|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
Presidential Elections
ELECTIONS, PRESIDENTIAL This entry contains 48 subentries, comprising an overview and brief accounts of each election from 1789 to 2000. Overview Presidential elections have taken place in the United States quadrennially, beginning in 1789. They include both the process of candidate... Read more |
|
|
Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone 1945-, British politician. Elected to the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1973 as a Labour member, he became GLC leader in 1981. His use of the local office to promote leftist policies earned him the nickname "Red Ken" and was a major factor in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher... Read more |
|
|
convention
convention in U.S. politics, a gathering of delegates to nominate candidates for elective office and to formulate party policy. They are held at the national, state, and local levels. Organization and Characteristic Features The organization of a national convention is the responsibility of the... Read more |
|
|
George Meany
George Meany 1894-1980, American labor leader, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO; 1955-79), b. New York City. A plumber, he was elected business agent of his local union in 1922 and rose in 1934 to the presidency of the New York State... Read more |
|
|
Neil Gordon Kinnock
Neil Gordon Kinnock , 1942-, British politician, b. Tredegar, Wales. The son of a miner, he studied at University College, Cardiff. In 1970 he was elected to Parliament as a Labour party member. After Labour's defeat in the 1979 elections, he became party education spokesperson. He became party... Read more |
|
|
Jean Charest
Jean Charest , 1958-, Canadian politician. A lawyer and member of the Progressive Conservative party, he was been a member of parliament from Quebec since 1984. From 1986 to 1993 Charest served in cabinet positions—as minister of state for youth (1986-90) and fitness and amateur sport... Read more |
|
|
Awami League
Awami League political organization in Pakistan and Bangladesh. It was founded in 1949 as an opposition party in Pakistan and had a moderately socialist ideology. The Awami [people's] League, with cofounder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as its leader from 1953, called in 1966 for a federation of East and... Read more |
|
|
John George Diefenbaker
John George Diefenbaker , 1895-1979, Canadian political leader. Elected to Parliament (1940), he succeeded George Drew as leader of the Progressive Conservative party (1956), and (1957) succeeded Liberal Louis St. Laurent as prime minister, although his party failed to win a clear-cut majority. In... Read more |
|
|
Bob Dole
Bob Dole (Robert Joseph Dole), 1923-, American political leader, b. Russell, Kan.; husband of Elizabeth Hanford Dole . While serving in World War II, he was seriously wounded and required several years of convalescence. After obtaining his law degree from Washburn Univ. (1952), he worked as a... Read more |
|
Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell (Avril Phaedra Campbell), 1947-, Canadian political leader, prime minister of Canada (1993), b. Port Alberni, British Columbia. A litigation lawyer and originally a member of the Social Credit party, she held (1983-88) appointed and elected provincial positions in British Columbia.... Read more |
|
S.KOREAN RULING PARTY SUFFERS CRUSHING DEFEAT IN LOCAL ELECTIONS.
...s crucial local elections, dealing...Independent candidates clinched...Province. The minor opposition...previous local elections four years...victory in the elections, widely...check the ... |
|
Fringe candidates win mayoral elections
...over the major parties and the far...National Party made inroads...saw fringe candidates win in Mansfield...of major parties was capped...Independent Party. A newspaper...shock for the ... |
|
OPPOSITION PARTIES CHALLENGE RESULTS OF TABASCO GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.
...candidate of the conservative Partido Accion...among five candidates from minor parties...relegated other elections in Tabasco...they stole elections." PAN representatives...results of the ... |
|
Serbia's ruling coalition suffers defeat in local elections
...s ruling conservative coalition...severe blow in local elections.Two opposition...Sunday's election.Candidates...Serbian Radical Party in nearly...and four major cities...early general ... |
|
|
With rivals leading, Sarkozy's conservatives look to second round of local...
...Sarkozy's conservatives looked to...municipal elections after a first...centrist party could be...counted, candidates from Sarkozy...and other local leaders in...a little defeat." Former...rightist ... |
|
Party talk: why do we have a two-party system? What is a Democrat? What is a...
...Lincoln's election as the first...managed to defeat both candidates...presidency to your local mayor. George...to be more conservative than Democrats...independent (minor) parties...that the two ... |
|
Major's party holds off Labor in British vote
...Minister John Major's ruling Conservatives were defying...tightest general election in a generation...opposition Labor Party in most opinion...a narrow defeat. At best...marginal Conservative seats would...dominant, ... |
|
What's in a name: the power of fusion politics in a local election.
...ability of minor parties to survive...politics. State election law allows...political party, and each...line on the election ballot on...list the candidate. (1) This...to support candidates, and vote...to ... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
|
WANTED: DEMOCRAT ; TO FACE GIAMBRA
...about the election 10 months...finding a candidate to run against...advantage in party enrollment...fixture of local Democratic...talked to party officials...spent to defeat Democrat...County's minor ... |
|
Thatcher Basks in Huge Win ;Shocked Opposition Parties Weigh Changes
...s general election. She said...announce a minor Cabinet shuffle...opposition Labor Party and third...and Liberal Parties vowed today...supporters at the party's south...calls for major organizational...was a ... |
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
