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  United Kingdom - Search View - MSN Encarta
The United Kingdom is bordered to the south by the English Channel, which separates it from continental Europe, to the east by the North Sea, and to the west by the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the only land border is between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The climate of the United Kingdom is mild relative to its latitude.
The United Kingdom is one of the most urbanized of the world’s larger nations: about 89 per cent of the population lives in cities and towns.
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 United Kingdom general election, 2001 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media.
The elections were also marked by apathy from the voting public, turnout being only 59%, the lowest since 1918.
Throughout the election the Labour party had maintained a significant lead in the opinion polls and the result was deemed to be so certain that some bookmakers paid out for a Labour majority before the election day.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2001   (481 words)

  
 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.
Elections Canada used to need that much time to prepare the voters' list because it was sending teams of enumerators to every home in Canada to update information from the previous general election.
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.
www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/voterstoolkit/faqs.html   (6671 words)

  
 United Kingdom general election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005.
The general election took place in 646 constituencies across the United Kingdom, for seats in the House of Commons.
In Northern Ireland, the election was dominated in the unionist community by a battle between the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005   (3584 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies
Sat for Mid Londonderry from the general election of 1945 until the general election of 1953, and for the Foyle Division of Londonderry from the general election of 1953 until the general election of 1969 when he was defeated.
Sat for Belfast, Oldpark from the general election of 1949 until the general election of 1958 when he was defeated, and for Belfast, Clifton from the byelection of 28th May 1959 until the general election of 1969 when he was defeated.
Contested Armagh in the 1974 United Kingdom general election, the 1975 elections to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, and the 1982 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
www.election.demon.co.uk /stormont/biographies.html   (17793 words)

  
 UW-Madison DPLS Subject Access - Election Returns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Israeli election results for the 14th (1996) knesset and 15th (1999) knesset and combined with summarized data from 1995 census of population and housing.
United States historical election returns, 1788-1984: all states, county level election returns, 1952-1966 and 1974.
Wisconsin election data: votes cast in primary and general elections for federal and state offices, 1970-1980.
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 Unit Did You Mean unit?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Unit of measurement or physical unit, a fundamental quantity of measurement in science or engineering.
Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation.
Unit (ring theory), an element that is invertible with respect to ring multiplication.
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 sociology - Victoria of the United Kingdom
As well as being queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, she was also the first monarch to use the title Empress of India.
During Victoria's last years, the United Kingdom was involved in the Boer War, which received the enthusiastic support of the Queen.
As of 2004, the European monarchs and former monarchs descended from Victoria are: the Queen of the United Kingdom, the King of Norway, the King of Sweden, the Queen of Denmark, the King of Spain, the King of the Hellenes (deposed) and the King of Romania (deposed).
www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom   (4993 words)

  
 United Kingdom general election, 1874 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In the 1874 United Kingdom general election, the Liberals, led by William Gladstone, won a majority of the votes cast, but Benjamin Disraeli's Conservatives won the majority of seats in the House of Commons, largely because they won a number of uncontested seats.
The election also saw Irish Nationalists in the Home Rule League become the first significant third party in Parliament.
This was the first General Election that used a secret ballot following the 1872 Secret Ballot Act.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1874   (154 words)

  
 Timeline 1871-1874
1874 Apr 24-26, The 2-story mansion leased by Thomas Clarke on the southwest corner of 16th and Castro in Oakland, Ca., was reported to be haunted.
1874 Jul 26, Serge Koussevitsky, conductor of the Boston Symphony, was born in Vishny-Volotchok, Russia.
1874 The Chautauqua Institution began as a Methodist community 60 miles south of Buffalo and established a reputation as a purveyor of summer "learning vacations." [see 1878] The Chautauqua Institution was founded to further adult education.
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 Baxter's 1874 "Life of Elder Walter Scott" part one   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Professors of religion, as a general rule, were much better acquainted with the tenets of their particular party than with the Bible.
Not long after he had completed his education a sudden and unexpected turn in his history took place, which, without being intended as a prelude to the part he was to act in life, proved to be in reality one of the most important steps in his whole career.
That event was his coming to the United States, a matter which had not entered into his own plan of life, or been contemplated by his friends and family.
www.sidneyrigdon.com /1874Bax1.htm   (11634 words)

  
 United Kingdom General Election results since 1832
UK General Elections since 1832 UK General Elections since 1832
Complete results are available here for those years highlighted in red
Otherwise, links are to summary results on the Spartacus site and Adam Carr's Election Archive
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /area/uk/edates.htm   (100 words)

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