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Marcus Lawrence Ward


Marcus Lawrence Ward (November 9, 1812 – April 25, 1884) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 21st Governor of New Jersey from 1866 to 1869, and represented the state in Congress for one term, from 1873 to 1875. Ward was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 9, 1812, the son of Moses and Fanny (Brown) Ward. He attended Newark's public schools, then joined his family's soap and candle making business. The business was operated by Ward's
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25, 1884, and was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. In 1840, Ward married Susan Longworth Morris, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Longworth) Morris and a member of the same family that included Nicholas Longworth (1783-1863 and Nicholas Longworth (1844-1890) and Nicholas Longworth (1869-1931). The Wards were the parents of Joseph Morris (1841-1911), Elizabeth Morris (1843-1848), Frances Lavinia (1844-1846); Marcus L. Ward, Jr. (1847
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Chevella


in Chevella Town Chevella Municipality is the civil body of the town on 05 sep 2018 the gram panchayats of Chevella, Pamena, Devuni yerravally, Damargidda, Kesaram, Kandawada, Ibrahimpally and Mallareddy guda were merged to from Chevella Municipality. Chevella gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. The panchayat is divided into wards and each ward is represented by an elected ward member. The ward members are headed by a Sarpanch. Chevella was in political limelight when it was represented by Late P.Indra Reddy and after his demise
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Ward Homestead


Ward Homestead is a notable landmark located in Maplewood, New Jersey, because it is the combined work of three great 20th century figures, architect John Russell Pope and landscape designers, the Olmsted Brothers. Ward Homestead was established as the Marcus L. Ward Home for Aged and Respectable Bachelors and Widowers in 1922 upon the death of Marcus L. Ward. Son of Marcus Lawrence Ward, one time New Jersey Senator and Governor, Ward died with a substantial fortune of over $4,887,517.40 of which the vast majority went to the newly created home
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Party, and was chairman and treasurer of the party in New Jersey. He ran for governor again in 1865, and bolstered by the votes of soldiers and veterans, he defeated Alexander G. Cattell for the Republican nomination and Democrat Theodore Runyon in the general election. He served from 1866 to 1869, and worked with new Republican majorities in the New Jersey Legislature to secure state passage of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. While serving as governor, Ward was also elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, and he served from 1866
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Skircoat (UK electoral ward)


Skircoat is an electoral ward in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, and returns three members to sit on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,712. It covers the area of Skircoat Green. The percentage changes are calculated in comparison to the party performances in the previous election. The incumbent was Marcus Thompson for the Conservative Party who stood down at this election. The incumbent was Andrew Tagg for the Conservative Party. The incumbent was John Hardy for the Conservative Party. The incumbent was Marcus Thompson for
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Marcus Lawrence Ward


interested in the abolition of slavery, and in 1858 he traveled west to observe circumstances firsthand during the Bleeding Kansas controversy. He joined the Republican Party because of its anti-slavery stance, and was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention. During the American Civil War, Ward became identified prominently with the Union cause, primarily as an advocate for those serving in uniform. Nicknamed "The Soldiers' Friend", Ward devised and managed one of the first systems for enabling soldiers to set aside monthly allotments of their pay
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American Left


parties. The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a political party that formed after a 1995 ideological rupture with Workers World Party over the issue of their support of the Fidel Castro government in Cuba, The SEP are composed of Trotskyists and are affiliated with the World Socialist Web Site. With fewer than one thousand members in 1996, the Socialist Worker's Party (SWP) was the second largest Marxist–Leninist party in the United States. Formed by supporters of Leon Trotsky, they believed that the Soviet Union and other Communist
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Marcus Lawrence Ward


-1920), Catharine Almira Morris (1849-1860), Nicholas Longworth (1852-1857), John Longworth Morris (1854-1855), and Frances Brown (1856-1864). Only two children, Joseph and Marcus, lived to adulthood. After Ward's death, his son Marcus used part of the family fortune to found a home for elderly bachelors and widowers, the Ward Homestead. The site is now part of a larger retirement complex known as Winchester Gardens. In 1941, the Schoolmen’s
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for delivery to their families in New Jersey. He invested personal funds to create a wartime hospital for convalescing service members, and later helped establish a soldiers' home for wounded and disabled veterans. Ward's activities proved so successful that he soon created an office devoted to aiding veterans, which assisted them in procuring pensions, medical care, and other benefits. Republicans nominated Ward for governor in 1862, but he lost to Democrat Joel Parker. During the 1864 presidential election, Ward served on the committee that organized the National Union
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Politics of Hamilton, Ontario


to Hamilton's political diversity, prior to Lawrence's election, the city's preceding mayor, William Morrison, had been a Conservative MPP and his predecessor, Herbert Wilton, sat as a federal Conservative MP. Hamilton's working-class neighbourhoods elected prominent members of the Communist Party and its legal entity during the sixteen years it was outlawed, the Labor-Progressive Party, during the 1930s and 1940s. Ward Seven, which, until 1950, was the area between Sherman Avenue and Ottawa Street, north of King Street to
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A Member of the Third House


secure a charter to become a monopoly. The Consolidated Railway has been using the Third House to gain political support. A corrupt political group, the Third House exists between the people and the legislation. The members’ support is purchased through bribes. Following his brief conversation with Mr. Holbrook, Mr. Tuttle accompanies Evelyn Ward and Helene Davis for some ice cream. Evelyn is the daughter of Senator Rufus Ward, and Helene is the daughter of Lawrence Davis, the president of Consolidated Railway. Lawrence Davis, commonly referred to as the
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father and uncle, and Ward eventually became a partner. He was also active in other businesses, including serving as a director of the National State Bank and secretary of the Lawrence Cement and Manufacturing Company. By the 1850s, Ward's business success enabled him to concentrate much of his time and effort on civic causes and philanthropy. He was chairman of the executive committee of the New Jersey Historical Society and a founder of both the Newark Library Association and the New Jersey Art Union. In the late 1850s, Ward became increasingly
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Naresh Balyan


