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It also resulted in the rejections of five government offers and counter-offers, and ultimately an 84 - per - cent vote in favour of the strike by LANEQ members on Oct. 12, 2016.

The 2014 referendum had seen a 55 per cent vote in favour of keeping Scotland in the United Kingdom.

where 75.5 per cent voted in 1980.

Even in Belgium, where voting is compulsory and over 90 per cent voted in that country's last general election, only seven in 10 people are «certain to vote» this June.

«Yes, we did not give him the desired 25 per cent votes in 2015.

Not exact matches

Microcap fund manager Acorn Capital has increased its stake in listed Perth - based financial planning firm Plan B Group Holdings to control almost 10 per cent of the voting power.

According to the latest polls Esquerra will get the biggest share of the vote in the region, 20.5 per cent, narrowly leading Junts per Catalunya, the new name for the party led by Puigdemont, on 19.3 per cent.

But his «safe hands on the economy» message cut through in the end, with the coalition winning a majority of seats in 1998 despite Labor winning 51 per cent of the two - party vote.

At the StateWest meeting, 30,366 ballot votes were counted (representing 52 per cent of StateWest members) and 90 per cent of these were in favour of demutualisation.

If the deal is approved, Orascom would also have a 65.1 per cent voting interest in Wind Mobile, aligning its voting interests with its ownership stake.

April 13, 2014: Residents of Kitimat, site of the proposed marine terminal, vote against Northern Gateway in non-binding municipal plebiscite with a vote of 58.4 per cent opposed and 41.6 per cent in favour.

The party expects to own the constituencies that will rally to the progressive theme: specifically women and youth; and, overall, the majority of the 60 per cent who bothered to vote in the last election.

It's a cogent argument, backed up by the fact that 57 per cent of people in B.C. voted for the NDP and the Greens.

Insiders point to issuers who have been quoted in the press making comments along the lines of, «The proxy advisory firm is my number one shareholder because they control 50 per cent of my vote.»

And this just in: 52 per cent of British Columbians don't vote, but do answer calls from pollsters.

The deal, which requires further approvals, would give the cable TV distributor 80 per cent of the voting interest and at least 20 per cent of the equity interest in a Canwest Global Communications Corp..

An opinion poll on Sunday showed 47 per cent of likely voters saying they will back the treaty, 35 per cent saying they will vote No, and 18 per cent as undecided how to vote in the May 31 referendum.

Just last week, his federal Conservatives won 77 per cent of the byelection vote in Rona Ambrose's former Edmonton riding.

Progressive Conservative members voted 95 per cent in favour of a deal to merge with the Opposition Wildrose.

SHARE director of law and policy Laura O'Neill said the only other directors she knows of who failed to win majority support this year were on the board of Quebecor Inc., where holders of class B subordinate shares voted just 43 per cent in favour of electing the entire board as a slate.

Magna's voting results highlight a controversial gap in Canadian law, which allows directors to be elected despite winning less than 50 per cent voting support.

Members of the two conservative parties also supported each other's amendments — the PCs supported 91 per cent of Wildrose amendments and the Wildrose voted in favour of every of PC amendment.

Out of 120 votes in the provincial legislature since the NDP took office, the two parties voted together 90 per cent of the time, says the report by John Whittaker, a policy analyst with the Calgary - based research centre.

The three boards that reached high thresholds numbers needed: B.C. Northern Real Estate Board (75 per cent needed and 89 per cent of agents voting were in favour); Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV)(67 per cent needed and 69 per cent of votes in favour); and South Okanagan Real Estate Board (75 per cent needed and 79 per cent of those voting favoured a merger).

That's 118 per cent of the 2017 total amount, which is a significant vote of confidence in initial coin offerings at a time when enthusiasm may have been waning.

In a vote held Dec. 6 by six real estate boards, only three reached the required vote threshold either set out by their bylaws (75 per cent) or through B.C.'s new Societies Act (67 per cent).

The three boards that failed to get the critical vote required were: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (75 per cent required and only 63 per cent of those who voted were in favour); Kamloops & District Real Estate Association (75 per cent vote needed and 70 per cent of those voting favoured the merger); and Okanagan - Mainland Real Estate Board (67 per cent needed and 56 per cent vote acquired).

