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  Ontario general election, 1867 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ontario general election, 1867 was the first general election held in the newly-created Province of Ontario, Canada.
The election was held on September 3, 1867, to elect the 82 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
The dates of the election in 1867 varied from August 20 to Septemnber 26.
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 Ontario
Ontario became part of the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867, as one of the four original provinces.
Ontario covers a large area and has a wide range of climates, which can be grouped into two main regions-an arctic and subarctic climate area in the north and a humid continental zone in the south.
Ontario is represented in the Canadian Parliament by 24 senators, appointed by the Canadian governor-general in council, and by 99 members of the House of Commons, popularly elected to terms of up to five years.
www.angelfire.com /country/t2canada/provinces/Ontario.htm   (2587 words)

  
 Canadian Election Law & Policies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Elections Canada also provides a number of plain English overviews of the laws and policies governing the conduct of federal elections.
The specific limits on candidates' election expenses for the 2006 election vary from riding to riding because they are 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   (2146 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Ontario Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Ontario is bounded on the north by Hudson Bay, on the east by Quebec, on the west by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Ontario is a major beekeeping province, with abundant nectar sources for honey production, and a need for fruit and vegetable pollination.
In the Ontario general election, 2003, Eves and the Progressive Conservatives were defeated, and Dalton McGuinty's Liberals won a majority government.
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 Welcome to Ontario
Ontario has a population (January 1, 2005) of 12,449,502, representing approximately 37.9% of the total Canadian population (Ontarians) and an area of 1,076,395km² (415,598 sq.
Both Quebec and Ontario were required by section 93 of the BNA Act to safeguard existing educational rights and privileges of the Protestant and Catholic minorities.
Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1884 and confirmed by the Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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 Ontario - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Ontario is the most populous and second-largest in area of Canada's ten provinces.
Ontario is bounded on the north by Hudson Bay and James Bay, on the east by Quebec, on the west by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
Bruce - Dufferin - Elgin - Essex - Frontenac - Grey - Haliburton - Hastings - Huron - Lambton - Lanark - Leeds and Grenville - Lennox and Addington - Middlesex - Northumberland - Perth - Peterborough - Prescott and Russell - Renfrew - Simcoe - Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry - Wellington
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 Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Canada - Elections to the House of Commons
In the ensuing January 23, 2006 general election, the Liberals were defeated by the Conservatives, who emerged as the largest party in the House of Commons, although well short of an absolute majority.
However, amendments to the British North America Act, 1867 - the core of Canada's Constitution - still had to be made by an Act of the British Parliament, as the federal and provincial governments were unable to agree on a generally acceptable amending procedure.
On November 28, 2005, the House of Commons passed the no-confidence motion by a vote of 171 to 133, and the government was forced to call an early general election - held in January 2006 - in which the Liberals lost to the Conservatives.
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 Canadian Elections - Riding Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The 2006 general election will be conducted using the 308 ridings contested in the 2004 election; by contrast there were 301 constituencies in the 1997 and 2000 elections.
The 2006 elections will be conducted with the same electoral boundaries used in the 2004, with the exception of two constituencies in New Brunswick: Acadie–Bathurst and Miramichi.
Perhaps the most interesting ridings to watch in the 2006 elections are the 58 marginal seats, where candidates won with a margin of 5% or less in the 2004 elections.
www.sfu.ca /~aheard/elections/ridings.html   (617 words)

  
 ontario
Ontario, five times as large as France, covers some 412,579 square miles (1,068,580 square kilometers) and is bordered on the north by Hudson Bay; on the east by Québec; on the south by the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the US state of Minnesota; and on the west by Manitoba.
The populous regions of southern Ontario are divided into counties, regional municipalities, the Municipality of Metro Toronto, the District Municipality of Muskoka, and the Restructured County of Oxford.
Ontario had over 3.95 million occupied private dwellings in 1996, when the province had 3.92 million private households, with an average size of 2.7 persons.
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 Canadian Confederation: The British North America Act, 1867
In the general Census of the Population of Canada which is hereby required to be taken in the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and in every Tenth Year thereafter, the respective Populations of the Four Provinces shall be distinguished.
Ontario shall be divided into the Counties, Ridings of Counties, Cities, Parts of Cities, and Towns enumerated in the First Schedule to this Act, each whereof shall be an Electoral District, each such District as numbered in that Schedule being entitled to return One Member.
Ontario and Quebec conjointly shall be liable to Canada for the Amount (if any) by which the Debt of the Province of Canada exceeds at the Union Sixty-two million five hundred thousand Dollars, and shall be charged with Interest at the Rate of Five Per Centum per Annum thereon.
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Ontario, along with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, is one of the four original provinces of Canada when the nation was formed on July 1, 1867 by the British North America Act.
Slightly less than five percent of the population of Ontario is Franco-Ontarian, that is those whose native tongue is French, although those with French ancestry are 11% of the population.
Windsor-Detroit, the cross-border region in Southwestern Ontario and Southeastern Michigan, is one of the largest auto-producing regions in North America.
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 Nelson - Political Science-Canadian Politics on the Web/Elections
The data from the 1997 election study are available on-line; the raw frequencies for a number of variables in their massive survey can be read directly with your browser, or you can download the full data set in SPSS format to analyze on your own computer.
Elections Canada provides the interim election results for the country as a whole, by province and by major metropolitan area.
Vancouver 1999 Local General Election Results - You can also read the results of the plebiscite held on what Vancouverites wished to do with their municipal electoral system.
www.nelson.com /nelson/polisci/elections.html   (1123 words)

