Sentences with phrase «conservative general council»

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Among the many well - known Canadians scheduled as «participants» were Stephen Harper's Conservative cabinet ministers Stockwell Day (who at first denied attending) and the then - defence minister Gordon O'Connor, deputy ministers (Defence) Ward Elcock, Peter Harder (Foreign Affairs), Associate Deputy Minister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj. - Gen.

A joint statement this week from more than 60 conservatives, including former attorney general Edwin Meese and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, demanded that Facebook and other tech giants «rectify their credibility with the conservative movement» by explaining why content is taken down and accounts deleted and by including more conservative groups on its list of advisers.

His former running mate, ex-NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (whom Edwards defeated on Sept. 14), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo (whom Lazio defeated for Row D in the primary before deciding to drop out of the general election), former Rep. Tom Reynolds, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy (Paladino's earliest and most staunch support), Nancy Naples (former Erie County comptroller and chair of Paladino's campaign), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, state Conservative Chairman Mike Long (although not today).

Indeed, in 2005, the Conservatives topped the shire council elections poll despite Labour winning the general election on the same day.

In general Labour traditionally does better than average in urban areas, and the Conservatives better in rural England, and at this particular point of the local election cycle, most council seats up for re-election were urban.

There is increased speculation that Kenneth Mitchell, Council Member from Staten Island District 49, chagrined over his loss to Debi Rose in the Democratic primary, is readying a run in the general election on the Conservative Party line.

«He refused to support the local Conservative council candidate and so we wrote to him last week to say that his position was untenable and he could not stand for us at the general election.

The council election was held on the same day as the national General Election, when the Labour Party government lost power and the Watford parliamentary constituency was won by the Conservative Party.

Many feel that Derbyshire County Council will be the toughest nut to crack in local government for us on 4th June, but one needs to remember that Labour have not faced us when there has not been a General Election on the same day since 1993... and that was not a good year for Conservatives anyway!Accordingly, we have worked hard to establish a Shadow Cabinet, engage in active but constructive opposition and really get to grips with the workings of the County Council so that we can put our vision for the future in place quickly; to employ a cliché: «to hit the ground running».

Ewan is a project manager who stood as a council candidate in Nottingham in both 2003 and 2007 and was chairman of the Nottingham South Conservative Association at the time of the 2005 general election.

The deputy leader of the Conservative group on Bury council who contested Bolton North East for the Tories in the general election.

The 2015 Mt Vernon Democratic primary, can not come quick enough for some, with six Mayoral candidates — Mayor Davis, Clinton Young, Ruth Hassell - Thompson, Maureen Walker & Richard Thomas (Deborah Reynolds will appear on the Conservative line in the General Election but not appear in the Democratic primary) and seven city council candidates — Andre Wallace, Delia Farquharson, Diane Munro, Lisa Copeland, John Boykin, Janice Duarte (who is a Democrat running on the Independence Party line) and Cheryl Dennis who is running as an Independent (No party), all vying for two city council seats available.

Blunt first entered the House of Commons at the 1997 general election, when he replaced the then MP Sir George Gardiner who had been deselected by the Constituency Conservative Association Executive Council.

Mr Wheeler who writes in The Sunday Times that the EU is more expensive than the recession, has said that he intends to support UKIP in June's European Elections but will vote Conservative in County Council elections on the same day and «is likely» to support Conservatives at the General Election.

The huge No2AV operation merant Conservative HQ was fighting at a close - to - general - election pace and that energisation of the Tory vote explains much better than expected local council results.

The Conservative council leader, Geoff Roberts, saw the results as a sign they could take the parliamentary seat in the next general election, while Labour blamed their defeats on national issues.

Cllr Bob Blackman, Deputy Leader of the Conservatives on Brent Council survived a vote of no confidence last night at a Special General Meeting of the Harrow East Conservative Association.

Unlike the often straightforward results of a General Election, the party political outcome from Thursday has been very much a mixed one, with Labour suffering severe losses in Scotland, and being pushed into third position by the Conservatives, but largely holding on to their councils in England, and also securing a morale boosting win in the London Mayoral race.

At the council's annual general meeting, Conservative Donna Jones was reappointed leader unchallenged.

If Bob Holden, a CUNY professor and president of the Juniper Civic Association in Middle Village — a registered Democrat who ran on the Republican, Conservative and Reform lines in the general election — ends up defeating incumbent Queens Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley after all the paper ballots are counted, then the Council will have 11 new members.

Bronx State Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr., 74, a conservative Democrat who briefly served in Council in 2002, won the primary and the general election against a slate of young, progressive first - time candidates for his seat, which covers Soundview, Castle Hill, Parkchester, Clason Point and Harding Park.

ConservativeHome has learnt that a special meeting of the Executive Council of Bromsgrove Conservative Association took place last night at which sitting MP Julie Kirkbride officially made clear her desire to be considered as their candidate for the next general election.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer rallied his Quebec troops today at a general council meeting east of Montreal.