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  alberta
Alberta is 756 miles (1,217 kilometers) from north to south and between 182 to 404 miles (293 and 650 kilometers) in width from west to east.
In 1992/93, Alberta Environmental Protection was formed from the merger of the former departments of Forestry, Lands and Wildlife, and Environment, and the Parks Division of the former department of Tourism and Recreation.
Alberta maintains the largest livestock population in Canada, accounting for 42 percent of the country's beef cattle, 15 percent of the hogs, and 24 percent of the sheep and lambs.
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 Alberta general election, 2001 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Alberta general election of 2001 was the twenty-fifth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada.
It was held on March 12, 2001 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
The incumbent Alberta Progressive Conservative Party, led by Ralph Klein, won a strong majority for its tenth consecutive term in government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alberta_general_election,_2001   (271 words)

  
 Alberta general election, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Alberta general election of 2004 was the twenty-sixth general election for the province of Alberta, Canada.
This election was held in conjunction with the Alberta Senate nominee election, 2004.
The 2001 election was generally regarded to be as a disaster for the Liberals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alberta_general_election,_2004   (1991 words)

  
 Elections Canada On-Line | Media
Section 350 of the Act sought to prevent third parties from incurring election advertising expenses beyond a stated limit in a given electoral district during the election period of a by-election.
Limits on election expenses for candidates and political parties are not affected by the court judgment.
Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency responsible for the conduct of federal elections and referendums.
www.elections.ca /content.asp?section=med&document=mar2702a&dir=pre&lang=e&textonly=false   (447 words)

  
 CBC - Alberta Votes 2004 - Ridings
The riding is tied for having the second-fewest low-income residents in Alberta - 3.8 per cent.
In the 1993 general election, Conservative Carol Haley unseated MacDonald by 1,883 votes.
Throughout the election campaign we’ll be highlighting letters from people about the candidates, issues and coverage.
www.cbc.ca /albertavotes2004/riding/043   (245 words)

  
 2001 Provincial General Election
The election was conducted on the electoral divisions established by the Electoral Divisions Act.
During the previous election, cell phones became quite intrusive in busy polling places, to the point that it was sometimes difficult for election officials to communicate effectively with electors.
Each staff member at Elections Alberta is also to be commended for their commitment and support of all clients throughout the election period.
www.electionsalberta.ab.ca /2001GErpt.html   (3728 words)

  
 Alberta Progressive Conservatives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In the province's first election, the 1905 election, the Conservatives, led by future Canadian Prime Minister R. Bennett, won only two seats and were barely able to improve on that in subsequent elections.
Only one Conservative MLA was returned to the Legislature in this election, in which the new United Farmers of Alberta defeated the Liberals, and took power.
The Alberta Liberal Party, Alberta New Democrats and a new right wing party, the Alberta Alliance all campaigned aggressively against the Tories in 2004.
alberta-progressive-conservatives.iqnaut.net   (1064 words)

  
 Nelson - Political Science-Canadian Politics on the Web/Elections
The data from the 1997 election study are available on-line; the raw frequencies for a number of variables in their massive survey can be read directly with your browser, or you can download the full data set in SPSS format to analyze on your own computer.
Elections Canada provides the interim election results for the country as a whole, by province and by major metropolitan area.
Vancouver 1999 Local General Election Results - You can also read the results of the plebiscite held on what Vancouverites wished to do with their municipal electoral system.
www.nelson.com /nelson/polisci/elections.html   (1123 words)

  
 FRONTLINE/WORLD . React . Archived Conversations . Elections | PBS
The November election results seem to indicate that many Americans choose to disregard the precipitous slide in how we are perceived by much of the world.
In general, however, those who are affiliated with the regime in Khartoum are considered "Arab" and the rebels and the people who live in the Darfur are called "fl Africans".
The junta declared that the elections had been successfully held, and everyone agreed that on the day the voting had been free and fair, and that no attempt was made to rig the vote.
www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/react/archived/elections/react.html   (8591 words)

  
 Tied Elections
The board was informally requested by the members at the 2001 AGM to develop a process to resolve future tied elections.
In the case of a tied election, the Members eligible to vote in the election shall be presented an additional opportunity to resolve the tie.
If the tied election occurs as part of a General Meeting, the decision by the Board Members in attendance shall be made immediately without additional campaigning, debate or discussion.
www.saralberta.org /committee/bylaws-and-policies/Tied-Elections.html   (1333 words)

