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  Canadian Election Law & Policies
New rules were brought in at the start of 2004 to limit any individual from contributing more than $5,000 in any calendar year to a party and its candidates.
The specific limits on candidates' election expenses for the 2006 election varied from riding to riding because they were based on the number of electors in a constituency.
This law was challenged during the 2000 election, by Stephen Harper when he headed up the National Citizens Coalition, on the grounds that the law is an unconstitutional limit on the freedom of expression and of the voters' rights to be fully informed of all points of view.
www.sfu.ca /~aheard/elections/laws.html   (2312 words)

  
  Information about New Brunswick -- information
New Brunswick sells substantial amounts of electricity to other provinces and to the U.S. The largest thermal plant is found at Belldune, the biggest hydroelectric station at Mactaquac, and the lone nuclear installation at Point Lepreau, on the Bay of Fundy.
New Brunswick, with an area of 73,440 sq km (28,355 sq mi), is the eighth largest province in Canada; approximately 2% of the land area is owned by the federal government.
New Brunswick is represented in the Parliament of Canada by ten senators, appointed for life by the federal government, and ten elected members of the House of Commons.
new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/overview.html   (3272 words)

  
 Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Both the Governor General of Canada, who exercises the prerogatives of the head of state (the monarch), and the Prime Minister, who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are divided by the Bay of Fundy, which experiences the world's largest tidal variations.
The Governor General appoints the head of government, the Prime Minister, who is usually the leader of the political party that holds the most seats in the House of Commons.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canada   (4131 words)

  
 New Brunswick general election, 1999 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1999 election in the Canadian province of New Brunswick marked the debut of both Camille Theriault and Bernard Lord as leaders of the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives respectively.
It was Elizabeth Weir 's third general election as leader of the New Democratic Party.
Theriault's Liberals were widely expected to win a fourth majority government from the outset of the campaign, but Lord's Tories were able to capitalize on the issue of highway tolls and use it to portray the Liberals as arrogant.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Brunswick_general_election,_1999   (154 words)

  
 Harvey v. New Brunswick (Attorney General)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The appellant was elected to the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly in 1991.
From this general principle she identified three particular considerations that were relevant to the interpretation of the right to vote: (1) that the Charter is part of the living tree that is the Canadian constitution and that as such, "the past plays a critical but non-exclusive role" (p.
1 Fred Harvey was elected in the 1991 general election to represent the electoral district of Carleton North in the New Brunswick legislature.
www.lexum.umontreal.ca /csc-scc/en/pub/1996/vol2/html/1996scr2_0876.html   (14892 words)

  
 TheStar.com - Canada - French kiss, but will love last?
In the lead-up to the election, a string of polls had led the Bloc to expect that it was headed for a historic victory.
It means that the difficult questions left unresolved in the wake of the divided votes of the 1988 free-trade election, and then buried in the debris of the 1993 electoral earthquake, are about to resurface with a vengeance.
If the mathematics of the 2006 election add up to any new equation, it is not the zero-sum game of the NDP winning a war of attrition against the Liberals any time soon, but the potential multiplication of progressive momentum if the two merge into a single, reconfigured party.
www.thestar.com /News/article/187761   (2343 words)

  
 New Brunswick Liberal Association - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The New Brunswick Liberal Association (NBLA), more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
The social democratic New Democratic Party of New Brunswick is the only other major party, but it is not a contender for government.
The Conservatives were an easy choice for many New Brunswickers in the 1908 election as they had been lead since 1899 by John Douglas Hazen, a man with whom they had become familiar.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Liberal_Party_of_New_Brunswick   (1869 words)

  
 Articles - New Democratic Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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.
Over three election cycles, under the leadership of Audrey McLaughlin (1989-1995) — the first woman to be leader of a national political party in Parliament — in the first, and Alexa McDonough (1995-2003) over the next two, the party underwent a marked decline in popularity, a modest resurgence, and a slight further decline.
Layton, a former Toronto city councillor, was elected at the party's leadership election in Toronto on January 25, 2003, defeating his nearest rival, longtime MP Bill Blaikie, on the first ballot with 53.5% of the vote.
www.x-moto.net /articles/New_Democratic_Party   (1579 words)

  
 New Jersey State Constitution
Meetings of the New Jersey Redistricting Commission shall be held at convenient times and locations and, with the exception of the public hearings required by paragraph 4 of this section and the meeting at which the establishment of districts is certified as prescribed by paragraph 3 of this section, may be closed to the public.
The Secretary of State and the Attorney General shall be nominated and appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate to serve during the term of office of the Governor.
If at the election a proposed amendment shall not be approved, neither such proposed amendment nor one to effect the same or substantially the same change in the Constitution shall be submitted to the people before the third general election thereafter.
www.njleg.state.nj.us /lawsconstitution/constitution.asp   (10908 words)