Naresh Balyan () is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi in India. He represents the Uttam Nagar constituency of New Delhi and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. Naresh Balyan was born in Delhi. He attended the Haryana Shakti Senior Secondary School and attained ninth grade degree. Naresh Balyan has been a MLA for one term. He represented the Uttam Nagar constituency and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. On 21 Sep 2015, Balyan complained to police
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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in Australia. The SEP was established in 2010 as the successor party to the Socialist Labour League, which was founded in 1972 as the Australian section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). According to its 2019 election statement, the party opposes identity politics and the Me Too movement. The party also criticises contemporary trade unions, having adopted the position that "They are no longer workers’ organisations." Inspired by the British Socialist Labour League
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Lawrence Stephen


Lawrence Stephen (died 2006) was a political figure from the Pacific nation of Nauru. Lawrence Stephen served as a Member of the Parliament of Nauru from 1971 to 1977. He subsequently served a second period as a Member of Parliament from 1980 to 1986, as well as a third period from 1992 to 1995. He was involved for many years with the Nauru National Olympic Committee, and served as its General Secretary. One of Nauru's aspiring sportsmen during this period was his son Marcus Stephen who became a champion weightlifter,
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Politics of Hamilton, Ontario


added in 1881, and Ward Eight was formed in 1910. Though the location and population of each ward would change, the city would retain the same number of wards for 90 years, until amalgamation in 2000. Hamilton's mayors have been politically diverse, ranging from left-wing trade unionists to Conservative Members of Parliament. From 1943 to 1949, Hamilton's mayor was Sam Lawrence, a stonecutter and prominent member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation who is affectionately referred to as Hamilton's 'Labour Mayor'. In a testament
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1946 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election


for council regular news in the Hamilton Spectator. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) fielded a slate of candidates for each of the positions on council. The party nominated Sam Lawrence for the mayoralty, Roy Aindow for Board of Control, and candidates for alderman in every ward but Ward One. Only Wards Four and Seven had contested Board of Education races, the CCF nominated Norman Draker in Ward Four. The Labor-Progressive Party nominated candidates, most notably Helen Anderson, a prominent party member and two-term
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Michael D. Ward


Michael Don Ward (born August 24, 1948) is an American political scientist and academic. He is professor emeritus of political science at Duke University, an affiliate of the Duke Network Analysis Center, and the principal investigator at Ward Lab, a website that creates conflict predictions using Bayesian modeling and network analysis. Ward received a B. A. (Hons) from Indiana University in 1970 where he studied with Dina A. Zinnes and John Gillespie. He served with the 287th Military Police (Sep) in the Berlin Brigade from 1970 to
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Lawrence Marcus


being a multicultural friendly concern. As Neiman Marcus outgrew Dallas in the 1950s and then Texas in the 1970s, family ownership was diluted and Stanley ceased to be active in day to day operations. Lawrence continued to work as a VP and other family members in the next generation such as Stanley's son Richard Marcus worked from time to time in varying roles. In 2005 Neiman Marcus was taken private by TPG Capital and Warburg Pincus and family ownership ceased. Lawrence attended the 100th year anniversary celebration of Neiman Marcus' founding in 2007
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Marcus Garvey People's Political Party


The Marcus Garvey People's Political Party (formerly known as the Marcus Garvey People's Progressive Party) is a political party in Jamaica formed by the merger of two minor parties. The ideology associated with the party is socialist, republican and Pan-Africanist. The party is named after Jamaican National Hero, Marcus Garvey. On election ballots, the party campaign as MG/PPP or simply PPP. The party is led by Caribbean History teacher, Leon Burrell. The MGPPP nominated six candidates in the 2016 Jamaican general election.
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to 1868. In 1868, Ward became the first president of the Newark Industrial Exhibition. After leaving the governor's office, Ward resumed his business and civic interests. In 1872, he was a successful candidate for Congress in the newly created 6th District, and he served one term, 1873 to 1875. He was defeated for reelection in 1874 by Democrat Frederick H. Teese. Ward contracted malaria while on a trip to Florida in early 1884. He returned home, but did not recover. Ward died in Newark on April
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Marcus Ward & Co.


a new company, Marcus Ward & Sons, based in Belfast, having a new direction, in stationery and general publishing. Marcus Ward and Sons soon became very successful in the area of colour lithography, winning a medal at the Great Exhibition of 1851. By the time Marcus died in 1847 his three sons, Francis, William and John, had successfully taken over the running of the business. (In later life John was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA), committee member of the Egypt Exploration Society
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Bottoms Gang


Ward. Not unlike other St. Louis political bosses, he began using local street toughs to help enforce his will. One of his key associates was his half-brother Lawrence "Lawler" Daley, who was active in local politics as well; Daley served as a member of both the Missouri State and St. Louis city Democratic committees. Most street-level members of the Bottoms Gang grew up tough in the Twenty-Second Ward. Their leader was a tall, hard-muscled hoodlum named Anthony Foley. Although only twenty
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South Petherton


of Yeovil, Chard, Crewkerne and Ilminster in Somerset. The current MP is Marcus Fysh, a member of the Conservative Party. An electoral ward in the same name exists. Although "South Petherton" is the most populous area the ward stretches to Shepton Beauchamp and Seavington St. Mary. The total ward population at the 2011 census was 4,866. Residents of South Petherton also form part of the electorate for the South West England constituency for elections to the European Parliament. South Petherton is situated between the Devon hills to the west
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Cook County Democratic Party