  
 News & Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
As well, the following director-elects faced election contests, but were successful in their bid for a return to the board.
Alberta Pork recently separated from the Western Hog Exchange to become a commission, rather than a marketing board.
The livestock industry contributes about $5 billion dollars to the Alberta economy, and agriculture is directly and indirectly responsible for generating one out of four jobs in this province.
www.albertapork.com /news.aspx?NavigationID=132   (369 words)

  
 The Auditor General :: thetyee.ca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Yet despite a Liberal election promise to increase funding for the auditor general's office, cuts were just as common during its term.
Clearly funding increments are needed to begin to rebuild the office's capacity over the next three fiscal years and equip it for enhanced responsibilities for oversight in all areas of public expenditure.
The NDP platform commits the party to increase funding for the Auditor General by $1 million over the proposed increases in the Liberal government's 2005 budget, and to ensure the AG has the power to audit activities related to the Olympics and its partnerships, and public-private partnerships in general.
thetyee.ca /Election/Hotbuttons/2005/05/04/AuditorGeneral   (691 words)

  
 NDP News : Alberta New Democratic Party
They share Alberta NDP's commitment to a truly democratic and inclusive society - one that embraces values of social justice, fairness and equality - to which I have been proud to give voice for the past nine years," said Pannu.
Pannu was elected to the Alberta Legislature to represent Edmonton-Strathcona on March 11, 1997.
Pannu was re-elected in Edmonton-Strathcona in 2001 with over 50 per cent of the vote, and again in 2004 with over 60 per cent of the vote.
www.albertandp.ca /News.cfm?ID=436   (651 words)

  
 ACE 2001 Election
I believe that new growth in the College heralded by Associate Membership and an outstanding Congress 2001 that provided an opportunity to introduce the College to many epidemiologists who to this point had not seriously considered membership are important first steps.
She was one of the APHA representatives on the program planning committee for the 2001 North American Congress of Epidemiology, and organized and chaired a meeting of the leadership of 16 epidemiology societies held in conjunction with the Congress.
Members of the general population are not only our present day advocates with legislators, but may one day be study participants making it imperative that we increase their scientific literacy and also assure them of confidential and ethical treatment.
www.acepidemiology2.org /elections/past/01ballotbios.html   (4392 words)

  
 eG - News - Calgary Varsity candidates square off   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Everything from gambling to gas to gay marriages was on the agenda as the four candidates fielded a barrage of questions in MacEwan Hall.
Hot button issues were met with evasion, deflection and political rhetoric, although a few replies managed to resonate with the eager public.
While Progressive Conservative candidate Murray Smith rested on his party's laurels, speaking of past successes and the impending "golden age of education in Alberta," his three counterparts were much more critical.
www.ucalgary.ca /~gauntlet/eg/news/stories/20010301/news07.html   (284 words)

  
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Alberta Premier Ralph Klein pretty much promised voters a sleepwalk when he said he wasn't going to make promises or discuss health-care during his campaign and, with 10 days to go before the Nov. 22 election, the electorate appears to be struggling to stay awake.
While opposition parties have laid out detailed platforms with their visions for Alberta's future, Klein's Tories have yet to promise anything but good government in the most general terms.
Edmonton is expected to be the major - perhaps the only - battleground in the election with the opposition parties hoping to retake ridings they lost in 2001 when the Tories took 74 of 83 seats in the legislature.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/scfcn/CTVNews/20041112/alberta_election_041111/Canada   (597 words)

  
 Alberta general election, 1997 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Alberta general election of 1997 was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada.
It was held on March 11, 1997 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Ralph Klein's second election as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party was considerably more successful than his first.
links.nextforum.net.cob-web.org:8888 /1997_Alberta_election   (392 words)

  
 Kevin Taft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Kevin Taft Kevin Taft (born September 9, 1955, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and leader of the opposition in the Alberta legislature.
In 2001, Taft entered politics and was elected to the legislature as an Alberta Liberal MLA in the riding of Edmonton-Riverview, defeating Progressive Conservative star candidate and former city councillor Wendy Kinsella.
Taft was generally given credit for being more tenacious than the soft-spoken Nicol in his performance in the legislature during the lead up to the 2004 election, especially on issues such as public auto insurance, public accounts, and government contracts.
kevin-taft.iqnaut.net   (342 words)

  
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Farmers fear that the second wave of the foot-and-mouth epidemic is extremely serious, suggesting that the Government is keeping the true situation in the ³Settle rectangle² under wraps until after the general election.
Predictions that the number of cases could be down to zero in the run-up to election day on June 7 now appear overoptimistic, with new cases also appearing in Cheshire, where 500 animals were slaughtered at the weekend.
Epidemiology Report into the Settle cluster at 2100 on 28th May 2001 Summary Based on the information available to date, the apparent source for the Settle cluster may be previously undetected disease in sheep in one of the farms.
archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca /animalnet/2001/5-2001/an-05-30-01-02.txt   (2735 words)

