 "Antrim Times (Antrim, Ireland)")
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New era for Lough Neagh.
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THE Lough Neagh Partnership has taken the first steps in developing Lough Neagh as a brand.
A launch event was held last week at Ballyronan Marina to showcase the new range of promotional material developed by the Lough Neagh Partnership.
This includes an innovative new website, an events guide, visitor guide, walking guide, cycling guide, fishing guide and an environmental guide; all of which are available to download from www.discoverloughneagh.com
Alan Clarke, Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Toursit Board was the main guest speaker at ...
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THE MODERN ROLE OF HER MAJESTY'S ENVOYS
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Instead, Byng called upon Conservative opposition leader Arthur Meighen to form a government. King insisted on a vote, questioning the constitutional right of Meighen to govern. The Conservatives lost and Byng had dissolve...
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GG may be asked to dissolve Parliament
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press
; ...Lord Byng refused a request by William Lyon MacKenzie King. Byng instead asked Conservative Leader Arthur Meighen to form the government, but Meighen's government was quickly defeated. But today, some constitutional experts believe Jean would...
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You don't vote for Kings: legitimate political power derives from a mandate from the masses--that's today's theory. But in practice, Canada's governing elites historically have often tried their best to snub the masses. The road to today's universal adult franchise has been not only incremental, it's often been corrupt, violent, and not awfully democratic.
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
; ...themselves to vote Conservative would be disenfranchised." Arthur Meighen, the federal solicitor general, wrote to Prime Minister...women could meet the "foreign population difficulty." Meighen wasn't enthused about giving women the vote but hoped...
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That King-Byng thing: often dismissed as mere figureheads, Canada's governors general still hold the trump card when Parliament comes calling.
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
; ...general of Canada since 1921--said no, and swore in Arthur Meighen as the new prime minister. Byng was correct in that decision, most historians agree. Since Meighen's Conservatives, who actually held more seats than...
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St. James-Assiniboia trustees prepare to pick school's name
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press
; ...amalgamation in the last two years. This fall, Portage Collegiate Institute and Arthur Meighen High School were merged at the PCI site downtown, while Meighen was converted to a middle years school. Portage la Prairie trustees originally decided...
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A nation born in broccoli
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press
; ...Bennett's memorial "resembled a mummy." Another of Arthur Meighen made him look like "a mix between Ichabod Crane and Daddy Longlegs." The citizens of St. Marys, Ont., Meighen's birthplace, didn't mind: They set the monument...
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Canadian controversies. (historiography) (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...1955), J.M.S. Careless' Brown of the Globe (Macmillan, Toronto, 1959, 1963), and Roger Graham's Arthur Meighen (Clarke, Irwin, Toronto 1960, 1963, 1965), exemplified an ironic trend in English-Canada in which the number...
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Royal prerogative and the Office of Lieutenant Governor: a comment.
Magazine article from: Canadian Parliamentary Review
; ...would favour an immediate election to clear the air after the defeat of the Government. Ironically enough, it was Arthur Meighen who provided a reason, rooted in the basic principles of responsible government, that would justify a refusal by...
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Political graveyards: Canada's dead prime ministers deserve to rest in peace.
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
; ...program. Rolling through rural southern Ontario, you would visit the cemetery on the edge of St. Mary's where Arthur Meighen (d. 1960) lies. Continuing east, you would find just one prime ministerial grave in Toronto: that of Mackenzie...
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CAMPAIGN TO NAME MOUNTAIN AFTER TRUDEAU
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...peaks for premiers or prime ministers of Canada, British Columbia and Britain. The peaks have been named after: Arthur Meighen, John Oliver, Lester Pearson, Mackenzie King, Richard Bennett, John Abbott, John Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell...
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