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  Saskatchewan general election, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Saskatchewan general election of 2003 was the twenty-fifth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
It was held on November 5, 2003, to elect the 58 members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLAs).
It depicted Saskatchewan Party leader Elwin Hermanson loading NDP sympathizers onto rail cars.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saskatchewan_general_election,_2003   (475 words)

  
 Cumberland (disambiguation) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Cumberland, one of the 39 traditional counties of England.
Cumberland (ward) one of the ancient divisions of the county of Cumberland
The Cumberland Plateau and Cumberland Mountains in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee and western Virginia
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Cumberland_(disambiguation)   (219 words)

  
 Cumberland - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Cumberland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Cumberland is the industrial centre of a forest, farm, and coal region.
Cumberland was originally an American Indian settlement, and then became a trading post and fort; it was incorporated as a city in 1856.
The city developed in the 19th century as a terminus for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and as a junction on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Cumberland   (263 words)

  
 Nunavut - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
For the electoral districts of the same name, see Nunavut (electoral district) and Nunavut (Senate Division).
The aforementioned regional divisions are distinct from the district system of dividing the Northwest Territories that dated to 1876 and was abolished when Nunavut was created.
Nunavut encompasses the entirety of the District of Keewatin (which had differing boundaries from the Keewatin/Kivalliq regions), the majority of the District of Franklin and a small portion of the District of Mackenzie.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Nunavut   (1256 words)

  
 Compendium of Election Administration in Canada
The number of electoral districts to be established is 55 and the islands of Grand Manan, Deer Island and Campobello (the "Fundy Isles") exclusively comprise one such electoral district.
Electoral divisions, numbering not fewer than 122 nor more than 125, must be delimited taking into account the principle that the vote of each elector is of equal weight.
For the purpose of representation in the Legislative Assembly, Ontario is divided into electoral districts whose number, names and boundaries are identical to those of its federal electoral districts.
www.elections.ca /loi/com/Redistribution/red01_e.html   (1341 words)

  
 County:
In Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador, instead of counties, divisions are used.
In older context, "prefecture" and "district" are alternative terms to refer to xiàn before the establishment of the Republic of China.
The result was often a merger of the two into a "district" (eg Rotorua) or a change of name to "district' (eg Waimairi) or "city" (eg Manukau).
winelib.com /wiki/County   (2261 words)

  
 Canada Counties
There are some differences from the present-day electoral districts, leading me to suspect that CGNDB prepared the database at some time in the past, and didn't update for redistricting.
Remainder of Saskatchewan district annexed to Manitoba province.
The census divisions of Ontario are counties, districts, district municipalities, metropolitan municipalities, regional municipalities, and united counties; on the next level are boroughs, cities, municipalities, municipal townships, separate towns, towns, and villages.
www.statoids.com /yca.html   (1957 words)

  
 History of Federal Ridings since 1867   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The electoral district of Mackenzie as defined by Chapter 60, 3 E VII, 1903 (Northwest Territories, section 1) was originally within the geographical region of the Northwest Territories.
With the creation of the province of Saskatchewan in 1905, Mackenzie continued as an electoral district within the province.
C.P. The electoral district was abolished in 1996.
www.parl.gc.ca /information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=413&Include=   (98 words)

  
 Ottawa Encyclopedia Articles @ ChannelsAndNetworks.com (Channels and Networks)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Unlike the capital cities of countries like the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and Australia, there is no federal capital district in Canada: Ottawa is a municipality within the Province of Ontario.
Although it does not constitute a separate administrative district, Ottawa is part of the officially-designated National Capital Region.
Rural parts of the former township of Cumberland, with a large number of francophones, traditionally support the Liberal Party, though their support has recently weakened.
www.channelsandnetworks.com /encyclopedia/Ottawa   (2803 words)

  
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The Hurons in the Georgian Bay district were eventually driven from their comfortable villages, and now the only remnants of a powerful nation are to be found in the community of mixed blood at Lorette, near Quebec, or on the banks of the Detroit River, where they are known as Wyandots.
For some years after the formation of the royal government, a large number of marriageable women were brought to the country under the auspices of the religious communities, and marriages and births were encouraged by exhortations and bounties.
General Murray and the other commanders laboured to be just and considerate in all their relations with the new subjects of the Crown, who were permitted to prosecute their ordinary pursuits without the least interference on the part of the conquerors.
www.gutenberg.org /files/12661/12661.txt   (17078 words)

  
 TABLE OF CONTENTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
It must be noted that the electoral district of Nunavut was not created during this FY as it only became a territory on April 1 1999.
The postal code of the payee was used to identify the electoral district.
As previously mentioned, the postal code of the payee was used to identify the electoral district.
www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca /financial_docs/98_99/fwd_e.asp   (1198 words)

