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Philip Petursson
Philip Markus Petursson (October 21, 1902 in Pinecreek, Minnesota, Pinecreek, Minnesota – May 12, 1988) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party of Manitoba, New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1977, and briefly served as a cabinet minister in the government of Edward Schreyer. The son of Olafar Petursson, he moved to Foam Lake, Saskatchewan with his family during his first year of life and then moved to Winnipeg nine years later. He was educated at the University of Manitoba, the University of Chicago, the Meadville Theological School. He was an ordained Unitarianism, Unitarian minister, and served as an executive member of the Western Canadian Unitarian Council; in the 1930s, he studied at the University of Iceland so as to be able to conduct services in that language. He also served on the Winnipeg School Board from 1942 to 1951, and was a member of the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Winnipeg Municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinecreek, Minnesota
Pinecreek is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Dieter Township, Roseau County, Minnesota, Dieter Township, Roseau County, Minnesota, Roseau County, Minnesota, United States, near the Canada–United States border, Canada–US border. The community is located northwest of Roseau at the junction of State Highway 89 (Minnesota State Highway 89, MN 89) and Roseau County Road 3. Pinecreek is the location of Piney Pinecreek Border Airport, which straddles the Canada–US border. The community took its name from nearby Pine Creek (Roseau River), Pine Creek which flows through the community. A post office called Pinecreek was established in 1896, and remained in operation until 1975. Nearby places include Roseau, Minnesota, Roseau, Badger, Minnesota, Badger, and Piney, Manitoba. See also * Pinecreek–Piney Border Crossing References * Rand McNally Road Atlas – 2007 edition – Minnesota entry * Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2013/2014 edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body whose members are known as members of Parliament (MPs). There have been 338 MPs since the most recent electoral district redistribution for the 2015 federal election, which saw the addition of 30 seats. Members are elected by simple plurality ("first-past-the-post" system) in each of the country's electoral districts, which are colloquially known as ''ridings''. MPs may hold office until Parliament is dissolved and serve for constitutionally limited terms of up to five years after an election. Historically, however, terms have ended before their expiry and the sitting government has typically dissolved parliament within four years of an election according to a long-standing convention. In any case, an ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Seaborn
Richard Harry Seaborn (born April 25, 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba; died March 27, 1991) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966. The son of Ernest Frederick Seaborn, Seaborn was educated at the University of Alberta and the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He later spent three years in a seminary with the intention of becoming a minister (during his time in the legislature, he was a member of the Salvation Army). He served as music director of CJAY-TV, and was concertmaster and assistant conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra from 1942 to 1957. Seaborn also holds a Public Utility Accountancy Certificate. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1958 provincial election, defeating CCF candidate James McIsaac by 147 votes in the north-end Winnipeg riding of Wellington (incumbent Liberal-Progressive Jack St. John finished third). He was re-elected over McIsaac by 228 votes in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Conservative Party Of Manitoba
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (french: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Manitoba) is a centre-right political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, after winning a substantial majority in the 2016 election and maintaining a majority in the 2019 election. Origins and early years The origins of the party lie at the end of the nineteenth century. Party politics were weak in Manitoba for several years after it entered Canadian confederation in 1870. The system of government was essentially one of non-partisan democracy, though some leading figures such as Marc-Amable Girard were identified with the Conservatives at the federal level. The government was a balance of ethnic, religious and linguistic communities, and party affiliation was at best a secondary concern. In 1879, Thomas Scott (not to be confused with another person of the same name who was executed by Louis Riel's provisional government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Manitoba General Election
The 1966 Manitoba general election was held on June 23, 1966, to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a third consecutive majority win for the Progressive Conservative Party led by Dufferin Roblin. Roblin's Tories won 31 seats, against 14 for the Liberal Party, 11 for the New Democratic Party and one for Social Credit. Results See also * List of Manitoba political parties Riding results Party key: *PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba *L: Manitoba Liberal Party *NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba *SC: Manitoba Social Credit Party *Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba *Ind: Independent Arthur: *(incumbent) James Douglas Watt (PC) 1902 * Frank Patmore (L) 1807 * C.M. Robson (NDP) 494 Assiniboia: *(incumbent) Stephen Patrick (L) 5168 * Stewart Millett (PC) 4800 *Charles Norman (NDP) 2943 Birtle-Russell: * Rod Clement (L) 2223 *(incumbent) Robert G. Smellie (PC) 2078 * Ronald Kostesky (NDP) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Douglas
