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The 22nd Canadian Ministry is the current cabinet of Canada, and has governed Canada since the opening of the 35th Parliament.
The 2013 election resulted in a hung parliament, with the neither the incumbent Tory alliance nor opposition Reform alliance securing an overall majority of seats. Furthermore, with both alliances having a nearly equal number of seats, the balance of power was held by the non-aligned parties, and both alliances entered into coalition negotiations with them.
But after weeks of negotiations with no progress being made, incumbent prime minister Michael Ignatieff declared his intention to continue in government with a minority of seats. However, predicting an unstable government and a series of political crises, Governor General Lord Beaverbrook opted to dismiss Ignatieff. Instead, Beaverbrook charged Councillor John McCallum with the duty of assembling a ministry of all talents to last the duration of the parliament.
McCallum, an independent, was known for his idiosyncratic views, earning him a reputation as a "maverick" and "the most Tory Reformer or the most Reformist Tory". Fittingly, McCallum's cabinet was simultaneously non-controversial and deeply surprising, by largely passing over party leadership in favour of party elders, star candidates, junior critics and even the occasional backbencher. He additionally took the unusual step of selecting five non-parliamentarians for his cabinet, making use of the so-called "Deadlock Clause" to immediately appoint them to the Council.
—Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Facing a divided Assembly and forming only as a way to stave off political crisis, the McCallum ministry was expected to be little more than a caretaker government. So it has been to everyone's surprise that it has proven quite active indeed. McCallum has interpreted the hung parliament not as a warning to tread carefully and build broad consensus, but as an opportunity to pursue a smorgasbord of proposals through a series of horse-trading.
For instance, the ministry has picked up the torch of social liberalization from the Reformers— indeed, it's led by Attorney General Suzanne Coté, herself a Reformer— by greatly reducing restrictions on abortions and legalizing same-sex marriage (despite much controversy). Each such reform passed with overwhelming support from the Reform side of the Assembly, but only middling support from the Tory benches. Conversely, the ministry's massive increases in funding for defence and law enforcement were passed with reliance on the Tories, with only a few defectors from the Reform camp.
But the perfect encapsulation is in the drug policy. The McCallum ministry has reduced punishment for possession and use, but also enforced the laws more strictly than in the past. Both Reformers and Tories both have claimed this as a win.
As an independent leading a grand coalition, McCallum's government wouldn't be expected to survive the 38th Parliament. But McCallum has made no secret that he would like to continue on. Rumours out of Bytown suggest he is intending to launch a new, moderate and "non-ideological" party that will contest the 2018 elections as the head of either alliance. Reportedly, the Tories are more open to McCallum's overtures...
— The Globe and Mail
(Frankly, the concept seems shakier and shakier the more I think about it, but I put way too much time and effort into this to just discard it entirely. I am at least pleased with the wikibox itself, which required some frankensteining to get as I imagined it...)
The 2013 election resulted in a hung parliament, with the neither the incumbent Tory alliance nor opposition Reform alliance securing an overall majority of seats. Furthermore, with both alliances having a nearly equal number of seats, the balance of power was held by the non-aligned parties, and both alliances entered into coalition negotiations with them.
But after weeks of negotiations with no progress being made, incumbent prime minister Michael Ignatieff declared his intention to continue in government with a minority of seats. However, predicting an unstable government and a series of political crises, Governor General Lord Beaverbrook opted to dismiss Ignatieff. Instead, Beaverbrook charged Councillor John McCallum with the duty of assembling a ministry of all talents to last the duration of the parliament.
McCallum, an independent, was known for his idiosyncratic views, earning him a reputation as a "maverick" and "the most Tory Reformer or the most Reformist Tory". Fittingly, McCallum's cabinet was simultaneously non-controversial and deeply surprising, by largely passing over party leadership in favour of party elders, star candidates, junior critics and even the occasional backbencher. He additionally took the unusual step of selecting five non-parliamentarians for his cabinet, making use of the so-called "Deadlock Clause" to immediately appoint them to the Council.
—Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Facing a divided Assembly and forming only as a way to stave off political crisis, the McCallum ministry was expected to be little more than a caretaker government. So it has been to everyone's surprise that it has proven quite active indeed. McCallum has interpreted the hung parliament not as a warning to tread carefully and build broad consensus, but as an opportunity to pursue a smorgasbord of proposals through a series of horse-trading.
