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	British Columbia general election, 1996 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Columbia general election of 1996 was the thirty sixth provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.
		It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
		The election was called on April 30, 1996, and held on May 28, 1996.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Columbia_general_election,_1996 (305 words)

	British Columbia general election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia (BC), Canada.
		British Columbia has Canada's least restrictive elections laws with regard to political party registration, and consequently there are currently nearly 50 parties registered with Elections BC, by far the most of any jurisdiction in the country.
		Democratic Reform British Columbia is a new party created in early 2005 by the merger of the British Columbia Democratic Coalition—a coalition of minor centrist parties— with the All Nations Party of British Columbia and key elements of the Reform BC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Columbia_general_election,_2005 (2180 words)

	British Columbia - Search View - MSN Encarta
		British Columbia, Pacific Coast province in western Canada, bounded on the north by Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories; on the east by Alberta; on the south by the states of Montana, Idaho, and Washington; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska.
		British Columbia is represented by 36 members in the Canadian House of Commons and by six senators, appointed by the Canadian governor-general, in the upper house, or Senate of the federal government.
		British Columbia’s economy was largely based on the exploitation of natural resources through mining, lumbering, and fisheries, which produced a range of goods for export.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761574576__1/British_Columbia.html (7370 words)

	Great Britain. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Britain’s overseas possessions (see British Empire) were augmented by the victorious outcome of the War of the Spanish Succession, ratified in the Peace of Utrecht (1713).
		Domestically the long ministry of Sir Robert Walpole (1721–42), during the reigns of George I and George II, was a period of relative stability that saw the beginnings of the development of the cabinet as the chief executive organ of government.
		The Conservative governments of Churchill and his successor, Anthony Eden (1955), were beset by numerous difficulties in foreign affairs, including the nationalization (1951) of British petroleum fields and refineries in Iran, the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya (1952–56), turmoil in Cyprus (1954–59), and the problem of apartheid in South Africa.
	www.bartleby.com /65/gr/GreatBri.html (7942 words)

	Compendium of Election Administration in Canada - Comparative Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Alberta and British Columbia, however, also have stand-alone statutes governing referendums, although these, too, refer to the election legislation.¹ The Chief Electoral Officer of Canada and that of Quebec are required to adapt their respective election legislation for the purposes of a referendum and to include this adaptation as regulations for the referendum legislation.
		In Alberta and British Columbia, a plebiscite may be held on any matter of public concern, but a referendum must be held before the respective governments may proceed with an amendment to the Constitution of Canada.
		British Columbia also has a Recall and Initiative Act, which allows citizens to petition to remove their elected member or to introduce or change legislation (see "Recall and initiative" on next page).
	www.elections.ca /loi/com2001/comp2001_overview/ref_e.shtml (2350 words)

	New York State Senate >> About the Senate >> Historical Timeline
		Although the British government and its governors fight to retain power over New York, there is a gradual shift in power from governor to the Colonial Assembly when the Assembly gains more control over the administration of governmental finances and begins to control appointments.
		From 1746 to 1750 an important, political fight is waged between Governor George Clinton and the Colonial Assembly for power; although the Colonial Assembly asserts that they have supreme power over colonial government, they compromise in the end by agreeing that the Assembly shares sovereignty with the governor.
		New York's Royal Governor William Tryon, appointed to the position in 1771, is forced to leave New York City and stay on a British warship anchored in the harbor.
	www.senate.state.ny.us /sws/aboutsenate/timeline.html (3416 words)

	Elections BC -- Important Dates in BC Election History
		British Columbia is the only jurisdiction in Canada with recall legislation.
		British Columbia is the first jurisdiction in North America to offer fully automated Internet voter registration.
		British Columbia voters vote on two separate ballots at the May 17, 2005 election; one to choose their elected representatives in the Legislature, the other to decide whether or not the province should adopt the BC-STV electoral system as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform.
	www.elections.bc.ca /general/history.html (1531 words)

	The Sun Never Set on the British Empire
		In 1909 the British Empire encompassed 20% of the land area of the Earth and 23% of its population.
		The Union of South Africa was formed from the British colonies of the Natal and the Cape Colony, together with the subjugated Boer Republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State.
		The flag of the Union was, significantly, an archaizing Dutch flag, with an orange instead of a red stripe, and the flag of Britain, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal on the middle stripe.
	www.friesian.com /british.htm (6467 words)

	Mauritius. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The British captured the island in 1810 and restored the Dutch name.
		After the abolition of slavery in 1835, indentured laborers were brought from India; their descendants constitute a majority of the population today.
		In 1965, Britain separated the strategic Chagos Archipelago (see British Indian Ocean Territory) from Mauritius, but Mauritius continues to claim the islands and has sought their return.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/Mauritiu.html (806 words)

