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The Legislative Council of Upper Canada was the upper house governing the province of Upper Canada. Modelled after the British House of Lords, it was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was specified that the council should consist of at least seven members. Members were appointed for life but could be dropped for non-attendance. The first nine members of the council were appointed on...
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he Provincial Rights Party was a Canadian political party founded and led by Frederick W.A.G. Haultain in 1905 to contest elections in the new province of Saskatchewan.Haultain had been Premier of the North-West Territories prior to the province's creation. He hoped to lead a government in the place of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party, which was backed by the federal government of Sir Wilfrid Lau...
The aim of this project is to house the profiles of the 6 people who held the position of Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto.# Frederick G. Gardiner, 1953-1961 (Toronto)# William R. Allen, 1962-1969 (Toronto)# Albert Campbell, 1970-1973 (Scarborough)# Paul Godfrey , 1973-1984 (North York)# Dennis Flynn, 1984-1988 (Etobicoke)# Alan Tonks, 1988-1997 (York)
The New Democratic Party of Quebec (in French: Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec ) (NPD-Québec or NPDQ) was a social-democratic political party in Quebec, Canada. The party originated from the Parti social démocratique du Québec (Social Democratic Party of Quebec) in 1963. After a split with the federal party over the question of Quebec independence, in 1994 the party renamed itself the Part...
The Action libérale nationale (ALN, in English: National Liberal Action ) was a short-lived provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was founded during the Great Depression and led by Paul Gouin. The ALN played an important role in the foundation of the Union Nationale.
From 1867 until 1968, the Legislative Council of Quebec (French; Conseil législatif du Québec ) was the unelected upper house of the bicameral legislature in the Canadian province of Quebec. The Legislative Assembly was the elected lower house.The Council was composed of 24 members, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor upon recommendation of the Premier. Each councillor nominally represented a ...
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The Leader of the Opposition (French: Chef de l'Opposition ) in Prince Edward Island is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.==Leaders of the Opposition=====Conservative Leaders===* Daniel Gordon (1894-1903)* John A. Mathieson (1904-1911)===Liberal Leaders===* John Richards (1912-1915)* John Howatt Be...
The Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island was the upper house of the Legislature of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. It existed from 1773 to 1893. Members were appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island on the advice of the Premier until 1862 when it became an elected body. In 1893, the Legislative Council and House of Assembly were amalgamated into the Leg...
This is a list of the mayors of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.* Robert Hutchinson (1855 - 1857)* T. Heath Haviland Sr. (1857 - 1867)* Theophilus DesBrisay (1st time) (1867 - 1872)* Neil Rankin (1872 - 1875)* Theophilus DesBrisay (2nd time) (1875 - 1877)* J. S. Carvell (1877 - 1878)* W. E. Dawson (1st time) (1878 - 1882)* D. R. M. Hooper (1882 - 1884)* Henry Beer (1885 - 1886)* T. ...
The New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island (NDP PEI) is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and a branch of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP).
The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party is a major political party in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The PEI Liberals are aligned with the federal Liberal Party of Canada. The party is led by Wade MacLauchlan, a former president of the University of Prince Edward Island.It was created when PEI was a British colony by Reformers who agitated for the system of responsible government....
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature.==List of Speakers=====Speakers of the Colony of the Island of Saint John/Prince Edward Island===* Robert Stewart (1773–1779)* David Higgins (1779–1780)* Walter Berry (1780–1784)* Alexander Fletcher (1785–1787)* Phillips Callbeck (1788–1789)* Alexander Fletcher (1790) 2nd time*...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who were Governors of the Red River Colony == Governors of Red River Colony==* Miles Macdonnell (August 1812 – June 1815)* Robert Semple (June 1815 – June 1816)* Alexander Macdonnell (August 1816 – June 1822)* Andrew Bulger (June 1822 – June 1823)* Robert Parker Pelly (June 1823 – June 1825)* Donald McKenzie (June 1825 ...
Listes des lieutenants-gouverneurs Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau (du 1er juillet 1867 au 11 février 1873) René-Édouard Caron (du 11 février 1873 au 13 décembre 1876) Luc Letellier de Saint-Just (du 15 décembre 1876 au 26 juillet 1879) Théodore Robitaille (du 26 juillet 1879 au 4 octobre 1884) Louis François Rodrigue Masson (du 4 octobre 1884 au 4 octobre 1887) Auguste-Réal Angers (du 4 ...
The Mayor of Quebec has been the highest elected official of the Quebec City government since the incorporation of the city in 1832.==Mayors==* Elzéar Bédard (May 1, 1833 to March 31, 1834)* René-Édouard Caron (March 31, 1834 to April 9, 1836)** Administered by a Justice of the Peace from April 9, 1836 to August 15, 1840* René-Édouard Caron (2nd time) (August 15, 1840 to February 9, 1846)* Geor...
The Leader of the Opposition in Ontario is usually leader of the largest party in the Ontario legislature which is not the government. The current official opposition is formed by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party; Patrick Brown is the current Leader of the Opposition.Ontario's first Leader of the Opposition was Edward Blake of the Ontario Liberal Party who held the position from 1869 ...
This is a list of the mayors of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.* Colin Campbell Ferrie (1847)* George Sylvester Tiffany (1848)* William L. Distin (1849)* John Fisher (1850)* John Rose Holden (1851)* Nehemiah Ford (1852)* William G. Kerr (1853)* James Cummings (3 months in 1854)* Charles Magill (9 months in 1854–1855)* James Cummings (1856)* John Francis Moore (1857)* George Hamilton Mills (1858)* He...
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section) – The Farmer-Labor Party of Ontario , or more informally and commonly known as The Ontario CCF , was a democratic socialist political party that existed from 1932 to 1961. It was the provincial wing of the National CCF. The party officially had no leader in the beginning, being governed by a provincial council and executive. The party e...
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 1933-1961 Since shortly after confederation, Nova Scotia has had a two-party system in which power alternated between the Nova Scotia Liberal Party and Progressive Conservatives. In the 1920 provincial election the left had a breakthrough with the United Farmers winning six seats and the Independent Labour Party winning 5. The two forces joined together to f...
The Leader of the Opposition (French: Chef de l'Opposition ) in Nova Scotia is the MLA in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly who leads the political party recognized as the Official Opposition. This status generally goes to the leader of the second largest party in the Legislative Assembly. Jamie Baillie, the current leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, is the current lea...
This is a list of Mayors of the Town of Bedford from 1979 until it was incorporated with the Cities of Halifax, Dartmouth and Halifax County into the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996.* Francene Cosman (1979-1982)* Keith A. Roberts (1982-1988)* Peter Christie (1988-1991)* Peter J. Kelly (1991-1996)
The Liberal Party of Nova Scotia is a political party in Nova Scotia, Canada.==Origins==The party is descended from the pre-Confederation Reformers in Nova Scotia who coalesced around Joseph Howe demanding the institution of responsible government. The Liberals (Reformers) formed several governments in the colony between 1848 and 1867.The party split during the debate on Confederation, with How...