For instance, the ministry has picked up the torch of social liberalization from the Reformers— indeed, it's led by Attorney General Suzanne Coté, herself a Reformer— by greatly reducing restrictions on abortions and legalizing same-sex marriage (despite much controversy). Each such reform passed with overwhelming support from the Reform side of the Assembly, but only middling support from the Tory benches. Conversely, the ministry's massive increases in funding for defence and law enforcement were passed with reliance on the Tories, with only a few defectors from the Reform camp.
But the perfect encapsulation is in the drug policy. The McCallum ministry has reduced punishment for possession and use, but also enforced the laws more strictly than in the past. Both Reformers and Tories both have claimed this as a win.
As an independent leading a grand coalition, McCallum's government wouldn't be expected to survive the 38th Parliament. But McCallum has made no secret that he would like to continue on. Rumours out of Bytown suggest he is intending to launch a new, moderate and "non-ideological" party that will contest the 2018 elections as the head of either alliance. Reportedly, the Tories are more open to McCallum's overtures...
— The Globe and Mail
(Frankly, the concept seems shakier and shakier the more I think about it, but I put way too much time and effort into this to just discard it entirely. I am at least pleased with the wikibox itself, which required some frankensteining to get as I imagined it...)
Yeah. I'd love to make some, but I am busy with homework.
What, just because I live in a nation where a man who reformed our economy and saved us from shock therapy and crime-induced anarchy is popular among most of the population means I can't say anything about your system?
Oh my.
How was he saying that? He was just disagreeing with your opinion, no one's saying it's worth less than anyone else's just because you're Russian.
i know its been like a month but i just remembered this post
what were the results for each state?
That would be good actually. I have nothing against religion, but I have a lot against fundamentalism of any kind. That's all I will say, please do not reply.Just some infoboxes i have made for different Shared Worlds games:
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James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (born February 4, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 1999 to 2009, succeeding Pete Wilson, under whom he served as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 1997 to 1999. He was also a U.S. Representative (1977–81) and U.S. Senator (1981–96) from the state of Indiana.
Quayle initially entered by 1996 Republican presidential primaries as a dark horse candidate. He himself admitted he probably had no chance of winning the nomination. However, after winning a narrow plurality of 19% in the Iowa primary due to a crowded field, Quayle's campaign was vaulted into the spotlight overnight. Quayle won a string of subsequent primaries, making huge gains on Super Tuesday before losing his momentum. Despite this, he was still the candidate with the third largest number of delegates at the Republican National Convention. Second place candidate Senator Pete Wilson of California asked Quayle to be his running mate in exchange for his support and Quayle accepted. The combined Wilson-Quayle delegates toppled the leader, Governor William Weld of Massachusetts. Wilson and Quayle went on to defeat Vice President Michael Dukakis and his running mate Bill Clinton in the general election.
As Vice President, Quayle had few responsibilities. President Wilson found that Quayle was prone to gaffes while on the campaign trail. The setback to their campaign was only saved by the fact that their opposition, Vice President Dukakis was even worse than Quayle. However, everything changed when President Wilson was assassinated during a state visit to Panama. Quayle, visiting his home state at the time, was immediately sworn in by a local judge. He then flew to Washington where he gave the postponed State of the Union address three days later, vowing that the Panama Canal Zone would not be returned to Panama, as Wilson was negotiating.
Quayle's first two years as president saw continuation of improving relations with the Soviet Union and the beginning of the Clarke era in Britain. A relatively incident-free two years combined with sympathy for President Wilson saw Quayle into re-election with 2000 with his running mate Colin Powell. However, nine months into his first elected term, the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks happened. The United States responded swiftly and decisively, entering Afghanistan, capturing Osama bin Laden, and destroying the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, with the help of the Yavlinsky Soviet government. Thanks to the brilliant leadership of Quayle, bin Laden, the orchestrator of the attacks, was prosecuted and convicted of various crimes and sentenced to death. The modern democratic Afghan government is one of America's staunchest allies. The great events of Quayle's first term saw him re-elected to a 49 state landslide victory in 2004 against Howard Dean. Quayle's second term was quickly dominated by by Hurricane Katrina, a crisis which the administration reacted to swiftly, providing billions of dollars worth of aid and funding reconstruction. In 2006, Quayle invaded Darfur to put an end to the crisis there. The war there was managed successfully by the Vice President, while President Quayle focused on reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. Although this did come to fruition, Quayle laid the groundwork for the plan later completed by his successor. For this, he received his third Nobel Peace Prize.
