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 List of Quebec general elections
This is a list of Quebec general elections since Confederation in 1867, when Quebec became a province of the Dominion of Canada.
The 63 Liberal seats include the May 27 1912 election of Gustave Lemieux by acclamation in Gaspé and the July 15 1912 election of Joseph-Édouard Caron in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
A by-election was not held in Kamouraska until February 11 1869 (won by the Conservatives).
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 EZGeography - Ralliement créditiste
Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement.
Réal Caouette won a 1946 by-election for the party and sat as an MP in the Canadian House of Commons.
On January 25, 1970, the federal Ralliement créditiste established a provincial wing in Quebec, the Ralliement créditiste du Québec, to compete in provincial elections.
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 CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Voter Toolkit
The Elections Canada definition of this term is almost poetic: "The place of ordinary residence of a person is the place that has always been, or that has been adopted as, his or her dwelling place, and to which the person intends to return when away from it.
However, voting in the Quebec riding of Frontenac during the 1980 general election was held off for two weeks because of the death of one of the nominated candidates.
Victories were granted to Édouard Guilbault (Cons.) during the 1887 general election in the riding of Joliette, Que.; Nicholas Flood Davin (Cons.) during the 1896 general election in the riding of Assiniboia West, NWT; and Paul Martineau (P.C.) during the 1963 general election in the riding of Pontiac-Temiscamingue, Que.
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 list of quebec general elections - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
This is a list of Quebec general elections since Confederation in 1867, when British North America became the Dominion of Canada and Quebec was created as one of the Dominion's provinces.
†: 1 independent Liberal A by-election was not held in Kamouraska until February 11 1869 (won by the Conservatives).
Note: Pierre-Alexis Tremblay was elected unopposed in Chicoutimi-Saguenay electoral district as an independent; however by the 1871 election he ran as a Liberal.
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Quebec French is substantially different in pronunciation and vocabulary to the French of Europe and that of France's...
The Summit of the Americas held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on the weekend of April 20, 2001, was a round of nego...
Quebec television is an important part of the culture of the province of Quebec in Canada.
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The U.S. presidential election of 1948 is considered by most historians as the greatest election upset in American history...
The U.S. presidential election of 1948 is best known as one of the greatest political upsets in history, as incumbent Pre...
The generative sciences (or generative science) are the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary sciences that explore...
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 Maurice Duplessis - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
In the 1931 election, Duplessis was re-elected in his seat, but Conservative leader Camillien Houde lost both the election and his own seat.
While he lost that election, Duplessis was soon able to exploit a patronage scandal involving the family of Premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau to force Taschereau's resignation.
Duplessis's first government was defeated in the 1939 election, a snap election called by the premier in hopes of exploiting the issue of Canadian participation in World War II.
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 Elections Canada On-Line | Media
At the first general election after Confederation, only males over the age of 21 who met certain property qualifications were eligible to vote and run as candidates in a federal election.
The election of 1921 was the first in which the number of people registered on the voters lists represented more than 50 percent of the population.
Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency responsible for the conduct of federal elections and referendums.
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 Maurice Duplessis - Gurupedia
In 1932 the Conservative caucus chose Duplessis to be the leader of the Opposition, and he formally won the leadership of the Quebec Conservative Party in 1933.
On January 21, 1948 he made one of his most enduring contributions to Quebec with the adoption of an official Flag of Quebec, the fleur-de-lysé, which replaced Britain's Union Jack at the top of the National Assembly.
After his death, Quebec society was caught up in a swift socio-cultural change away from his conservative, church-oriented policies towards a highly secular, socially liberal welfare state.
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Duplessis and the UN won the Quebec general election, 1936August 1936 election in a landslide, putting an end to 39 consecutive years of Liberal rule.
Duplessis's first government was defeated in the Quebec general election, 19391939 election, a snap election called by the premier in hopes of exploiting the issue of Canadian participation in World War II.