  
 New Brunswick Liberal Association - MLAs - Marcelle Mersereau (Bathurst)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Marcelle Mersereau was born in Point-Verte, New Brunswick, and is the daughter of Marie-Anne Comeau and Placide Chiasson.
Mersereau was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the provincial general election held September 23, 1991, to represent the constituency of Bathurst, and she was sworn in as the Minister of Municipalities, Culture and Housing on October 9, 1991.
She was once again re-elected as MLA for Bathurst in the general election held June 7, 1999.
www.nblib.nb.ca /english/profiles/MLAs/marcelle_mersereau.htm   (354 words)

  
 New Brunswick Liberal Association - MLAs - Dr. Larry Kennedy (Victoria-Tobique)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Brunswick, he graduated from Dalhousie University with an M.D. He is Certified with the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
A family practitioner, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick October 13, 1987 as the Liberal M.L.A. for Victoria-Tobique.
The results of the September 11, 1995 provincial general election were challenged, and were followed by a by-election win on July 23, 1997, and re-election in the 1999 provincial general election.
www.nblib.nb.ca /english/profiles/MLAs/dr_larry_kennedy.htm   (297 words)

  
 Mapleleafweb.com: Voter Almanac - New Brunswick Provincial Election Information
Graham was elected to represent Kent in a by-election in October 19, 1998, and was re-elected in the June 1999 general election.
Weir was elected to the Legislative Assembly in September 1991 as the member for Saint John Harbour, and re-elected in the 1995 and 1999 general elections.
Weir is an active New Democrat at the federal level, as she has served as a member of the Executive of the Federal Party, and is a member of its Federal Council.
www.mapleleafweb.com /election/quick/nb.html   (603 words)

  
 Elections New Brunswick
Municipal, District Education Council and Regional Health Authority Elections
2004 Municipal, District Education Council, and Regional Health Authority Elections
'>By-elections were held in Aroostook, Bas-Caraquet Ward 4, Bristol, Dorchester, Edmundston Ward 2, Grande-Anse, Lac Baker, Moncton Ward 4, Oromocto Ward 3, Plaster Rock and St. Stephen on May 7, 2007.
www.gnb.ca /elections/index-e.asp   (95 words)

  
 My Blahg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
So clearly a copy of the new book was stolen from the publisher by a right whinger so that they could begin attacking it.
You may have seen in the news that Michael Moore, along with residents of the Lake Michigan community of Traverse City Michigan are organizing a film festival.
This was most recently seen in the retaliation against US Supreme Court Justice Souter after his decision in the "Kelo vs. City of New London" case when Logan Clements filed a claim to have Souter's land appropriated and was cheered on by the vindictive right for doing so.
myblahg.blogspot.com   (3983 words)

  
 Elections/ Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Summary results and general information for recent elections are available, but such material is not collected systematically.
US Election Map Bank features a variety of maps showing the results of past presidential elections by county and by state, from 1960 to 1992.
Election site that includes a political simulation game in which you can take part in a simulation of the '96 Presidential Election.
www.udayton.edu /~polsci/project.htm   (751 words)

  
 Employment Law Attorneys in New Brunswick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
With New York Times reporter Judith Miller jailed last week for refusing to reveal a source to a federal prosecutor, many in journalism are calling for a federal "shield law" that would extend the kind of confidentiality allowed reporters and news sources in New Jersey.
New Brunswick, [1993] 2 SCR 651 of their employment as sergeants in the New Brunswick Highway Patrol.
New Brunswick Judicial Appointment Announced of New Brunswick in 1978, was admitted to the Law Society of New Brunswick the he practised in the areas of criminal law, labour and employment law,
www.attorneyatlawdirectory.com /attorneys-by-state/Employment-Law-Attorneys-in-New-Brunswick.php   (3033 words)

  
 New Democratic Party (New Brunswick) - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The New Brunswick New Democratic Party ( French : Nouveau Parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick) is a social democratic political party in New Brunswick, Canada that is linked with the federal New Democratic Party.
In the early 1970s, the New Brunswick NDP was taken over by the Waffle, a radical wing of the party.
In 1982, the party won its first seat in the Legislative Assembly since its inception as the CCF and though it won a second seat in a 1984 by-election, it has been unable to break one seat in the provincial legislature at general election in the subsequent twenty years.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/New_Brunswick_New_Democratic_Party   (496 words)

  
 Canada/US Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The new film policy was shredded, and Canadian film organizations continue to have an almost nonexistent role in the life of Canadian viewers.
In his election campaign in 1993, Jean Chretien promised his government would not ratify the NAFTA agreement unless within two years a subsidy and dumping protocol was agreed upon.
The NDP won the election and the promise was killed because the Free Trade Agreement demanded prior notification to the USA and payment of compensation to US companies claiming a loss or a potential loss of profit as a result of the new system.
www.ola.bc.ca /online/cf/module-4/usrel.html   (20025 words)

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