The Cook County Democratic Party is a political party which represents voters in 50 wards in the city of Chicago and 30 suburban townships of Cook County. The organization has dominated Chicago politics (and consequently, Illinois politics) since the 1930s. It relies on a tight organizational structure of ward and township committeemen to elect candidates. At the height of its influence under Richard J. Daley in the 1960s, it was one of the most powerful political machines in American history. Party members have been convicted of public corruption. By the beginning
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Politics of Hackney


with 50 councillors; a notional increase of one seat. The Conservative Party forms the largest opposition party on the council with four councillors; and the Liberal Democrats have three. The 2014 election was the first fought on new ward boundaries replacing the previous nineteen ward structure with twenty-one wards. The Labour Party hold all seats in the South of the borough. The Conservative Party held all three seats in Springfield ward, but in the new two member Stamford Hill West ward (made up of parts of the old Lordship and
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Socialist Equality Party (United States)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in the United States, one of several Socialist Equality parties around the world affiliated with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The ICFI publishes daily news articles, perspectives and commentaries on the World Socialist Web Site and maintains Mehring Books as publishing house. The SEP was formed in 1995 by the Workers League, the US supporters of the ICFI. The Workers League had been founded in 1966 by the American Committee for the Fourth International (ACFI)
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1935 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election


Hamilton is the political affiliations of the new City Council may be taken as a criterion," Detailing the political affiliations of the members of council, the "Spectator" acknowledged that the mayor and 12 members of council were elected with the help of the local Conservative Party, five Liberals were returned, while Controller Nora Frances Henderson and Ward 7 Alderman Donald Clark were members of the Reconstruction Party of Canada, with Ward 8 Alderman Agnes Sharpe serving as the only Cooperative Commonwealth Federation-affiliated member of council. In addition to the
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Stanley Marcus


, "Many women opened charge accounts just to become members of the club, and in a short time we had a membership of over 100,000, extending all over the country." In 1950, with the death of Herbert Marcus, Sr., Stanley Marcus was elected president and CEO of the company, with Carrie Marcus Neiman as chairman of the board and other family members like Minnie Lichtenstein Marcus and Lawrence Marcus taking on more responsibilities. Neiman died in 1953, in which year "TIME" proclaimed that Stanley Marcus's
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David North (socialist)


David North (born 1950) is an American Marxist theoretician. He is the national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States (SEP), formerly the Workers League. He served as the national secretary of the SEP until the party's congress in 2008. North was the principal political and theoretical leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International during the organization's split with the Workers Revolutionary Party in Britain. North is also the chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, the voice
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey)


some of Newark's most eminent citizens are within Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The cemetery is dominated by the marble mausoleum of John Fairfield Dryden, the founder of Prudential Financial. Other notable interments include Marcus Lawrence Ward, Governor of New Jersey; Seth Boyden, inventor of patent leather; and Mary Stillman, first wife of Thomas Edison. Mount Pleasant also contains graves of members of the Kinney, Ballantine, and Frelinghuysen families. The cemetery itself was opened and incorporated in 1844, but there are graves that date back to the mid-17th
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2011 Central Bedfordshire Council election


and Arlesey ward respectively. Janet Nunn previously served as a councillor in the Barton Ward. Councillors Lawrence and Jones both previously served as Councillors for the Biggleswade ward. Councillors Lawrence and Vickers both previously served as Councillors for the Biggleswade ward. Councillors Gammons and Stay both previously served as Councillors for the South East Bedfordshire ward. Councillor Matthews previously served as a Councillor in the Cranfield ward and Roger Baker was previously elected as a Conservative Party councillor in the Marston ward. Councillor Hegley previously served as a Councillor in the Dunstable Downs ward
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John Davis (Massachusetts governor)


of President Andrew Jackson, and was politically aligned with Henry Clay, although he was against Clay's proposed compromise tariff of 1833. In 1833 Davis was encouraged by National Republican Party leaders to run for Governor of Massachusetts, against former President John Quincy Adams, who was running on the Anti-Masonic ticket, and Democrat Marcus Morton. His political support came from textile interests and a faction of the National Republicans (later Whigs) led by Abbott Lawrence, as well as outgoing Governor Levi Lincoln, Jr. In the election Davis
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Identity and Democracy Party


's National Rally. Therefore, AfD's MEP Marcus Pretzell joined the Europe of Nations and Freedom group on 30 April 2016. The AfD are member of the ID Party's European Parliament political group, Identity and Democracy. The Danish People's Party and Finns Party are members of the Identity and Democracy political group. In February 2017, French MEP Edouard Ferrand met with VOX's leaders during a meeting of the Spanish right-wing party. Back in 2016, VOX's president Santiago Abascal had already met with one of the
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Carter Harrison Sr.


small part in Harrison's plan to create a centralized Democratic Party machine consisting of empowered Ward Committeemen and precinct captains that would answer to the local Democratic Party. The plan would not be accomplished until Anton Cermak came to power in Chicago politics in the 1920s. Harrison married Margarette (or Margaret) E. Stearns in 1882, following the death of his first wife in 1876. She was the daughter of Chicago pioneer Marcus C. Stearns. In 1890, Harrison and his daughter took a vacation trip from Chicago to Yellowstone National Park and
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Lawrence Turner


Henry Frederic Lawrence Turner (30 December 1908 – 17 December 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician. As an officer in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, he survived three years as a prisoner of war of the Japanese; he passed his captivity by lecturing on politics. After the war ended he moved into politics and was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford. Although generally moderate in politics, his support for British intervention in Suez led him to resign the Conservative Party whip. He lived
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Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence


Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence, PC (28 December 1871 – 10 September 1961) was a British Labour politician, and campaigned for women’s suffrage. Born Frederick Lawrence in London, he was the son of wealthy Unitarians who were members of the Liberal Party. Three of his father's brothers, William, James, and Edwin, were politically active in various roles, including as Lord Mayor of London and as members of parliament. Frederick was educated at Wixenford, Eton, and Trinity College
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Eve Adams


Eve Adams ( Horvat; born November 7, 1974) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Mississauga—Brampton South from 2011 to 2015. She was elected as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada but, on February 9, 2015, she announced she was resigning as a parliamentary secretary and crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party. Adams later lost the Liberal nomination in Eglinton—Lawrence to Marco Mendicino. Adams unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for Ward 8 on
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William Flinn


's Sixth Ward, famous for its hard-scrabble politics, where his father established a small contracting business. Educated in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Flinn dropped out at age 9 to deliver newspapers, shine shoes, and later apprentice in the gas and steam fitting trades. Flinn became politically active in the Republican Party as a ward boss collecting stray votes. He soon attained office in 1877 as a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners. Flinn quickly partnered with Christopher Magee, the city's Republican Party political boss. In
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Winnipeg


unicameral legislative body, representing geographical wards throughout the city. In provincial politics, Winnipeg is represented by 31 of the 57 provincial Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). As of 2016, Winnipeg districts are represented by 17 members of the Progressive Conservative Party, 10 by the New Democratic Party (NDP), and 2 by the Liberal Party. In federal politics, as of 2015 Winnipeg is represented by eight Members of Parliament: seven Liberals and one New Democrat. There are six Senators representing Manitoba in Ottawa: three
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Southcote, Berkshire


on 7 September 2015. Southcote forms an electoral ward of the Reading West constituency, and has three seats on Reading Borough Council. It is seen as a safe seat for the Labour Party; the Conservative Party last won a council seat in Southcote in 1987. The current three councillors are Debs Edwards, John Ellis and Matt Lawrence. The most recent election was held in 2016, which saw Edwards re-elected. The ward has seen three by-elections: in 2006, in 2014 when Lawrence was elected following Pete
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Margaret Simwanza Sitta


Children office from 2008 to 2010. Margaret Simwanza Sitta first took on a political role in 2005 when she became a member of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party. She was nominated to the parliament in 2005 representing Urambo constituency. She served CCM as a Member of Ward Political Committee-Msasani DSM from 2005 to 2010 and latter as a Member-NAtional Executive Council in 2017. From 2012 todate she have being serving her political party as a Member-NEC Urambo. She was reelected again in 2010 as a member of
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Lawrence, Massachusetts


, said the city was "approximately 75% Spanish" following an incident where non English speaking callers were allegedly hung up on by a 911 operator. Form of government:br Plan B - "Strong mayor" - Mayor and city council, the councilors being elected partly at large and partly from districts or wards of the city. Party primaries prohibited. Lawrence has an established City Charter and with a Mayor-council government. There are nine city councilors and six school committee members; most are elected by district; three
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Larry McCarthy


Lawrence C. "Larry" McCarthy (born 1952) is an American political consultant and media advisor to Republican Party (GOP) campaigns. He is best known as a master of the attack ad, having produced the infamous Willie Horton TV spot during the 1988 presidential election. He serves as President of McCarthy, Marcus, Hennings, Ltd., whose clients include American Crossroads and pro-Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future. McCarthy was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1952 and was raised in Rockville, Maryland. He
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2008 Broxbourne Borough Council election


The Broxbourne Council election, 2008 was held to elect council members of the Broxbourne Borough Council, a local government authority in Hertfordshire, England. An election was held in 12 wards on 1 May 2008. (No election in Rosedale Ward) This was the first Local Government Election in Broxbourne where the British National Party fielded a "full slate" of candidates The Labour Party gained 1 seat from the Conservative Party in Waltham Cross Ward. The new political balance of the council following this election was: The next Local Government Election
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Marcus Ward & Co.


Marcus Ward and Co. was a British publishing company known for its illustrated books for children and adults, as well as its decorative greeting cards. It had its beginnings in 1802, with a partnership between John Ward, James Blow and Robert Greenfield. By the 1820s they owned paper mills in Belfast, Comber and Coleraine. which operated under the company name of John Ward and Sons. In the early 1830s Marcus Ward (son of John Ward) took over the running of the Belfast paper mill. Then in 1833 Marcus formed
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Committeemen and committeewomen


Committeemen and Committeewomen are functionaries within the apparatus of political parties in the United States. Committeemen and Committeewomen are typically chosen by voters in a primary election at the local level, such as a ward or township. They serve as members of their party's central committee for a city or county, which then elects members of the state party's committee. The state party members, in turn, choose the committee members for the national party organizations such as the Democratic National Committee or the Republican National Committee. On a local level
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Carmen Lawrence


Carmen Mary Lawrence (born 2 March 1948) is an Australian academic and former politician who was the Premier of Western Australia from 1990 to 1993, the first woman to become the premier of an Australian state. A member of the Labor Party, she later entered federal politics as a member of the House of Representatives from 1994 to 2007, and served as a minister in the Keating Government. Lawrence was born in Northam, Western Australia. She studied psychology at the University of Western Australia, obtaining a doctorate in 1983,
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County Government of Nandi


each county on the CEC to be 10, or a third of the number of wards in a county that has less than 30 wards. Nandi County has 30 wards each represented by a Member of County Assembly(MCA) as per the Constitution and 9 nominated members, down from the initial 18 nominated MCAs during the period between March 27, 2013 and August 8,2017.These nominated members are: The 6 women representatives nominated by major political parties represented by elected members in order to comply with the restriction of the Constitution of Kenya that no more
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Politics of Aberdeen


