Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes V (Do Not Post Current Politics Here)

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Now that I have a new keyboard, I can get around to getting the last few batches of new X-in-Canada infoboxes up. To get to the politics stuff, you got to go through the big old sports infobox first.

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Jerome Bettis is a retired Canadian football fullback who set numerous professional football rushing records during his professional career. Nicknamed "the Bus" for his ability to carry multiple opponents on his back, Bettis has frequently been considered one of the greatest Canadian Football League (CFL) players of all-time and is frequently listed as among the greatest players to never play a down in the American National Football League (NFL).

Growing up in Detroit to middle-class parents, Bettis originally was originally a bowler, competing in tournaments all around the Motor City before becoming a football player. Despite being clearly talented, Bettis nearly destroyed his career before he began, selling crack cocaine during that drug's epidemic in the 1980s alongside his brother, and shooting at rival sellers after disputes (hitting no one). With the intervention of his high school coach, Bettis shaped up and got a full scholarship to Wilfrid Laurier University. There, "the Bus" helped the Golden Hawks win the Vanier Cup in his sophomore year, and took the unusual step of getting his degree early and thus becoming eligible for the CFL draft a year ahead of schedule.

Taken with the number two pick in the draft by the Dakota Bisons, Bettis immediately had an impact on the league. In his first year, he shattered the CFL's one-year rushing record by picking up 2,556 yards and setting his first professional football record by running for an astonishing 337 yards in a game against the Portland Thunder. Among the accolades the Bus picked up in his first season: the Most Outstanding Rookie Award, named to both the CFL West (first of eight times in his career) and the CFL All-Star (first of five) teams, and led the league in both rushing yards and rushing touchdowns. His next two seasons with the Bisons were not as spectacular, with Dakota under-utilizing Bettis, and his 1995 performance of 1,148 yards and only 5 rushing touchdowns would be the lowest of his career before his final season.

In the off-season, Bettis was traded to the BC Lions after making it clear that he would not be re-signing with the Bisons once his rookie contract expired. The trade, perhaps one of the worst in CFL history, paid dividends for the Lions, who refused any offers on Bettis for the remainder of the Bus' ten years as a player. In the 1996 season, he would top his own single-season record with 2,560 yards, beginning a six-year streak of leading the league in rushing yards and also led the league with 17 rushing touchdowns, winning his first Most Outstanding Player Award. His 1997 season, where Bettis missed one game due to injury, is considered one of the greatest by any running back in gridiron football history: setting a professional record with 451 carries, Bettis became the only running back in professional history to rush for 3,000 yards in a single season, hitting 3,003 at the end of the season (an average of 176.6 yards per game). The following season would see his performance dip slightly, picking up 2,135 yards. In 1999, Bettis would lead the Lions to the Grey Cup, where they bested his former team, Dakota, to win the only Grey Cup of his career.

At the start of the new millennium, the Bus would rush for his fifth and final 2,000-yard season (topping out at 2,399) and led the Lions back to the Grey Cup, where they fell to the Minnesota Vikings, 35-28. His 2001 season seemed like it was destined to be a repeat of his 1997 performance, but a season-ending hip injury during the Lions' 12th game of the season ended his total yardage at 1,859 (still good enough to lead the league). Bettis would miss three games the following year as well, and for the first time since he was a Bison, failed to lead the CFL in rushing yards. His 2003 season was similar to his 2002 performance, and Bettis considered retirement when his contract expired in 2004. That year, however, he returned to form, leading the league one last time in rushing yards (1,696) and rushing touchdowns (with a career-high 21). The Lions made it to the Grey Cup for a third time with Bettis, but lost to the Toronto Argonauts, 27-19. Buoyed by another Grey Cup appearance, Bettis signed a one-year contract with the Lions and spent his final season in a short-yardage running back role, running for a career-low 683 yards but racking up 15 rushing touchdowns. Bettis' final game was the Western Division final, where the Lions were beaten by the eventual-champion Thunder, 35-23. After the game, Bettis announced his retirement.