Elections as party leader He won the Quebec general election, 19361936 election, lost the Quebec general election, 19391939 election, won the Quebec general election, 19441944 election, Quebec general election, 19481948 election, Quebec general election, 19521952 election, and Quebec general election, 19561956 election and died in office in 1959.
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 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Born in Trois-Rivières, Duplessis studied at the Séminaire Saint-Joseph de Trois-Rivières, obtained a law degree from Université Laval in Quebec City and was admitted to the Barreau du Quebec in 1913.
In the 1931 election, Duplessis was reelected in his seat, but Conservative leader Camillien Houde lost both the election and his own seat.
Afterwards, Quebec society was caught in a very swift socio-cultural change away from his conservative, Church-oriented policies toward a highly secular, socially liberal welfare state.
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 Elections Canada On-Line | About Elections Canada
At the first general election after Confederation, only men 21 years of age and over who met certain property qualifications could vote and be candidates in a federal election.
At the 1921 election, for the first time, the number of electors on the lists exceeded 50 percent of the total population.
Among the exceptions are impartial officials responsible for running elections: the Chief Electoral Officer, Assistant Chief Electoral Officer, and the returning officers (except when the latter are required to vote to break a tie on a recount).
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 Parti libéral du Québec - Free net encyclopedia
The Parti libéral du Québec (Liberal Party of Quebec, although it refers to itself in English as the Québec Liberal Party), or PLQ, is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec.
This mirrored the situation in Ottawa, where the arrival of Wilfrid Laurier in the 1896 federal election marked the beginning of Liberal dominance at the federal level.
Since the election of April 14, 2003, the Liberals have formed the current government of Québec under Premier Jean Charest.
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 DGEQ | Québec's electoral system
A by-election is held in an electoral division to fill a vacancy caused by a member’s resignation or death or a court ruling.
Chronologically, the election operations are as follows: first, to exercise their voting rights, all person having the status of an elector must be registered on the list of electors; subsequently, the list is updated and corrected during the election period through a revision process.
To be officially recognized as candidates in a specific election event, all candidates must file nominating papers with the returning officer of the electoral division in which they wish to stand for election.
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 Irish general election, 1944
The next Irish general election will be held in 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President...
Irish general election, 1951 The Irish general election of 1951 was held on May 30, 1951...
Sat for Belfast, Falls from the general election of 1945 until the general election of 1969, when he was defeated.
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 Quebec general elections - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1994 results include the by-election held on October 24, 1994 in the Saint-Jean electoral district to break a tie in the original general election.
The 1998 results include the by-election held on December 14, 1998 in the Masson electoral district due to the death of PQ candidate Yves Blais on November 22, 1998.
The 63 Liberal seats include the May 27, 1912 election of Gustave Lemieux by acclamation in Gaspé and the July 15, 1912 election of Joseph-Édouard Caron in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
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 Discussion Paper. The Reform of the Voting System in Québec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
General election: Victory for Robert Bourassa’s Liberals with an excessive margin of seats (45.4% of the vote and 66.7% of the seats).
General election: The PQ under René Lévesque defeats Claude Ryan’s Liberals and is reelected with 49.2% of the vote and 65.6% of the seats.
On general election night, when voters hear the TV announcer utter the stock phrase "If the trend continues..." they know the score: One of the parties in the race is winning a majority of seats in the National Assembly and will form the next Government of Québec.
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 Maurice Duplessis - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
In 1932 the Conservative caucus chose Duplessis to be the leader of the Opposition, and he formally won the leadership of the Quebec_Conservative_Party in 1933.
Duplessis' first government was defeated in the 1939 election, a snap_election called by the Premier in hopes of exploiting the issue of Canadian participation in World_War_II, but he managed to return as Premier in the 1944 election and held on to power without serious opposition for the next fifteen years until his death.
On January_21, 1948 he made one of his most enduring contributions to Quebec with the adoption of a national flag, the ''fleurdelysé'', which replaced Britain's Union_Jack at the top of the National Assembly.
