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  New Brunswick - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
New Brunswick is bounded on the north by Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula and Chaleur Bay and on the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Northumberland Strait.
New Brunswick's relative location away from the Atlantic coastline hindered new settlement during the immediate post war period; although there were some notable exceptions such as the founding of "The Bend" (present day Moncton) in 1766 by Pennsylvania Dutch settlers sponsored by Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Land Company.
The situation in New Brunswick was worsened by the Great Fire of 1877 in Saint John and by the decline of the wooden sailing shipbuilding industry.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/New_Brunswick   (4527 words)

  
 New Brunswick - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
New Brunswick is Canada’s only officially bilingual province, and under the Official Languages Act (passed in 1969 and amended in 2002), English and French have equal status in all forums of provincial government.
New Brunswick is represented in the Canadian Parliament by ten popularly elected members of the House of Commons.
New Brunswick is also represented by nine senators, appointed by the federal government, in the Senate.
encarta.msn.com /text_761570176___34/New_Brunswick.html   (524 words)

  
 New Democratic Party - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
New Democrats are also active municipally, and have been elected mayors, councillors, and school and service board members — Toronto mayor David Miller is a leading example.
The influence of organized labour on the party is still reflected in the party's leadership elections as labour votes are scaled to 25% of the total number of ballots cast.
However the party does not allow her to be part of the parliamentary caucus, as the NDP favours the abolition of the Senate.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/NDP   (1990 words)

  
 Fredericton, New Brunswick - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province and, along with Moncton and Saint John, is one of the main urban centres in southern New Brunswick.
A street plan was laid out to the west of the original townsite, King's College (now the University of New Brunswick) was founded, and the locale was renamed "Frederick's Town", in honour of the second son of King George III of the United Kingdom, Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York.
The University of New Brunswick - commonly abbreviated UNB - was founded in 1785 and - along with the University of Georgia - is the oldest public university in North America.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Fredericton,_New_Brunswick   (5745 words)

  
 New Brunswick New Democratic Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1932, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, a federal political party, was formed with the proclamation of the Regina Manifesto.
In 1961, the CCF merged with the labour movement to form the New Democratic Party at both federal and provincial levels.
In the early 1970s, the New Brunswick NDP was taken over by the Waffle, a radical wing of the party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Brunswick_New_Democratic_Party   (559 words)

  
 New Democratic Party (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The New Democratic Party (NDP) is a political party in Canada with social democratic and democratic socialist tendencies.
Layton, a former Toronto councillor, was elected at the party's convention in Toronto on January 25, 2003, defeating his nearest rival, longtime MP Bill Blaikie, on the first ballot with 53.5% of the vote.
Unlike other federal parties, the NDP is integrated with its provincial and territorial party, such that a member of the federal party is a member of the provincial or territorial party where he or she resides.
new-democratic-party.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888   (1622 words)

  
 NEW BRUNSWICK PROVINCIAL ELECTION 99
New Brunswick nurses muscled their way into the campaign for the June 7 provincial election on Wednesday with a series of advertisements and a program designed to whip up public outrage against the hemorrhage of nurses and the erosion of health care.
The shipbuilding industry, a New Brunswick campaign issue since the days of the tall ships, is foundering and may sink a few political careers in the June 7 provincial election along with hundreds of jobs and a treasured way of life.
New Brunswick nurses are going on the attack in the campaign for the June 7 provincial election.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5202/nb.html   (5749 words)

  
 New Democratic Party (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The NDP is noted for its progressive, populist, agrarian and socialist roots, its close affiliation with organized labour, and, while the Party is secular and pluralistic, its longstanding relationship with the Christian left and the Social Gospel movement, particularly the United Church of Canada.
The importance of labour to the Party is still reflected in the party's leadership elections as labour votes are scaled to 25% of the total number of ballots cast.
Since then, the federal NDP is not integrated with a provincial Party in that province; instead, it has a section, the New Democratic Party of Canada (Quebec), whose activities in the province are limited to the federal level, whereas on the provincial level its members are individually free to support or adhere to any party.
new-democratic-party.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (1449 words)

  
 New Democratic Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The New Democratic Party (NDP; Nouveau Parti démocratique in French) is a political party in Canada with a social democratic philosophy that contests elections at both the federal and provincial levels.
The influence of organized labour on the party is still reflected in the party's conventions as labour votes are scaled to 45% of the total number of ballots cast.
However the party does not allow her to be part of the parliamentary caucus, as the NDP favours the abolition of the Canadian Senate.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/New_Democratic_Party   (3579 words)