Bettis' career record of 24,497 rushing yards stands at over 6,000 more than the next closest professional football player (former NFL player Emmitt Smith), and alongside his other daunting accomplishments (the only person to run for 3,000 yards in a single season as well as the only person to run for 2,000 yards in one season more than once), has been compared to another Canadian superstar, Wayne Gretzky, in terms of sheer dominance over his peers. Since his retirement, Bettis served as a studio commentator for CFL on CBC for the 2006 and 2007 seasons before moving to the American state of Georgia, where he currently resides.

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The Chief Representative for the First Nations is a position in the government of Maine. Unique to Maine's provincial government, the Chief Representative serves as an advocate of, and for, the First Nations bands in Maine. An ex officio member of the Cabinet, the Chief Representative is appointed by the premier for a five-year term, with the constitutional convention having the position rotate between the three First Nations tribes in the province: the Passamaquoddy, Maliseet and Penobscot. The Chief Representative is typically not considered part of a member of the government, and by constitutional convention not a member of the Legislative Assembly nor do they formally affiliate with a political party while in office.

Originating as part of the then-colony of Maine's effort to keep the voices of the First Nations bands there heard, the position of Chief Representative was inaugurated with responsible government. Prior to 2012, the position alternated between the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot, with the Legislative Assembly not viewing the Maliseet's enrollment numbers as high enough to justify their inclusion in the rotation. The incumbent Chief Representative, Henry John Bear, is the first Maliseet to assume office. Bear assumed office after his predecessor Wayne T. Mitchell (a member of the Penobscot) resigned in 2015 after protracted disputes with the government of Premier Bruce Poliquin on First Nations issues. Both the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy withdrew from participation in the provincial government, although the Passamaquoddy returned following the 2016 provincial election.

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Mesabi—Superior is a federal Canadian electoral district in Minnesota, Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons since 1882. Composed of most of the northeastern part of Minnesota, including most of the Iron Range region of iron ore deposits and mining, the district (or riding) is one of the largest in area in the province of Minnesota. The riding contains all or parts of three First Nations reserves and two counties. With the strong labour movement still existing to a large extent in the riding, despite increasing environmental concerns about ore mining in the region, it is one of the safest New Democratic (NDP) seats in the province.

Although always containing the Minnesota portion of Lake Superior's shoreline (with the exception of Duluth), the riding's boundaries have shifted since its creation, and at various points it was known as Mississippi—Superior (1882-1892), St. Louis—Superior (1914-1947), and Mesabi (1988-2004). Its current Member of Parliament (MP) is Tony Sertich, who was first elected in the 2011 general election. Sertich, who was the NDP's last opposition critic for Natural Resources while it was the Official Opposition, is one of only three Minnesota MPs who are members of the NDP, down considerably from the 15 the province elected in 2011.

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[*] Bettis' stats are his OTL ones adjusted by factors derived from the NFL and CFL performance of the person who replaced him in St. Louis ITTL, Lawrence Phillips.
[*] Bettis really did sell crack and shoot at people.
[*] Unlike OTL, Bettis left school without his degree and has not completed the coursework to graduate.
[*] The Chief Representative role is an analog of the OTL Maine House of Representatives' non-voting tribal members.
[*] Mesabi—Superior would be the riding I'm represented in if I lived in this ATL, which is why I did it as an infobox instead of another ATL one.
[*] No, I'm not doing another infobox of an ATL riding, so don't even ask.

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Firstly, WOW. Secondly, do you have a map of the new ridings in the current US? I don't want you to do another infobox, rather I'm interested in the boundaries of the ridings in the new Canadian Provinces.
 
Firstly, WOW. Secondly, do you have a map of the new ridings in the current US? I don't want you to do another infobox, rather I'm interested in the boundaries of the ridings in the new Canadian Provinces.