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 Bloc populaire canadien . Canada . Quebec . September 8 . April 27 . Quebec general election, 1948 . Canadian federal ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
In the April 27, 1942 national referendum held in Canada, a little more than 70 of Quebec voters refused to free the federal government from its promise to avoid a general mobilization, while about 80 per cent of the citizens of the rest of Canada accepted it.
Although Quebec represents only 24 of the population of Canada, the number of international adoptions in Quebec is the highest of all...
election of 1945 was the 20th General Election in Canada Canadian history.
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 Quebec general election, 1952 - Definition, explanation
The Quebec general election of 1952 was held on July 16, 1952 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada.
This was the fourth time (and the third in a row) that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory.
The number of seats won by the Liberals, and their share of the popular vote, were considerably increased over the previous election in 1948.
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 Indiana University Northwest 2004-2006 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin: General Information
The center's success will be measured by its ability to build on IU Northwest's excellent cultural programs, to capitalize on the region's growing appreciation and celebration of diversity in all its dimensions, to forge alliances with other cultural loci, and to establish a site for lifelong learning in the cultures and history of northwest Indiana.
The decision of the committee shall be final and shall be deemed equivalent to a decision of the Trustees of Indiana University.
The legislation was framed in general terms and applies to instructors teaching graduates and undergraduates on all campuses of Indiana University.
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 last minute Quebec_general_election _1948 - last-minute-report.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
June 20 - U.S.Congress: Commencement of Congressional Recess for the remainder of 1948 after an overtime session closed on this Saturday at 0700 D.C. time (to be shortly interrupted by Truman's recall from Congressional recess for July 20, 1948).
Five bishops are immediately consecrated by the Patriarch of Alexandria, and the successor to Abuna Qerellos IV is granted the power to consecrate new bishops, who are empowered to elect a new Patriarch for their church.
Pakistan is in a state of shock as it mourns the departure of the father of the nation.
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 Canadian federal election, 1958 Information
The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history.
It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election.
A turnaround in Quebec: Quebec had been largely Liberal since the Conscription Crisis of 1917, but upon the resignation of former Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, the province had no favourite son leader, as they had since 1948, and were open to new options.
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 election of 1948 directory - California-Recall.com
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Republican prospects for the 1948 presidential race appeared to be excellent..
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 Joseph-Alfred Mousseau . July 17 . March 30 . 1886 . John A. Macdonald . Quebec . 1882 . January 22 . 1884 . List of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The motto of Quebec is Je me souviens I remember, which is carved into the Parliament Building façade in Quebec City Ville de Québec and is seen...
Quebec general election, 1948 July 28, 1948 Name Seats 92 Pop.
List of Quebec general elections Timeline of Quebec history National Assembly of Quebec List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition For more...
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 LESTER B. PEARSON - 7th Session   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Pearson had been the chief civil servant in the Department of External Affairs for two years when, in 1948, he was summoned by his Prime Minister to head the Departmeat on the elected cabinet level.
He was returned again in the general elections in June 1949.
In his habits, he is well known for his punctuality; in his attire, for his bow tie; in his personality, for his friendliness, as outwardly expressed in his grin; and in his relaxation, for his fondness for baseball.
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 Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
The Center for Voting and Democracy is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented.
General Elections in the Republic of Northern Cyprus, December 2003
UK General Election 2005, May, with full results and statistical breakdowns, and a spreadsheet version from the Electoral Commission
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 Civilization.ca - History of the Vote - Chronicle, A spotlight on 1920-1997
Placing a ballot into the ballot box: this act has remained essentially unchanged for decades, but the circumstances under which it is performed have continually improved.
First federal election at which women vote on the basis of the universal franchise.
Voting age lowered to 18; 18-year-olds vote for the first time in 1972 general election.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Brian Mulroney
Raised in Quebec in a working class family, Mulroney was a successful bilingual lawyer who became active in provincial politics in the 1970s.
Campbell replaced Brian MULRONEY as Prime Minister in June 1993 but the Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the general election in October 1993.
In the 1979 elections he led his party to victory and briefly replaced Pierre...
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