Aberdeen it was concluded that there would be 13 multi-member wards with a total of 43 councillors. This system was introduced as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, and was designed to produce a form of proportional representation. The composition of wards changed to: 3 councillors: 4 councillors: Name changes The previous composition of 43 wards while using the standard first-past-the-post voting system. Their representative councillors and political parties were: In the United Kingdom Parliament, the city is
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


to the UK Conservative Party. This prompts mixed reactions from senior party figures. 4 Sep – Ruth Davidson formally announces that she will stand in the contest. 5 Sep – Murdo Fraser launches his campaign in Edinburgh. 8 Sep – Ruth Davidson launches her campaign in Edinburgh. 11 Sep – Lord Forsyth, at one point a suggested leadership candidate, declares his backing for Ruth Davidson. 23 Sep – Nominations for leadership close. Margaret Mitchell confirms she will stand in the election. 2 Oct – David Mundell MP declares his backing
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Montreal West (electoral district)


Montreal West () was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1892. It was created by the "British North America Act", 1867. It consisted initially of St. Anne Ward, St. Antoine Ward and St. Lawrence Ward. In 1872, St. Anne Ward was removed from the riding. It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into St. Antoine and St. Lawrence ridings. This riding elected the following Members of Parliament: By-election
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Vincent Ward (politician)


Vincent Aubrey Ward (4 January 1886 – 9 February 1946) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Council. Born in Bluff in 1886, he was a son of the late Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward. He married Sybil Mary Petre in 1927. He replaced his father in the 13 August for the parliamentary seat of Invercargill that was held after Sir Joseph died. He stood for the United Party. Vincent Ward retired from politics at the next general election in 1931. He was appointed to
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Mamadou Kamara Dékamo


Director-General of SEP Development from 1984 to 1992. He became a member of the Political Bureau of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in 1992, and he was elected to the National Assembly as a PCT candidate from the Poto-Poto section of Brazzaville in the 1992 parliamentary election. On 25 December 1992, he was appointed as Minister of Communication, Posts, and Telecommunications, as well as Government Spokesman, in the power-sharing government of Prime Minister Claude Antoine Dacosta, which was to serve until a new
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Carole Ward Allen


Carole Ward Allen is an American politician, professor, political consultant, member of the Democratic Party and former elected member of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Directors. Ward Allen represented District 4 on the BART board (Oakland, California and Alameda, California), where she served three terms from 1998 to 2010. At the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Ward Allen led efforts to secure $4 billion in capital for system rehabilitation projects, the transit system’s transit oriented development of the Fruitvale Village,
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Jerry White (socialist)


Jerome "Jerry" White (born 1959) is an American politician and journalist, and is the Labor Editor reporting for the World Socialist Web Site. He is a member of the Socialist Equality Party of the United States, and was a member of its predecessor the Workers League, joining the movement in 1979. White ran as the SEP candidate for United States President in 1996 and 2008, and again in 2012 with running mate Phyllis Scherrer. White was again the SEP presidential nominee in the 2016 election. Jarome White was
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Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell


or concerns with the council. The RA contests all 38 available ward councillor seats and are the controlling group on Epsom and Ewell Borough Council. They currently have 32 elected councillors in the following multiple member wards: Candidates from local residents associations contest county elections under the banner of the Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell, which is a registered political party. This differs from borough elections, where some residents associations are registered as political parties in their own right, while some are not. They currently have three elected county councillors,
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1959 Philadelphia municipal election


vote and fifty-eight out of fifty-nine wards, continuing a trend of Democratic dominance in the city's politics. Philadelphians elected a seventeen-member city council in 1959, with ten members representing districts of the city, and the remaining seven being elected at-large. For the at-large seats, each political party could nominate five candidates, and voters could only vote for five, with the result being that the majority party could only take five of the seven seats, leaving two for the minority party
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Marcus C. L. Kline


Marcus Charles Lawrence Kline (March 26, 1855 – March 10, 1911) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Marcus C. L. Kline was born in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Allentown. He served as city solicitor of Allentown in 1877, as district attorney for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, from 1887 to 1890,
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Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom


STV) system. To facilitate STV, Scottish council wards elect multiple members, while Northern Ireland wards are grouped into District Electoral Areas with the number of councillors elected matching the number of wards. In the tables below, two "Control" columns indicate political control in each council. The first column indicates the party with a majority, if any. Councils with directly elected mayors have the affiliation of the mayor in the second column. For non-mayoral councils with no overall control (NOC) the second column gives the
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John Lawrence (political activist)


failed in their attempts to propose that the International should dissolve. He later claimed that he has been criticised at the congress for Stalinist views. In October 1954, he dissolved the British Section of the International Secretariat, tending to support the entry of its members into the Labour Party rather than the Communist Party. His supporters remained a loose grouping, with particular strength in car manufacturing trade union organisation. Lawrence had joined the Labour Party with The Club several years before, and in 1956 was elected leader of St Pancras Council.
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1953 Winnipeg municipal election


with members elected in alternate years. A total of three political parties contested this election. The Civic Election Committee (CEC) was a pro-business alliance of Progressive Conservatives and Liberals, and was the dominant party in Winnipeg's predominantly middle-class first ward. The CEC claimed not to be a political party as such, but held nomination meetings and ran organized campaigns in a partisan manner. The socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the communist Labour Progressive Party (LLP) also contested the election. Both parties
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Political parties in Belgium


right-liberal" parties: MEP Ward Beysen (Liberaal Appèl, LA), senator Leo Govaerts (Veilig Blauw), senator Hugo Coveliers (VLOTT), VLD board member Boudewijn Bouckaert (Cassadra vzw) and senator Jean-Marie Dedecker (Lijst Dedecker, LDD). The first communist party in Belgium was founded by the more radical elements of the Belgian Labour Party in 1921 and was named the Communist Party of Belgium (KPB-PCB). The party was a member of the Comintern and entered parliament in 1925
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Lawrence Daly