Please don't quote the whole post, including images. It makes it tedious for people to scroll past to see your post.

Anyways, I don't have such a map. There's another poster who is working on such a map and has been in contact with me about it, but he's not finished.

What about Canada in world war 2?

What about it?

And alternate Columbine impact event:

The fatal flaw here is considering Chris-chan is competent enough to pull off a school shooting, at least on purpose. I'm assuming he accidentally killed all those people and himself when he tried to show off the guns.
 
The fatal flaw here is considering Chris-chan is competent enough to pull off a school shooting, at least on purpose. I'm assuming he accidentally killed all those people and himself when he tried to show off the guns
According to the TL post in question, Chris Chan walked into the classroom and started shooting everyone.
 
Hulkster'01: United States presidential election of 1884
The United States presidential election of 1884 was the 25th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1884.
Incumbent President Robert Todd Lincoln defeated Governor Grover Cleveland of New York
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Gentleman Biaggi: 1952 U.S. presidential election (Twists and Turns)
First update of my TL: Twists and Turns: an alternate 1952


“McCarthyism, Nukes, and integration, that’s what’s at stake.”

*Audible sigh*

“At least it’s better than 1932”

“You say that every year”

-Conversation between Earl Warren and Margaret Chase Smith November 3, 1952



General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s announcement that he wasn’t going to run for president in 1952 sent waves through the Republican Party. Several Moderates and Liberals in the Republican Party tried to get Eisenhower to run, mainly because he’d be an effective resource in defeating the popular Robert Taft. When he announced that he wasn’t going to run, Taft’s nomination was all but secured. Liberal Republicans then tried to get popular Liberal Republicans like Thomas Dewey or even Wendell Willkie to run, just to stop Taft. In the end, only Earl Warren and Harold Stassen ran as Liberal/Moderate Republicans. Neither were successful in defeating Taft.


While the Liberal and Moderate Republicans were unable to defeat Taft they were able to defeat his first choice for running mate. Taft originally wanted to choose Douglas MacArthur as his running mate, but a coalition of big-name Liberal and Moderate Republicans including Earl Warren, Wayne Morse, Margaret Chase Smith, Harold Stassen, Merlin Hull, Wendell and Philip Willkie, Thomas Dewey, and the La Follette brothers stopped him.MacArthur’s support for McCarthyism, his conservatism, his feud with Truman, and the general conservatism of the potential ticket caused much controversy with moderates. After the moderate/liberal faction blocked MacArthur Taft decided to nominate Charles Halleck and he was accepted.


Meanwhile, the Democratic Party was having a nomination process of its own, despite the intense media attention on the Republicans. Originally Estes Kefauver was favored due to his domination of the Democratic Primaries. However, reformist and popular governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson announced his candidacy. Stevenson won after three ballots due to support from all kinds of well-known Democrats. Stevenson was moderately sure that he’d win the south due to support from politicians like John Sparkman and Richard Russell. So, he decided to branch out and choose a less well-known running mate. In the end he chose Mike Monroney, in hopes that he’d appeal to more western areas of the south.


The election was extremely hard-fought. Stevenson attacked Taft on his isolationism (calling him “as dangerous as Henry Wallace”), support for McCarthy (although he did say he opposed Communism), and conservative economic views. Taft fired back, but it was clear that he was losing ground in the polls. In fact, many said that the only thing keeping Taft ahead was personal popularity, and even then things didn’t look so good. This was mainly due to Taft’s isolationism, which was growing very unpopular.

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While Stevenson still won, it was by less than what polls expected. Most polls expected him to win Massachusetts, and some expected a New York or Rhode Island win. However, little campaigning in the Northeast caused him to lose all three. While Stevenson’s win was less than expected, it was still a win, and the Democrats prepared themselves for four more years.
 
Turquoise Blue: Alfalfa Bill's Misfortune or How an ornery Oklahoman helped the GOP back on their feet. (W3L)
Alfalfa Bill's Misfortune
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How an ornery Oklahoman helped the GOP back on their feet.

