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  Prince Edward Island Liberal Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party is a left of center political party in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
The PEI Liberals are aligned with the federal Liberal Party of Canada.
The party is led by Robert Ghiz, a former member of the staff of the Prime Minister's Office staffer under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and son of Joseph A. Ghiz, a former premier of the province.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Prince_Edward_Island   (654 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Prince Edward Island Liberal Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
The Parti libéral du Québec (Liberal Party of Quebec), or PLQ, is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec.
The Northwest Territories Liberal Party was a short-lived branch of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Northwest Territories.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Prince-Edward-Island-Liberal-Party   (2020 words)

  
 Liberal Party of Canada - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In their early history, the Liberals were the party of free trade, continentalism, and opposition to excessive imperialism.
With numerous Liberal candidates running as Unionists or Liberal-Unionists with the support of provincial Liberal parties in a number of provinces the Laurier Liberals were reduced to a largely Quebec based rump.
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, Roger Grimes, MHA
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party was reduced from a majority to a minority government due, in part, to a Chrétien-era scandal in which advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services.
When the Liberals formed a majority government after the 1993 election with Chrétien at the helm, party unity was assured by placing Martin, whom Chrétien had defeated for the party leadership in 1990, in the crucial role of Minister of Finance.
In April, 2005 David Kilgour, one of the party's two MPs from Alberta announced that he was leaving the party to sit as an independent member of the House of Commons due to the damaging allegations of corruption in the Liberal Party's Quebec wing based on testimony in the Gomery Commission inquiry.
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 Prince Edward Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The province comprises the island of the name located in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence northeast of New Brunswick and north of Nova Scotia from which it is separated by Northumberland Strait.
The population is 137 800 (Prince Edward Islanders).
In September 1864 Prince Edward Island hosted the Charlottetown Conference which was the first meeting in process leading to the Articles of Confederation and the creation of Canada in 1867.
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 MSN Encarta - Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is represented in the Canadian Parliament by four elected representatives in the House of Commons and four senators in the Senate.
The justices of the supreme court and the provincial court are appointed by the federal government.
Since the late 19th century, two parties have dominated electoral politics on Prince Edward Island: the Liberal Party and the Progressive Conservative Party.
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 Liberal Party of Canada bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Liberals also became identified with the aspirations of Quebecers as a result of the growing hostility of French-Canadians to the Conservatives, particularly due the role of Conservative governments in the execution of Louis Riel, the suppression of the rights of French-Canadians outside of Quebec and its role in the Conscription crisis of 1917.
The Trudeau Liberals are also credited with support for official multiculturalism as a means of integrating immigrants into Canadian society without forcing them to shed their culture (as a result of this and a more sympathetic attitude by Liberals towards immigration policy, the party has built a base of support among immigrants and their children).
The Parti libéral du Québec and the BC Liberal Party use the Liberal name but are completely independent of the federal party and function as coalitions of Liberal and Conservative supporters.
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 Liberal Party of Canada - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Liberal Party of Canada (fr: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canada's largest political party.
The Liberals are descended from the mid-19th century Reformersers who agitated for responsible government throughout British North America.
Liberalism I - Liberalism in countries II - Liberal parties III - Liberal thinkers IV - LI - ELDR (ALDE) - CALD - Liberal leaders - History of liberal parties
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 Woodard v. Prince Edward Island (Minister of Provincial Affairs)
The Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission (1993), 2 P.E.I.R. 377 (P.E.I.S.C.T.D.), the Commission undertook a re-examination of complaints in respect of which it had earlier formed the opinion that insufficient evidence existed to substantiate a complaint of political discrimination.
H-12, to investigate the complaints of the applicants that they were discriminated against in their employment on the basis of their political belief, err in law in not utilizing the correct standard in determining whether to appoint a board of inquiry with regard to the complaints of the applicants.
Edward Clark, Liberal MLA in 3rd Prince who informed him he would not be re-hired as snowplow wing man in the fall because he had been seen on television the previous evening congratulating Mr.
www.gov.pe.ca /humanrights/legaldecisions/woodard.php3   (8247 words)

  
 Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada/Parti Libéral du Canada is a liberal party in Canada.
The party is a member of Liberal International.
It is often called "Canada's natural governing party" because it has been in power in Canada for most of the past century.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/liberal_party_of_canada   (2005 words)

  
 Prince Edward Island --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Ghiz, Joseph A. (1945–96), Canadian public official, born in Charlottetown, P.E.I.; LL.B., Prince of Wales College, Dalhousie University 1969; LL.M., Harvard University 1981; leader of the Liberal party of Prince Edward Island 1981–93; member of the Legislative Assembly 1982, leader of the Opposition, 1982–86; premier of Prince Edward Island 1986–93.
The population of Prince Edward Island exceeds 130,000, according to the 2001 census.
Prince Edward Island is the most densely populated of the Canadian provinces, with 62 persons per square mile (24 persons per square kilometer).
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 Institute of Island Studies
A government is formed by the party winning a majority of seats in the legislature; if no party wins a majority, the party winning the greatest number of seats governs as a minority, or several parties that collectively hold a majority of the seats may govern in coalition.
On Prince Edward Island the most obvious effect of this disproportionality is the frequent decimation of opposition parties in the Legislature.
Each party's seat entitlement is calculated according to its proportional list vote; the number of constituency seats the party wins is subtracted from this total, and the result is the number of list seats to which the party is entitled.
www.upei.ca /~iis/rep_jac_2.htm   (14065 words)

  
 Articles - Liberal Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
As of the end of 2005 it is one of only two parties that have governed Canada since Confederation; the other being the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (one of the ancestors of the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada).
The party, known colloquially as the "Grits" (originally "Clear Grits") has a reputation among members for being very united and loyal, though this is always called into question during leadership races.
The Liberal Party was reduced from a majority to a minority government due, in part, to a scandal in which advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services.
www.bowling-balls.net /articles/Liberal_Party_of_Canada   (5928 words)

