Georg Ebner
Non-Aligned
Roman romantic reactionary Catholic
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Post by Georg Ebner on Oct 26, 2015 0:46:35 GMT
Seems, that Harper has been the total exception from Canada's IronLaw, that only a French can gain Quebec and thus the PrimeMinistry.
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Post by bolbridge on Dec 21, 2015 0:26:37 GMT
I've just noticed, that Sherbrooke, which was Jean Charest's riding as PC leader, and which was carried by the PLQ last year, was held relatively comfortably by the NDP this time.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Dec 21, 2015 1:09:48 GMT
Charest largely won it on a personal vote - certainly in the 1993 election when he had just lost the contest for PC leader to Kim Campbell.
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mondialito
Labour
Everything is horribly, brutally possible.
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Post by mondialito on Dec 21, 2015 19:24:12 GMT
I've just noticed, that Sherbrooke, which was Jean Charest's riding as PC leader, and which was carried by the PLQ last year, was held relatively comfortably by the NDP this time. A good result for Pierre-Luc Dusseault, who was the youngest Federal MP in history when he won it in 2011. Also in interesting Quebec result news, Ruth Ellen Brosseau, the monolingual Anglophone who famously was on holiday in Vegas during her successful 2011 campaign, also held on to her Berthier-Maskinonge riding with an increased majority. |
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Post by bolbridge on Dec 23, 2015 21:36:45 GMT
Charest largely won it on a personal vote - certainly in the 1993 election when he had just lost the contest for PC leader to Kim Campbell. I was watching the 1993, 1997 and 2000 election debates. The difference between Charest and Clark was very noticeable - I suspect Charest's charisma (especially against Manning) is a large part of why the PCs experienced a modest revival in 1997 before it became clear they had become spoilers. |
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