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Secretary Of State Chancellor Of The Exchequer
1,579 wordsChurchill, the master British statesman, stood alone against fascism and renewed the worlds, faith in the superiority of democracy. The political history of the 20 th century can be written as the biographies of six men: Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao Zedong. Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. The first four were totalitarians that made or used revolutions to create monstrous dictatorships. Roosevelt and Churchill differed from them in being democrats. And Churchill differed from Roosevel...
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Latin American Countries Political And Social
1,116 wordsPresent Political Problems of Three Latin American Countries: Latin American countries have experienced different trajectories, which have made their political transitions very unique, and have also influenced and contributed to the present political problems of each particular country. As a result of these problems, most of Latin American countries' political and social stability are now in great disorder. Three interesting cases worth exploring are the ones of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. ...
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Head Of State Prime Minister
1,352 wordsAs with much of Britains unwritten constitution, the role of Prime Minister emerged by chance, owing more to the apathy of King George I (who couldnt be bothered attending cabinet meetings) than any kind of grand plan. He appointed a sycophantic Member of Parliament to attend cabinet meetings on his behalf. His name was Robert Walpole. Nearly 300 years later many traditions still remain. The monarchy is still the head of state de jure with Royal prerogatives necessary to rubber stamp any parliam...
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Political Parties And Their Roles In China Canada
877 wordsThe systems of government in Canada and China are very different. In each country the political party system varies. In China there is a One-party system and Canada has a multiparty system. Canada has a parliamentary form of government and China has a Dictatorship. The two countries have different forms of government in which political parties play different roles. A multiparty system is a system in which several major political parties and many lesser parties exist. Each party in a multiparty s...
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Brian Mulroney Fault Kim Campbell Lost The Election
1,961 wordsOn October 25, 1993 the Progressive Conservative party suffered the biggest political defeat in Canadian history. Under the leadership of Kim Campbell, the Progressive Conservative Party was reduced from one of the biggest majority governments in Canadian history to only two seats in the House of Commons. It is said that a lot of responsibility for this loss lies in the faulty government of Brian Mulroney. However, Kim Campbell was given the rare opportunity of running a country. For a period of...
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Progressive Conservative Party Party Of Canada
1,097 words... towards having "full independence and complete national sovereignty. Vigorously and successfully he (Borden) asserted the equality of nations comprising the Commonwealth. " (Macquarrie, pg. 3, 1965) In December of 1942, the Conservative Party met at a leadership convention in Winnipeg, and after some prodding by one of the candidates, John Bracken, the name of the Conservative Party was changed to that of the Progressive Conservatives, in order to reflect the party's progressive goals and in...
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Prime Minister Conservative Party
1,084 words... d Laurier, the Liberals supported unrestricted reciprocity and suffered for it in the election of 1891. ' (Mcmenemy, pg. 12, 1976) The Liberals' policy on trade annoyed industrialists, who were intimidated by the prospect of unlimited trade. British Loyalists regarded the trade reciprocity as being anti-British. In the latter part of the 1890 s, however, Laurier adjusted the party's policy on trade reciprocity. 'In the budget of 1897, the Liberals neatly undercut the Conservatives by introdu...
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Progressive Conservative Party Party Of Canada
1,114 words... an establishment which was long overdue. Before the Statute of Westminster was implemented in 1931, it was under the rule of another conservative Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden, in which Canada took its largest steps towards having 'full independence and complete national sovereignty. Vigorously and successfully he (Borden) asserted the equality of nations comprising the Commonwealth. ' (Macquarrie, pg. 3, 1965) In December of 1942, the Conservative Party met at a leadership convention in...
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The Four Political Parties Of Canada
1,104 words... t; instant delegates' (Harrison, pg. 117, 1995) to push him over the top. The Manning camp got word of this idea, and subsequently closed delegate registration on the Friday night of the convention (it was supposed to run until Saturday morning). This action sent a Roberts supporter by the name of Francis Winspear into a rage, severely criticising the decision to suspend registration and accusing the Manning camp that some membership money had been unaccounted for. 'With animosities rising, ...
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19 Th Century 18 Th Century
1,926 wordsThe earliest and most persistent movement for social reform concerned child labor. Children formed an important component of the industrial labor force because employers could pay them lower wages. From a very young age they worked the same hours as their parents in the same difficult conditions. Parliament first limited the hours children could work in textile factories in 1833, following a public outcry over a parliamentary inquiry into working conditions for children. The law prevented childr...
