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The Green surge is reflecting the growth of the Green Movement in countries like the UK and Canada and mainly now all lover the world so in the next Imperial election the Greens will do very well hence why the Peoples Alliance for Democracy and Socialist Labour are rising as well becuase people are losing trust in the political establishment.
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Trends in Our Timeline cannot, and should not, be applied to This Timeline. E.g. the rise of the Greens and anti-establishment parties IOTL is not reflected by politics ITTL.
Alberta; 2018 legislative election
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Credit to DrRandomFactor of Wikipedia for the election base map.
Alberta is one of the 11 provinces and territories of the Dominion of Canada located in the west-central region of the country, bordered by the province of Athabasca to the north, the province of Saskatchewan to the east, the Dominion of Oregon to the west, and the Missourian province of Montana to the south. Alberta is Canada's smallest administrative subdivision by area, but is the third-largest by population, with an estimated 3.4 million people, and has the largest German-speaking population in Canada, with an estimated 30% of the provincial population declaring proficiency in the German language at the 2011 census.
Aboriginal peoples arrived in what is now Alberta at least 10,000 years ago, settling across the plains that dominate the landscape of the province and developing a semi-nomadic culture, predominantly hunting the native buffalo. Although much of Alberta was granted to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670, known as Rupert's Land, the first European did not reach the area until the 1730s, when French Canadian explorers travelled inland to establish forts and trade furs with the local First Nations. The rivalries between the French and British for the lucrative fur trade led to low-level warfare, which largely ended with the collapse of French power in the north of the continent after the Seven Years' War. The fur trade in Alberta was dominated by the Hudson's Bay Company until 1870 when the company ceded Rupert's Land to the Dominion of Canada, after which it became the Northwest Territories.
Through a series of treaties between the Crown and the First Nations, much of Alberta was opened up to settlement by White Canadians as the land was ceded to the Canadian government. The sudden influx of settlers decimated the naive bison population, which coupled with the spread of disease and a lose of their primary food source devastated the local First Nations populations. The District of Alberta was created in 1882 as part of the Northwest Territories, consisting of the entirety of the modern provincial boundaries. The construction of the Northern Pacific Railway in the 1880s opened the territory for settlement, and by the start of the 20th century nearly 600,000 settlers had moved into the Plains. The majority of these settlers hailed from British America or the Home Isles, but large numbers originated from Germany, bringing with them their own language and distinctive culture which survives to the present day.
After a long campaign for autonomy, Alberta was granted provincial status in 1905 along with neighbouring Saskatchewan. Throughout the early 20th century prior to the Great Depression, Alberta was the heartland of the Canadian United Farmers agrarian politics, and later one of the bastions of the Social Credit movement in North America, but since the 1980s it has been the centre of the traditional right conservative Reform Party. Economical the province has urbanised and diversified its economic base, and is now dominated by the agriculture and petroleum industries. Alberta's economy is one of the strongest in the Empire, and the second-largest economy in Canada, and this economic strength, coupled with a sense of Western alienation within Canada, has contributed to growth of the Alberta separatism movement within the province in recent decades.
The 2018 Alberta legislative election was held on 7 August 2018 to elect, under the mixed member majoritarian system, the 132 members of the House of Representatives. 81 seats are elected under the first past the post system in single member ridings, with an additional 51 seats elected under province-wide proportional representation.
The incumbent right conservative Wildrose government, under Chief Minister Danielle Smith, lost their plurality in the legislature, ending 13 years of conservative rule in the province. In an upset victory, the centre-left Alliance Party opposition, under new leader David Khan, secured a plurality and were able to form a majority coalition government with the United Farmers, an agrarian progressive group that had once dominated Albertan politics. The centre-right New Conservatives, a local affiliate of the federal Progressive Conservatives, were weakened in the election by infighting and the election of compromise leader Leela Aheer, and dropped a quarter of their seats, whilst the centrist Liberals, under longtime leader Raj Sherman, held steady and secured an extra seat in Calgary.
After the election, Khan was invited by the governor to form a government as the next chief minister of Alberta.
Credit to DrRandomFactor of Wikipedia for the election base map.