  
 Liberal Party candidates, 2004 Alberta provincial election information information - Search.com (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Alberta Liberal Party fielded 82 candidates in the 2001 provincial election, and won 16 seats to emerge as the Official Opposition.
She is a psychiatrist in private life, and is a former president of the Alberta Psychiatric Association (Calgary Herald, 27 June 2004).
She received assistance during the election from former Liberal cabinet minister Sheila Copps, despite the fact that Copps was on poor terms with Liberal leader Paul Martin in this period (Calgary Herald, 16 June 2004).
search.com.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reference/Avalon_Roberts   (404 words)

  
 Alberta general election, 1986 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Alberta general election of 1986 was the twenty-first general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada.
It was held on May 8, 1986 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Peter Lougheed, who had created the modern Alberta Progressive Conservatives, led it to power in 1971, and served as premier of Alberta for fourteen years, retired from politics in 1985.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alberta_general_election,_1986   (335 words)

  
 Brian Huskins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Brian Huskins was a Canada political candidate for the Alberta Liberal Party in the Alberta general election, 2001.
He ran in a Calgary, Alberta riding, against Alberta Health Minister Gary Mar. Although Huskins did not win that election, and has not run for political office since, he was notable as the first openly HIV-positive person to run for office as a major party candidate in Canada.
In the Canadian federal election, 2000, he was also one of the key organizers behind Liberals for Joe Clark, a group of Liberal Party members who campaigned on behalf of Clark in the riding of Calgary Centre, in the interest of helping to ensure that Clark defeated incumbent Canadian Alliance Member of Parliament Eric Lowther.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Alberta-politicians/Brian-Huskins.html   (121 words)

  
 Canadian Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Alberta Alliance continued to grow following the federal party's merger, and the provincial party fielded a full slate of candidates for the 26th Alberta general election, on November 22, 2004, and elected one MLA.
On December 8, the party was officially registered with Elections Canada, and on March 20, 2004, former Alliance leader Stephen Harper was elected as leader of the new party.
The 2004 Canadian election saw the party retain its social conservatism on matters such as same-sex marriage, but largely jettisoned were grassroots initiatives such as referendums and Senate reform.
canadian-alliance.iqnaut.net   (1191 words)

  
 Your NDP MLA's : Alberta New Democratic Party
Brian Mason was active in Alberta politics early on, when he served as the Executive Director of the Alberta Federation of Students from 1977-1979 following his Political Science studies at the University of Alberta.
Raj was elected to the Alberta Legislature to represent Edmonton Strathcona on March 11, 1997.
He fought the 2001 general election, gaining respect and popularity for his principled and tough views on health care, education, and social justice.
www.albertandp.ca /Your_MLA.cfm   (993 words)

  
 Western Canada: Go West! -- Site Selection magazine, November 2001
In a scant two years, from spring 1999 to spring 2001, confidence has nearly doubled, from a composite rating of 3.61 to 6.5.
Vancouver Economic Development Commission Executive Director Linda Thorstad notes the change in political climate: "With the election of the Liberals into the BC legislature in May, there is a great deal of renewed optimism regarding the growth of the economy.
The provincial corporate income tax rates are 16.5 percent for general, manufacturing and processing sectors, and 4.75 percent for small businesses.
www.siteselection.com /features/2001/nov/westerncanada/pg04.htm   (290 words)

  
 AccessibleComputing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
During the Alberta general eleciton, 2001, the right wing vote fractured between the newly formed Alberta First Party and Social Credit, and most right-wing voters went back to supporting the Progressive Conservatives who had experienced a resurgence in popularity.
The party nominated 12 candidates in the Alberta general election, 2001 (down from 70 in 1997) and received 5,361 votes (0.5% of the poular vote), down from 64,667.
The party nominated 42 candidates for the Alberta general election, 2004, and won 10,874 votes (1.2% of the popular vote, an increase of 0.7% from 2001.) In late 2005, the party entered discussion about merging with the Alberta Party and the Alberta Alliance.
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In January 2001, IFAW scored a major victory for grizzly bears in the province of British Columbia (BC).
Regrettably, the Liberal Party of BC, which won election in 2001, reversed the moratorium and slowly reinstated the hunt.
Recently, IFAW has recently had a major success in neighbouring Alberta where, acting in concert with partners, spring trophy hunting for grizzly bears was banned in the southern half of the province to protect that province's endangered Grizzlies.
www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=111568   (705 words)

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