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Whitehorse (electoral District)
Whitehorse electoral district was a territorial electoral district in the Yukon Territory Canada. The electoral district was created in 1903. Results 1903 general election 1920 general election 1922 general election References External linksElections Yukon {{YU-ED Former Yukon territorial electoral districts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 Yukon General Election
The 1903 Yukon general election was held on January 13, 1903.Steven Smyth, ''The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999)''. Clairedge Press, 1999. The council was expanded to elect five of the ten members to the Yukon Territorial Council. The election was fought along party lines even though the council was limited in its powers and played an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner#Canadian territories, Commissioner. Distribution The Yukon was divided up into three electoral districts by the Yukon Territorial Council. The two rural districts were named Districts No. 1 and No 2. and each elected two members while Whitehorse (electoral district), Whitehorse became its own electoral district, electing just one. After the election the validity of the election was called into question because the Yukon council might have overstepped its authority dividing up the Yukon into electoral districts. Results , - style="background:#ccc; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lowe (politician)
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, GCB, PC (4 December 1811 – 27 July 1892), British statesman, was a pivotal conservative spokesman who helped shape British politics in the latter half of the 19th century. He held office under William Ewart Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1868 and 1873 and as Home Secretary between 1873 and 1874. Lowe is remembered for his work in education policy, his opposition to electoral reform and his contribution to modern UK company law. Gladstone appointed Lowe as Chancellor expecting him to hold down public spending. Public spending rose, and Gladstone pronounced Lowe "wretchedly deficient"; most historians agree. Lowe repeatedly underestimated the revenue, enabling him to resist demands for tax cuts and to reduce the national debt instead. He insisted that the tax system be fair to all classes. By his own main criterion of fairness — that the balance between direct and indirect taxation remain unchanged — he succeeded. Even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Yukon General Election
The 1920 Yukon general election was held on February 25, 1920 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council.Steven Smyth, ''The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999)''. Clairedge Press, 1999. The number of councilors was reduced from ten in the previous election to three following the general decline in population since the Klondike Gold Rush. The council held an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner. Members elected References 1920 1920 elections in Canada Election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ... February 1920 events {{Canada-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 Yukon General Election
The 1922 Yukon general election was set to be held on September 11, 1922.Steven Smyth, ''The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999)''. Clairedge Press, 1999. The results of the election were known on August 12, 1922 when all three electoral districts returned members to the Yukon Territorial Council by acclamation. The council played an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner#Canadian territories, Commissioner. Elections results No vote was held, the only three candidates that turned in nomination papers and deposits were returned by acclamation. Members elected References Elections in Yukon, 1922 1922 elections in Canada 1922 in Yukon, Election September 1922 events {{Canada-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
