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Richard Southam
Richard Russell Southam (January 26, 1907 – August 26, 1994) was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada. He represented the riding of Moose Mountain and later the newly created riding of Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain, Saskatchewan. In June 1957, Southam lost to Edward George McCullough in the Moose Mountain riding. On March 31, 1958, he won the seat and retained it through the June 18, 1962, April 8, 1963, and November 8, 1965 general elections. See also * 28th Canadian Parliament The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 12, 1968, until September 1, 1972. The membership was set by the 1968 federal election on June 25, 1968, and it changed only slightly due to resignations and by-elections until it was dis ... * Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Southam, Richard 1907 births 1994 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxbow, Saskatchewan
Oxbow is a List of towns in Saskatchewan, town in the southeast of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on the Canadian Pacific Railway and on Saskatchewan Highway 18, Provincial Highway 18. It is approximately 58 kilometers west of Saskatchewan's border with Manitoba and approximately north of the Canada–United States border, Canada–US border with North Dakota. The town's official motto is "Progress with Pride", but the town's weekly paper, the ''Oxbow Herald'', has long included two other unofficial town mottoes on its masthead: "Queen of the Scenic Souris" (a reference to the Souris River, near which Oxbow is situated) and "Where Petroleum, Oil and Agriculture Meet" (a reference to the town's two major industries). History The first settlers in the area around Oxbow - mainly of English people, English, Irish people, Irish, and Scottish people, Scottish descent - began Dominion Lands Act, homesteading the area in 1882. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (Canada)
In Canada, member of Parliament (MP; ) is a term typically used to describe an elected politician in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons. The term can also less be used to refer to an appointed member of the Senate of Canada, Senate. Terminology The term's primary usage is in reference to the elected members of the House of Commons, as the unelected members of the Senate are titled ''Senator'' (), whereas no such alternate title exists for members of the House of Commons. A less ambiguous term for members of both chambers is Parliamentarian. There are 338 elected MPs, who each represent an individual electoral district, known as a Electoral district (Canada), riding. MPs are elected using the First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post system in a Elections in Canada, general election or byelection, usually held every four years or less. The 105 members of the Senate are appointed by the Crown on the advice of the Prime Minister of Canada, prime minister. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moose Mountain (electoral District)
Moose Mountain was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1948 to 1968. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Assiniboia, Qu’Appelle and Weyburn ridings The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain riding. Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that province ... External links * {{coord missing, Saskatchewan Former federal electoral districts of Saskatchewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed McCullough
Edward George McCullough (28 May 1909 – 17 June 1994) was a Canadian politician and farmer. McCullough was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and became a farmer. He was first elected at the Assiniboia riding in the 1945 general election. In the 1949 election McCullough became a candidate at Moose Mountain but was defeated by John James Smith of the Liberal party. McCullough unseated Smith there in the 1953 election then was re-elected in 1957. McCullough was defeated in 1958 by Richard Southam of the Progressive Conservative party. McCullough was also unsuccessful in unseating Southam in the 1962 election, under the New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain
Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Moose Mountain and Qu'Appelle ridings It consisted of a part of Saskatchewan lying south of the Qu'Appelle River and east of the 2nd meridian. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Regina—Qu'Appelle and Souris—Moose Mountain ridings. Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that provinc ... External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Qu'Appelle-Moose Mountain Former federal electoral districts of Saskatchewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Hamilton
Francis Alvin George Hamilton, (March 30, 1912June 29, 2004) was a Canadian politician. Hamilton led the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from 1949 until he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1957 general election. That election brought the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to power under John Diefenbaker. He served as Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources, 1957 to 1960. He promoted a new vision of northern development. He was Minister of Agriculture, 1960 to 1963, where he promoted wheat sales to China.Kyba, 1989. Life and career Born in Kenora, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1938 from the University of Saskatchewan. During World War II, he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a navigator and flight lieutenant. He was awarded the Burma Star Decoration. After the war, he ran three times unsuccessfully as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1945, 1949 ... [...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] |
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] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the United States, U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only landlocked provinces of Canada. In 2022, Saskatchewan's population was estimated at 1,205,119. Nearly 10% of Saskatchewan’s total area of is fresh water, mostly rivers, reservoirs and List of lakes in Saskatchewan, lakes. Residents primarily live in the southern prairie half of the province, while the northern half is mostly forested and sparsely populated. Roughly half live in the province's largest city Saskatoon or the provincial capital Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Melfort, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
28th Canadian Parliament
The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 12, 1968, until September 1, 1972. The membership was set by the 1968 federal election on June 25, 1968, and it changed only slightly due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1972 election. It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the 20th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party led by Robert Stanfield. The Speaker was Lucien Lamoureux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1966-1976 for a list of the ridings in this parliament. There were four sessions of the 28th Parliament: Members of the House of Commons Members of the House of Commons in the 28th parliament arranged by province. Newfoundland Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia :* Russell MacEwan resigned and was replaced by Elmer MacKay in a May 31, 1971 by-election. New Brunswick Quebec :* On April 1, 1971 all members of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