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Right, so story here is that McAdoo is elected President in 1932 by a somewhat narrower victory than expected because of his running mate 'Alfalfa Bill' Murray alienating Catholics into the Republican camp and a good chunk of left-wing voters being alienated enough to vote Norman Thomas. Thus you get Rhode Island which voted Democratic in 1928, voting Republican in 1932.

And then of course McAdoo is shot before he's inaugurated, so Murray becomes president. Unsurprisingly, his first term is kind of a disaster, with the economy's recovery being extremely sluggish, his authoritarian manner disturbing a lot of people [including his ordering the troops to shoot the Bonus Army] and ultimately, his uncaring attitude to the Dust Bowl and to urban workers who cry for butter and beans.

Enter the philanthropist Herbert Hoover, who gave food out at his rallies and promised to do something about the farming crisis. Thankfully for Murray, he's paired up with a Catholic by the name of Hugh Johnson [who's an 'Ironist', aka meme-ish fascism] and this allows the Dems to reclaim states such as Massachusetts. One hung electoral college later, Johnson is Acting President, and manages to wreck the fragile economy leading Hoover to withdraw from congressional negotiations and call for Murray's re-election.

Put back in the Oval Office, Murray leads the economy back to a sluggish recovery, but by 1940 the nation haven't entirely recovered from the Depression or Johnson's 'Golden Recession' [so called because it started with him taking America off the gold standard, leading to a rush on the dollar]. The main issue in 1940 is foreign policy, and Lindbergh successfully wins as an isolationist.

So ends the presidency of Alfalfa Bill. Much shouting and hollering, few things genuinely done and the economy enters 1941 sluggish. Eight years of missed opportunities and the Republicans bounce back far, far earlier than they did in OTL, thanks to Murray being no Roosevelt, and instead merely shrinking the Democratic coalition.

[All of this takes place in @Statesman et. al.'s Where the World Will Lead, which is up to 2000!]​
 
Charles Lindbergh as president?! Why does that happen so frequently? It's pretty much a meme at this point.
Part of the 1930s-1950s fascist wave ('Ironism') in which the players tried to push both parties towards fascism. Thankfully in 1956, the Republicans had Henry Lodge [and the Democrat before him wasn't exactly fascist] and he dismantled corporatism and paramilitary organizations. Got shot for his trouble, but his successor cracked down on right-wing extremism. And that was that for the history of American Fascism.
 
ZachMettenbergerFan: Pierre Wieczor
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Pierre Wieczor (born 1958) is a Polish-French actor, producer, and director. He is an Academy Award and European Film Award winning director, having won both for his work on his film La pièce, the former for Best Foreign Film and the latter for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor. Wieczor is the sole person to have won all three European Film Academy awards.

Pierre was born Tomasz Wieczor in Poznan, Poland, living there for sixteen years before he was involved in a construction accident and resolved himself to following his aspirations and becoming involved in the film business. Wieczor defected to West Germany in 1974 and quickly traveled to Paris, where he made a living by selling bird toys to children. He was nicknamed Oiseau, the French word for bird, and started referring to himself as Pierre. He was spotted by a French film casting agent and was offered a job to play Dracula in an upcoming horror film. Though initially apprehensive, Pierre decided to take the offer and become an actor. Pierre would slowly work his way up through French film productions, eventually being wealthy enough to finance his own film project, La pièce. Upon its release, the film was critically acclaimed and has been described as a French film masterpiece.

Wieczor is famous for his appearances as Dracula in the French film Dracula (1985) and as Jean in La pièce (1991). In 2006, Pierre criticized police brutality, revealing his own experiences after being traumatized by a wrongful drug arrest. He has been named as a potential candidate in the upcoming 2022 French Presidential election.
 