Lawrence Daly (20 October 1924 – 23 May 2009) was a coal miner, trade unionist and political activist. Born in Fife as one of nine children, Daly's father Jimmy was a miner and a founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), who suffered blacklisting due to his activities during the 1926 general strike. Jimmy was of Irish Catholic extraction whilst Lawrence's mother Janet was a Presbyterian. Lawrence was educated at local Catholic schools: he later said that his education had left him with both
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Lawrence Akugizibwe


Lawrence Akugizibwe (born 2 November 1985) is a Ugandan horticulturist, agropreneur, author, conservationist and politician. He is the elected Member of Parliament for Mwenge County North and a representative for NRM, the ruling political party in Uganda. He is a member of the "Committee on HIV/AIDS & Related Diseases" and the "Committee on Agriculture" in the 10th Parliament of Uganda. A former NAADS coordinator, Akugizibwe is the secretary of the Rwenzori Parliamentary Group, the secretary for youth affairs in the NRM Youth League
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Lawrence Marcus


Lawrence Marcus (July 5, 1917 – November 1, 2013) was the fourth and youngest child in a prominent Jewish family that includes his father Neiman Marcus Department Store cofounder Herbert Marcus, his mother Minnie Lichtenstein Marcus and also his eldest brother, Stanley Marcus, who went on to become the long-time Neiman Marcus CEO and Chairman. After graduating from Dallas' Texas Country Day (the precursor to St. Mark's School of Texas), Marcus did undergraduate and business school at Harvard University. During World War II,
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Politics of Queensland


attempt at merging the Liberal and National parties was successful with the Liberal National Party being formed in 2008 with former Nationals leader Lawrence Springborg elected as its inaugural leader. Despite a swing towards it, the new Liberal National Party was defeated by the Labor Party, now led by Premier Anna Bligh, in 2009. In 2011 the Liberal Nationals elected Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman as its new leader. This led to an unusual circumstance in Australian politics, as Newman was not a member of the Legislative Assembly and was, therefore,
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Mirza Riyaz Ul Effendi


Mirza Riyaz Ul Hassan Effendi is a Member of the Legislative Council elected in february 2018 in the State of Telangana, India .He was the GHMC Dabeerpura Ward No: 30 Corporater . He is a member of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party, which has traditionally controlled the politics in this Capital City of Telangana. Mirza Riyaz Ul Effendi is a Member of the Legislative Council elected in february 2018 in the State of Telangana, India .He was the GHMC Dabeerpura Ward No: 30 Corporater . He is a member
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New Nationalist Party (UK)


The New Nationalist Party was a small, far-right political party founded by former members of the British National Party (BNP) in 2006. It was based in the West Midlands and its most prominent member was the former BNP member Sharon Ebanks. Earlier in 2006, Ebanks was briefly a councillor in the Kingstanding ward in Birmingham before being forced to resign when it was shown that she had been awarded it due to counting irregularities despite losing the election. The party, which used the slogan "Neither Left nor Right,
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2008 Manchester City Council election


Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election - every ward of the city returned one councillor at this election out of the three councillors a ward in the city has. Four national political parties - the Conservative Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Green Party - each stood a candidate in every ward in this election. There were candidates from other political parties standing in some of the wards, but there were no independent candidates standing for election this year in
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Political boss


In politics, a boss is a person who controls a unit of a political party, although they may not necessarily hold political office. Numerous officeholders in that unit are subordinate to the single boss in party affairs. Each party in the same ward or city may have its own boss; that is, the Republican boss of Ward 7 controls Republican politics, while the Democratic boss controls the Democratic party there. Reformers sometimes allege that political bosses are likely guilty of corruption. Bosses may base their power on control of a large
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Bloemfontein


Municipality elects a municipal council for five-year periods, through a mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) system in which wards elect individual councillors alongside those named from party lists. Voters get two votes: one for a representative to become a ward councillor and the other for a political party. The latter vote is used to distribute seats in the municipal council amongst parties while the former distributes seats through the individual representatives. The current Executive Mayor of Mangaung, Olly Mlamleli, was elected in August 2016. Bloemfontein is located
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Southcote, Berkshire


Ruhemann's death, and in 2016 when Lawrence resigned from councillorship. The seat, which was contested by candidates from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and the Conservatives, was held by the Labour party who gained 63.7% of votes. Like all wards in Reading, the boundaries of Southcote ward were redrawn in 2004. The ward holds elections by thirds—three seats are available, and in three years in every four, one seat comes up for election. Incumbent councillors are listed in bold. Southcote has
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Lawrence Riel Yew


Lawrence Riel Yew (January 17, 1942 – April 18, 1998) was a trapper, fisherman and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Cumberland from 1982 to 1986 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member. Yew was the first aboriginal MLA elected in Saskatchewan. He was born in Beauval, Saskatchewan. He served as administrator for Pinehouse. Yew was executive assistant to the minister of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan. He served as a municipal councillor in northern Saskatchewan before entering provincial politics
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Aston Cantlow


making ball-bearings for bicycles before being finally abandoned in the 1920s. The village is now mainly agricultural; many residents commute to nearby cities for employment. Aston Cantlow ward is part of Stratford on Avon District Council and represented by Councillor Sir William Lawrence Baronet., Conservative. Nationally it is part of Stratford on Avon constituency, whose Member of Parliament following the 2010 election is Nadhim Zahawi of the Conservative Party. It is included in the West Midlands electoral region of the European Parliament, following the 2014 elections the seven members
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Lawrence Mangusho