  
 Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is one of two components of the Legislature of Saskatchewan, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan.
The Legislature was unicameral from its establishment; there has never been a provincial upper house.
CBC Digital Archives – Showdown on the Prairies: A History of Saskatchewan Elections
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Saskatchewan   (117 words)

  
 Help.com - county   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Substantial reorganisations under that Act resulted in the 1989 shake-up, which covered the country in (non-overlapping) cities and districts and abolished all the counties except for the Chatham Islands County, which survived under that name for a further 6 years but then became a "Territory" under the "Chatham Islands Council".
Up to this year Bergen was a separate county, but is today a municipality in the county of Hordaland.
Most non-metropolitan counties in England are run by county councils and divided into non-metropolitan districts, each with its own council.
help.com /wiki/County   (2277 words)

  
 Newspaper Abstracts: The Vernon Pioneer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
These Presidents are to be elected by the qualified electors of all the states, and to be taken one from each of the three several prominent sections of the United States known, one as the Eastern and middle States, one as the Western States, and the other as the Southern States.
The Circuit of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi is now provided by law to be held twice in each year, at the city of Jackson.
The place where the bill in question proposes to provide for a special term is the county seat of the south-eastern county of the State.
www.newspaperabstracts.com /link.php?id=16235   (4993 words)

  
 History of Nova Scotia, 2000 September 1-12
Cumberland North MLA and provincial cabinet minister Ernest Fage spoke at the opening ceremony on the bridge.
The purpose of this letter is to ensure that you are aware of the prohibition, under the Canada Elections Act, to publish the election results from one electoral district before the closing of the polls in another electoral district.
To conform with the Act, the publication of the polling results from the electoral district of Kings-Hants must therefore await the closing of the polls in Okanagan-Coquihalla.
www.littletechshoppe.com /ns1625/nshist66.html   (9665 words)

  
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In 1828 Jackson defeated Adams by an electoral vote of 178 to 83 after a campaign in which personalities and slander played a larger part than in any previous national election in the history of the United States.
An electoral alliance in the state between Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao's Congress party and Jayalalitha's AIADMK failed to gain enough support to conquer the DMK, which ran on an anti-Jayalalitha, anti-corruption campaign.
In 1966 she won a seat in the Texas Senate, where she served until 1972, the year she was elected to represent Texas' 18th District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
www.rulers.org /indexj.html   (19335 words)

  
 Ogspi 1881 Census Menu
Electoral districts are not the same as counties.
If a county like Wellington [73,535] had 3 members of parliament it was split into electoral districts of 151 Wellington South, 152 Wellington Centre, 153 Wellington North.
Russell electoral district was all of Russell County plus part of Carleton County.
www.ogs.on.ca /ogspi/8/8.htm   (1751 words)

  
 List of Canadian federal electoral districts - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This is a list of Canada's 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.
Electoral districts are constituencies that elect Members of Parliament to Canada's House of Commons every election.
Parliament of Canada: History of the Federal Electoral Ridings since 1867 (http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E)
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/List_of_Canadian_federal_electoral_districts   (192 words)

  
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A prominent dissident in Soviet times, he was arrested on April 7, 1977, and, on May 19, 1978, sentenced in Tbilisi to three years in a labour camp and two years' internal exile for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda." After a public confession he was released from the labour camp in 1979.
But his ruthless and willful approach was combined with undoubted political acumen, and he was responsible for many of the electoral gains of his mother's Congress (I) Party and his own Youth Congress early in 1980.
He fought at Shiloh (April 1862), served as chief of staff in the Army of the Cumberland, saw action at Chickamauga (September 1863), and emerged as a major general of volunteers.
www.rulers.org /indexg1.html   (9200 words)

  
 Forward   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This publication provides an estimate of the direct financial impact on federal electoral districts as a result of spending by the Department of National Defence (DND) in Fiscal Year 1999-00.
This is the estimated number of personnel employed by DND at establishments located in the applicable district as of 31 March 2000.
Shown by electoral district, these amounts approximate personal disposable income by reducing personnel gross income for federal income tax deductions and statutory employee deductions such as Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Employment Insurance (EI), Canadian Forces Superannuation Act (CFSA) and Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act (SRBA) deductions.
www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca /financial_docs/99_00/fwd_e.asp   (1023 words)

