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Ontario General Election, 1990
The 1990 Ontario general election was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada. The governing Ontario Liberal Party led by Premier David Peterson was unexpectedly defeated. Although the Peterson government, and Peterson himself, were very popular, he was accused of opportunism in calling an election just three years into his mandate. In a shocking upset, the New Democratic Party (NDP), led by Bob Rae, won a majority government. This marked the first time the NDP had won government east of Manitoba, and to date the only time the NDP formed the government in Ontario. Not even the NDP expected to come close to winning power. Rae had already made plans to retire from politics after the election; however, the NDP managed to take many seats in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) from the Liberals, and Rae himself represented York South, in Metro Toronto. They also did better than ever before, or in some cases since, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35th Legislative Assembly Of Ontario
The 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from September 6, 1990, until April 28, 1995, just prior to the 1995 Ontario general election, 1995 general election. The majority party was the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Bob Rae. David William Warner served as speaker for the assembly. Issues In 1993, Rae's government introduced legislation known as the Social Contract (Ontario), Social Contract which was intended to reduce expenditures on salaries paid to members of the provincial civil service without layoffs. In 1994, the government introduced the Equality Rights Statute Amendment Act (Bill 167), intended to extend civil union rights to same-sex couples. The bill was defeated on a free vote of 68–59 on June 9, 1994. Seating plan Members See alsoMembers in Parliament 35 Notes References Terms of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1990 establishments in Ontario 1995 disestablishments in Ontario Long stubs with short prose {{Ontario-poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Toronto
The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an Regional municipality, upper-tier level of municipal government in Ontario, Canada, from 1953 to 1998. It was made up of the Old Toronto, old city of Toronto and numerous townships, towns and villages that surrounded Toronto, which were starting to urbanize rapidly after World War II. It was commonly referred to as "Metro Toronto" or "Metro". Passage of the City of Toronto Act#City of Toronto Act, 1997 (Bill 103), 1997 ''City of Toronto Act'' caused the Amalgamation of Toronto#1998 amalgamation, 1998 amalgamation of Metropolitan Toronto and its constituents into the current Toronto, City of Toronto. The boundaries of present-day Toronto are the same as those of Metropolitan Toronto upon its dissolution: Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Ontario Highway 427, Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River (Ontario), Rouge River to the east. History City and suburbs Prior to the formation of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Ontario General Election
The 1987 Ontario general election was held on September 10, 1987, to elect members of the 34th Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The governing Ontario Liberal Party, led by Premier David Peterson, was returned to power with their first majority government in half a century, and the second-largest majority government in the province's history. Peterson had successfully managed to govern with a minority in the Legislature by obtaining the co-operation of the Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae, in a confidence and supply agreement. It was through the NDP's support that Peterson was able to form a government, even though the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, Progressive Conservative Party had won a slightly larger number of seats in the 1985 Ontario general election, previous election. The PC Party, led by Larry Grossman (politician), Larry Grossman, campaigned on a platform of tax cuts to stimulate the economy. Its support continued to slide, as voters opted for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decima Research
Decima Research is a public opinion and market research company in Canada. In 2007, it became a subsidiary of Harris Insights & Analytics. The Roper Center at Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ... recognizes it as a "Historically Contributing Data Provider". History Allan Gregg, the head of the firm, left Decima in 1994 and went into semi-retirement following the electoral disaster for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1993 election. Decima conducts polling of the federal political scene in Canada on a regular basis, whether or not an election campaign is in progress. Decima Research's field work was conducted by Opinion Search, a call centre. References External linksDecima homepage Public opinion research companies Market research companie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Environics
Environics Research is a fully Canadian-owned company that provides consulting and market research services for businesses, governments, and non-profit organizations. It offers an array of research, consulting, and communications services. The company was founded in 1970, its founding president was Michael Adams, and its CEO was Barry Watson. The company's opinion polls results have been used by Canadian news media. Environics Group In addition to Environics Research Group, the Environics group of companies includes Environics Communications, a public affairs and integrated marketing communications consultancy, Nexalogy Environics, a social media analysis company, Free For All Marketing, an experiential and event marketing firm, and Environics Lipkin, a global research and motivation company. Environics Communications (currently Proof) Environics Communications is a Canadian integrated marketing communications firm, established in 1994 by founder and current CEO Bruce Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Conservative Party Of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC; ), often shortened to the Ontario PC Party, or simply the PCs, colloquially known as the Tories, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Ontario, Canada. During its uninterrupted governance from 1943 to 1985, the Ontario PC Party adhered to the ideology of Red Toryism, favouring government intervention in the economy, increased spending on infrastructure, education and health care and being progressive on social issues such as equal pay for women, anti-discrimination laws, voting rights for First Nations in Canada, First Nations people and Franco-Ontarians, French-language services. In the 1990s, the party underwent a shift to Blue Toryism after the election of Mike Harris as leader, who was Premier of Ontario, premier from 1995 to 2002 and favoured a "Common Sense Revolution" platform of cutting taxes and government spending while balanced budget, balancing the budget through small government. The PCs lost po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Edward—Lennox (provincial Electoral District)