  
 Banning Cosmetic Pesticide Use in the Urban Environment
A consideration of why a ban is necessary and the possibility of enacting a municipal by-law in Ontario banning the use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes in the urban environment.
Undoubtedly, the inclusion of "general welfare" provisions was intended to circumvent, to some extent, the effect of the doctrine of ultra vires which puts the municipalities in the position of having to point to an express grant of authority to justify each corporate act.
provisions in municipal acts for the "good government" or general welfare of the citizens, far from being mere surplusage as my colleagues suggest, found their origin in the desire of legislatures to prevent the decisions of municipal councillors being struck down by the courts.
www.sankey.ws /ontariolaw.html   (9565 words)

  
 Election Resources on the Internet: North America
Federal Elections in Canada - Elections to the House of Commons
Nodice Elections: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon
Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
electionresources.org /north.america.html   (239 words)

  
 Election Websites Reflect Canada's Quirks - Technology News by TechWeb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
And the stage on which Canada's general election is currently being fought out is largely defined geographically.
The ruling Liberals, seeking a third mandate on Nov. 27, are primarily based in Ontario; the Official Opposition -- the Canadian Alliance -- is a western party with strong populist and libertarian roots; and the Bloc Quebecois dominates Quebec while playing no part elsewhere.
Perhaps the best pointer to what the next election might look like when a new generation is driving communications policy is to be found at the University of British Columbia's online futures market, with contracts based on the outcome of the election.
www.techweb.com /wire/story/TWB20001124S0002   (822 words)

  
 Mapleleafweb.com: Voter Almanac - Ontario Provincial Election Information
McGuinty was first elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1990, representing the riding of Ottawa South.
He served as the Minister of Natural Resources from 1993-1995 and as Attorney General of Ontario from 1990-1993 in Ontario's first NDP government.
De Jong was born in 1955 and was raised on a dairy farm.
www.mapleleafweb.com /election/quick/on.html   (535 words)

  
 Compendium of Election Administration in Canada
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.
A commission is to be appointed during the first session of the Legislature following every second general election after the appointment of the last commission.
A new commission must be appointed during the first session of the Legislature following every second general election following the appointment of the first commission.
www.elections.ca /loi/com/Redistribution/red01_e.html   (1341 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.
While at Western Ontario, she worked with several peers to establish the first chapter of the National Association of Women and the Law.
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.
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 Canada Travel
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Ontario general election, 1867 - The Ontario general election, 1867 was the first general election held in the newly-created Province of Ontario, Canada.
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 Citizenship Answers
Canada is one of the world's leading producers of minerals because of the rich deposits of gold, silver, nickel, zinc, copper and iron ore found in the ancient rock of the Shield.
After an election, the party with the most elected representatives becomes the party in power.
According to Canada's Constitution, an election must be held within five years of the last election.
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 History
Barely escaping an ignoble defeat at the hands of a few hundred SENECA warriors, the thousands of invaders vented their fury upon village and field; the former was laid in ashes by its builders, and the growing corn in the latter was cut down with the sword.
Such was the policy of the general government, the liberality of the State, the enterprise of the pioneers, and the fertility of the soil, that the settlers soon enjoyed as much and more of comfort than they had known in Massachusetts prior to emigration.
Although the school-master was a favorite with parents and pupils, the most orthodox thought he was upon unsafe ground, and teaching a doctrine contrary to common sense, since their practical experience was that the earth is mainly flat and immovable, and the sun was seen to rise and set daily.
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Explain how the three levels of government are different.
When does an election have to be held according to the Constitution?
Their brief is to manage the affairs of the country on a daily basis.
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 J.N. Desmarais Library - Government Information - Sudbury - Elections
J.N. Desmarais Library - Government Information - Sudbury - Elections
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