As Vice President Powell declined to run in the 2008 election, Secretary of State McCain was seen as the frontrunner and eventually won the nomination, although he was defeated in the general election by New York Governor John Kennedy, Jr. Dan Quayle's ten year presidency, the second longest in history, is frequently cited as one of the greatest. Among historians, Quayle frequently ranks in the top 5. Quayle continues to be held up as the hero of the Republican Party, surpassing Dwight Eisenhower, the previous central figure of the party. A proposal to add him to Mount Rushmore was shot down in the 117th Congress. Quayle's son Ben also had a very successful career in Arizona politics, being elected Governor of that state in 2018. Ben Quayle is the Republican candidate for president in the upcoming election.
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history." - President Quayle
DAN QUAYLE, the GREAT ONE.
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James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (born February 4, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 1999 to 2009, succeeding Pete Wilson, under whom he served as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 1997 to 1999. He was also a U.S. Representative (1977–81) and U.S. Senator (1981–96) from the state of Indiana.
Quayle initially entered by 1996 Republican presidential primaries as a dark horse candidate. He himself admitted he probably had no chance of winning the nomination. However, after winning a narrow plurality of 19% in the Iowa primary due to a crowded field, Quayle's campaign was vaulted into the spotlight overnight. Quayle won a string of subsequent primaries, making huge gains on Super Tuesday before losing his momentum. Despite this, he was still the candidate with the third largest number of delegates at the Republican National Convention. Second place candidate Senator Pete Wilson of California asked Quayle to be his running mate in exchange for his support and Quayle accepted. The combined Wilson-Quayle delegates toppled the leader, Governor William Weld of Massachusetts. Wilson and Quayle went on to defeat Vice President Michael Dukakis and his running mate Bill Clinton in the general election.
As Vice President, Quayle had few responsibilities. President Wilson found that Quayle was prone to gaffes while on the campaign trail. The setback to their campaign was only saved by the fact that their opposition, Vice President Dukakis was even worse than Quayle. However, everything changed when President Wilson was assassinated during a state visit to Panama. Quayle, visiting his home state at the time, was immediately sworn in by a local judge. He then flew to Washington where he gave the postponed State of the Union address three days later, vowing that the Panama Canal Zone would not be returned to Panama, as Wilson was negotiating.
Quayle's first two years as president saw continuation of improving relations with the Soviet Union and the beginning of the Clarke era in Britain. A relatively incident-free two years combined with sympathy for President Wilson saw Quayle into re-election with 2000 with his running mate Colin Powell. However, nine months into his first elected term, the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks happened. The United States responded swiftly and decisively, entering Afghanistan, capturing Osama bin Laden, and destroying the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, with the help of the Yavlinsky Soviet government. Thanks to the brilliant leadership of Quayle, bin Laden, the orchestrator of the attacks, was prosecuted and convicted of various crimes and sentenced to death. The modern democratic Afghan government is one of America's staunchest allies. The great events of Quayle's first term saw him re-elected to a 49 state landslide victory in 2004 against Howard Dean. Quayle's second term was quickly dominated by by Hurricane Katrina, a crisis which the administration reacted to swiftly, providing billions of dollars worth of aid and funding reconstruction. In 2006, Quayle invaded Darfur to put an end to the crisis there. The war there was managed successfully by the Vice President, while President Quayle focused on reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. Although this did come to fruition, Quayle laid the groundwork for the plan later completed by his successor. For this, he received his third Nobel Peace Prize.
As Vice President Powell declined to run in the 2008 election, Secretary of State McCain was seen as the frontrunner and eventually won the nomination, although he was defeated in the general election by New York Governor John Kennedy, Jr. Dan Quayle's ten year presidency, the second longest in history, is frequently cited as one of the greatest. Among historians, Quayle frequently ranks in the top 5. Quayle continues to be held up as the hero of the Republican Party, surpassing Dwight Eisenhower, the previous central figure of the party. A proposal to add him to Mount Rushmore was shot down in the 117th Congress. Quayle's son Ben also had a very successful career in Arizona politics, being elected Governor of that state in 2018. Ben Quayle is the Republican candidate for president in the upcoming election.
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history." - President Quayle
DAN QUAYLE, the GREAT ONE.
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Danny Boy
James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (born February 4, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 1999 to 2009, succeeding Pete Wilson, under whom he served as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 1997 to 1999. He was also a U.S. Representative (1977–81) and U.S. Senator (1981–96) from the state of Indiana.
