Yes, but I think you'll find that Meadow was the first person to use it. As he put it, "party colours only became a thing in 2000". That and it works very well in Mike's excellent infoboxes.
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Yes, but I think you'll find that Meadow was the first person to use it. As he put it, "party colours only became a thing in 2000". That and it works very well in Mike's excellent infoboxes.
Orren Lowden's second term was marred by the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the resultant depression. With his credibility abroad already gone at home it was destroyed by a crisis which his laissez-faire policies had caused. There was much anger at Lowden's non-response to the crisis and increasingly loud claims of kickbacks and general corruption, which the Democrats were eager to trumpet. New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was considered by many to be a strong candidate but he tragically died from an attack of polio in 1931. The Democratic Establishment instead turned to Tennessee Senator and former DNC Chairman Cordell Hull.
Popular Massachuests Governor Calvin Coolidge ran in what seemed to be an impossible race in order to defeat what he saw as dangerously radical measures from Hull (essentially a watered-down new deal) and to fight off even more radical measures proposed by the Socialists and Communists on the hard left. While Coolidge made little attempt to defend the disgraced Lowden administration his bland style and half-hearted campaigners meant that, like four years earlier, there was little doubt over who would win.
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Popular Massachuests Governor Calvin Coolidge ran in what seemed to be an impossible race in order to defeat what he saw as dangerously radical measures from Hull (essentially a watered-down new deal) and to fight off even more radical measures proposed by the Socialists and Communists on the hard left. While Coolidge made little attempt to defend the disgraced Lowden administration his bland style and half-hearted campaigners meant that, like four years earlier, there was little doubt over who would win.
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George Lucas said Emperor Palpatine was based on Richard Nixon (in addition to many, many others). So let's take that to its logical conclusion
A Minor Meighen Majority
Here's 1998:
The Kaplan government got off to a good start right away solely due to the level of their win. The government experienced a long honeymoon, and following Horner's resignation as Conservative leader, polled over 60% in opinion polls while Bernard Valcourt served as interim leader.
The Tory leadership race soon boiled down to Don Mazankowski, seen as the candidate to continue Horner’s legacy, and Bill Casey, initially a dark-horse candidate but who soon came to be seen as a moderate who could appeal to traditional Liberal voters. Casey ultimately won out a narrow victory, and while his victory caused the support of his party to increase, it also alienated many on the party's right-wing. The election of a moderate easterner as party leader was only fuel to the fire of complaints that the Tories were ignoring their "safe" Western base in order to appeal to the east. With Casey's election, however, the West was no longer safe for the party, a group of caucus members left the party to form the Reform Party of Canada, eventually recruiting popular British Columbia Premier Bill Vander Zalm as their leader.
The New Alliance also went through a leadership race, the result of a period of instability. New Alliance members turned against Howard McCurdy, claiming that his views were far closer to the Liberals than his own party, and that it was hurting the party in the polls as a result. The party forced him to resign, and eventually selected Svend Robinson to replace him. This didn’t stop New Alliance infighting, and soon later McCurdy would cross the floor and join the Liberals.
By the time of the 1998 election, Kaplan’s government had decreased from their 60% highs in the polls, but were still favoured to win. Although Casey was personally popular, some were concerned that Reform would manage to take a big chunk out of the Conservative vote.
Much like the election nearly a decade earlier, the National Liberals based their campaign on free-trade, an issue that, while in the party's platform, the party had not focused on during the previous election. Unlike a decade earlier, Canadians had now largely warmed up to the idea, and it looked like, this time, the National Liberals would be on the winning side of the argument. The Conservatives suffered a gaffe midway through the campaign when video footage was unearthed from a decade earlier with Casey, then a newly elected backbench MP, speaking in favour of free trade.
In the end, though, the campaign proved to be a relative bore. The National Liberals entered the campaign with the lead, and left the campaign with the lead, winning a second majority government. While the Conservatives swept Atlantic Canada, due to Casey's popularity in the region and anger at the government's cuts to employment insurance, the party lost over a dozen seats in the West to the upstart Reform, making Casey's caucus primarily from Ontario and the Atlantic. While some disgruntled Conservatives questioned Casey's leadership, his immense popularity with the public (indeed, polls routinely showed that Casey was far more popular than his party) led to him staying on as leader. For Kaplan, however, this would not be the case.