  
 CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Leaders and Parties
The New Democratic Party was founded in 1961, bringing together the Prairie-based Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the unions of the Canadian Labour Congress.
In its constitution, the party advocates "the application of democratic socialist principles to government and the administration of public affairs."
When the opposition parties wanted to push for an election after the Nov. 1, 2005, Gomery report, it was up to Layton to decide whether his party would continue to support Martin’s Liberals.
www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/leadersparties/parties/ndp.html   (487 words)

  
 The Brunswick News
But a new crop of Glynn County Democrats say they are regrouping and putting up a fight to regain some of the clout the party once had.
Anderson said Democrats are also going to have to redefine their message to regain their voting base.
Democrats, he said, had been burdened by a perception that they were too secular and out of touch with conservative America.
www.thebrunswicknews.com /front/282893952444807.php   (539 words)

  
 New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New Brunswick NDP is a social democratic political party in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada.
Allison Brewer was the only candidate to enter the race however the party executive granted a request to extend the deadline and two other candidates, Pam Coates and Oscar Doucet declared their candidacy.
The New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal reported on May 25 that the following individuals were considering a run and they never denied this publicly, however the deadline to enter the race passed without their entry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Brunswick_New_Democratic_Party_leadership_election,_2005   (817 words)

  
 Party Strength and Interparty Competition in U.S.
In observing presidential elections, it is useful to examine the partisanship of citizens at the state level.
Since the time of the New Deal, the Democratic Party has received strong and consistent support from the African American population.
Because this population has not aligned itself firmly with one party or another, candidates most likely will spend a great deal of time persuading them to support their candidacy.
www.rci.rutgers.edu /~eagleton/News-Research/NewVoters/Party.html   (642 words)

  
 Political Parties in New Brunswick
The New Brunswick Liberal Association/L'Association Liberale du Nouveau-Brunswick
New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti Democratic du Nouveau Brunswick
The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick/Le Parti Progressiste-Conservateur du Nouveau-Brunswick
www.altstuff.com /nb.htm   (29 words)

  
 XPDNC - Political Party Links
This is the only Bahamian party which is prepared to be fair to the Unions of this country.
The true leftist voice of Quebec politics is a new alternative with values of solidarity, ecology, equality between men and women.
The party "of the ballot box and of the streets" ("un parti des urnes et de la rue").
www.xpdnc.com /links/polparty.html   (755 words)

  
 South Brunswick Republican Organization Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
For the political gardeners in town who wonder how you grow so many Democrat signs so big, the answer is you have to have a big pile of fertilizing dollars available to you from the Middlesex County Democratic machine.
The Lynch Dollars, the $1,500 influence peddling dollars, given to the local Democrats from a convicted and soon to be imprisoned felon have left the Democrats in a quandary.
The dominance of the local Democrats over the past 10 years has been in large part achieved by a super abundance of campaign contributions from the Middlesex County Democratic machine headed by John Lynch.
www.southbrunswickgop.com   (269 words)

  
 cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Quick Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
On June 7, 1999, Bernard Lord led his party to the greatest Progressive Conservative victory in New Brunswick history, sweeping 44 of the province's 55 seats and becoming, at the age of 33, the province's youngest elected premier.
On June 9, 2003, a chastened Bernard Lord says he has heard New Brunswickers and vowed to continue to fight for the people of the province.
Premier Lord and his Progressive Conservatives managed to hang on as the government in New Brunswick, despite a massive drop in the popular vote.
www.cric.ca /en_html/guide/provinc_elections/newbrunswick_elec.html   (312 words)

  
 Gay News From 365Gay.com
Lord is the leader of New Brunswick's Conservative Party and the sitting premier.
Both are ahead of the New Democrats in the polls.
To many people in New Brunswick she is best known for her battle with Fredericton Mayor Brad Woodside, who refused to proclaim Gay Pride Week.
www.365gay.com /newscon05/09/092705ndpLeader.htm   (403 words)

  
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Martin and Liberal Party legislators met in New Brunswick over three days to discuss their legislative strategy for the upcoming session of Parliament.
Thanks to a series of court rulings, same-sex "marriage" already is legal in seven of 10 provinces and in one territory.
Most if not all of the members of two other parties -- the Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic Party (NDP) -- are expected to vote for the bill.
www.bpnews.net /storydownload.asp?ID=20023   (644 words)