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Hulkster'01: D.B. Cooper
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D. B. Cooper is a media epithet popularly used to refer to the hijacker of a Boeing 727 aircraft in Washington, on November 24, 1971. Utilizing knowledge that was virtually unique to the CIA, he escaped by parachute with over a million dollars at current values. A massive search found his mangled corpse hanging from a tree, however he was never identified as anyone else at the time.
 
Hulkster'01: Kennedy assassination attempt
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On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot at by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was riding with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife, Nellie. A ten-month investigation by the Warren Commission from November 1963 to September 1964 concluded that Oswald acted alone in shooting at Kennedy, and that Jack Ruby also acted alone when he killed Oswald before he could stand trial.
 
D. B. Cooper is a media epithet popularly used to refer to the hijacker of a Boeing 727 aircraft in Washington, on November 24, 1971. Utilizing knowledge that was virtually unique to the CIA, he escaped by parachute with over a million dollars at current values. A massive search found his mangled corpse hanging from a tree, however he was never identified as anyone else at the time.
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot at by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was riding with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife, Nellie. A ten-month investigation by the Warren Commission from November 1963 to September 1964 concluded that Oswald acted alone in shooting at Kennedy, and that Jack Ruby also acted alone when he killed Oswald before he could stand trial.
Ooh, a series de-fanging conspiracy theories, I like it.
 
Gentleman Biaggi: 2017 Dakotan Freedom Riots and Attacks
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Dakota's history in Agraria has been one of repression and attempts at independence. In the beginning of Dakota's time as a state, it had a massive Native population, and was lead by popular governor Theodore Roosevelt. However, the state diversified with a growing European immigrant population, largely from Germany and Scandinavia. With a growing and diverse population, the people of Dakota began to feel like an Independent nation and began to make pushes towards independence. During the 1922 Agrarian Communist Revolution, Dakotans fought to overthrow the government, hoping that a new one would let them become independent, a position that would become depressingly familiar to any Dakotan during future regime changes. However, the new Communist government refused their Independence bid, they then supported the other regime changes. No government would allow them to be free, despite Dakota's support of all revolutions. By the beginning of the second Communist Government of Agraria, Dakotan hopes had held on by a string, however the new government would allow them to have an independence referendum. Optimism reigned throughout Dakota, as they finally had a chance to make their own decisions as a nation. However, the Communist government heavily rigged the referendum, and then spent years taking Dakota's resources away from them. Dakota's support for national revolution went to intensely angry support for Revolutionary Independence, with riots seemingly occurring once a week. However, things didn't fully escalate until Illinois got involved.

The nation of Illinois and Agraria have never had a good relationship. During the First Great North American War, they fought each other, and during the first communist government Illinois felt that it was the defender of democracy in middle North America, while Agraria would enforce tyranny all over North America. Under Lafollette's Agraria, the relations between the nations warmed, but the second Communist government brought a massive shift to the warmth. It got so bad that the Illinoisans did everything to refuse the Agrarian government from entering the North American Union in 2001. By 2017, with tensions colder than ever between the two nations, the Illinois government decided to give weapons to Dakotan militias. The June attacks and Riots shook the Agrarian government, as the revolutionaries had already taken most of West Dakota. In an official government investigation, the Agrarian Government found the Illinois government had assisted Dakotan Nationalists. Following the investigation, the Second Great North American war sparked. Agraria and Illinois declared war on each other in July, and their allies followed suit soon thereafter. The attacks began the biggest conflict in North American history. Only time will tell who decides the winner of this war, and what the losers will receive.
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Helen Pact
California
Texas
United Southern Republics
People's Republic of Agraria
Vermont Revolutionaries
Canada
Alaska
Mexico


United Democratic Front
New York
Illinois
New England
Quebec
Southwestern Republic
Puerto Rico
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Dakota Revolutionaries
Baja Revolutionaries

Other Revolutionaries who are not Aligned
Pro-Arctic Union Alaskans
Louisianan Revolutionaries

Others

New Hampshire
Chihuahua
Greenland
Iceland
 
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