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 canadian federal election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Elections are generally held in either the fall or spring.
The most recent instance of this was the 1988 election, which was considered by most parties to be a referendum on free trade with the United States.
Canadian election turn-out is generally higher than that in the United States but lower than in most European nations.
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 Canadian federal election, 1867 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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: 2007-11-07)
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.
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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,_2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
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 Canadian federal election, 1965 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
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 CBC - British Columbia Votes 2005 - Features - Election Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (n, proper) official name of the political party commonly known as the "Canadian Alliance." The party was formed in 2000 after a failed attempt to merge the opposition Reform Party of Canada and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
Canadian politics in general is said to be more "left-leaning" than American politics because of the generally accepted socialist principles of health care, employment insurance and other government-administered policies with social impact.
Canadian politics in general is said to be more "left-leaning" than American politics because of the generally accepted socialist principles of health care and employment insurance.
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 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.
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 Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Canada - Elections to the House of Commons
The 38th general election was called in May 2004 by Prime Minister Paul Martin, a former Finance Minister who was elected leader of the ruling Liberal Party in November 2003 and who has been in office since December 2003, when Jean Chrétien stepped down after ten years as head of government.
The Reform Party (which became the Canadian Alliance in 2000) displaced the Progressive Conservatives as the major right-wing force at the federal level, but the party was unable to mount an effective challenge to the Liberals, who have dominated Canadian federal politics since 1993.
Between 1962 and 1980, eight federal elections were held in Canada, five of which (1962, 1963, 1965, 1972 and 1979) resulted in minority governments, as no party won an absolute majority of seats in the House of Commons.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
James Alexander (Jim) Jerome (born March 4 1933) is a Canadian jurist and former politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons.
He took the seat in the 1968 Canadian election, however, and became the Liberal MP for the Sudbury riding.
In the 1979 Canadian election, Jerome considered following the precedent set by his predecessor, Lucien Lamoureux and running as an independent as is the custom of the Speaker of the British House of Commons.
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 Canadian federal election, 1972 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Rhinoceros Party ran a total of 12 candidates, but because it was not recognized by Elections Canada as a registered party, its candidates were listed as independents.
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 Canadian National Election Study, 1972   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The first study, conducted between June and July 1972, focused on the respondents' opinions of the political parties, and of issues and personalities in Federal politics.
The second study was conducted in September 1972 and assessed the respondents' opinions on political issues such as unemployment, Canadian/United States relations, environment, taxes, price controls, and certain federal programs.
The respondents were asked to evaluate the federal election campaign, the candidates, parties, and political issues.
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 Alexander Bell Patterson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patterson, a minister by profession, was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1953 election from the riding of Fraser Valley, British Columbia.
He was defeated in the 1958 election, but returned to Parliament in 1962.
Patterson returned to Parliament in the 1972 election, this time as a Progressive Conservative, and was subsequently re-elected as a Tory until his retirement from politics in 1984.
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 Encyclopedia: 1972 Canadian election
The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972.
It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats in the Canadian House of Commons, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive Conservatives.
LaSalle had left the PC caucus to protest the party's failure to recognize Quebec's right to self-determination, and was the only candidate to win the support of the separatist Parti Quebecois.
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 1972 canadian election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Canadian federal election of 1972 resulted in a slim victory for the Liberals, with them having 109 seats versus the Progressive Conservatives with 107.
On election night the results appeared to give 109 seats to the Tories, however once the counting had finished, the next day, the results became clear, giving the Liberals a minority government.
The spirit of Trudeaumania had worn off and a slumping economy hurt his party.
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 Canadian federal election, 1972 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the (Click link for more info and facts about Canadian House of Commons) Canadian House of Commons.
The election was the second fought by Liberal leader (Click link for more info and facts about Pierre Trudeau) Pierre Trudeau.
The Liberals entered the election high in the polls, but the spirit of (Click link for more info and facts about Trudeaumania) Trudeaumania had worn off, and a slumping economy hurt his party.