  
 New Brunswick general election, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Liberals ran a virtually flawless campaign, whereas Lord and his PC Party faced a number of problems, especially with their position on the key issue of auto insurance which changed several times during the 30 day campaign.
New Democratic Party of New Brunswick leader, Elizabeth Weir, was the only member of her party to win a seat.
The newly founded but shortlived New Brunswick Grey Party which was a branch of the Grey Party of Canada also ran 10 candidates, including party leader Jim Webb.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/New_Brunswick_general_election,_2003   (291 words)

  
 New World Celts
In memory of the lost companion, the party carved a marker on the face of a stone ledge.
He became leader of the provincial New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan in 1971 and Premier of the province serving until 1982.
And New Brunswick was not the only province that was referred by some as New Ireland.
www.newworldcelts.org /canada.html   (2467 words)

  
 Facts on women candidates and elected officials
At a small informal workshop, a broad spectrum of women active in politics in the Atlantic region of Canada - ranging from a cabinet minister and a senator to party insiders and grass-roots activists - came together to discuss specially commissioned papers written by leading scholars in the field of women and electoral politics.
This cluster includes an important new article by Susan Carroll - the first publication to present results from the 2001 survey of women state legislators conducted by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
Member of Parliament Alexa McDonough responds to Carroll, in a piece composed just as she was deciding to step down as national Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada.
www.cawp.rutgers.edu /News/atlantis.html   (464 words)

  
 Republican Ascendancy:The Barnes Organization 1890 - 1919   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The party had been the dominant force in city politics since the election of James H. Blessing in the mayoral election of 1899.
The story of how the Republicans achieved this power is the story of the Party's leader, William F. Barnes.
Barnes was born in Albany, New York on November 17, 1866.
www.albany.edu /history/HIS530/democraticparty/barnes.html   (1155 words)

  
 The Paula Gordon Show
Doer has led the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Manitoba since 1988 and has been premier of this prairie province since 1999.
Premiers Lord and Doer each describe their new approach to political and personal cooperation for Paula Gordon and Bill Russell.
There is more information on New Brunswick’s investment and trade initiatives at their website.
www.paulagordon.com /shows/doer   (1052 words)

  
 NDP | Get Involved
By becoming a member of the NDP you’ll strengthen the Party that will get more done for people and ensure more accountable government.
And as a member you will be eligible to shape party policy, participate in Party campaigns and activities, hold positions within the Party, and vote for federal Leader.
To get involved with the Party in your community, please visit the Get Involved section of the web page after you have submitted your membership application.
donate.ndp.ca /join/?language=english   (244 words)

  
 Vive le Canada (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Progressive Bloggers is a group of Canadian bloggers who firmly believe that this great country needs to move forward, not backwards.
Be they Liberal or liberal, New Democrats or democrats, Green voters or voters who want a green country, or even Red Tories searching for a home, these bloggers believe that Canadian politics should move in a progressive direction.
The newly released letter from David Dodge to Karen Kinsley, president and CEO of the housing corporation, uses unusually strong language to criticize new lending policies announced by the federal corporation over the summer.
www.vivelecanada.ca.cob-web.org:8888   (1849 words)

  
 NDP Home Page/Page d'accueil du NPD
Nouveau Parti démocratique - Section Québec/New Democratic Party - Quebec Section
New Democratic Youth of Canada/Jeunes Néo-démocrates du Canada
New Democratic Party of McGill University/Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Université McGill
home.ican.net /~alexng/ndp.html   (473 words)

  
 Canada - New Democratic Party (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The New Democratic Party - Radisson Constituency, Manitoba
Darrell Dexter 2002 Darrell Dexter's campaign for leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party The Lambton ~ Kent ~ Middlesex
www.politicalresources.net.cob-web.org:8888 /canada/c-dem.htm   (140 words)

  
 The Frederick County Democratic Party
United Democrats of Frederick County Women's Democratic League Plowman-Fisherman Club Young Dems
United Democrats of Frederick County is open to all Democrats in and around Frederick County.
United Democrats meet the first Monday of each month at 6pm at Cafe Latino.
frederickdemocrats.com   (140 words)

  
 CBC.ca | New Brunswick Votes 2006 | Voters Toolkit
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