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Mining.—The mineral districts occur from Cape Breton to the islands in the Pacific and the Yukon district.
The chief fruit-growing districts have long been in southern and western Ontario and in Nova Scotia; but recently much attention has been devoted to fruit-growing in British Columbia, where large areas of suitable land are available for the cultivation of apples, pears and other fruits.
In some parts of the semi-arid districts in the interior of the province irrigation is being successfully practised for the purpose of bringing land under profitable cultivation for fruit.
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  Cape Breton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia (CBRM), a Canadian regional municipality in Nova Scotia.
Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, a county in Nova Scotia.
Cape Breton (cape), a headland on Cape Breton Island.
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 Encyclopedia: Cape Breton Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Cape Breton County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island.
Cape Breton's landscape is dominated by the Bras d'Or Lake system which the island wraps around, Boularderie Island, the Strait of Canso, and the Cape Breton Highlands, which are considered a continuation of the Appalachian chain.
Cape Breton Island is now joined to the mainland by the Canso Causeway, completed in 1955, enabling direct road and rail traffic to and from the island, but constraining marine traffic to pass through the Canso Canal at the eastern end of the causeway.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cape-Breton-Island   (8024 words)

  
 Cape Breton (electoral district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cape Breton was the name of a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada.
It was created as part of the British North America Act in 1867 and was abolished into Cape Breton South and North Cape Breton and Victoria in 1903.
The district consisted of the County of Cape Breton and returned two members of parliament from 1872.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cape_Breton_(electoral_district)   (121 words)

  
 Elections Canada | Federal Representation 2004 - Nova Scotia
However, revised electoral districts, particularly in the rural areas of the Province, are increasingly large in terms of their geography, making it difficult to include all significant place names in their titles.
The proposed Sydney—Victoria electoral district has a variance of —3.91 and a seat entitlement of 0.96 and is almost identical in its geography with the current Sydney—Victoria electoral district.
With the inclusion of a portion of Guysborough County in the revised electoral district of Cape Breton—Canso, the "ripple effect" of that change necessitated a revision to the current electoral district of Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough.
www.elections.ca /SCRIPTS/FEDREP/novascotia/report/revised_e.htm   (2149 words)

  
 Cape Breton Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Cape Breton University - Cape Breton University (CBU), formerly the "University College of Cape Breton" (UCCB), is a Canadian university in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, near Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Cape Breton North and Victoria - Cape Breton North and Victoria (also known as North Cape Breton and Victoria and Cape Breton North—Victoria) was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1968.
Cape Breton - Victoria Regional School Board - The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board is the public school board that provides educational services for over 18,000 students in more than 56 elementary, junior high, and high schools, as well as 185 adult learners in 4 adult education centres.
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 Encyclopedia: Cape Breton South   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Cape Breton South was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Nova Scotia.
An electoral district (or riding) is a geographically-based constituency upon which Canadas representative democracy is based.
This is a list of Canadas 308 electoral districts (also known as ridings in Canadian English) as defined by the 2003 Representation Order, which came into effect on May 23, 2004.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cape-Breton-South   (342 words)

  
 Canadian House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Each member is elected by, and represents, an electoral district, which is colloquially known as a riding.
Each electoral district returns one member; they use the First Past the Post electoral system, under which the candidate with a plurality of votes wins.
The Chief Electoral Officer and Assistant Chief Electoral Officer (the heads of Elections Canada, the federal agency responsible for conducting elections) are prohibited not only from standing as candidates, but also from voting.
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 CANADA - LoveToKnow Article on CANADA
The islands and other districts within the Arctic circle became a portion of the Dominion only in 1880, when all British possessions in North America, excepting Newfoundland, with its dependency, the Labrador coast, and the Bermuda islands, were annexed to Canada.
Mining.The mineral districts occur from Cape Breton to the islands in the Pacific and the Yukon district.
The chief fruit-growing districts have long been in southern and western Ontario and in Nova Scotia; but recently much attention has been devoted to fruit-growing in British Columbia, where large areas of suitable land are available for the cultivation of apples, pears and other fruits.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CANADA.htm   (20927 words)

  
 Finance Choices - Personal Finance Wiki
Each electoral district returns one member; the First Past the Post electoral system, under which the candidate with a plurality of votes wins, is used.
In each case, a vacancy may be filled by a by-election in the appropriate electoral district.
The Chief Electoral Officer and Assistant Chief Electoral Officer (the heads of Elections Canada, the federal agency responsible for conducting elections) are prohibited not only from standing as candidates, but also from voting.
www.financechoices.co.uk /personal-finance-wiki.php?title=Canadian_House_of_Commons   (4732 words)

