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Vic Althouse
Victor Fredrich "Vic" Althouse (born April 15, 1937, in Wadena, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian former politician. Althouse represented the electoral districts of Humboldt—Lake Centre from 1980 to 1988, and Mackenzie from 1988 to 1997, in the House of Commons of Canada. He was a member of 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: * * * * * * * * * * * * .... External links 1937 births Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MPs People from Wadena, Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wadena, Saskatchewan
Wadena ( ) is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located east of Saskatoon, north of Fort Qu'Appelle and northwest of Yorkton on the eastern shore of the Quill Lakes. The town is known for its birdwatching and hunting opportunities as Quill Lakes is part of a major flight path. The Wadena and District Museum, located just south of Wadena on Highway 35, also hosts an annual Vintage Day in July. Wadena is the administrative centre of the Rural Municipality of Lakeview. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Fishing Lake Saulteaux First Nation band government. The town is named after Wadena, Minnesota, the place of origin of some early settlers of Scandinavian American descent. The town in Minnesota was in turn named after a Chippewa/Saulteaux Chief. Demographics In the 2011 Canada Census conducted by Statistics Canada, Wadena's population was 1,306 living within 2.91 square kilometers (1.12 square miles), for a population density of 449.5/sq km (1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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: * * * * * * * * * * * * the party occupies the left, to centre-left on the political spectrum, sitting to the left of the Liberal Party. The party was founded in 1961 by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). The federal and provincial (or territorial) level NDPs are more integrated than other political parties in Canada, and have shared membership (except for the New Democratic Party of Quebec). The NDP has never won the largest share of seats at the federal level and thus has never formed government. From 2011 to 2015, it formed the Official Opposition, but apart from that, it has been the third or fourth-largest party in the House of Commons. However, the party has held considerable influence during periods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvington, Saskatchewan
Kelvington is a town of 864 residents in the rural municipality of Kelvington No. 366, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Kelvington is located at the intersection of Highway 38 and Highway 49. It is east of Saskatoon. The town was named for William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, scientist and inventor. Geography Kelvington is geographically situated in the parkland region of Saskatchewan and is surrounded by numerous lakes, Big Quill Lake, Little Quill Lake, Ponass Lake, Nut Lake, Little Nut Lake, Round Lake and Fishing Lake going around clockwise. Kelvington is 237 kilometers east from the nearest major city of Saskatoon. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kelvington had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Attractions *Round Lake *Marean Lake is located 40 kilometers north of Kelvington. * ... [...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. The term can also less be used to refer to an appointed member of the 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 riding. MPs are elected using the first-past-the-post system in a 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. Representation As of 2021, the Canadian House of Commons has 338 members, each of whom represents a single riding. Seats are distributed among the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humboldt—Lake Centre
Humboldt—Lake Centre was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Mackenzie, Moose Jaw, Regina East, Regina—Lake Centre, Saskatoon—Biggar and Saskatoon—Humboldt ridings. The district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into the ridings of Mackenzie, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre, Regina—Qu'Appelle, Saskatoon—Dundurn and Saskatoon—Humboldt. Members of Parliament The following were Members of Parliament for Humboldt—Lake Centre: # George Richardson, Progressive Conservative (1979–1980) # Vic Althouse, New Democratic Party (1980–1988) 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Richardson (Canadian Politician)
George Clough Richardson (December 5, 1916 – June 26, 2000) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a farmer by trade. He represented Saskatchewan's Humboldt—Lake Centre electoral district which he won in the 1979 federal election. After serving his only term, the 31st Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1980 federal election by Vic Althouse of the New Democratic Party. Richardson made two previous unsuccessful attempts to enter Parliament in the 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ... and 1974 federal elections at Regina—Lake Centre electoral district. He died in Saskatoon in 2000. References External links * 1916 births 2000 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackenzie (electoral District)
Mackenzie was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1997. This riding was created in 1903, when Saskatchewan was still a part of the Northwest Territories. In 1905, when Saskatchewan was created, the district was retained in the province. The riding was abolished in 1996, and parts of it were merged into the districts of Blackstrap, Churchill River, Prince Albert, Qu'Appelle, Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, Saskatoon—Humboldt and Yorkton—Melville. Members of Parliament Mackenzie elected the following Members of Parliament: # Edward L. Cash, Liberal (1904–1917) # John Flaws Reid, Unionist (1917–1921) # Milton Campbell, Progressive (1921–1933) # John Angus MacMillan, Liberal (1933–1940) # Alexander Nicholson (first term), Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (1945–1949) # Gladstone Ferrie, Liberal (1949–1953) # Alexander Nicholson (second term), CCF (1953–1958) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Scowen
Jack Douglas Scowen (12 December 1925 – 27 May 2001) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Limerick, Saskatchewan and became a farmer and seed grower by career. He narrowly defeated Mel McCorriston for the Mackenzie riding in the 1984 federal election, thus he served in the 33rd Canadian Parliament. He was defeated in the 1988 federal election by Vic Althouse of the New Democratic Party. In 1988, Scowen and fellow Progressive Conservative member Ronald Stewart openly disagreed with their party leader, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, when the government was supporting efforts to translate Saskatchewan provincial legislation into French in response to a Supreme Court of Canada ruling. Scowen and Stewart believed such efforts for the province's 23,000 Fransaskois Fransaskois (), (cf. Québécois), Franco-Saskatchewanais () or Franco-Saskatchewanians are French Canadians or Canadian francophones living in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ... [...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 or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ... (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 (Ontari ... [...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] |
New Democratic Party (Canada)
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: * * * * * * * * * * * * the party occupies the left, to centre-left on the political spectrum, sitting to the left of the Liberal Party. The party was founded in 1961 by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). The federal and provincial (or territorial) level NDPs are more integrated than other political parties in Canada, and have shared membership (except for the New Democratic Party of Quebec). The NDP has never won the largest share of seats at the federal level and thus has never formed government. From 2011 to 2015, it formed the Official Opposition, but apart from that, it has been the third or fourth-largest party in the House of Commons. However, the party has held considerable influence during periods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