Quayle initially entered by 1996 Republican presidential primaries as a dark horse candidate. He himself admitted he probably had no chance of winning the nomination. However, after winning a narrow plurality of 19% in the Iowa primary due to a crowded field, Quayle's campaign was vaulted into the spotlight overnight. Quayle won a string of subsequent primaries, making huge gains on Super Tuesday before losing his momentum. Despite this, he was still the candidate with the third largest number of delegates at the Republican National Convention. Second place candidate Senator Pete Wilson of California asked Quayle to be his running mate in exchange for his support and Quayle accepted. The combined Wilson-Quayle delegates toppled the leader, Governor William Weld of Massachusetts. Wilson and Quayle went on to defeat Vice President Michael Dukakis and his running mate Bill Clinton in the general election.
As Vice President, Quayle had few responsibilities. President Wilson found that Quayle was prone to gaffes while on the campaign trail. The setback to their campaign was only saved by the fact that their opposition, Vice President Dukakis was even worse than Quayle. However, everything changed when President Wilson was assassinated during a state visit to Panama. Quayle, visiting his home state at the time, was immediately sworn in by a local judge. He then flew to Washington where he gave the postponed State of the Union address three days later, vowing that the Panama Canal Zone would not be returned to Panama, as Wilson was negotiating.
Quayle's first two years as president saw continuation of improving relations with the Soviet Union and the beginning of the Clarke era in Britain. A relatively incident-free two years combined with sympathy for President Wilson saw Quayle into re-election with 2000 with his running mate Colin Powell. However, nine months into his first elected term, the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks happened. The United States responded swiftly and decisively, entering Afghanistan, capturing Osama bin Laden, and destroying the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, with the help of the Yavlinsky Soviet government. Thanks to the brilliant leadership of Quayle, bin Laden, the orchestrator of the attacks, was prosecuted and convicted of various crimes and sentenced to death. The modern democratic Afghan government is one of America's staunchest allies. The great events of Quayle's first term saw him re-elected to a 49 state landslide victory in 2004 against Howard Dean. Quayle's second term was quickly dominated by by Hurricane Katrina, a crisis which the administration reacted to swiftly, providing billions of dollars worth of aid and funding reconstruction. In 2006, Quayle invaded Darfur to put an end to the crisis there. The war there was managed successfully by the Vice President, while President Quayle focused on reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. Although this did come to fruition, Quayle laid the groundwork for the plan later completed by his successor. For this, he received his third Nobel Peace Prize.
As Vice President Powell declined to run in the 2008 election, Secretary of State McCain was seen as the frontrunner and eventually won the nomination, although he was defeated in the general election by New York Governor John Kennedy, Jr. Dan Quayle's ten year presidency, the second longest in history, is frequently cited as one of the greatest. Among historians, Quayle frequently ranks in the top 5. Quayle continues to be held up as the hero of the Republican Party, surpassing Dwight Eisenhower, the previous central figure of the party. A proposal to add him to Mount Rushmore was shot down in the 117th Congress. Quayle's son Ben also had a very successful career in Arizona politics, being elected Governor of that state in 2018. Ben Quayle is the Republican candidate for president in the upcoming re-election.
DAN QUAYLE, the GREAT ONE.
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This is beautiful.
Rumor has it that the Democrats might want to draft a celebrity to run in 2020 against Trump. Every name has been tossed around, from Mark Cuban to Kanye West to Oprah. Well, almost every name. When it comes to looking for candidates outside the political beltway, one surefire contender comes to mind: America's Dad.
Minnesota is the third-largest province by population in Canada and one of the original provinces to join the Confederation in 1867. Jutting downward into the United States from the 49th parallel, Minnesota is home to the headwaters of the Mississippi River and largest concentration of both Scandinavian-Canadians (who make up 32.1% of the population) as well as African-Canadians (who only make up 5.2%) of any province. It is one of the richest provinces by gross domestic product (trailing only Ontario) and its Twin Cities metropolitan area (which is home to the majority of the province's population) is considered the central Canadian business centre as Toronto is to the east and Vancouver to the west. It is a very politically valuable province to perform well in, coming only behind Ontario and Quebec in the number of federal ridings with 49 (23 of whom went to the winning Liberal Party in 2015, while 20 stayed with Stephen Harper's Conservatives and the remaining 6 with the New Democratic Party) and is home to many races watched closely to determine the national mood on Election Night.
