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wikien.info: Main_Page In the 1979 Canadian election, Jerome considered following the precedent set by his predecessor, Lucien Lamoureux and running as an independent as is the custom of the Speaker of the British House of Commons. In 1966, he won a seat on Sudbury's city council and, the next year, attempted to win election to the Canadian House of Commons in a by-election but was defeated. He took the seat in the 1968 Canadian election, however, and became the Liberal MP for the Sudbury riding. www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=James_Alexander_Jerome   (325 words)

Encyclopedia: Social Credit Party of Canada In the Canadian federal election of 1965, the Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the Canadian House of Commons. The House of Commons after the 1972 election The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency of the Government of Canada responsible for the conduct of federal elections and referendums. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Social-Credit-Party-of-Canada   (4839 words)

elections Houses of Parliament General elections are elections of the whole House of Commons at one time: one Member of Parliament for each constituency in the United Kingdom. A parliamentary by-election is held when a seat falls vacant in the House of Commons, because an MP dies, resigns or can no longer be an MP for some other reason, such as being made a member of the House of Lords. The election timetable is then halted and starts again from the beginning of the timetable 28 days after proof of death has been received by the returning officer.  This new poll is not a by-election, but a delayed poll of the general election. www.parliament.uk /works/elections.cfm   (955 words)

elections Houses of Parliament General elections are elections of the whole House of Commons at one time: one Member of Parliament for each constituency in the United Kingdom. A parliamentary by-election is held when a seat falls vacant in the House of Commons, because an MP dies, resigns or can no longer be an MP for some other reason, such as being made a member of the House of Lords. The election timetable is then halted and starts again from the beginning of the timetable 28 days after proof of death has been received by the returning officer.  This new poll is not a by-election, but a delayed poll of the general election. www.parliament.uk /works/elections.cfm   (955 words)

Research Guide on Elections: Bibliography Election of the President of the United States by the House of Representatives. Elections: Statistical Analysis of Factors that Affected Uncounted Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election: Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives. The Action of the Senate and House of Representatives in Regard to the Manner of Counting Electoral Votes for President and Vice-President from 1789 to 1873, with a Statement in Detail of Each of the Electoral Votes for President and Vice-President for the Same Period.. memory.loc.gov /ammem/amlaw/llrrel.html   (5312 words)

Canadian federal election, 1974 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Canadian federal election of 1974 was held on July 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. The House of Commons after the 1974 election A key issue in the election was controlling spiralling inflation. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_1974   (497 words)

Canadian federal election, 1974 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Canadian federal election of 1974 was held on July 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. The House of Commons after the 1974 election A key issue in the election was controlling spiralling inflation. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_1974   (434 words)

Canadian federal election, 1979 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article Although elections in Canada are normally held four years apart, Trudeau deferred calling an election until five years after the previous election in the hope that the Liberal Party would be able to recover some of the support that it had lost. This election was the last in which the (Click link for more info and facts about Social Credit Party of Canada) Social Credit Party of Canada won seats. It was defeated in the House of Commons in a vote of non-confidence over a budget bill that proposed to increase the excise tax on gasoline by 18 cents per Imperial gallon. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Ca/Canadian_federal_election,_1979.htm   (1226 words)

The Ultimate John Paul Harney - American History Information Guide and Reference He won a seat in the House of Commons in the 1972 election representing Scarborough West but was defeated in the subsequent 1974 election. Born in Quebec and fluently bilingual, Harney became leader of the Quebec NDP in the 1980s but was unable to win a seat either in the federal House of Commons or in the Quebec National Assembly. John Paul Harney (aka Jean-Paul Harney) (born 1931) is a professor and former Canadian politician. www.historymania.com /american_history/John_Paul_Harney   (135 words)

Canadian federal election, 1980 biography .ms The 1980 Canadian federal election was called when the minority Progressive Conservative government led by Joe Clark was defeated on a motion of no confidence in the Canadian House of Commons. The Social Credit Party lost its last five seats in the Canadian House of Commons, and rapidly declined into obscurity after this election. Clark and his government had also been under attack for its perceived inexperience, for example, in its handling of its 1979 election campaign commitment to move Canada's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. www.biography.ms /1980_Canadian_election.html   (245 words)

List of New Brunswick general elections - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Prior to 1784, New Brunswick was Sunbury County, Nova Scotia and it returned members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Between 1935 and 1974, some ridings were multi member seats, i.e., more than one Member of the Legislative Assembly was elected from certain ridings. Since 1974, each riding (electoral district) has elected only one member to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_New_Brunswick_general_elections   (245 words)

Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1974, the NDP contested their first provincial election on the island and got 5.9% of the vote, but due to internal bickering, the party fell in the polls. In the 1996 election, the party captured 7.8% of the vote, and elected Dr. Dickieson to the house for the riding of West Point-Bloomfield. Dickieson narrowly lost his seat in the 2000 election despite the party's overall popular vote rising to 8.4% en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Island_New_Democrats   (245 words)

