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	ipedia.com: Charles Tupper Article
		He entered Nova Scotia politics in 1855 and became premier in 1864 as leader of the Confederation Party.
		Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Tupper studied at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, becoming a doctor upon his graduation in 1843.
		Sir Charles Tupper died in Bexleyheath, Kent, England at the age of 94, and was brought home to be buried in St. John's Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
	www.ipedia.com /charles_tupper.html (343 words)

	Papers&Presentations
		Bickerton, J. ‘Nova Scotia: The Political Economy of Regime Change’ in K. Brownsey and M. Howlett, editors, The Provincial State: Politics in Canada's Provinces and Territories (Toronto: Irwin, forthcoming, 1998).
		‘Hegemony and the Power of Constitution: Labour and Environmental Advocacy in Maine and Nova Scotia.’ Studies in Political Economy 54 (1997): 59-90.
		‘Along the Coast and in the State: Aquaculture Politics in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick’.
	www.stfx.ca /institutes/crs/Paper_Presentations.htm (1272 words)

	Papers&Presentations
		Bickerton, J. ‘Nova Scotia: The Political Economy of Regime Change’ in K. Brownsey and M. Howlett, editors, The Provincial State: Politics in Canada's Provinces and Territories (Toronto: Irwin, forthcoming, 1998).
		‘Along the Coast and in the State: Aquaculture Politics in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick’.
		Nova Scotia Agriculture College, Truro: Rural Research Centre, 1995, pp.
	www.stfx.ca /institutes/crs/Paper_Presentations.htm (1272 words)

	Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Halifax International Airport, which serves HRM and virtually all of peninsular Nova Scotia, is located in the northern part of the municipality on the border with Hants County in Enfield.
		Halifax Regional Municipality, commonly referred to as HRM or simply Halifax (44°39′N 63°35′W, AST) is a Canadian regional municipality, the largest population centre in both the Province of Nova Scotia and the Atlantic region, the provincial capital, and the cultural and economic centre of Canada's east coast.
		The Nova Scotia Community College network maintains three campuses in HRM, although these are scheduled to be replaced by a single new campus under construction on the Dartmouth waterfront.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia (3632 words)

	CBC - Nova Scotia Votes 2003
		"Nova Scotians will go back to the beach and expect that when they return at the end of the summer there will be three parties working co-operatively towards a better Nova Scotia," he said.
		A new era in Nova Scotia politics started Aug. 5 when cranky voters erased John Hamm's majority government, forcing the premier to search out allies in the opposition ranks.
		"Nova Scotia politics just got a lot more interesting," a smiling Hamm told supporters at his victory party.
	www.cbc.ca /nsvotes2003 (1045 words)

	We’re ready for fall election: Harper - The Independent Online - October 5, 2005
		Conservative Leader Stephen Harper says his party is ready for a fall election, adding he believes the public has had enough of the “gong show” politics served up by the Liberal party under Paul Martin.
		Following the defection of popular Tory Belinda Stronach earlier this year to the Liberals, the Conservatives were dealt another blow with the possibility that Conservative Deputy Leader Peter MacKay would leave federal politics to run for the leadership of Nova Scotia’s provincial conservative party.
		He said that across the country, the Conservative party continues to raise more money from more people and has been consistently expanding their membership, and those are the numbers that matter.
	www.eastnorthumberland.com /news/news2005/October/051005ready.html (610 words)

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		People are sick of the old politics in Nova Scotia.
		The name of the game here in Nova Scotia is to drain the tax dollars away from the programs they are meant to help.
		It is time for Nova Scotia to wake up and bring this abuse to an end.
	www.geocities.com /nsgrayparty/index (237 words)

	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
		As was common amongst 19th century conservative movements, Canadian Tories opposed the rollback of government intervention in social and economic matters advocated by the liberals of the era.
		Even though the Quebec Conservative Party dominated politics in that province for the first thirty years of Confederation at both the federal and provincial levels, in the 20th century the party was never able to be a force in provincial politics, and ultimately dissolved into the Union Nationale in 1935.
		Following Mulroney's resignation, his successor as Tory leader and as prime minister was Kim Campbell, who led the party into the disastrous Canadian federal election, 1993election of 1993.
	www.infothis.com /find/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada (237 words)

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		People are sick of the old politics in Nova Scotia.
		The name of the game here in Nova Scotia is to drain the tax dollars away from the programs they are meant to help.
		It is time for Nova Scotia to wake up and bring this abuse to an end.
	www.geocities.com /nsgrayparty/index (237 words)

	Travel-Directory.org: Nova Scotia Liberal Party
		Category: Destinations: North America: Canada: Nova Scotia: Society and Culture: Politics: Liberal Party
		Home : Destinations : North America : Canada : Nova Scotia : Society and Culture : Politics : Liberal Party : Nova Scotia Liberal Party
	www.travel-directory.org /travel/967809.html (237 words)