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 Otto Jelinek biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After a time in business, Otto Jelinek entered politics and was elected in the 1972 Canadian election to the House of Commons as the Progressive Conservative MP for High Park-Humber Valley in Metropolitan Toronto.
He was re-elected in 1974 before switching to the riding of Halton where he ran and won in the 1979 federal election.
When the Tories won government in the 1984 election Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed Jelinek to Cabinet as Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport as well as for Multiculturalism.
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 AllRefer.com - Pierre Elliott Trudeau (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Although the Liberal party lost its majority in parliament in the general elections of Oct., 1972, Trudeau remained in office, relying on the support of the small New Democratic party to give him a parliamentary majority.
His government was defeated (May, 1974) on a motion of no confidence brought against the budget, but in the ensuing elections (July, 1974) Trudeau and the Liberals regained their parliamentary majority.
Sensitive to the linguistic preferences of his fellow French Canadians, he led Canada to become an officially bilingual nation in 1984 and was a consistent supporter of multiculturalism.
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In a jaunt to the left, Martin risks alienating centrist voters, but he will not be able to pass legislation, either, though, if he does not move a satisfactory amount to the left to be able to maintain a coalition.
In the last election, Wayne beat Zed with a strong 50.7% of the vote.
Harper should parlay the disappointment of Canadians of the right, particularly those in Western Provinces, into a stronger Conservative contingent in the next election.
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 VotingMachineErrors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Colliers claim that election night computer breakdowns, followed by a sharp drop-off in votes for certain candidates, was pattern repeating itself across the country.
Frances Duncan, director of the state Election Division in the secretary of state's office, said Thursday a partial recount showed 400 fewer ballots cast in the Cates D precinct, 70 more ballots cast in the Dacula precinct, and 44 more ballots cast in the Lawrenceville precinct.
County election officials said the missing votes did not affect the outcome of any races, but one couldn’t help but remember that George W. Bush was handed the 2002 presidency based on a slimmer margin.
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The Canadian federal election of 1972 resulted in a slim victory for the governing
Canadian House of Commons, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive Conservatives.
The Liberals entered the election high in the polls, but the spirit of
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 It's 1972 all over again (Canadian Election)
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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 Jones | Living in Interesting Times: The Canadian Election and Its Meaning
Canadians have reassembled a right of center Conservative party; it will be a more effective foil for the Liberals.
Our bilateral relations are in a holding pattern pending the outcome of the November election; major irritants such as the disputes over "mad cow" beef or softwood lumber tariffs are unlikely to be resolved before 2005.
Canadian elections run a minimum of thirty-five days; this limit reduces the official electioneering (although as is the case in other twenty-first century democracies, all parties campaign all the time), but also intensifies it.
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 Canadian federal election, 1980 biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The 1980 Canadian federal election was called when the minority Progressive Conservative government led by Joe Clark was defeated on a motion of no confidence in the Canadian House of Commons.
Clark and his government had also been under attack for its perceived inexperience, for example, in its handling of its 1979 election campaign commitment to move Canada's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The Social Credit Party lost its last five seats in the Canadian House of Commons, and rapidly declined into obscurity after this election.
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 Canadian election surveys and data
Canadian census and election data, 1908-1968, 1968-1974, 1979-1984.
Includes names of all the candidates to all the federal elections as well as a description of all the ridings.
The objective of the Archive is to systematically collect election statistics in as much detail as possible, including, as a minimum, the results at the level of the individual election districts in which votes are converted into seats.
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 Winds of Change.NET: Canadian Election: June 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Canadians /know/ this, but especially outside the West were enticed to vote their FEAR ahead of their ANGER.
Canadians from Winnipeg east have proven once again that they fear change and they fear competition.
When they failed to win a majority of votes for their budget, this was considered a vote of non-confidence and they were obliged to call an election.
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