Canadian federal election, 1867 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elections held in the previous year in the Provinces of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia focussed on the issue of whether or not to form a confederation. As it was, Brown ran concurrently for seats in the Ontario legislature and the Canadian House of Commons and hoped to become Premier of Ontario. The Canadian federal election of 1867, held on September 20th, was the first election for the new nation of Canada. bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Canadian_federal_election,_1867   (476 words)

Canadian federal election, 1957 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. This was the first Canadian election to be televised, and while only a minority of Canadians owned a television, most got some opportunity to see the candidates they were voting for. * - not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Canadian_federal_election,_1957   (831 words)

Canadian federal election, 1988 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. The election was the last for Canada's Social Credit movement: the party won no seats, and insignificant portion of the popular vote. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1988_Canadian_election   (438 words)

Otto Jelinek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia After a time in business, Otto Jelinek entered politics and was elected in the 1972 election to the House of Commons as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for High Park-Humber Valley in Metropolitan Toronto. When the Tories formed government after the 1984 election, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed Jelinek to Cabinet as Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport, and the Minister responsible for Multiculturalism. In 1988, he was named to Minister of Supply and Services, and later, Minister of National Revenue. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Otto_John_Jelinek   (305 words)

Federal Canadian federal election, 1891 The 1891 Canadian election was won by House of Commons. Canadian federal election, 1988 The 1988 Canadian federal election was an election largely fought on a single issue: the... Canadian federal election, 1957 The 1957 Canadian election was held John Diefenbaker. www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/federal.html   (2983 words)

United Kingdom general election, October 1974 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It was at this election that the Scottish National Party secured their best ever representation inside the House of Commons, 11 MPs. See also MPs elected in the UK general election, 1974 (October). It was the second of two United Kingdom general elections held that year. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UK_general_election,_1974_(October)   (128 words)

U.S. Senate election, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The U.S. Senate election, 2004 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the re-election of George W. Bush as president and the U.S. House election, as well as many state and local elections. The Senate, as of the pre-election 108th Congress, was composed of 51 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and 1 independent. In fact, the only retiring senator whose seat was taken by a member of his party was Republican Don Nickles of Oklahoma, who was succeeded by Tom Coburn. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_2004   (1424 words)

United Kingdom Election Results Elections of hereditary peers under the House of Lords Act 1999. Election results from the general election of 1983 onwards are in these files in the same order. European Parliamentary Election in Yorkshire and the Humber region by constituency, 1999. www.election.demon.co.uk   (1187 words)

standingrules.txt Senate committee staff members and employees in the office of a Senator must be on the payroll of the Senate and members of joint committee staffs must be on the payroll of the Senate or the House of Representatives. In the absence of the Vice President, and pending the election of a President pro tempore, the Acting President pro tempore or the Secretary of the Senate, or in his absence the Assistant Secretary, shall perform the duties of the Chair. When the Senate shall be convened by the President of the United States to any other place, the Presiding Officer of the Senate and the Senators shall attend at the place appointed, with the necessary officers of the Senate. rules.senate.gov /senaterules/standingrules.txt   (9425 words)

Encyclopedia: U.S. Senate election, 2000 The U.S. Senate election, 2000 was an election for United States Senate which coincided with the election of George W. Bush as president. This was six years after many Republicans had been swept into the Senate in the elections of 1994, and most of the races which were considered to be in play were won by Democrats. Elections to the United States Senate will be held on November 2, 2010, with 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/U.S.-Senate-election,-2000   (5315 words)

United Kingdom general election, October 1974 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It was at this election that the Scottish National Party secured their best ever representation inside the House of Commons, 11 MPs. See also MPs elected in the UK general election, 1974 (October). It was the second of two United Kingdom general elections held that year. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UK_general_election,_1974_(October)   (128 words)

United Kingdom general election, February 1974 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The UK general election of February 1974 was held on February 28, 1974. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the only election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party, instead producing a hung parliament. This election saw Northern Ireland diverging heavily from the rest of the UK, with all twelve MPs elected being from local parties, following the decision of the Ulster Unionists to withdraw support from the Conservative Party in protest over the Sunningdale Agreement. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UK_general_election,_1974_(February)   (334 words)

United Kingdom general election, October 1974 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It was at this election that the Scottish National Party secured their best ever representation inside the House of Commons, 11 MPs. It was the second of two United Kingdom general elections held that year. The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1974_(October)   (176 words)

U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Virtual Reference Desk > Rules and Procedure The Senate and the House each has an Office of the Parliamentarian to provide expert advice and assistance on questions relating to the meaning and application of that chamber's legislative rules, precedents, and practices. The Senate Rules Committee has jurisdiction over the internal management of the Senate, as well as responsibility for legislation establishing federal election laws. The legislative process on the Senate floor is governed by a set of standing rules, a body of precedents created by rulings of presiding officers or by votes of the Senate, a variety of established and customary practices, and ad hoc arrangements the Senate makes to meet specific parliamentary and political circumstances. www.senate.gov /reference/reference_index_subjects/Rules_and_Procedure_vrd.htm   (499 words)

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