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March 5 – The federal government announces they are closing the Canadian embassy in Damascus amid the continuing violence in Syria. [10] March 19 – NDP candidate Craig Scott [11] wins a federal by-election in Toronto—Danforth. [12] March 22 – Vaughn Solomon Schofield becomes lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, replacing Gordon Barnhart.
Prior to introduction of responsible government in 1848, the Province of Canada, then a British colonial possession lacked an organized civil service. [5] Positions in the colonial administration were then largely filled through patronage, with appointments almost exclusively controlled by the sitting governor, often under the advisement of members of the ruling Family Compact, who would ...
2012 New Brunswick Liberal Association leadership election; 2012 New Brunswick municipal elections; 2012 New Democratic Party leadership election; 2012 New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election; 2012 Nova Scotia municipal elections
By James Pethokoukis Katrina Trinko at National Review Online puts them through their paces: Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson has the best record of the official candidates, with a job-growth ...
The number of seats has increased steadily over time, from 180 for the first election to the current total of 338. The current federal government structure was established in 1867 by the Constitution Act. For federal by-elections (for one or a few seats as a result of retirement, etc.) see List of federal by-elections in Canada.
The Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC; French: Commission de la fonction publique du Canada) is an independent government agency that safeguards merit-based hiring, non-partisanship, representativeness of Canada's diversity, and the use of both official languages (English and French) in the Canadian public service. The PSC aims to ...
A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for public office without a reasonable chance of winning. While there is no generally accepted "number" of times a candidate must run before being considered "perennial", contemporary sources note that two or three failed candidacies, followed by another attempt, qualifies a candidate as perennial.
The Canada Elections Act states that "a judicial recount is required when the difference in votes between the first- and second-place candidates is less than one one-thousandth of the total votes cast in a riding," and allows an elector or candidate in any riding to approach a judge and request a recount regardless of the final result. [120]