Prime Ministers of Canada:
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) 1921-1925
Arthur Meighen (Conservative) 1925-1933
Charles Avery Dunning (Liberal) 1933-1939
James Garfield Gardiner (National Liberal) 1939-1953
Brooke Claxton (National Liberal) 1953-1957
Howard Charles Green (Conservative) 1957-1965
James Sinclair (National Liberal) 1965-1973
Alan Eagleson (Conservative) 1973-1980
Jack Horner (Conservative) 1980
Pierre Trudeau (National Liberal) 1980-1984
Jack Horner (Conservative) 1984-1986
Pierre Trudeau (National Liberal) 1986-1987
Jack Horner (Conservative) 1987-1994
Bob Kaplan (National Liberal) 1994-2001
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Here's 1998:
The Kaplan government got off to a good start right away solely due to the level of their win. The government experienced a long honeymoon, and following Horner's resignation as Conservative leader, polled over 60% in opinion polls while Bernard Valcourt served as interim leader.
The Tory leadership race soon boiled down to Don Mazankowski, seen as the candidate to continue Horner’s legacy, and Bill Casey, initially a dark-horse candidate but who soon came to be seen as a moderate who could appeal to traditional Liberal voters. Casey ultimately won out a narrow victory, and while his victory caused the support of his party to increase, it also alienated many on the party's right-wing. The election of a moderate easterner as party leader was only fuel to the fire of complaints that the Tories were ignoring their "safe" Western base in order to appeal to the east. With Casey's election, however, the West was no longer safe for the party, a group of caucus members left the party to form the Reform Party of Canada, eventually recruiting popular British Columbia Premier Bill Vander Zalm as their leader.
The New Alliance also went through a leadership race, the result of a period of instability. New Alliance members turned against Howard McCurdy, claiming that his views were far closer to the Liberals than his own party, and that it was hurting the party in the polls as a result. The party forced him to resign, and eventually selected Svend Robinson to replace him. This didn’t stop New Alliance infighting, and soon later McCurdy would cross the floor and join the Liberals.
By the time of the 1998 election, Kaplan’s government had decreased from their 60% highs in the polls, but were still favoured to win. Although Casey was personally popular, some were concerned that Reform would manage to take a big chunk out of the Conservative vote.
Much like the election nearly a decade earlier, the National Liberals based their campaign on free-trade, an issue that, while in the party's platform, the party had not focused on during the previous election. Unlike a decade earlier, Canadians had now largely warmed up to the idea, and it looked like, this time, the National Liberals would be on the winning side of the argument. The Conservatives suffered a gaffe midway through the campaign when video footage was unearthed from a decade earlier with Casey, then a newly elected backbench MP, speaking in favour of free trade.
In the end, though, the campaign proved to be a relative bore. The National Liberals entered the campaign with the lead, and left the campaign with the lead, winning a second majority government. While the Conservatives swept Atlantic Canada, due to Casey's popularity in the region and anger at the government's cuts to employment insurance, the party lost over a dozen seats in the West to the upstart Reform, making Casey's caucus primarily from Ontario and the Atlantic. While some disgruntled Conservatives questioned Casey's leadership, his immense popularity with the public (indeed, polls routinely showed that Casey was far more popular than his party) led to him staying on as leader. For Kaplan, however, this would not be the case.
Prime Ministers of Canada:
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) 1921-1925
Arthur Meighen (Conservative) 1925-1933
Charles Avery Dunning (Liberal) 1933-1939
James Garfield Gardiner (National Liberal) 1939-1953
Brooke Claxton (National Liberal) 1953-1957
Howard Charles Green (Conservative) 1957-1965
James Sinclair (National Liberal) 1965-1973
Alan Eagleson (Conservative) 1973-1980
Jack Horner (Conservative) 1980
Pierre Trudeau (National Liberal) 1980-1984
Jack Horner (Conservative) 1984-1986
Pierre Trudeau (National Liberal) 1986-1987
Jack Horner (Conservative) 1987-1994
Bob Kaplan (National Liberal) 1994-2001
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Bill Vander Zalm? It appears that Social Credit is back, this time as Reform! 
Hmm, I doubt Casey can pull it off in 2002. I'm guessing the Liberals will win a minority.
Excellent work as always.
Excellent work as always.
Bill Vander Zalm? It appears that Social Credit is back, this time as Reform!
A tragically underused figure in alternate history
Hmm, I doubt Casey can pull it off in 2002. I'm guessing the Liberals will win a minority.
Excellent work as always.
Thanks. It really depends who the Liberals pick as leader...