Ninety - seven per cent of proxies received in advance of Thursday's meeting, which represent a majority of eligible votes, voted against the proposal, he said.

Although many outside the US are drawing conclusions about Americans based on our presidential candidates, they might be surprised to learn that only 14 per cent of eligible voters chose either Clinton or Trump during the primary elections, (where both parties vote to nominate a candidate to represent them in the general election) and less than 30 per cent of eligible Americans voted at all.

Results released overnight reveal Australians have resisted pressure from Church leaders by voting in favour of legalising same - sex marriage by 61.6 per cent to 38.4 per cent.

Turnout in the two - month postal vote was 79.5 per cent, higher than the 2016 referendum on the UK's EU membership and the most recent US election.

Results released overnight reveal Australians have resisted pressure from Church leaders by voting in favour of legalising same - sex marriage by 61.6 per cent to...

A nonbinding postal survey found that 62 per cent of Australians resisted pressure from Church leaders by voting in favour of legalising same - sex marriage.

Around 65 per cent of younger people voted for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party earlier this year and YouGov has observed that «age seems to be the new dividing line in British politics», with older people tending to favour the Conservative Party and younger people generally voting Labour.

Mr Kenyatta, who got 54 per cent of the vote in August, is from the Kikuyu group; Mr Odinga, who got nearly 45 per cent in the earlier election, is a Luo.

In Massachusetts, a campaign by church - state separationists was successful in convincing voters to defeat a proposal to allow tax support for private and religious schools; the vote was 70 per cent to 30 per cenIn Massachusetts, a campaign by church - state separationists was successful in convincing voters to defeat a proposal to allow tax support for private and religious schools; the vote was 70 per cent to 30 per cenin convincing voters to defeat a proposal to allow tax support for private and religious schools; the vote was 70 per cent to 30 per cent.

Current president, Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the victor in Tuesday's ballot, garnering 54 per cent of the votes.

The songwriter however failed to reach 40 per cent of the votes so will now have to compete in the runoff on 1st April against ex-government minister Carlos Alvarado Quesada, who was also once a singer in a rock band.

Keller wrote in the New Yorker that pollsters have re-identified the term as they've highlighted a specific voting bloc, with 80 per cent of this group voting for Trump and a similar percentage for Roy Moore last week.

MG will go to Saputo for $ 1.31 billion, after a final vote of 97.9 per cent — or 74,036,070 - of all MG shareholders in favour of the asset and liability sale.

The Brexit vote in mid-2016 and the resultant tumble in the value of the British pound had caused a substantial shift in the commercial outlook for Accolade, which derives about 55 per cent of its total sales from Britain and Europe.

The crunch in margins caused by a devaluation of the British pound by about 20 per cent since the June 2016 vote to exit the European Union has been a big blow to Australian wine exporters.

The deal with Saputo is subject to approval by an ordinary resolution of voting shareholders, with a more than 50 per cent of the votes needed to be in favour to pass.

The range of activities being quarantined under a 48 per cent buyout of the Maggie Beer Products premium food business by ASX - listed Primary Opinions has been clearly outlined in a prospectus ahead of a vote on June 24 by shareholders in the Victorian acquirer, which is switching to food manufacturing and away from operating a legal services networking hub.

Canadian dairy giant Saputo, which has made an unconditional $ 515 million takeover bid for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, said it now holds 3.73 per cent of voting power in Australia's oldest dairy maker.

After last week's vote in Tampa, where a half - cent increase in the Hillsborough County sales tax was approved to help underwrite a new stadium, it's looking more and more as if the NFL, which has promised loyal Cleveland fans a team for the 1999 season, will be delivering an expansion club rather than an existing franchise to that city.

However, more than 51,000 fans voted for Ozil this year, giving him 45.9 per cent of the vote, and placing him well ahead of Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller (15.9 per cent) in second place.

Jonas Hector of FC Köln, received 13.6 per cent of the vote in third place, with 13 players nominated in total.

That strike picked up 36 per cent of the vote and beat Neal Maupay's goal in the same game in to second.

Alex Iwobi, who scored against FC Basel and also against Stoke City, was in third spot with 6.5 per cent of the votes.