Alberta is one of the 11 provinces and territories of the Dominion of Canada located in the west-central region of the country, bordered by the province of Athabasca to the north, the province of Saskatchewan to the east, the Dominion of Oregon to the west, and the Missourian province of Montana to the south. Alberta is Canada's smallest administrative subdivision by area, but is the third-largest by population, with an estimated 3.4 million people, and has the largest German-speaking population in Canada, with an estimated 30% of the provincial population declaring proficiency in the German language at the 2011 census.
Aboriginal peoples arrived in what is now Alberta at least 10,000 years ago, settling across the plains that dominate the landscape of the province and developing a semi-nomadic culture, predominantly hunting the native buffalo. Although much of Alberta was granted to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670, known as Rupert's Land, the first European did not reach the area until the 1730s, when French Canadian explorers travelled inland to establish forts and trade furs with the local First Nations. The rivalries between the French and British for the lucrative fur trade led to low-level warfare, which largely ended with the collapse of French power in the north of the continent after the Seven Years' War. The fur trade in Alberta was dominated by the Hudson's Bay Company until 1870 when the company ceded Rupert's Land to the Dominion of Canada, after which it became the Northwest Territories.
Through a series of treaties between the Crown and the First Nations, much of Alberta was opened up to settlement by White Canadians as the land was ceded to the Canadian government. The sudden influx of settlers decimated the naive bison population, which coupled with the spread of disease and a lose of their primary food source devastated the local First Nations populations. The District of Alberta was created in 1882 as part of the Northwest Territories, consisting of the entirety of the modern provincial boundaries. The construction of the Northern Pacific Railway in the 1880s opened the territory for settlement, and by the start of the 20th century nearly 600,000 settlers had moved into the Plains. The majority of these settlers hailed from British America or the Home Isles, but large numbers originated from Germany, bringing with them their own language and distinctive culture which survives to the present day.
After a long campaign for autonomy, Alberta was granted provincial status in 1905 along with neighbouring Saskatchewan. Throughout the early 20th century prior to the Great Depression, Alberta was the heartland of the Canadian United Farmers agrarian politics, and later one of the bastions of the Social Credit movement in North America, but since the 1980s it has been the centre of the traditional right conservative Reform Party. Economical the province has urbanised and diversified its economic base, and is now dominated by the agriculture and petroleum industries. Alberta's economy is one of the strongest in the Empire, and the second-largest economy in Canada, and this economic strength, coupled with a sense of Western alienation within Canada, has contributed to growth of the Alberta separatism movement within the province in recent decades.
The 2018 Alberta legislative election was held on 7 August 2018 to elect, under the mixed member majoritarian system, the 132 members of the House of Representatives. 81 seats are elected under the first past the post system in single member ridings, with an additional 51 seats elected under province-wide proportional representation.
The incumbent right conservative Wildrose government, under Chief Minister Danielle Smith, lost their plurality in the legislature, ending 13 years of conservative rule in the province. In an upset victory, the centre-left Alliance Party opposition, under new leader David Khan, secured a plurality and were able to form a majority coalition government with the United Farmers, an agrarian progressive group that had once dominated Albertan politics. The centre-right New Conservatives, a local affiliate of the federal Progressive Conservatives, were weakened in the election by infighting and the election of compromise leader Leela Aheer, and dropped a quarter of their seats, whilst the centrist Liberals, under longtime leader Raj Sherman, held steady and secured an extra seat in Calgary.
After the election, Khan was invited by the governor to form a government as the next chief minister of Alberta.
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LeinadB93
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Although they are still agrarian, at least officially, the urbanisation of Alberta and its population forced them to adapt their policies. Now they might best be described as suburban progressives, who favour social democracy but are still sort of socially conservative on some issues.
If that make sense?
Great post, I'm loving the Canada Update.
So Questions does the German-speaking population have a preference for one party over another, one that prioritizes, say German Language Rights. And given the strong regional differences with the Dominion, is there any serious talk about is breaking up, with the Prairies, Alaska, and Quebec going their separate ways. Or is it just a persistent grumbling that will likely never really go anywhere.
So Questions does the German-speaking population have a preference for one party over another, one that prioritizes, say German Language Rights. And given the strong regional differences with the Dominion, is there any serious talk about is breaking up, with the Prairies, Alaska, and Quebec going their separate ways. Or is it just a persistent grumbling that will likely never really go anywhere.