I just realized - the sheer size of the Democratic majority in the Senate means that even if the GOP completely sweeps the 2010 elections, winning every Democratic-held seat without losing any of their own, they STILL won't get the Senate because it'll be 50-50 and Diamond Joe Biden means Democrats control a 50-50 Senate.
Heh heh heh heh heh....
Heh heh heh heh heh....
Joe Biden? Why would he decide a tie?
The infobox tells you quite clearly who's vice president
Joe Biden? Why would he decide a tie?
The infobox tells you quite clearly who's vice president
D'oh! Same principle anyway.
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Prime Ministers of Canada:
Arthur Meighen (Conservative) 1920-1921
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) 1921-1926
Arthur Meighen (Conservative) 1926
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) 1926-1930
R.B. Bennett (Conservative) 1930-1935
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) 1935-1944
John Bracken (Progressive Conservative) 1944-1952
Charles Gavan Power (Liberal) 1952-1962
Paul Martin, Sr. (Liberal) 1962-1967
Davie Fulton (Progressive Conservative) 1967-1978
Erik Nielsen (Progressive Conservative) 1978-1979
Jean Marchand (Liberal) 1979-1980
Erik Nielsen (Progressive Conservative) 1980-1984
Iona Campagnolo (Liberal) 1984-1994
John Manley (Liberal) 1994-1996
Lucien Bouchard (Progressive Conservative) 1996-2003
Bob Rae (New Democrat) 2003-
Senate Leaders of Canada:
John Turner (Liberal) 1996
David Crombie (Progressive Conservative) 1996-1999
Brian Mulroney (Progressive Conservative) 1999-2001
John Crosbie (Progressive Conservative) 2001-2003
Alexa McDonough (New Democrat) 2003-
Governor Generals of Canada:
Joe Clark (Non-Partisan) 1996-2002
Margaret Atwood (Non-Partisan) 2002-
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Prime Ministers of Canada:
Arthur Meighen (Conservative) 1920-1921
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) 1921-1926
Arthur Meighen (Conservative) 1926
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) 1926-1930
R.B. Bennett (Conservative) 1930-1935
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) 1935-1944
John Bracken (Progressive Conservative) 1944-1952
Charles Gavan Power (Liberal) 1952-1962
Paul Martin, Sr. (Liberal) 1962-1967
Davie Fulton (Progressive Conservative) 1967-1978
Erik Nielsen (Progressive Conservative) 1978-1979
Jean Marchand (Liberal) 1979-1980
Erik Nielsen (Progressive Conservative) 1980-1984
Iona Campagnolo (Liberal) 1984-1994
John Manley (Liberal) 1994-1996
Lucien Bouchard (Progressive Conservative) 1996-2003
Bob Rae (New Democrat) 2003-
Senate Leaders of Canada:
John Turner (Liberal) 1996
David Crombie (Progressive Conservative) 1996-1999
Brian Mulroney (Progressive Conservative) 1999-2001
John Crosbie (Progressive Conservative) 2001-2003
Alexa McDonough (New Democrat) 2003-
Governor Generals of Canada:
Joe Clark (Non-Partisan) 1996-2002
Margaret Atwood (Non-Partisan) 2002-
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Canadian federal election, 1946
Canadian federal election, 1951
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Canadian federal and Senate elections, 2003
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Witch, witch! Somebody get me my pitchfork for God's sake!
A question to the Canadian and British members, I want to ask some questions about an area having a snap election for the Prime Minister? I'm talking about when the PM loses their seat, and a member resign so they can run:
1.) Does the PM need to be a member of the House to carry out their duties (not a member of the Senate or House of Lords), or is it just convention?
2.) Does the now seatless member get something out of the deal for giving their boss their seat?
3.) Do the voters in the area ever feel unrepresented because they're expected to elect the PM and not a member of their own choice?
I ask here because I figured their would be a lot of answers here if I asked (and to clear the next page for something special).
1.) According to Parliamentary procedure the Prime Minister must be available to the House in order to answer questions. Still, Brian Mulroney served as leader of the Opposition without a seat from June until late August, so there is wiggle room.
2.) Typically. People like Fernand Robichaud got a Senate seat for letting Chretien take his seat, and Elmer MacKay got a place in cabinet for letting Mulroney get a seat in '83.
3.) Depends. Some Prime Ministers have been rejected in their ridings, sought another one and still gotten beat. Mackenzie King had a seat in three different provinces, and if memory serves got defeated for that very reason. There's always a chance of a major backlash.
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