	Victoria County, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics and Government: The county is a regional municipality, one of four on Cape Breton Island.
		The shire town and largest municipality of Victoria County is the village of Baddeck.
		Cape Breton County was divided into two counties in that year, with Victoria County being cut off from it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_County,_Nova_Scotia (290 words)

	CBC - Nova Scotia Votes 2003
		The Liberals remain a Cape-Breton centred party, the NDP held Metro Halifax with 41 per cent of the vote, and the Tories kept a solid power base in rural Nova Scotia.
		A new era in Nova Scotia politics started Aug. 5 when cranky voters erased John Hamm's majority government, forcing the premier to search out allies in the opposition ranks.
		NDP campaign strategist Peter Mancini greeted the results with a smile, encouraged by party gains in rural Nova Scotia while holding on to voter support in Metro Halifax.
	www.cbc.ca /nsvotes2003 (290 words)

	Politics in Cheticamp NOVA SCOTIA Canada - Pagelite Search The Canadian Web Directory
		In the small Acadian village of Cheticamp, Nova Scotia, the powder between the bark and the dead spruce...
		The main source is the statutes of Nova Scotia.
		Radio-Canada’s radio service also broadcasts to Nova Scotia ’s francophone...
	search.pagelite.ca /canada/NOVA%20SCOTIA/Cheticamp/Politics%20in (290 words)

	Hantsport, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
		He was born in Nova Scotia, the son of an escaped Virginia slave.
		He painted murals on the walls of the Red Carriage House and the basement of the main house depicting everyday life, politics, seafaring traditions and scenery.
		At the Relief of Lucknow, during the Indian Mutiny, when the rest of the gun crew was killed by shots from the garrison, Hall continued singlehandedly to work his heavy naval gun until the wall was breached and stormed.
	www.valleyweb.com /hantsport/hantstsd.html (290 words)

	The Archives of Guy Henson: A Guide Collection Number: MS-2-373
		There are annual reports from the Nova Scotia Department of Education's Adult Education Division (1946-1955) and publications issued by the Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousie University (1963 and 1970).
		Institutions and organizations include the Nova Scotia Premier's Office, the Canadian Legion Educational Service, the Nova Scotia Opera, the Nova Scotia Festival of the Arts, and the Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousie University.
		Reference and other materials pertain to a wide variety of topics, including golf, education in Nova Scotia, political movements and current affairs, social causes, labour, management, and the activities of many local, provincial and national societies.
	www.library.dal.ca /archives/MS2/MS-2-373.htm (2131 words)

	Nova Scotia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
		Nova Scotia has recently struggled to stabilize an economy damaged by decline in the mining and steel industries.
		Prince Edward Island, joined to Nova Scotia in 1763, became separate in 1769.
		John Cabot may have landed (1497) on the tip of Cape Breton Island; European fishermen were already making regular stops during their yearly expeditions.
	www.bartleby.com /65/no/NovaScot.html (2131 words)

	CBC - Nova Scotia Votes 2003
		"Nova Scotians will go back to the beach and expect that when they return at the end of the summer there will be three parties working co-operatively towards a better Nova Scotia," he said.
		A new era in Nova Scotia politics started Aug. 5 when cranky voters erased John Hamm's majority government, forcing the premier to search out allies in the opposition ranks.
		The Liberals remain a Cape-Breton centred party, the NDP held Metro Halifax with 41 per cent of the vote, and the Tories kept a solid power base in rural Nova Scotia.
	www.cbc.ca /nsvotes2003 (2131 words)

	Features from Outdoor Nova Scotia
		Feature writer, Dave Caulfield examines the politics and inhabitants of 'The Gully', an environmentally sensitive, underwater canyon off the Nova Scotia coast; and the first, federally designated Marine Protected Area in eastern Canada.
		Kings County, Nova Scotia has one of the largest populations of wintering Bald Eagles in North America, in part due to the systematic feeding of the magnificent birds by local poultry producers.
		Outdoor Nova Scotia presents a rundown of some of the most popular and unique outdoor adventures in the province, from winter surfing in Queens County to ice climbing in Kings County.
	outdoorns.com /features (2131 words)

	Pugwash Pundit - Nova Scotia's Summer Election Commentary
		The taxpayers of Nova Scotia will not be burdened by the upfront cost of this extensive legal work because the law firms have agreed to accept one hundred percent of the oil and gas royalties for the next fifty-two years in full payment of their fees.
		Your fairyland world that is provincial politics in Nova Scotia is in for a major shake-up.
		We will survive this entertainment so long as the NDP does not increase the price of alchohol which my union sources assure me is not in the cards.
	aco.ca /forum/pundit2.html (535 words)

	Nova Scotia: History and Politics
		Under the Peace of Utrecht (1713–14), the Nova Scotia peninsula was awarded to England, although Cape Breton Island was retained by the French.
		Nova Scotia has recently struggled to stabilize an economy damaged by decline in the mining and steel industries.
		During this period Nova Scotia pioneered in Canadian history with the first newspaper (Halifax Gazette, 1752), the first printing press (1751), and the first university (King's College, Windsor, 1788–89).
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0860059.html (535 words)