	1997 ruling: Delgamuukw v. British Columbia
		The development of agriculture, forestry, mining and hydroelectric power, the general economic development of the interior of British Columbia, protection of the environment or endangered species, and the building of infrastructure and the settlement of foreign populations to support those aims, are objectives consistent with this purpose.
		The general economic development of the interior of British Columbia, through agriculture, mining, forestry and hydroelectric power, as well as the related building of infrastructure and settlement of foreign populations, are valid legislative objectives that, in principle, satisfy the first part of the justification analysis.
		He was satisfied that at the date of British sovereignty, the appellants' ancestors were living in their villages on the great rivers, in a form of communal society.
	sisis.nativeweb.org /clark/97delrul.html (17948 words)

	Free Trade, The Confederacy and the Political Economy of Slavery
		Understanding the lessons of British financial and economic policy on the American colonies and its other colonial possessions, this Nations founders recognized that the failure to protect the development of native manufactures meant perpetual dependence on those of Britain, with such economies remaining as solely the raw materials suppliers for British industry.
		Virginia, for example, was so exhausted economically, that while the rest of the south renewed the call for reopening the African slave trade, Virginia consistently opposed such a measure, for an alternative supply of cheap slave labor to the rest of the south would have bankrupted her.
		The generally accepted fact that without direct British and French intervention on the side of the Confederacy, its hopes for victory in its so-called "war for independence" were virtually nonexistent should be proof of this reality.
	members.tripod.com /~american_almanac/fwhfree2.htm (8294 words)

	Federalism and the Myth of the Federal Spending Power: Introduction by Mondo Politico
		He was the British Columbia Law Society gold medal winner, having the highest standing in his class at the University of Victoria.
		Petter was a legal advisor to the Constitutional Branch of the Saskatchewan Department of Justice and was an assistant professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada before becoming an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria.
		In the British Columbia general provincial elections of 1991 and 1996, Petter was elected to represent the constituency of Saanich South in the British Columbia legislature.
	www.mondopolitico.com /library/myth/mpintro.htm (588 words)

	District of Columbia News
		District residents won the right to vote in a presidential election on March 29, 1961, to elect a board of education in 1968 and, in 1970, to elect a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives.
		The District of Columbia Bicentennial Commission was established to develop plans for the celebration of various anniversary dates in District of Columbia history.
		The commission is comprised of 39 members with a specified number of commissioners appointed by the mayor, the chairman of the D.C. Council, council members, the District delegate to the House of Representatives, the courts, and the District of Columbia Bar.
	www.geocities.com /airspirit333/DistrictofColumbia.html (1123 words)

	The Militant - 9/16/96 -- British Columbia: NDP Undercuts Labor's Gains
		VANCOUVER, British Columbia -Following its reelection May 28, the New Democratic Party government of British Columbia declared a freeze on building a series of educational, health, and other facilities the NDP promised during the election campaign.
		And last fall the NDP government declared that anyone moving to British Columbia from another province or country would have to meet a three-month residency requirement before being eligible for social assistance.
		In the spring, Glen Clark was elected as the new leader of the NDP.
	www.themilitant.com /1996/6032/6032_25.html (732 words)

	Use of U.S. Forces Abroad
		American and British naval forces were landed to protect national interests at San Juan del Norte, February 22 to March 5, and at Bluefields a few weeks later in connection with the insurrection of Gen. Juan P. Reyes.
		American and British naval forces were landed to protect national interests and to take part in a bloody contention over the succession to the throne.
		After the Soviet Union established a land blockade of the U.S., British, and French sectors of Berlin on June 24, 1948, the United States and its allies airlifted supplies to Berlin until after the blockade was lifted in May 1949.
	www.history.navy.mil /wars/foabroad.htm (8276 words)

	Grassroots Politicians: Party Activists in British Columbia. by David Mitchell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		British Columbia has been well known for the polarization of its provincial politics.
		The reason offered for the failure of the province's parties to converge towards the political centre is that they are constrained by the attitudes of their activists.
		British Columbia's Social Credit Party is portrayed as a party of social and economic elites who exhibit homogeneity on some issues, divisions on many others, and possess clear linkages to the federal Progressive Conservative Party.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/744/politicians12.html (879 words)

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		British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles
		British First Army order of battle, 20 April 1943
		British First Army order of battle, 4 May 1943
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/b/br (36 words)

	The Bloody Charade Of The Iraq Election
		The mortars rained down yesterday morning on the Green Zone where the US and British embassies are located, a "thumpety-thump-thump" that brought the American Apache choppers over the surrounding highways in less than 30 seconds - but the insurgents had disappeared.
		Iraqis bravely vote despite the bloodcurdling threats of the enemies of democracy.
		At last, the US and British policies have reached fruition.
	www.infowars.com /articles/iraq/elections_the_bloody_charade.htm (733 words)