If you read the Social Credit post, it'll tell you that at a federal level, the SoCreds generally did well in the German-speaking parts due to arguing for local rights.
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Thanks
Well the secessionist movements (Parti Quebecois, Yedinaya Alyaska, and others) are kind of in a bit of a lull ATM. So they are a bit more regionalist/autonomist in policy rather than full blown secessionist. Things really came to a head in the 1980s/90s with the 1987 Alaskan dominionhood referendum, and the 1980 Quebec independence referendum and 1995 Quebec dominionhood referendum - however all were defeated. It's not really serious, just persistent grumbling, as all but the most die-hard nationalists accept that an independent Alaska or Quebec would be unbelievably economically dependent on the United Empire... The Prairies are different, as the regionalists there don't want independence but a separate home nation (Rupertsland?).
I've got a map in the works for a proposed partition of Canada... But basically the most "mainstream" plan would be Alaska, Quebec and Ontario as separate entities with a rump Canada (Rupertsland?) covering Alberta, Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Hudson, Manitoba, Ungava, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Thanks. It's a lot of work though... nearly two months for Canada to be (almost) complete. My plan is to focus on Carolina next in the same format.
As TB says, the SoCreds did will among the German-speaking population. I'd imagined some sort of German specific party spanning parts of the Prairie provinces of Canada and Missouri prior to the Second World War, but Nazi Germany destroyed any chance of a surviving German-rights party. These groups probably evolved into a sort "German American Association" which advocates and lobbies for local German rights.
In Alberta, most German speakers vote for the United Farmers, due to historic support of German immigration, with the more conservatives among them going for Wildrose. In Saskatchewan they are more split between the conservative Saskatchewan and the socially liberal Democrats.
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Given Matt Groening's politics, I think Kirk would be portrayed more sympathetically than Nixon. And that's assuming he doesn't just use another well-known right-wing politician like Thatcher or Bush Sr.
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I don’t think that’s right...
Also, on an unrelated note, what’s the demographics of Tierra del Fuego? Are they more Hispanic or Anglophone? I also heard that a lot of Croatians live there IRL, so does that still apply or no? Also, how did they become British territories?
Quebec; 2016 legislative election
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I proudly present to you, the Heart of FrenchCanada America! Credit to @CanadianTory for helping with the party ideas and leaders
Credit to DrRandomFactor of Wikipedia for the election base map.
Quebec, officially the Principality of Quebec, and historically known as Lower Canada, is one of the 11 provinces and territories of the Dominion of Canada located in the eastern region of the country, bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, to the north by the territory of Ungava, to the east by the Dominion of Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and to the south by the New England provinces of New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, and the Columbian province of Adirondack. Quebec is Canada's second-smallest administrative division by area and the second-largest by population, with an estimated 7.9 million people, and is the only province to have a predominantly French-speaking population, with French as the sole provincial official language.
French explorers first visited Quebec in 1534, prior to which what is now Quebec was inhabited by various Algonquian and Iroquois nations, predominantly along the St. Lawrence Valley. Jacques Cartier, a Basque explorer in the pay of the French king, landed on the Gaspé Peninsula and claimed the land as the first province of New France, however early attempts at colonisation were met with failure. The 1608 expedition of Samuel de Champlain led to the establishment of Quebec City, which solidified French claims to the inland regions of North America. Originally a simple fur trading fort, Quebec City became the centre of French colonial exploration and Catholic missionary work throughout the Great Lakes during the 17th century, and in 1627 the seigneurial system was introduced whilst settlement in New France was restricted to only Roman Catholics. Despite a brief period of English occupation from 1629 to 1632, what is now Quebec remained in French hands and prospered as the centre of their North American colonial empire, and became a Royal Province in 1663.
Aggressive actions by the authorities in New France to assert French claims in the Ohio Valley indirectly contributed to the outbreak of the Seven Years' War. In 1754, in response to the construction of French forts in land claimed by Virginia in the Ohio Country, a company of Virginian colonial militia under George Washington ambushed a group of Canadian soldiers in what became known as the Jumonville affair. The conflict, known in French-speaking America as La guerre de la Conquête ["The War of Conquest"], saw the collapse of New France with Quebec City falling to British forces on 13 September 1759. With the exception of French Louisiana and the small islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France ceded its North American possessions to Great Britain. The 1763 Royal Proclamation renamed the colonial province as Quebec, and extended its borders to include what are now the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and the territory of Labrador.