  
 Find A Grave - Prince Edward Island
Owen served as the Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1876.
Palmer served as the Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1859 to 1863.
Stewart served as the Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1923 to 1927, and from 1931 until his death in office in 1933.
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 List of All Canada Political Parties
The party evolved from the another white supremacist organization, the Western Guard, and was briefly known as the the National Citizens Alliance, which is not be confused with the National Citizens' Coalition.
Parti citron The Parti Citron or Lemon Party is a joke party started in Quebec in the 1990s in the tradition of the Rhinoceros Party of Canada and is headed by Pope Terence the First.
Confederation of Regions Party of Canada The Confederation of Regions Party was a Canadian political party founded in 1984 by Elmer Knutson as a successor to the Western Canada Federation (West-Fed), a non-partisan organization to fight the Ottawa Liberals.
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 Prince Edward Island: Premiers of PEI, ALEXANDER BRADSHAW CAMPBELL
Campbell was elected Leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party and acted in that capacity for one full session of the Legislative Assembly in 1966.
Such programs as assistance to homeowners and home builders, revamping of the educational system from the primary level to the post-secondary level, strengthening of the family farm and a concern for questions of land ownership and land use dominated government activity under his leadership.
Premier Campbell's government also promoted legislation which established a number of new government agencies designed to assist Prince Edward Islanders in improving their economic positions; such organizations as the Land Development Corporation and the PEI Lending Authority have played an active role in Prince Edward Island's economic development.
www.gov.pe.ca /premiersgallery/alexcamp.php3   (455 words)

  
 Canadian Political Parties/Les Partis politiques du Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Party of Citizens Who Have Decided To Think For Themselves And Be Their Own Politicians, POC
Parti municipal Rive-Sud - Équipe Gladu, PMRS (Longueuil)
Parti Municipal Énergie avec Sylvie Surpenant, PME-Surpenant (Ste-Thérèse)
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 CBC News:Ghiz wins Liberal leadership   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
CHARLOTTETOWN - Robert Ghiz followed in the footsteps of his late father, Joe, as he won the leadership of Prince Edward Island's Liberal Party Saturday.
Waving red and white bandanas, thousands of party faithful packed into the convention centre to see the Ghiz legacy continue.
He says the first task is to build party support across the island.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/04/05/ghiz030405   (285 words)

  
 globeandmail.com - Canada's Election 2004 - Breaking News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Prince Edward Island, Mapleque, Liberal Party of Canada
Wayne Easter was first elected as a Liberal representing the riding of Malpeque in 1993 and was re-elected in the 1997 and 2000 general elections.
Easter was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and attended Charlottetown Rural High School.
www.theglobeandmail.com /elections/fed2004/candidates/generated/11004_LIB.html   (252 words)

  
 UPEI Department of Political Studies
Wayne has been a sessional lectuer since 1992, offering a course in the politics and government of Prince Edward Island.
He is especially interested in federal/provincial relations, political and economic development, political parties and political culture.
He is the author of a number of publications, including Life of the Party, a history of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party and "Dependency and Development in Prince Edward Island" in Competing Strategies of Socio-economic Development for Small Islands, (Baldacchino and Greenwood, eds.)
www.upei.ca /~polstudi/fac-mackinnon.html   (88 words)

  
 Liberal Party of Canada - liberal.ca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
By becoming a member of the Liberal Party of Canada, you can make your voice heard in developing new policy initiatives and garnering support for the candidates in your community and across the country.
This website is the property of the Liberal Party of Canada and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without express written permission.
Authorized by the Registered Agent for the Liberal Party of Canada.
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 Genealogy Notes of Ft. Augustus, Prince Edward Island 1787 - 1863
John Richard Bott or Botts moved to Rustico Prince Edward Island from Charlottetown in 1824 and was originally from Jersey Island.
Apr.13,1839 “Of Gerald Dougherty, who came from Ireland in the year 1832, and landed at Prince Edward’s Island- came to Boston 1833 where he remained till Augast 1835, than went to Bangor, Me, tarried one year, working on the Rail Road; boarded with John Hassler, a sailer.
Two are said to be born on the Island, and the two who were between 16 and 45 in the 1841 census have left.
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 The Island Register's PEIMHF - Membership, Services, and Books Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation may be reached at: peimhf@isn.net or by writing to:
The Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation has their own homepage with descriptions of all the Museum Properties!
Note: The Island Register is not owned, nor is it a representative of the Prince Edward Museum and Heritage Foundation, however, I feel it would be remiss not to include this information on our page!
www.islandregister.com /peimhf.html   (630 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Printer-friendly - Prince Edward Island
MSN Encarta - Printer-friendly - Prince Edward Island
On the File menu, click Print to print the information.
"Prince Edward Island," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2005
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 CBC - Prince Edward Island Votes 2003
CBC Radio reporters Angela Walker and Sheila Taylor have been speaking with Islanders all across the Island about the election.
Listen to the party leaders in their own words.
Send us your view about the election, the party platforms and leaders, and issues during the campaign.
www.cbc.ca /peivotes2003/resources   (242 words)

  
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Davey became a Young Liberal organizer after the Party's defeat at the hands of John Diefenbaker.
In 1961 he was National Campaign Director, and helped Lester Pearson come to power in 1963.
PEI - Joe Ghiz leads Prince Edward Island's Liberal Party to win 21 of 32 seats in the provincial election, ending the 7-year government of the Conservatives.
www1.sympatico.ca /news/otd/otd.98.04.21.html   (793 words)

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