Fred James Douglas (September 14, 1869 – January 1, 1949) was a United States representative from New York. Born in Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he moved with his parents to Little Falls, New York in 1874. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the medical department of Dartmouth College in 1895. He moved to Utica the same year and commenced the practice of medicine. He was a member of the board of education of Utica from 1910 to 1920 and was Mayor of Utica from 1922 to 1924. In 1928 and 1929 he was commissioner of public safety of Utica, and in 1934, he was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York The lieutenant governor of New York is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the Government of the State of New York. It is the second highest-ranking official in state government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket wit .... Douglas was elected as a Republican to the 75th and to the three succeeding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Churchill
Gordon Minto Churchill, (November 8, 1898 in Coldwater, Ontario, Coldwater, Ontario – August 3, 1985) was a Canadians, Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1946 to 1949 as an independent, and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1951 to 1968 as a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. Early life The son of J. W. Churchill and Mary Shier, Churchill was educated in Port Arthur, Ontario, at United College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg and at the University of Manitoba, where he received a Master of Arts degree and a law degree. He worked as a teacher and school principal, and served as president of the Manitoba Teachers' Society. He belonged to the law firm of Haig and Haig, which was founded by the family of Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, Conservative politician John Thomas Haig. In 1922, he married Mona Mary McLachlin. Militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Conservative Party Of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC; french: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) was a centre-right federal political party in Canada that existed from 1942 to 2003. From Canadian Confederation in 1867 until 1942, the original Conservative Party of Canada participated in numerous governments and had multiple names. In 1942, its name was changed to the Progressive Conservative Party under the request of Manitoba Progressive Premier John Bracken. In the 1957 federal election, John Diefenbaker carried the Tories to their first victory in 27 years. The year after, he carried the PCs to the largest federal electoral landslide in history (in terms of proportion of seats). During his tenure, human rights initiatives were achieved, most notably the Bill of Rights. In the 1963 federal election, the PCs lost power. The PCs would not gain power again until 1979, when Joe Clark led the party to a minority government victory. However, the party lost power only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg South Centre
Winnipeg South Centre (french: Winnipeg-Centre-Sud) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1979 and since 1988. Geography The district includes the neighbourhoods of Beaumont, Brockville, Buffalo, Chevrier, Crescent Park, Crescentwood, Earl Grey, Eby-Wentworth, Edgeland, Fort Garry, Grant Park, J. B. Mitchell, Linden Woods, Lord Roberts, Mathers, Maybank, McMillan, Osborne Village, Parker, Pembina Strip, Point Road, River Heights, Riverview, Rockwood, Roslyn, Sir John Franklin, Tuxedo, Wellington Crescent and Wildwood in the city of Winnipeg. The Liberals tend to do better in River Heights and adjacent neighbourhoods like Wellington Crescent. They are also strong in Roslyn. The Conservatives tend to do better in Tuxedo and Brockville. The NDP tends to do the best in Osborne Village. Demographics :''According to the Canada 2021 Census'' Ethnic groups: 68.5% White, 8.3% Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Canadian Federal Election
The 1965 Canadian federal election was held on November 8, 1965 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 27th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the House. Although the Liberals lost a small share of the popular vote, they were able to win more seats, falling just short of a majority. Overview The Liberals campaigned on their record of having kept the promises made in the 1963 campaign, which included job creation, lowering income taxes, higher wages, higher family allowances and student loans. They promised to implement a national Medicare program by 1967, and the Canada Pension Plan system of public pensions. The party also urged voters to give them a majority for "five more years of prosperity". The party campaigned under the slogans, "Good Things Happen When a Government Cares About People", and, "For Continued Prosperity". The Progressive Conservative Party of John D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert James Wood
Robert James Wood (27 March 1886 – 8 August 1954) was a Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Teulon, Manitoba and became a merchant by career. He was elected at Norquay (electoral district), Norquay, a Manitoba riding which only existed for the 1949 Canadian federal election, 1949 general election before it was dissolved in 1952. Wood then became the Liberal candidate at Selkirk (federal electoral district), Selkirk, an electoral district which he unsuccessfully campaigned in for the 1945 Canadian federal election, 1945 election. Wood returned to Parliament after his victory at Selkirk in the 1953 Canadian federal election, 1953 election. However, he died in office before completing his term in the 22nd Canadian Parliament. References External links * 1886 births 1954 deaths Canadian merchants Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba {{Manitoba-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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