Walter Mondale was the 17th Prime Minister of Canada, succeeding Joe Clark following the Liberal Party's victory in the 1981 elections. Mondale was the second prime minister to hail from Minnesota, after his mentor Hubert Humphrey, and is also the most recent prime minister to have served in the military, serving two years in the Canadian Army from 1951 to 1953. After serving in Orville Freeman's provincial Progressive Liberal (then Liberal) government, Mondale made the leap to the federal level in the same election that brought his mentor into 24 Sussex Drive in 1963. There, he served several positions in Humphrey's cabinet and continued into Pierre Trudeau's ministry. Following the loss to the Progressive Conservatives in 1979, Mondale succeeded Trudeau to become leader of the Liberal Party in a drawn-out affair in 1980, just as the flailing Clark government was proving inadequate for the job of governing. The 1981 election campaign saw the Liberals roar back into power and made Mondale the prime minister. Mondale's tenure was eventful, as he successfully saw the patriation of the Canadian Constitution that Trudeau had longed for, but the failure of his government to address the economic recession and taint of scandal from being in government for 20 of the previous 22 years resulted in him losing in a landslide to the Progressive Conservatives under Brian Mulroney. At age 90, Mondale is currently the oldest surviving former prime minister.
The Minnesota Vikings are a franchise in the Canadian Football League (CFL) based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings, whose name is a play off the province's large population with Scandinavian heritage, began playing in 1961 and have won five Grey Cup championships, the first in 1969 and the most recent in 1998. "The Vikes" are the most popular sports franchise in the province, owing perhaps to the relocation of the Minnesota North Stars in 1992 and absence of a National Hockey League team in Minnesota until the Minnesota Wild began play in 2000. Since their glory years in the 1970s (with the exception of their 1998 season), the team has gained a reputation for inconsistency and "choking" when the season is on the line. Currently, the team is manned by hometown quarterback Joe Mauer, who led the team to a mediocre 9-9 record in the 2017 season.
Franco-Minnesotans (or Franco-Minnésotaines) are a relatively small ethnic group in Minnesota, making up only about 4.2% of the population in that province. However, the cementing of official bilingualism following the ratification of the Constitution Act in the Mondale years led to increased scrutiny being given to the linguistic rights of that group in Mondale's home province. Like most localities west of Ontario, access to French-language government services is lacking in Minnesota, with the exception being strongly Francophone Little Quebec [OTL Little Canada] in the Twin Cities area.
The 2018 provincial election was largely between the governing Liberal Party and Progressive Conservative Party, the two parties that have dominated provincial politics since the Liberal Party merged with the Farmer-Labour Party in 1944. However, one party that did make an impact was the Minnesota Party, an attempt to fill a niche in the provincial political system that had developed as a result of the two-party system the province had had since the 1940s. Viewed as a Minnesotan response to the failures of the Mulroney government like the Reform Party and Bloc Québécois were, the Minnesota Party emerged from disgruntled provincial Liberals and Progressive Conservatives who felt abandoned by Liberals' play to federal NDP and hard-Liberal voters and the Progressive Conservatives' rightward tilt to prevent the emergence of a Minnesota Reform equivalent. The party, however, only broke more than one seat in the 1997 election, when they won three seats. Subsequent disappointment with the impact of voting for what was viewed as a spoiler (doubly influential in that the Progressive Conservatives under Arne Carlson retained their majority during the election) fatally wounded the party and depressed its performance for a decade afterwards. Under Tom Horner, the party made a comeback of sorts, winning over 17% of the popular vote in the past election. But, due to the first-past-the-post voting system used in provincial elections, this only translated into one seat out of the 67 in the Legislative Assembly. A non-entity in the campaign was the New Democratic Party, reestablished in the province following the "Orange Crush" of 2011 showing that Minnesotans were receptive to a left-wing message. However, a poor translation of the federal party's resources into provincial affairs, coupled with hostility from the governing Liberal Party and wariness of Liberal-affiliated unions and trade groups from the upstart party led to it being abandoned as a serious entity ahead of the 2018 provincial elections. With limited resources in the way of contacts within organized labour and quality candidates willing to jeopardize their safe Liberal ridings for a longshot bid, the party failed to gain one percent of the popular vote in 2018 and fell far short of taking any seats.