  
 CBC - Saskatchewan Votes 2003
The South Saskatchewan River runs along the southern boundary of this region with the constituencies of Kindersley and Rosetown-Elrose in the east extending northeast to the constituency of Carrot River Valley.
The region is bordered in the north by the Saskatchewan River, which runs through the constituencies of Cut Knife-Turtleford, Rosthern-Shellbrook and Batoche.
The Saskatchewan Party and the NDP appeared to be in a dead heat in the days before the Nov. 5 election.
www.cbc.ca /saskvotes2003/ridings   (594 words)

  
 wiki/Toronto Definition / wiki/Toronto Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
For ease of electoral division, wards are based upon the city's provincial electoral districts, with each district (or 'riding') divided into two city wards....
He is a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons for Scarborough—Agincourt, an electoral district in the eastern part of Toronto, Ontario.
It is the centre of Toronto's financial district and is often used as a synonym for Canada's financial industry just as Wall Street is used in the United States.
www.elresearch.com /wiki/Toronto   (13990 words)

  
 Canadian Genealogy and History Links - British Columbia
Cumberland Museum and Archives Information on the museum and archives in this historic coal mining center.
Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986 An historical overview of electoral activities in the Province of British Columbia during the 115 year period from 1871 to 1986.
District 69 Historical Society The District 69 Historical Society collection area includes: Parksville, Nanoose, Errington, Coombs, Hilliers, French Creek.
www.islandnet.com /~jveinot/cghl/british-columbia.html   (3115 words)

  
 Newspaper Abstracts: Ballina Chronicle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The eldest daughters were considered as adults, and one of them, on application, was admitted to the workhouse about a fortnight since.
On yesterday morning, some women who were gathering cockles on the strand between Bartra and the mainland observed the deceased fall down, and when they came up he was quite dead.
James Higgins has been obliged, in consequences of ill-health to resign the situation of sub-distributor of stamps for this district, an office which he held for many years with integrity, and discharged its duties with the courtesy and willingness to oblige by which he has made many friends.
www.newspaperabstracts.com /link.php?id=308   (2935 words)

  
 Index J   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He came back to Liberia on March 28, 2004, aspiring to be a senator, but returned to Lagos on April 7 after receiving death threats.
June 26, 1936, Cumberland, Ont.), justice minister of Canada (1984) and secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (1996-).
Her close connections to the corrupt former premier were not ignored by the public, and her government faced a massive electoral defeat after only seven months in power.
www.manic-raven.com /rulers/indexj.html   (18103 words)

  
 1906 Census of Canada
Mackenzie, being all that part of the electoral district of Mackenzie which lies within the province of Saskatchewan (see map in MrSid format)
Use the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Maps to look up the Township/Range information for Saskatchewan communities.
That part of the district of Mackenzie bounded on the south by the Saskatchewan river, on the east by the eastern boundary of the Province of Saskatchewan, on the north by the northern boundary of the Federal district of Mackenzie, on the west by the western boundary of the same district
www.afhs.ab.ca /data/census/1906/saskatchewan/14   (1779 words)

  
 CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Candidates and Ridings
This vast riding covers the northern half of Saskatchewan.
For the past two years he has worked as a communications consultant in addition to completing his law degree.
Community Activities: Has participated in such boards and commissions as the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology, the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority, and the Saskatchewan Airport Authority.
www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/riding/231   (616 words)

  
 Victoria of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Hanover went not to Victoria, but to her uncle the Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover.
She was forced to accept his proposed electoral reforms, including the Representation of the People Act 1884, which considerably increased the electorate.
Innovations of the Victorian era include postage stamps, the first of which—the Penny Black (issued 1840)—featured an image of the Queen, and the railway, which Victoria was the first British Sovereign to ride.
www.dictionpedia.com /en/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom   (6179 words)

  
 History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1990 - Dec 1993
Opposing the proposed policy were: ACTRA (national and Saskatchewan branch); NABET and its counterpart in Quebec, SNTC; the employee's union of CFCM-CKMI-TV (Quebec); the producers' association of Tele-Capitale; the Association Cooperative d'Economie Familiale (ACEF); and the Regional Municipality of Jacques-Cartier.
In the Cape Breton district, the losses on operations are incurred at Canso and Sydney while operations at Bras d'Or remain profitable.
As a result, there is still an unresolved question of economic efficiency in the Cape Breton district and for this reason the rate increase does not appear justified.
www.littletechshoppe.com /ns1625/nshist24.html   (8310 words)

  
 RCI: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Floodwaters from the Saskatchewan River took out the only access road to Pine Island, 230 kilometres north-east of Prince Alberta, Saskatchewan, forcing most residents of Cumberland House to leave their homes.
About 300 residents of Cumberland House are staying in Prince Albert at the campus of the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology.
The United Nations-backed Afghan electoral commission on Saturday began a month-long voter registration drive ahead of the country's parliamentary elections on September 18.
www.rcinet.ca /rci/en/news/2005/06/20050625.shtml   (1835 words)

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