Prince Edward—Lennox was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... It was created in 1933 before the 1934 election. In 1990 it was renamed and redistributed as Prince Edward—Lennox—South Hastings. In 1996 it was redistributed and merged into the riding of Prince Edward—Hastings before the 1999 election. Members of Provincial Parliament References {{DEFAULTSORT:Prince Edward-Lennox (provincial electoral district) Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35th Ontario Legislature , former light rail station in San Francisco, California
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Military units *35th Fighter Wing, an air combat unit of the United States Air Force *35th Infantry Division (United States), a formation of the National Guard since World War I *35th Infantry Regiment (United States), a regiment created on 1 July 1916 at Douglas, Arizona Mass transit *35th Street station, Metra station in Chicago *35th–Bronzeville–IIT station, in Chicago on the Green Line *35th/Archer station, in Chicago on the Orange Line *Sox–35th station, in Chicago on the Red Line *Taraval and 35th Avenue station Taraval and 35th Avenue was a light rail stop on the Muni Metro L Taraval line, located in the Neighborhoods in San Francisco, Parkside neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The stop opened with the second section of the L Taraval line on J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Party Of Ontario
The Green Party of Ontario (GPO; ) is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. Schreiner was elected as Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada), MPP for the riding of Guelph (provincial electoral district), Guelph in 2018, making him the party's first member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly. In 2023, Aislinn Clancy became the party's second elected member following her win in the Kitchener Centre (provincial electoral district), Kitchener Centre byelection. The Greens became an officially registered political party in 1983. It fielded 58 Green Party candidates, 1999 Ontario provincial election, candidates in the 1999 Ontario general election, 1999 provincial election, becoming the fourth-largest party in the province. In 2003, the party fielded its first nearly full slate, 102 out of 103 Green Party candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election, candidates, and received 2.8% of the vote. In 2007, the party fielded a full slate of 107 Green Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario Provincial Confederation Of Regions Party
The Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party was a minor political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the provincial branch of the now-defunct Confederation of Regions Party of Canada. The party was founded in 1989, around the time the federal CoR was dissolved, and it remained the last Confederation of Regions Party in Canada until 2025, when it was deregistered. The CoR survived only in Ontario. However, it was once a national movement whose original ''raison d'être'' was to promote the rights of regions other than Ontario and Quebec, it later advocated for regions within Ontario. It has reinvented itself twice: in the 1990s, first in campaigning across mainly rural regions of Ontario with targeted policies, before in the 2000s finding resonance in Northern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario, where it continued to play a minor role in provincial elections. Party platform The party campaigned on the promotion of direct democracy, protection of Canadian heritage and envi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney (March 20, 1939 – February 29, 2024) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studied political science and law. He then moved to Montreal and gained prominence as a labour lawyer. After placing third in the 1976 Progressive Conservative leadership election, he was appointed president of the Iron Ore Company of Canada in 1977. He held that post until 1983 Progressive Conservative leadership election, 1983, when he became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservatives. He led the party to a landslide victory in the 1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 federal election, winning the second-largest percentage of seats in Canadian history (at 74.8 percent) and receiving over 50 percent of the popular vote. He later won a second majority government in 1988 Canadian federal election, 1988. Mul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Conservative Party Of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC; ) was a Centrism, centre to centre-right List of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada that existed from 1942 to 2003. From Canadian Confederation in 1867 until 1942, the Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942), 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 newly elected party leader Premier of Manitoba, Premier John Bracken of Manitoba, a former member of the Progressive Party of Manitoba. In the 1957 Canadian federal election, 1957 federal election, John Diefenbaker carried the party to their first victory in 27 years and 1958 Canadian federal election, the following year, led the party to the largest federal electoral landslide in history. During his tenure, human rights initiatives were achieved, most notably the Canadian Bill of Rights, Bill of Righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