Lawrence Cherop Mangusho (born 12 August 1961) is a Ugandan public administrator, farmer and politician. He is the elected member of parliament for Kween County, Kween District, and a representative for National Resistance Movement (NRM), the ruling political party in Uganda. He is a member the "NRM Parliamentary Caucus" and serves on the "Committee on Physical Infrastructure" and the "Committee on Government Assurances" in the 10th Parliament of Uganda. Mangusho formerly served as the LCV chairperson and councilor for Kween District Local Government
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George Ward (Liberal politician)


George Ward JP (14 January 1879 – 3 December 1951) was a British Liberal Party politician and boot manufacturer. Ward was educated at Barwell National School in Leicestershire. On 10 June 1905 he married Emily Haydon. In business Ward was a highly successful Boot and Shoe Manufacturer but he also served in local politics as a Parish, District and County Councillor, later an Alderman and as a Justice of the Peace. In 1923 he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bosworth. He held the seat until
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Populist Party (UK)


The Populist Party is a minor political party in the United Kingdom registered in 2001. It had first appeared in the London Borough of Greenwich Council elections of 1998, where the founder, Russell White, stood in Eltham Park ward and achieved 60 votes. In 2014 it was merged with the Populist Alliance, known until 2013 as the Popular Alliance, which was formed in March 2006 by former members of other small political parties, particularly Veritas. The renamed Populist Alliance (led by Russell White, original Populist Party leader) merged
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Bristol East (UK Parliament constituency)


third-party share of the vote to date, in the 2005 election — 25.2% of the vote. 1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Bristol ward of South, part of North ward, and the local government district of St George. 1918-1950: The County Borough of Bristol wards of St George East and St George West, and parts of Easton, and Somerset wards. 1983-1997: The City of Bristol wards of Brislington East, Brislington West, Easton, Eastville, Hengrove, Lawrence Hill
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Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus


Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus (died c. 62 BC) was a Roman politician and military commander who was consul in 77 BC. Livianus was a well connected and influential figure in Late Republican politics. A member of the aristocratic party, brother of the tribune Marcus Livius Drusus and son of the consul Marcus Livius Drusus, he was adopted into the Aemilii Lepidi. His influence was such that he was able to intercede with Lucius Cornelius Sulla on the young Julius Caesar's behalf, getting Sulla to spare Caesar's life. He was
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Wainer Lusoli


parties, by political party members, by political representatives, by trade unions, by various political organisations, and by citizens in several countries. In his overall work on electronic democracy, he arrives at the sobering conclusion that electronic media may have little to offer in terms of democratic engagement. In relation to Internet and politics, he worked on several research projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and other funding bodies, mainly in collaboration with Rachel K. Gibson and Stephen J. Ward. These include the ‘Virtual Observatory for
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Shimla Municipal Corporation


the mayor and deputy mayor are elected by and amongst the councilors themselves. Kusum Sadret and Rakesh Kumar Sharma of BJP are the present Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively. Kusum Sardet ,a housewife and first time Councillor from Annadale ward was elected as the Mayor by defeating Congress candidate Simi Nanda,active Congress worker and Councillor from Nabha ward. The two major political parties are the Bharatiya Janata Party & Indian National Congress. Communist Party of India (Marxist) has been nearing extinction with just 1 member in current corporation. The administrative
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Walter F. Osborne


In 1896 he was assaulted by a patron during a dispute over the guest's cousin's bill. Around 1903, he left the "Herald" to go into the hotel business full-time. Osborne's first political involvement came as a member of the Democratic Party. Around 1896 he switched to the Republican Party. In 1899 he was elected to the Gloucester Republican Committee as a representative from Ward 1. He represented Ward 1 on the Gloucester Commons Council and was the president of that body in 1903. In 1911,
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Lawrence & Wishart


Lawrence & Wishart is a British publishing company formerly associated with the Communist Party of Great Britain. It was formed in 1936, through the merger of Martin Lawrence, the Communist Party's press, and Wishart Ltd, a family-owned Left-wing and anti-fascist publisher. Journals published include: Founded in 1936, Lawrence & Wishart initially became involved with the political and cultural life of the Popular Front, publishing literature, drama and poetry, as well as political economy, working-class history and the classics of
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Patrick Flynn (Canadian politician)


1958 and Cathaleen Mavourneen 1963-1969). They resided in the "North Ward" area of Kitchener from 1948-1979. During his early days in Kitchener, Joe was an active member of the local Catholic community in Kitchener and was instrumental in the founding and building of St. Teresa Catholic Church. In early 1974 he won the nomination of the Kitchener Center Liberal Party to run as their candidate for Member of Parliament in the July 8th general election. He soundly defeated Progressive Conservative candidate, Mr. Barney Lawrence by more than
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Orville Hungerford


married Elizabeth Porter Stanley, known as Betsy, from Wethersfield, Connecticut". She was the daughter of George and Hannah (Porter) Stanley. The couple had the following children: Mary Stanley (May 6, 1815-Mar. 13, 1893), Marcus (Aug. 30, 1817-Sep. 3, 1863), Martha B. (Nov. 30, 1819-Sep. 21, 1896), Richard Esselstyne (Mar. 28, 1824-Jan. 5, 1896), Frances Elizabeth (Feb. 8, 1827-Nov. 25, 1902), Grace
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Ward heeler


A ward heeler is an American urban political operative who works for a political party in a political ward, the smallest electoral subdivision of a city, usually in order to achieve an election result. A ward heeler may have controlling influence with a small clique in the ward organization. Often, ward heelers have been low-level operatives soliciting votes and performing campaign tasks on behalf of a political boss, including get-out-the-vote efforts, placing campaign signage, coordination of constituent support, etc. In many urban
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Scottish Democratic Alliance