	History Channel Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He was an aide to the British general Edward Braddock and was at his side when the army was ambushed and defeated (July 9, 1755) on a march to Fort Duquesne.
		He attended Columbia University Law School without taking a degree and was admitted to the New York state bar in 1907.
		Eisenhower resigned from the army and was nominated for president by the Republicans in 1952.
	www.historychannel.com /thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=227265 (12354 words)

	01/18/01 -- British Columbia creating new park just north of U.S. border (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		VANCOUVER, British Columbia - British Columbia is establishing a new 65,000-acre park just north of Washington's Loomis State Forest, which will create the largest body of protected lands along the 4,000-mile U.S.-Canadian border.
		Snowy Park and the 48 other protected areas will shield critical remaining wildlands in British Columbia's Okanagan region, one of the fastest-growing areas in Canada and site of that nation's only desert, in the Okanagan Valley.
		British Columbia's New Democratic Party, which has governed the province since 1991, must call an election by June - and the party is expected to lose due to scandals and controversies that forced former Premier Glen Clark's resignation last year.
	forests.org /archive/canada/cocrnewp.htm (494 words)

	British Columbia Election Results : British Columbia HQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		British Columbia election,1991 - definition of British Columbia...
		British Columbia Election 2001 - PoliticsWatch.com - Canada's...
		British Columbia HQ excludes all liability of any kind (including negligence) in respect of any third party information or other material made available on, or which can be accessed using, this Website.
	britishcolumbiahq.com /britishcolumbiaelectionresults/index.php (777 words)

	British Columbia Mainland
		It was founded and incorporated in 1969 by the Directors of the BC Wildlife Federation to contribute to the perpetuation and expansion of fish and wildlife populations by way of efficient implementation of projects in the field.
		British Columbia's forest managers and scientists are struggling to develop management methods that permit its sustainable development.
		It is a non-profit, charitable land trust working throughout British Columbia in efforts to protect important habitat for plants, animals, and natural communities, as well as properties with historical, cultural, scientific, scenic or compatible recreational value.
	www.innvista.com /science/ecology/bcmain.htm (12331 words)

	British Columbia elections: social democrats pave reaction's road to power
		Power in British Columbia, Canada's third most populous province, is passing into the hands of a new government pledged to impose “dramatic” tax cuts, gut work and environmental standards, abolish workers' right to strike and promote the de-unionization of the construction industry.
		Indeed, it is well-recognized by the media and in political circles that the B.C. Liberals are much closer to the right-wing Canadian Alliance than to the federal Liberal Party of Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
		The Greens, who in the 1996 election had won the support of just 2 percent of British Columbia voters, increased their tally to 12.4 percent.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2001/may2001/bc-m18.shtml (1303 words)

	NW BIBLIOGRAPHY-BRITISH NORTH AMERICA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Neunherz, Richard E. "'Hemmed In': Reactions in British Columbia to the Purchase of Russian America." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 80 (1989): 101-111.
		Sage, Walter N. "The Birth of British Columbia." The Beaver Spring (1958): 4-11.
		Judson, Katharine B. "The British Side of the Restoration of Fort Astoria." The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society XX (1919): 243-260.
	oscar.ctc.edu /history/british.htm (9609 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		British Columbia needs a system designed to suit its unique geography, history and political culture.
		Their conclusion will be submitted as a referendum question for all voters in British Columbia.
		First, the problem in BC is that populations are concentrated in big cities in the south of BC, while the large, minimally populated North feels increasingly isolated and underrepresented.
	www.citizensassembly.bc.ca /resources/submissions/csharman-10_0404141031-924.doc (5014 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Ujjal Dosanjh Likely To Fight To Be British Columbia Premier
		As Glen Clark, the feisty premiere of British Columbia finally decided that the financial scandals involving his alleged connections to casinos, had plunged his popularity too low and stepped down on Saturday, many political observers were surprised that he was not succeeded by Attorney-General Ujjal Dosanjh.
		Dosanjh, who is in his mid 50s, was sworn in about three years ago for his second term as attorney-general of British Columbia and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration.
		Prior to completing university, Dosanjh was an assistant editor of a Punjabi newspaper in England and after coming to British Columbia worked in a mill and taught English as a Second Language to new Canadians at the Vancouver Community College.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/aug/23us.htm (738 words)

	CBC - British Columbia Votes 2005 - Features - Election Dictionary
		BC-STV (British Columbia Single Transferable Vote) (n) the modified form of the Single Transferable Vote electoral system recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform.
		The British Columbia Social Credit Party was first registered in 1949 as the British Columbia Social Credit League.
		Whig (n, British slang) a person who supports or is a member of the British Liberal party.
	www.cbc.ca /bcvotes2005/features/dictionary.html (3914 words)

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