  
 Sable Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
One theory regarding the origin of the wild horse population is that they are descended from horses confiscated from Acadians during the Great Expulsion and left on the island by Boston merchant, uncle of John Hancock.
In the past, excess wild horses have been rounded up and shipped off the island for use in coal mines on Cape Breton Island, or to be sold and/or euthanized.
The island is considered administratively a part of the Halifax Regional Municipality and the federal electoral district of Halifax, although the urban area of Halifax proper is some 300 km away on the Nova Scotian mainland.
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 Cape Barren Goose - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Cape Barren Goose   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Cape Barren Goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae, is a large goose resident in southern Australia.
Cape Barren Goose is 75-100 cm long, and has a 450-490 cm wingspan; males are somewhat larger than females.
Among the first portions of this singular bird that were found were the tibia, which presented an extraordinary development of the patella.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Cape-Barren-Goose.html   (402 words)

  
 Frank. Cape Breton Red
When a Cape Breton Independent Labour Party was formed at this time (with McLachlan as president), the party platform included “working class ownership and democratic management of all social means of wealth production and distribution at the earliest possible date”.
The lessons of unity would not be learned again until 1940, with the election of the coal miner Clarie Gillis in Cape Breton South, the first CCF MP to be elected east of Manitoba.
The Cape Breton coal industry has been very much in the news for the past year, and I do not need to review the details.
library.utoronto.ca /fisherold/frank.htm   (6716 words)

  
 A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts
The forests, in general, seem young and thrifty; and it is hoped, that for the sake of the salubrity of the air, the supply of the water-fountains, as well as for the beauty of the scenery, they will be, so far as practicable, protected and extended.
The moose, the red deer, and the beaver were quite numerous: the traces of the latter animal are frequently met with in the meadows, where it felled the trees to form a dam across the streamlet.
The towns were divided into school districts, buildings erected, male teachers employed; and, during several months in the year, the schools were kept in operation.
capecodhistory.us /Mass1890/MassachusettsGazetteer.htm   (9999 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Cape Breton—The Sydneys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Cape Breton—The Sydneys was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Nova Scotia.
This riding was created in 1966 and was first used in the Canadian federal election of 1968.
The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cape-Breton%97The-Sydneys   (301 words)

  
 Frank. Cape Breton Red
When a Cape Breton Independent Labour Party was formed at this time (with McLachlan as president), the party platform included “working class ownership and democratic management of all social means of wealth production and distribution at the earliest possible date”.
The lessons of unity would not be learned again until 1940, with the election of the coal miner Clarie Gillis in Cape Breton South, the first CCF MP to be elected east of Manitoba.
The Cape Breton coal industry has been very much in the news for the past year, and I do not need to review the details.
www.library.utoronto.ca /fisherold/frank.htm   (6716 words)

  
 FLORA AND - Encyclopedia Britannica - FLORA AND - JCSM's Study Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The islands and other districts within the Arctic circle became a portion of the Dominion only in 188o, when all British possessions in North America, excepting Newfoundland, with its dependency; the Labrador coast, and the Bermuda islands, were annexed to Canada.
In some parts of the semi-arid districts in the interior of the province irrigation is being successfully practised for the purpose of bringing land under profitable cultivation for fruit.
The general election of 1882 turned chiefly upon endorsement of the national policy of protection; in that of 1887 the electoral test was again applied to the same issue, while Sir John Macdonald also asked for approval of the government's action in exacting from Riel the full penalty of his guilt.
jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/FLA_FRA/FLORA_AND.html   (20333 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search View - Canada
It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean; on the northeast by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, which separate it from Greenland; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the United States; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska.
Cape Columbia, a promontory of Ellesmere Island, is the country’s northernmost point; the southernmost point, 4,600 km (2,900 mi) away, is Middle Island in Lake Erie.
The easternmost and westernmost limits, which are separated by 5,500 km (3,400 mi), are respectively Cape Spear, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the greater part of the border with Alaska.
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 Cape Times
The decrease in voter turnout from 89 percent in 1999 to an estimated 76 percent this year could be a sign that the democracy had matured, said Mosotho Moepya, deputy head of the Independent Electoral Commissio...
Johannesburg - The number of women in the new South African parliament is set to increase from 120...
Cape Town - When President Thabo Mbeki announces his new cabinet in two weeks' time,...
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 NEWFOUNDLAND - LoveToKnow Article on NEWFOUNDLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In the south-west its distance from Cape Breton is less than 60 m., while only 1640 m.
That in the Bay St George district is very fertile, and in the Humber valley, Exploits valley and elsewhere many thousands of farmers could work to advantage.
There are seventeen electoral districts sending thirty-six members to the house of assembly, all of whom are paid.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NE/NEWFOUNDLAND.htm   (9521 words)