In 1774, in the midst of the American Colonial Unrest, the British Parliament passed a series of acts aimed at securing the loyalty of the French Canadians, the Quebec Acts provided a charter of rights for the people of Quebec. The Acts allowed the French Canadiens to maintain French civil law and sanctioned freedom of religion and the preservation of French language and culture. However, British Americans began to settle in the lands of Quebec south of the Ottawa River, and many French Canadians, dissatisfied with living under British rule, resettled in what is now Detroit State in the Ohio Country. In 1791, in response to disputes between the French-speaking and English-speaking populations of Quebec, the British partitioned Quebec into two provinces, Upper Canada, which became Ontario, and Lower Canada, which became modern Quebec. The 1791 Act also established an hereditary palatinate under the Lotbinière family, who had been supporters of the new British presence. Quebec would experience relative peace throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, with the exception of a brief uprising in 1848 during the early months of the Republican Rebellion, and in 1867 joined with Ontario to form the self-governing federal Dominion of Canada, becoming one of the country's first two provinces.
In the 21st century, Quebec's economy remains dominated by the province's substantial natural resources, although the aerospace, entertainment and biotechnology industries have grown in importance. The rise of Québécois nationalism in the late 20th century has profoundly affected Quebec, both cultural and politically. The province is home to a distinct Francophone culture blending aboriginal, French colonial and English elements, but remains divided between federalist and separatists. A 2006 symbolic motion in the federal House of Commons recognised the Québécois as a distinct nation within Canada, however support for separatism remains strong in the province.
The 2016 Quebec legislative election was held on 13 June 2016 to elect, under the instant runoff voting system, the 123 members of the National Assembly.
The incumbent centre-left majority government of the Social Democratic Federation (Fédération Sociale Démocratique; FSD), under Chief Minister Françoise David, lost their majority in the legislature, becoming the first Quebec government to not win a second term since the 1990s. The opposition centrist Liberals (Parti Liberal; PL), under Pierre Moreau, secured a plurality in the legislature but fell 5 seats short of a working majority. Faced with the choice between a coalition arrangement with the centre-left autonomist Parti Québécois (PQ), under Jean-Martin Aussant, or a minority government, the PL were able to secure the later with the tacit support of the FSD. The conservative Québécois nationalist party, Équipe Autonomiste (EA), saw a surge in support following the election of Pierre Karl Peladeau, and jumped to 9 seats in the legislature. The newly formed centre-left and regionalist Strength in Democracy (Forces et Démocratie; FeD) movement, set up by disaffected FSD, PL and PQ supporters, secured two seats in the legislature.
After the election, Moreau and the PLs were elected to a minority government by the members of the new National Assembly.
I proudly present to you, the Heart of French
Credit to DrRandomFactor of Wikipedia for the election base map.
Quebec, officially the Principality of Quebec, and historically known as Lower Canada, is one of the 11 provinces and territories of the Dominion of Canada located in the eastern region of the country, bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, to the north by the territory of Ungava, to the east by the Dominion of Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and to the south by the New England provinces of New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, and the Columbian province of Adirondack. Quebec is Canada's second-smallest administrative division by area and the second-largest by population, with an estimated 7.9 million people, and is the only province to have a predominantly French-speaking population, with French as the sole provincial official language.
French explorers first visited Quebec in 1534, prior to which what is now Quebec was inhabited by various Algonquian and Iroquois nations, predominantly along the St. Lawrence Valley. Jacques Cartier, a Basque explorer in the pay of the French king, landed on the Gaspé Peninsula and claimed the land as the first province of New France, however early attempts at colonisation were met with failure. The 1608 expedition of Samuel de Champlain led to the establishment of Quebec City, which solidified French claims to the inland regions of North America. Originally a simple fur trading fort, Quebec City became the centre of French colonial exploration and Catholic missionary work throughout the Great Lakes during the 17th century, and in 1627 the seigneurial system was introduced whilst settlement in New France was restricted to only Roman Catholics. Despite a brief period of English occupation from 1629 to 1632, what is now Quebec remained in French hands and prospered as the centre of their North American colonial empire, and became a Royal Province in 1663.
