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  Waterloo (electoral district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Waterloo was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.
Waterloo initially consisted of the City of Waterloo, the City of Galt, and the Townships of North Dumfries and Waterloo.
The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Kitchener—Waterloo, Perth—Wellington—Waterloo and Waterloo—Wellington ridings.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waterloo_(electoral_district)   (201 words)

  
 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Waterloo, Ontario
The City of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the larger city of Kitchener.
Erb is often called the founder of Waterloo, as it was his sawmill (1808) and grist mill (1816) that became the focal point of the area.
Waterloo was incorporated as a village in 1857 and became the Town of Waterloo in 1876 and the City of Waterloo in 1948.
www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Waterloo,_Ontario   (1896 words)

  
 Waterloo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They are almost all named directly or indirectly after the settlement of Waterloo in Belgium and the famous battle which was fought near there.
Waterloo, New Zealand (a suburb of Lower Hutt)
Waterloo is part of Dogs Playing Poker, a series of paintings by C.M. Coolidge.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waterloo   (179 words)

  
 By-law 6
Electoral District 2: Eastern comprised of the counties of Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Prince Edward and Renfrew, and the united counties of Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, Prescott and Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and The Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.
Electoral District 3: Central East comprised of the counties of Haliburton, Northumberland, Peterborough, Simcoe, Victoria, and The Regional Municipality of Durham.
Electoral District 5: Central West comprised of the counties of Brant, Dufferin and Wellington and the regional municipalities of Haldimand-Norfolk, Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Niagara, Peel and Waterloo.
www.cco.on.ca /by-law_6.htm   (1758 words)

  
 Bylaw No. 1, Part 2: Election of Councillors and Elected Committee Members
the Central Western District, composed of the counties of Brant, Bruce, Grey, Wellington and Dufferin and the regional municipalities of Haldimand-Norfolk, Hamilton-Wentworth, Niagara and Waterloo.
the Eastern District, composed of the united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Prescott and Russell, the County of Renfrew and the regional municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.
the Central/Toronto District, composed of the municipality of metropolitan Toronto, the county of Simcoe and the regional municipalities of Halton, Peel and York.
www.cno.org /docs/general/46005bylaws/b1p2.htm   (3744 words)

  
 CMLTO - Government Policy - Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Electoral district 1, the Southwest Region, composed of the District Health Council areas for Essex County, Grey-Bruce, Kent County, Lambton and Thames Valley and the counties, without regard to the District Health Council areas, of Huron and Perth.
Electoral district 5, the East Region, composed of the District Health Council areas for Eastern Ontario, Hastings and Prince Edward counties, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Ottawa-Carleton and Renfrew County.
Electoral district 8, composed of the whole province and members residing outside Ontario, for the purpose of electing a member-at-large.
www.cmlto.com /government_policy/council/?load=bylaw_section23   (1670 words)

  
 Districts - Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
District 5 Counties of Wellington and Dufferin, and the Regional Municipalities of Halton and Peel.
District 9 Counties of Renfrew and Lanark, and the Township of West Carleton and the City of Kanata in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.
District 10 Counties of Russell, Prescott, Glengarry Stormont, Dundas and Grenville, and the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton except the Township of West Carleton and the City of Kanata.
www.ontariosheep.org /DISTRICT.HTML   (183 words)

  
 Find Your Electoral District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Electoral boundaries will not be redistributed until the next general election.
While it is updated periodically, please be aware that it may not reflect the most recent changes that may have occurred.
When a provincial election or by-election is called, contact information for your electoral district Returning Office will be available here, as well as a list of candidates and the dates and locations of advance polls.
www.electionsontario.on.ca /fyed/en/map_page_en.jsp?dcode=038   (87 words)

  
 Living in the Region of Waterloo
In 1853, the four upper Townships of Waterloo, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich were joined to the Township of North Dumfries, which had been created from the six northern concessions of Dumfries Township in the County of Brant, thus shaping the familiar outline of the County of Waterloo.
In 1993, the coat of arms was redesigned with the assistance of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, incorporating the original symbols of the lion, the lamb, the crown and the County motto, together with seven trilliums representing the seven area municipalities of the Region of Waterloo.
John Scott, Reeve of the Township of Waterloo, was chosen to be Warden of the Municipal Council of the County of Waterloo.
www.region.waterloo.on.ca /__85256ae80070e40f.nsf/Docid/63C468981ACA86E385256E0500504073?OpenDocument   (5075 words)

  
 I propose to write an essay that will identify the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain, explaining how it functioned in ...
Their contribution to political and environmental history may not have changed the way Canadians or Americans perceive Nature, and their efforts may not have solved the great problem of acid rain, but to identify the CCAR and their story is to identify a piece of Canada’s environmental history.
The riding of Waterloo South consisted of the southern portion of present day Waterloo Region (roughly bounded by the area south of the 401) including the city of Cambridge, and North Dumfries and Wilmot Townships.
The electoral result in Waterloo South is of interest particularly in light of the result in the neighbouring riding of Waterloo North, where a Laurier Liberal candidate was elected after a lively campaign.
www.arts.uwaterloo.ca /~ghayes/29January.htm   (1537 words)

