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The other guys

Wire -
But other outsider candidates have influenced elections. Independent Ross Perot took 19 percent of the popular vote in 1992, when Bill Clinton defeated George HW Bush.

Former health minister earns spot on health board

CBC.ca -
Jim Wolstenholme, the former chief executive officer of the Miramichi hospital corporation until budget cuts in 2004, and who ran as a Green Party candidate in the 2010 provincial election, failed in his bid to earn a seat on the Horizon board.

The NDP: The road travelled from 2006 to 2012

rabble.ca (blog) -
By James Laxer On election night in January 2006, Jack Layton declared that Canadians had "voted out of hope for change" and expressed the conviction that the NDP caucus, 29 MPs as compared with 19 in 2004, would help place working people and seniors ...

Greater Victoria MPs react to Harper's first year

Oak Bay News -
By Kyle Slavin - Saanich News A year ago this week, Canadians headed to the polls to elect Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first majority government since 2004. And while Capital Region residents don't have any of the ruling Conservatives representing ...

Local election results - live coverage

The Guardian -
9.39pm: My colleague Helen Pidd is in Bradford, where it sounds as if the election has turned ugly. She's just sent me this.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford snubs gay outreach

Canadian National Newspaper -
1990 Toronto architect Chris Lea elected leader of Green Party of Canada, becomes first openly gay leader of a national political party.

Who was more secretive: Conservatives or Liberals?

Yahoo! News Canada (blog) -
The CBC's Kady O'Malley disputes some of the Canadian Press' figures and adds that the Library of Parliament information does not reveal how often those meetings went in camera over the protests of the opposition parties. "You simply can't just add up ...

Matty Moroun, Detroit's Border Baron

BusinessWeek -
Painted a striking blue, the four-lane, 7490-foot-long steel span is suspended 152 feet above the Detroit River and connects the city to Windsor in Ontario, Canada. It's the busiest commercial crossing in North America. Twenty-five percent of US-Canada ...

Profile: Lawrence Webb

Politics.co.uk -
With under one week to go until the most important election for London in a generation, the leader of the country's biggest union, Unite, is urging Londoners to put the national interest along side their concerns for the capital when they go to the ...

Recommended: First Thoughts: Obama unloads on Romney

msnbc.com -
(Remember, Obama criticisms have usually been directed more at the Republican Party than Romney.) The thrust of Obama's argument: Romney isn't qualified to be president.

May Day: Immigrant rights are workers' rights

rabble.ca -
In October 2009, the Toronto Star reported the murder of Grise in Mexico, a 24-year-old woman who had applied for and been refused refugee status in Canada twice, in 2004 and 2008. Under Bill C-31, with countries like Mexico unilaterally designated as ...

Lead 'robocalls' investigator experienced in 'politically charged' investigations

Hill Times (subscription) -
Mr. Mathews is leading the ongoing Commissioner of Canada Elections investigation into allegations of misleading phone calls made on the day of the May 2, 2011 federal election, and has been working his way “very methodically” through evidence, ...

Parliamentary Question: DIRCO: Budget vote Speech

defenceWeb -
In the midst of all these challenges and uncertainties, we are indeed inspired that the work we do - including our contribution to global politics - plays a part in giving our people hope for a better world. When our forebears formed the Organisation ...

Infamous Purple Hotel Sells at Sheldon Auction

GlobeSt.com -
The property, now vacant, was great in its heyday but has fallen into disrepair after infamous drug and swinger parties and a mob hit.

Keller @ Large: Looking Back At Gov. Mitt Romney's First 100 Days

CBS Local -
It includes this telling summary of his governing philosophy): “Traditionally, many members of my party saw the corporation as the source of our economic strength.

People on the Move

REjournals.com -
He joined Bradford Allen in 2004 and specializes in providing brokerage services for office tenants and landlords throughout the Chicago metropolitan area including MYR Group, Automated Engineering Services, Cinch Connectors and Heartland ...

People on the Move

REjournals.com -
Ulbricht joined Leopardo in 2004 and previously served as director of strategic accounts. He is president-elect of the Chicago chapter of CoreNet Global, the professional organization serving corporate and commercial real estate professionals.

People on the Move

REjournals.com -
Ulbricht joined Leopardo in 2004 and previously served as director of strategic accounts. He is president-elect of the Chicago chapter of CoreNet Global, the professional organization serving corporate and commercial real estate professionals.

Scottish Parliament debates Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill

DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) -
Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party Jackson Carlaw supported minimum pricing and hoped that it would work. However, he feared that the measure could not achieve all that some had hoped for, but believed that it would make a contribution.
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