Aggressive actions by the authorities in New France to assert French claims in the Ohio Valley indirectly contributed to the outbreak of the Seven Years' War. In 1754, in response to the construction of French forts in land claimed by Virginia in the Ohio Country, a company of Virginian colonial militia under George Washington ambushed a group of Canadian soldiers in what became known as the Jumonville affair. The conflict, known in French-speaking America as La guerre de la Conquête ["The War of Conquest"], saw the collapse of New France with Quebec City falling to British forces on 13 September 1759. With the exception of French Louisiana and the small islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France ceded its North American possessions to Great Britain. The 1763 Royal Proclamation renamed the colonial province as Quebec, and extended its borders to include what are now the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and the territory of Labrador.
In 1774, in the midst of the American Colonial Unrest, the British Parliament passed a series of acts aimed at securing the loyalty of the French Canadians, the Quebec Acts provided a charter of rights for the people of Quebec. The Acts allowed the French Canadiens to maintain French civil law and sanctioned freedom of religion and the preservation of French language and culture. However, British Americans began to settle in the lands of Quebec south of the Ottawa River, and many French Canadians, dissatisfied with living under British rule, resettled in what is now Detroit State in the Ohio Country. In 1791, in response to disputes between the French-speaking and English-speaking populations of Quebec, the British partitioned Quebec into two provinces, Upper Canada, which became Ontario, and Lower Canada, which became modern Quebec. The 1791 Act also established an hereditary palatinate under the Lotbinière family, who had been supporters of the new British presence. Quebec would experience relative peace throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, with the exception of a brief uprising in 1848 during the early months of the Republican Rebellion, and in 1867 joined with Ontario to form the self-governing federal Dominion of Canada, becoming one of the country's first two provinces.
In the 21st century, Quebec's economy remains dominated by the province's substantial natural resources, although the aerospace, entertainment and biotechnology industries have grown in importance. The rise of Québécois nationalism in the late 20th century has profoundly affected Quebec, both cultural and politically. The province is home to a distinct Francophone culture blending aboriginal, French colonial and English elements, but remains divided between federalist and separatists. A 2006 symbolic motion in the federal House of Commons recognised the Québécois as a distinct nation within Canada, however support for separatism remains strong in the province.
The 2016 Quebec legislative election was held on 13 June 2016 to elect, under the instant runoff voting system, the 123 members of the National Assembly.
The incumbent centre-left majority government of the Social Democratic Federation (Fédération Sociale Démocratique; FSD), under Chief Minister Françoise David, lost their majority in the legislature, becoming the first Quebec government to not win a second term since the 1990s. The opposition centrist Liberals (Parti Liberal; PL), under Pierre Moreau, secured a plurality in the legislature but fell 5 seats short of a working majority. Faced with the choice between a coalition arrangement with the centre-left autonomist Parti Québécois (PQ), under Jean-Martin Aussant, or a minority government, the PL were able to secure the later with the tacit support of the FSD. The conservative Québécois nationalist party, Équipe Autonomiste (EA), saw a surge in support following the election of Pierre Karl Peladeau, and jumped to 9 seats in the legislature. The newly formed centre-left and regionalist Strength in Democracy (Forces et Démocratie; FeD) movement, set up by disaffected FSD, PL and PQ supporters, secured two seats in the legislature.
After the election, Moreau and the PLs were elected to a minority government by the members of the new National Assembly.
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Nevermind, I didn’t know that “Orthodox Catholic Church” was the official name for Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Still a bit of an odd way to say it, though.
OK here's a challenge, who is the most likely state of the UK or anywhere to gain independence in the coming years?
Thinking back on previous wikiboxes, Brittany held an illegal independence referendum ITTL akin to the Catalonian one OTL... so they'd be a pretty strong choice if France let them.
We've not really gotten much about a lot of other places. Other places that I could see having independence inclinations (though I have no evidence about this, purely speculation on my part and bound to be corrected by TB or Lei!) could be parts of the USSR (although they did successfully reform ITTL) weather Taiwan/Formosa might want it from Japan depending on how they were treated ITTL.
I can't really think of anywhere in the UKE that wants independence outright. the National party in Scotland do, but are not in power at the moment, and it's been defeated in 3 previous referendums. I think Lei said Alaska and Quebec are more for Dominion status within the UKE rather that independence.