c.47).
		Voters in the general election approve a referendum providing a mechanism to recall sitting Members and to bring citizen initiatives before the Legislature or to province-wide referendum.
		Elections Amendment Act (SBC 1992 c.72) lowers the voting age to 18 from 19 and eases restrictions on voting day registration.
	www.elections.bc.ca /general/history.html (1224 words)

	Quebec general election, 1944 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Quebec general election of 1944 was held on August 8, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada.
		This election marked Duplessis's comeback after having defeated Godbout in the 1936 election and having lost to him in the 1939 election.
		Duplessis won another three elections in a row, for a total of five terms of office (four consecutive), before dying in office in 1959.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Q/Quebec-general-election,-1944.htm (248 words)

	Tim Buck biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He won 26% of the vote when he ran in the Toronto riding of Trinity in the 1945 Canadian election and 21% in the 1949 Canadian election finishing ahead of the CCF on both occasions.
		In the 1953 Canadian election he only managed 8.7% and then only won 3.7% of the vote when he stood one last time in the 1958 Canadian election.
		In the late 1970s he caused some controversy within the party when a posthumous version of his memoirs was published in 1977 by NC Press based on interviews conducted for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1965.
	tim-buck.biography.ms (511 words)

	John Bracken biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was professor of animal husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan from 1910 to 1920 when he became President of the Manitoba Agricultural College.
		Bracken did not seek a seat in the House of Commons until the 1945 Canadian election, which the Conservatives lost.
		Bracken was defeated by Liberal James Matthews in the 1949 federal election, and did not return to political life thereafter.
	john-bracken.biography.ms (542 words)

	It's 1972 all over again (Canadian Election) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Canadian elections appears to be about as competitive as Mexican elections were until recently.
		Under most parliamentary elections, voters must choose from the survivors of the first round, neither of which might be from their preferred party.
		Next time in an election unless he has power to organize a new political party, or that he can convince his original party to accept him back he is virtually a dead meat (most Westminster systems don't have many independent MPs for a prolonged time).
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	Cooperative Commonwealth Federation biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups as well as the League for Social Reconstruction.
		The party won a critical York South by-election in February 1942, and in the process prevented the Conservative leader, former Prime Minister Arthur Meighen, from entering the House of Commons.
		In the 1945 Canadian election, 28 CCF MPs were elected, and the party won 15.6% of the vote.
	cooperative-commonwealth-federation.biography.ms (508 words)

	Articles - Canadian federal election, 1979 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons.
		Although elections in Canada are normally held four years apart, Trudeau deferred calling an election until five years after the previous election in the hope that the Liberal Party would be able to recover some of the support that it had lost.
		This resulted in the 1980 election, in which the PCs were defeated by the resurgent Trudeau Liberals.
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		The charismatic, intellectual, handsome, single, and fully bilingual Trudeau soon captured the hearts and minds of the nation, and the period leading up to the election saw such intense feelings for him that it was dubbed "Trudeaumania." At public appearances, he was confronted by screaming girls, something never before seen in Canadian politics.
		Images of Trudeau standing fast to the rioters were broadcast across the country, and swung the election even further in the Liberals' favour as many English-speaking Canadians believed that he would be the right leader to fight the threat of Quebec separatism.
		See: 28th Canadian parliament for a full list of those elected in the 1968 election.
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/1968_Canadian_election (518 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Canada faces early elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		If he is successful in the 27 November election, it would be the first time since 1945 that a Canadian government had won three consecutive victories.
		His election announcement came less than three weeks after the funeral of Pierre Trudeau, a Liberal Party prime minister considered the most influential leader in Canadian history.
		But correspondents say Mr Chretien's move could backfire: Canadian voters have in the past punished politicians for calling early elections to take advantage of their lead in the opinion polls.
	news.bbc.co.uk /low/english/world/americas/newsid_985000/985053.stm (366 words)

	CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION, 1940 FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was held March_26, 1940 to elect members of the Canadian_House_of_Commons.
		The election was overshadowed by the Second_World_War, which caused many Canadians to rally around the government.
		Though Manion was personally opposed to conscription, the Liberals faced intense pressure in Quebec on the question and promised not to institute the measure.
	www.bellabuds.com /Canadian_federal_election,_1940 (287 words)

	Gaspard -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gaspard Fauteux (August 27 1898 - March 29 1963) was a Canadian parliamentarian, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (1945-1949), and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (1950-1958).
		He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons from the Quebec riding of St. Mary in a 1942 by-election, and was re-elected in the 1945 federal election by again defeating Camillien Houde.
		He returned to the backbenches after the 1949 election and, in 1950 was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec by Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/61/gaspard.html (882 words)

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