	Links to Politics Parties Interest Groups in Nova Scotia
		With Highway7.com, our primary aim is to serve, inform and reflect the rural communities on the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia, as well as to acquaint new residents, visitors, tourists, and investors with the special beauty and enormous potential of our region.
		Highway7 E-zine, a publication of Hatch Media, is an electronic journal with a focus on commercial, historical, cultural and ecological issues concerning the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia in Canada.
		The official website for the the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia.
	www.highway7.com /links/link-politics1.html (535 words)

	cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Quick Guide
		Until 1992 the closest he got to politics was as president of the Nova Scotia Medical Society.
		The Government of Canada provides financial support to the provincial government of Nova Scotia, most notably through the Canada Health Transfer (CHT), the Canada Social Transfer (CST), the Health Reform Transfer (HRT) and Equalization.
		It is estimated that in 2004-05, support through major transfers to Nova Scotia will total $2.3 billion (about $2,455 per person).
	www.cric.ca /en_html/guide/provinc_elections/novascotia_elec.html (535 words)

	Alexa McDonough - Biography
		She was elected leader of the Nova Scotia NDP in 1980, the first woman in Canada to head a major political party.
		McDonough made her impact on Nova Scotia politics, fighting for -- and winning -- the first ban on extra billing in Canada, worker health and safety improvements, human rights protections and pay equity.
		She resigned her seat in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly on October 25, 1995.
	www.newsworld.cbc.ca /election97/bios/mcdonough.html (535 words)

	CBC - Nova Scotia Votes 2003
		"Nova Scotians will go back to the beach and expect that when they return at the end of the summer there will be three parties working co-operatively towards a better Nova Scotia," he said.
		A new era in Nova Scotia politics started Aug. 5 when cranky voters erased John Hamm's majority government, forcing the premier to search out allies in the opposition ranks.
		On election night, NDP Leader Darrell Dexter told cheering New Democrats in Halifax he was proud of his party's performance in the election, and promised to co-operate with the Conservatives.
	www.cbc.ca /nsvotes2003 (1045 words)

	Hiram Blanchard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When Tupper left for federal politics in 1867, Blanchard took over what became the Conservative Party and briefly succeeded Tupper as Premier before being defeated that year in Nova Scotia's first election as a province by William Annand's Anti-Confederation Party.
		Blanchard won election to the Nova Scotia legislative assembly in 1859 as a Liberal.
		Hiram Blanchard (January 17, 1820 – December 17, 1874) was a Nova Scotia lawyer and politician.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hiram_Blanchard (1045 words)

	Nova Scotia Canada Newspapers : Newspapers from Nova Scotia Canada : Nova Scotia
		Nova Scotia Canada newspapers for information on local issues, politics, events, celebrations, people and business.
		Nova Scotia Canada Newspapers : Newspapers from Nova Scotia Canada : Nova Scotia
		Information about holidays, vacations, resorts, real estate and property together with finance, stock market and investments reports; also look for theater, movies, culture, entertainment, activities and events all covered in Nova Scotia Canada newspapers.
	www.onlinenewspapers.com /canadans.htm (1045 words)

	Nova Scotia Field School
		his history of black migrations from the United States and the Caribbean to Nova Scotia provides the context from which to explore the politics of identity and interaction within present day black communities.
		Topics include: Culture on the Rock (a socio-cultural history of colonial Nova Scotia), theorizing the Black community, and discussion of contemporary social conflicts affecting Nova Scotia's Black population.
		Between 1783 and 1785, 3000 of these Black Loyalists arrived in Nova Scotia having gained their freedom for their support.
	www.clas.ufl.edu /users/marilyth/FieldSchool/Index.html (1045 words)

	John Buchanan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia in 1971 and became Premier of Nova Scotia in 1978.
		He was first elected to the Nova Scotia legislature in 1967.
		In 1990 he left provincial politics and was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as one of several special appointments Mulroney made under a provision in the Canadian constitution that allowed the creation of extra Senators above the ordinary limit.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/John_Buchanan (1045 words)

	Nova Scotia Confessions @ IntAdopt.com (International Adoption)
		Nova Scotia was granted a supreme court in 1754 with the appointment of Jonathan Belcher and a Legislative Assembly in 1758.
		Nova Scotia is the seventh most populated province in Canada with an estimated 938,116 residents as of October 1, 2005.
		Nova Scotia's politics are divided on regional lines in such a way that it has become difficult to elect a majority government.
	www.intadopt.com /encyclopedia/Nova_Scotia (1714 words)

	cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Quick Guide
		Until 1992 the closest he got to politics was as president of the Nova Scotia Medical Society.
		There are 52 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
		It is estimated that in 2004-05, support through major transfers to Nova Scotia will total $2.3 billion (about $2,455 per person).
	www.cric.ca /en_html/guide/provinc_elections/novascotia_elec.html (1714 words)

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