  
 Election 2004, News and Events, Claremont McKenna College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Each state gets a number of electors equal to their representation in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the District of Columbia also has three electoral votes.
Two states, Nebraska and Maine, have a different system whereby two electors are selected by statewide popular vote and the others are selected by popular vote in the states' congressional districts.
Instead, the outcome in the Electoral College hinges on a handful of states where the partisan balance is relatively close and both candidates have a chance to win.
www.mckenna.edu /news/special/election2004/miller.asp   (1197 words)

  
 Changing Shape of Ontario: Early Districts and Counties
As the population grew the original districts were renamed, expanded and subdivided.
When districts were abolished in 1849, county governments took on the responsibilities formerly borne by the district governments.
Until May 1980, the York Judicial District continued to encompass the original York County stretching from Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe, despite the lower third of the county becoming the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto in 1953 and the remaining territory becoming the Regional Municipality of York in January 1971.
www.archives.gov.on.ca /english/exhibits/maps/districts.htm   (756 words)

  
 Elections
CCO is governed by a 16-member Council composed of nine chiropractors elected to represent a specific electoral district, and seven public members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
District 2: Eastern comprising the counties of Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Prince Edward and Renfrew, and the united counties of Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, Prescott and Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton
District 5: Central West comprising the counties of Brant, Dufferin and Wellington, and the Regional Municipalities of Haldimand- Norfolk, Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Niagara, Peel, and Waterloo
www.cco.on.ca /elections1.htm   (471 words)

  
 Loss of Official Funds Could Be AMLO's Waterloo
The districts in question are located in 26 of Mexico’s 31 states and Federal District, and federal judges and magistrates are leading the actual counting of the more than 3 million ballots.
Moreover, causes for nullification of the election such as inequity in the campaign, or federal government intervention in the election, would not affect the criteria and conduct of electoral functionaries at the time the ballots were counted, so such charges are subsequently assessed.
The ordered vote recount responds to a flaw in electoral authority, and it was court imposed because in the opinions of some there was the possibility of mistakes having been made on tally sheets.
www.mexidata.info /id1002.html   (693 words)

  
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In addition, the parties agree both that no objections were filed against plaintiffs nominating papers and that the local electoral board did not invalidate those papers.
A candidate who filed his nominating papers 30 days after the deadline would be entitled to have his name appear on the ballot unless some member of the public took affirmative steps to challenge those papers.
For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the circuit court of Lee County is affirmed.
www.state.il.us /court/OPINIONS/AppellateCourt/1998/2ndDistrict/March/HTML/2970225.txt   (2003 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
The Central electoral district, composed of the regional municipalities of Halton, Peel, Waterloo and York together with the County of Wellington and The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.
The Eastern electoral district composed of the regional municipalities of Durham and Ottawa-Carleton together with the counties of Dundas, Frontenac, Glengarry, Grenville, Haliburton, Hastings, Lanark, Leeds, Lennox and Addington, Northumberland, Peterborough, Prescott, Prince Edward, Renfrew, Russell, Stormont, Victoria and The District Municipality of Muskoka.
The Western electoral district composed of the regional municipalities of Haldimand-Norfolk, Hamilton-Wentworth and Niagara, together with the counties of Brant, Essex, Kent, Lambton, Oxford and Perth.
www.e-laws.gov.on.ca /DBLaws/Regs/English/900550_e.doc   (3318 words)

  
 WCFCourier.com | The Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Online!
WATERLOO --- Room 112 was packed so tightly with caucus-goers both the room temperature and the political energy reached near boiling.
She said a contingent of Gephardt supporters from Missouri had been living in a motel in Waterloo for the past few days trying to garner support for their candidate.
Jackie Shock, of Waterloo, changed her registration Monday night so she could be eligible to vote in the Democratic caucus.
www.wcfcourier.com /articles/2004/01/20/news/top_news/94111f93ae4a1a1486256e210054cbba.txt   (1706 words)

  
 The pollsters' Waterloo=The Hill.com=   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Murray is the senator everybody loves to underestimate, but a close look at her record reveals a senator who votes smart on pocketbook issues, who defends Northwest environmental values and delivers the goods for Washington.
In the hotly contested race in the 8th District of eastern King and Pierce counties, Democrat Dave Ross, radio talk-show host, is endorsed over his Republican opponent, King County Sheriff Dave Reichert.
Districts have been drawn so carefully along party lines that serious challenges by the minority party in a district are nearly impossible.
www.hillnews.com /editorial/110204.aspx   (748 words)