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Battle Of Britain House Of Commons
2,689 wordsThe legacy of Winston Churchill has survived into the 21 st century with its almost mythical qualities well intact. History remembers him, without overstating, as the eloquently spoken, sharp-witted British Prime Minister who, through determination, perseverance, and principle, took his countrys burden upon his shoulders and turned what could have been the British Empires final hour into, as Churchill emphatically declared, " their finest hour. " While Churchill's legendary status is w...
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Latin American Countries Political And Social
2,252 wordsPresent Political Problems of Three Latin American Countries: Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador Latin American countries have experienced different trajectories, which have made their political transitions very unique, and have also influenced and contributed to the present political problems of each particular country. As a result of these problems, most of Latin American countries political and social stability are now in great disorder. Three interesting cases worth exploring are the ones of Co...
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Chancellor Of The Exchequer Winston Churchill
1,926 wordsWinston Churchill, born on Nov. 30, 1874, at Blenheim Palace, the famous palace near Oxford built by the nation for John Churchill, 1 st duke of Marlborough, the great soldier. Blenheim, named after Marlborough's grandest victory (1704), meant much to Winston Churchill. In the grounds there he became engaged to his future wife, Clementine Ogilvy Hozier (b. 1885). He later wrote his historical masterpiece, The Life and Times of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, with the archives of Blenheim be...
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Progressive Conservative Party Free Trade Agreement
1,595 wordsMartin Brian Mulroney became the 18 th prime minister of Canada on September 17, 1984, after his party, the Progressive Conservatives won the greatest parliamentary victory ever in Canadian history. Mulroney was born in 1939, the son of an electrician, in the paper mill town of Baie Comeau, Quebec. Mulroney attended a very strict military type all boys? school until the age of 16 when he entered Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. There he earned an honor degree in politi...
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French Canadian Conservative Party
543 wordsSir John Alexander Macdonald Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1815. His father, Hugh Macdonald, set up a small manufacturing business in Glasgow. The business failed, and the Macdonald family immigrated to Canada when John was five years old. It was only through the perseverance of his mother that Macdonald received a good education. At the age of ten Macdonald was sent away from home to attend the Midland Grammar School in Kingston, Ontario. When he was 15, he was apprenticed to Geor...
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Progressive Conservative Party Young Offenders Act
4,213 wordsLIBERAL PARTY PLATFORM OVERVIEW OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE LIBERAL PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF CANADA STRONG FINANCES? As of January 1, 2001, we will reduce the 29 % top tax rate to 26 % for incomes ranging from $ 60, 000 to $ 100, 000, and we will eliminate the deficit reduction surtax. ? In 2000, we reduced the 26 % middle rate for those earning between $ 30, 000 and $ 60, 000 to 24 %. As of January 1, 2001, we will reduce it further, to 22 %. ? As of January 1, 2001, we will reduce the bottom rate to...
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Sir Robert Peel Fortune Teller
1,445 wordsOn November 6, 1817 Princess Charlotte, the only heir to the crown of England died. She was the only child of the Prince Regent and was not a happy women. She was married off to prince of Orange at the age or 17, but broke off the marriage after falling in love with Prince Augustus of Prussia. He was already married but she was unaware and she continued seeing him. After a long time of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobury admiring her, Princess Charlotte gave him a chance and finally they were married ...
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Free Trade Agreement Speaking Canadians
3,248 wordsPrint Robert Borden I. Introduction Print section Borden, Sir Robert Laird (1854 - 1937), eighth prime minister of Canada (1911 - 1920). Borden led the Canadian government during the critical years of World War I (1914 - 1918), when Canada was coming to political and economic maturity. His broad vision and sound judgment made him an effective leader in these difficult years. He was often opposed within his own party, but his fairness and his ability to grasp the facts of an issue kept him at the...
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Prime Minister Nineteenth Century
1,597 wordsDuring the last quarter of the nineteenth century Tory governments held office for seventeen years (1874? 80, 1886 - 92, 95 - 1900). During this time Salisbury was Prime Minister for the last eleven years, and was also a member of the cabinet for the first six. To add to this, he enjoyed the position of leader of the opposition during the Gladstonian ministries that interrupted this spell of Tory leadership. What were the reasons for this Conservative political ascendancy, and what was Salisbury...
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