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Minnesota general election, 1943
Minnesota general election, 2014
Minnesota Liberal Party leadership election, 2017 and Minnesota general election, 2018
Minneapolis municipal elections, 2014
Walter Mondale was the 17th Prime Minister of Canada, succeeding Joe Clark following the Liberal Party's victory in the 1981 elections. Mondale was the second prime minister to hail from Minnesota, after his mentor Hubert Humphrey, and is also the most recent prime minister to have served in the military, serving two years in the Canadian Army from 1951 to 1953. After serving in Orville Freeman's provincial Progressive Liberal (then Liberal) government, Mondale made the leap to the federal level in the same election that brought his mentor into 24 Sussex Drive in 1963. There, he served several positions in Humphrey's cabinet and continued into Pierre Trudeau's ministry. Following the loss to the Progressive Conservatives in 1979, Mondale succeeded Trudeau to become leader of the Liberal Party in a drawn-out affair in 1980, just as the flailing Clark government was proving inadequate for the job of governing. The 1981 election campaign saw the Liberals roar back into power and made Mondale the prime minister. Mondale's tenure was eventful, as he successfully saw the patriation of the Canadian Constitution that Trudeau had longed for, but the failure of his government to address the economic recession and taint of scandal from being in government for 20 of the previous 22 years resulted in him losing in a landslide to the Progressive Conservatives under Brian Mulroney. At age 90, Mondale is currently the oldest surviving former prime minister.
The Minnesota Vikings are a franchise in the Canadian Football League (CFL) based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings, whose name is a play off the province's large population with Scandinavian heritage, began playing in 1961 and have won five Grey Cup championships, the first in 1969 and the most recent in 1998. "The Vikes" are the most popular sports franchise in the province, owing perhaps to the relocation of the Minnesota North Stars in 1992 and absence of a National Hockey League team in Minnesota until the Minnesota Wild began play in 2000. Since their glory years in the 1970s (with the exception of their 1998 season), the team has gained a reputation for inconsistency and "choking" when the season is on the line. Currently, the team is manned by hometown quarterback Joe Mauer, who led the team to a mediocre 9-9 record in the 2017 season.
Franco-Minnesotans (or Franco-Minnésotaines) are a relatively small ethnic group in Minnesota, making up only about 4.2% of the population in that province. However, the cementing of official bilingualism following the ratification of the Constitution Act in the Mondale years led to increased scrutiny being given to the linguistic rights of that group in Mondale's home province. Like most localities west of Ontario, access to French-language government services is lacking in Minnesota, with the exception being strongly Francophone Little Quebec [OTL Little Canada] in the Twin Cities area.
The 2018 provincial election was largely between the governing Liberal Party and Progressive Conservative Party, the two parties that have dominated provincial politics since the Liberal Party merged with the Farmer-Labour Party in 1944. However, one party that did make an impact was the Minnesota Party, an attempt to fill a niche in the provincial political system that had developed as a result of the two-party system the province had had since the 1940s. Viewed as a Minnesotan response to the failures of the Mulroney government like the Reform Party and Bloc Québécois were, the Minnesota Party emerged from disgruntled provincial Liberals and Progressive Conservatives who felt abandoned by Liberals' play to federal NDP and hard-Liberal voters and the Progressive Conservatives' rightward tilt to prevent the emergence of a Minnesota Reform equivalent. The party, however, only broke more than one seat in the 1997 election, when they won three seats. Subsequent disappointment with the impact of voting for what was viewed as a spoiler (doubly influential in that the Progressive Conservatives under Arne Carlson retained their majority during the election) fatally wounded the party and depressed its performance for a decade afterwards. Under Tom Horner, the party made a comeback of sorts, winning over 17% of the popular vote in the past election. But, due to the first-past-the-post voting system used in provincial elections, this only translated into one seat out of the 67 in the Legislative Assembly. A non-entity in the campaign was the New Democratic Party, reestablished in the province following the "Orange Crush" of 2011 showing that Minnesotans were receptive to a left-wing message. However, a poor translation of the federal party's resources into provincial affairs, coupled with hostility from the governing Liberal Party and wariness of Liberal-affiliated unions and trade groups from the upstart party led to it being abandoned as a serious entity ahead of the 2018 provincial elections. With limited resources in the way of contacts within organized labour and quality candidates willing to jeopardize their safe Liberal ridings for a longshot bid, the party failed to gain one percent of the popular vote in 2018 and fell far short of taking any seats.
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Minnesota general election, 1943
Minnesota general election, 2014
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