  
 Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia: Constitution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Provincial Electoral District, Constituency or Riding, means an electoral district as defined in the Elections Act R.S.N.S. 1989 c.140, and the boundaries of such shall conform with the electoral districts entitled to elect members to serve in the House of Assembly.
Federal Electoral District, constituency or Riding Association, means an electoral district as defined by the Canada Elections Act, R.S., c.14 (1st Supp.) and the boundaries for such district shall conform with the place or territorial area entitled to return a member to serve in the House of Commons.
The duties of the District Vice President: Each District Vice President shall be responsible for assisting the provincial constituency associations within their respective District regarding matters of organization and communication, and shall act as a support and liaison to the provincial constituency associations.
www.pcparty.ns.ca /cgi-bin/view?src=constitution   (3492 words)

  
 Canadian English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Several political terms are uniquely Canadian, including riding (a parliamentary constituency or electoral district).
Cape Breton Island has a distinct dialect due to settlement by speakers of Acadian French and Scottish Gaelic.
Maritimes English quirks include the removal of pre-consonantal [r] sounds, a faster speech tempo, and the use of "Eh?" interrogative.
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 Canadian Parliament Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The 308 members of the House of Commons are directly elected by the people, with each member representing a single electoral district, frequently called a constituency or a "riding" in Canadian English.
The lower house, the House of Commons, is the dominant branch of the Canadian Parliament.
Each member represents a single electoral district (or riding), and is chosen by his or her district on the first past the post electoral system.
www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Canadian_Parliament   (4274 words)

  
 Canada Gazette
He held the mistaken belief that election officers would determine the proper electoral district where he was eligible to vote and would only count that ballot.
Sherlee McGregor-McCuaig had already voted at that election on November 18, 2000, at an advance poll in the electoral district of Perth—Middlesex with the mistaken belief that an elector owning two properties in distinct electoral districts could vote twice.
In this agreement, Malcolm Millar, official agent of the candidate Alfie MacLeod in the electoral district of Bras d'Or—Cape Breton during the general election held on November 27, 2000, acknowledges having breached subsection 443(1) of the Canada Elections Act.
canadagazette.gc.ca /partI/2002/20020525/html/parle-e.html   (1276 words)

  
 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto. Kenny Prize.
When a Cape Breton Independent Labour Party was formed at this time (with McLachlan as president), the party platform included “working class ownership and democratic management of all social means of wealth production and distribution at the earliest possible date”.
McLachlan’s several entrances into electoral politics were also part of an effort to make new alliances and enlarge the political space available to the coal miners.
After all, Woodsworth argued, the coal miners were learning in their struggles the same lessons that the workers of Winnipeg had learned -- that the courts and the military were controlled by government, and therefore it was necessary for labour to “go into politics”.
www.library.utoronto.ca /fisher/kenny-prize/david-frank.html   (6755 words)

  
 Proclamation Declaring the Representation Order to be in Force Effective on the First Dissolution of Parliament that ...
The population figure of each proposed electoral district is derived from the 2001 decennial census.
The population figure of each electoral district is derived from the 2001 decennial census.
There shall be in the Province of Quebec seventy-five (75) electoral districts, named and described as follows, each of which shall return one member of the House of Commons.
laws.justice.gc.ca /en/E-3/SI-2003-154/text.html   (4853 words)

  
 Cape Breton—Canso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The district includes eastern Guysborough County, and the western, southern and eastern coasts of Cape Breton Island.
Communities include Cape Breton (part), Guysborough and Port Hawkesbury.
The electoral district was created in 2003 from 90.4% of Bras-d'Or—Cape Breton, and 9.6% of Pictou—Anitgonish—Guysborough.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Cape-Breton%97Canso.htm   (167 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America
The District of Columbia, the Territory of Alaska, and some of the insular possessions are also entitled to send delegates.
It made the ballot of the elector more definite, and in case the election went into the House of Representatives, it restricted the choice of that body to the three candidates highest on the list.
Some of the legislatures contended that the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia would be a direct attack on the institutions of the Southern States.
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