  
 Imprint: September 19, 2003
On Election's Day, all persons who are Canadian citizens of age 18 years or older and who are also residents of an electoral district in Ontario will be eligible to vote.
The location of the polling place, where a person may vote on Election Day, is provided on the Notice of Registration Card that is sent to all eligible voters (whose names appear on the Voters' List for their electoral district).
To acquire a "Certificate to Vote," students should visit the revision assistant at their electoral district returning office or at any advance poll location.
imprint.uwaterloo.ca /story.php?f=2&t=3527&i=&v=f&story=3527   (323 words)

  
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www.state.il.us /court/opinions/AppellateCourt/1998/2ndDistrict/March/WP/2970225.doc   (1936 words)

  
 CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Candidates and Ridings
Waterloo's economic activities include manufacturing, financial and insurance sectors as well as retail trade.
The riding of Waterloo was created in 1966 from Waterloo South and North.
Waterloo South was Tory from 1900 to 1949, but since then the riding elected candidates from all three main parties.
www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/riding/146   (626 words)

  
 Thomson Nelson - Political Science Resource Centre
The matter was put to the electorate in a referendum in May 2005; although 58% voted in favour, the results fell short of the 60% that would have required the government to introduce enabling legislation into the legislature.
The PEI government created an Electoral Reform Commission whose report published in late 2003 recommended that the province should explore adopting some form of proportional representation; the two preferred options were identified the single transferable vote or mixed member proportional systems.
As a result, the government set up the Commission on Prince Edward Island's Electoral Future with the mandate to develop an alternative mixed-member proportional system to be put to the electorate in a plebiscite.
polisci.nelson.com /elections.html   (1396 words)

  
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In the Case of Quebec each of the Twenty-four Senators representing that Province shall be appointed for One of the Twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower Canada specified in Schedule A. to Chapter One of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada.
[Electoral Districts of the Four Provinces.] Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick shall, for the Purposes of the Election of Members to serve in the House of Commons, be divided into Electoral Districts as follows: 1.--ONTARIO.
[Electoral districts.] The Legislative Assembly of Ontario shall be composed of Eighty-two Members, to be elected to represent the Eighty-two Electoral Districts set forth in the First Schedule to this Act.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/5/9/8/5984/5984.txt   (7512 words)

  
 Create a new constituency in Laikipia District
Laikipia District is located in the central region of Kenya, on the Equator.
Economic activity in the district consists mainly of tourism and agriculture, grains and ranching.
The northern part of the district holds half of the country’s rhino population and 80 per cent of the world’s gravy zebra.
www.eastandard.net /hm_news/news_s.php?articleid=1143953207   (290 words)

  
 Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Bills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
(1.1)  Despite subsection (1), the electoral district of Waterloo-Wellington shall be called Waterloo-Wellington-Kitchener for the purpose of representation in the Legislative Assembly.
At present, the names of provincial electoral districts are identical to those of the federal electoral districts.
The name of the electoral district is changed to Waterloo-Wellington-Kitchener.
www.ontla.on.ca /documents/Bills/37_Parliament/Session3/b185_e.htm   (122 words)

  
 The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - Southern Illinois delegates re-elect Mueller
Delegates to the 54th LCMS Southern Illinois District convention, Feb. 23-25 in Collinsville, re-elected Rev. Herbert Mueller of Waterloo to his fifth term as president and boosted the financial goal for congregations supporting the district's partnership with the Lutheran Church of Southern Africa.
Noting that 28 "ministry servants" in the district reach out on a weekly basis to 26 "prison/jail settings" in the region, the resolution authorizes continuing "prayer and mission funding support" from the district and directs its mission board to take measures for increasing prison/jail ministry support, to include organizing a new district prison/jail mission society.
Also passed were separate resolutions asking the district president or his representative to visit Southern Illinois congregations to work toward uniformity in line with "our Synod's doctrine of closed communion" and "to promote sound Lutheran worship practices among us," according to the titles of the resolutions.
www.lcms.org /pages/internal.asp?NavID=9706   (640 words)

  
 Publications: Global Initiative to Enfranchise People with Disabilities - www.electionaccess.org
There are no current laws that mandate access for the disabled and the 1995 electoral law only discusses how a person with a disability can ask someone to assist them in marking their ballot, if they are unable to do so.
The National Electoral Commission is not likely to have any money for Braille ballots, tactile template which can be used by blind voters or to print materials in Braille or have available on cassette tape.
Sources of funding from the world community should be sought to help empower the disabled of Sierra Leone, who have been described as the poorest of the poor, the ignored and forgotten, and people whose lives and livelihood have been changed forever by some of the cruelest acts ever seen by mankind.
www.electionaccess.org /publications/briefings/01_06_SierraLeone.htm   (4560 words)

  
 Election 2006
He went to high school in Waterloo and then graduated from Conestoga College with a diploma in Business Administration-Materials Management.
Mandur is now a small businessman that has operated two businesses in his community since 1990.
Mandur sits on the Regional Safety and Crime Prevention Council and the Waterloo Neighbourhood Watch Board.
www.ctv.ca /mini/election2006/candidates/35039_CON.html   (184 words)

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