The Scottish Democratic Alliance (SDA) is a political organisation formed in 2009 as the successor to the Scottish Enterprise Party (SEP). It supports Scottish independence and withdrawal from the European Union. Although it evolved from a political party, the SDA spent some time operating as a think tank on current affairs in Scotland. It stood its first candidate for election in the 2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election, coming last with 35 votes (0.1%). The SDA favours a low-tax Scotland independent of both the EU
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Gridlock (politics)


policies" and second, "supermajority institutions - the Senate filibuster and the presidential veto". As a result, they argue, gridlock is not determined by party control of the government, but rather by an interplay between the existing policy and the spectrum of individual preferences held by congressional representatives. They maintain, in essence, that "the policy preferences of Members of Congress at or near the median are among the crucial determinants of policy outcomes." Marcus Ethridge, an emeritus professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin
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Marcus Stephen


called in April and June 2010 after accusations of bribery of government members of parliament, with another state of emergency declared in the period between elections. Stephen resigned from the presidency in November 2011 after further allegations of corruption were raised by opposition factions, and was succeeded by Freddie Pitcher, but was re-appointed to the Cabinet in June 2012 by Pitcher's successor as president, Sprent Dabwido. Marcus Stephen's father, Lawrence Stephen, served as a Member of the Parliament of Nauru from 1971 to 1977 and again from 1980
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Britwellian


Britwellian is the name chosen by two local political groups, which have contested elections in the three member Britwell Ward of Slough Borough Council. The regular Council elections in Slough are normally for a third of the Council, with one seat contested in each ward. The 2004 election was for the whole Council, following boundary changes. The Britwellian Group were a registered political party founded in 2002 by, inter alia, Councillor Mavis L. Gallick, Paul Janik, Sean Wright, Gillan Swan, Dennis Lees and Paula Murphy. Cllr Gallick
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City of Sunderland


the selection of candidates for the 2004 elections. Two became independent members; one joined the Liberal Democrat party, becoming group leader after the 2004 municipal elections. The reorganisation of electoral areas saw major changes in all but two wards, but the elections of 10 June 2004, the first fought under the new boundaries, saw little change in the political representation of the City as a whole, with 61 Labour, 12 Conservative, and 2 Liberal Democrat councillors elected. The Conservative party won all three seats in a new ward whose
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George M. Robeson


law, Robeson diligently worked his way through the legal profession and in 1858 he was appointed a public prosecutor for Camden County. During the American Civil War Robeson associated with the Republican Party and was a member of the New Jersey Sanitary Commission. Appointed Brigadier General by Governor Charles S. Olden, Robeson worked to recruit enlistments to fight for the Union. After the war in 1867, Robeson was appointed New Jersey Attorney General by Gov. Marcus L. Ward. Robeson, as Attorney General, gained national attention after successfully prosecuting Bridget Durgan for
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Videssos cycle


an enemy nation, Yezd. It quickly becomes apparent to the leader of the legionaries, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, that the Empire is rife with political intrigue. With steadfast loyalty to the Emperor and a certain bull-headedness, Marcus manages to safely navigate the particularly dangerous political landscape and advance the place of himself and his men. At a party to celebrate the arrival of the Romans held by the Emperor Mavrikios, Marcus, slightly inebriated, slips on the floor and bumps into the emissary of Yezd, Avshar. He tries
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Claire D. Cronin


Claire D. Cronin is State Representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Cronin represents the 11th Plymouth district, consisting of Ward 1, Ward 3: Precinct D, Ward 7: Precincts C, and D in Brockton; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Easton. She is an Easton resident and a member of the Democratic Party. Cronin graduated from Brockton High School in 1978 and attended Stonehill College in Easton and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1982. She went on to
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Committeemen and Committeewomen (Cook County, Illinois)


election materials, and election operations. In addition, the committeemen are responsible for producing smooth political processes during the elections in their wards, which includes attempting to produce high voter turnout. Committeemen are voting members in the political organization of their party in the County. This roles gives them authority on behalf of the party to endorse replacements for some vacated political posts such as United States Congressman and state legislators (vacated United States Senate posts are appointed by the Illinois Governor and vacated Chicago City Council posts are appointed by the Chicago Mayor
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Jane Prentice


, Nationalist and United Australia parties. Prior to entering politics, she had 25 years involvement with the tourism sector, principally the event and convention industry. She was a councillor on the Liberal-controlled Brisbane City Council from 2000 to 2010, representing Walter Taylor Ward. At the 2010 federal election, Prentice comfortably defeated sitting local member, Michael Johnson, who was expelled from the Liberal Party in May 2010 for allegedly bringing the party into disrepute, having used his political position and entitlements to further his business interests and those of
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Harry Lawrence


Harry Gordon Lawrence (1901–1973) was a South African politician. Harry Lawrence was on the liberal wing of the United Party. He was the most senior of the MPs who broke away and founded the Progressive Party in 1959. Lawrence served as a minister in the government of Jan Smuts before the National Party came to power in 1948. He was Minister of Home Affairs 1939–43 and January–June 1948, as well as Minister of Justice 1945-June 1948. Lawrence had his spleen damaged when he was attacked by Nationalists at a political
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Ruth Marcus (journalist)


Ruth Allyn Marcus (born May 15, 1958) is an American political commentator who currently writes an op-ed column for "The Washington Post". In March 2007, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Unusual among the majority of journalists, she is also a law school graduate, although she opted to continue with a career in journalism versus practicing law as an attorney. Ideologically and politically, she identifies as a liberal with the Democratic party. Marcus was born in Philadelphia in 1958 and grew
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