Sentences with phrase «women candidates nominated»

The Liberals saw a decrease of women candidates nominated in the 2012 election, down to 18 of 87 (20 %) from 22 of 83 in 2008 (26 %).

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In the last election, led by Ms. Smith, the Wildrose Party nominated 11 women in a slate of 87 candidates (12 %).

This is slightly less than the full NDP slate from the 2012 election, when that party nominated 40 women out of 87 candidates (45 %).

In the last election, the PCs nominated 22 women in their slate of 87 candidates (25 %), which was up slightly from 17 out of 83 candidates in the 2008 election (20 %).

The NDP, with a commitment to nominate a high percentage of women candidates, has so far chosen the most women candidates of the political parties contesting the 2015 election.

The Liberal Party, with 12 candidates currently nominated, has nominated 2 women (16 %).

The Progressive Conservatives have chosen 13 women out of the 58 candidates nominated to run in the next election (22 %) as of today.

The Wildrose Party has nominated 33 candidates, 5 who are women (15 %).

«Candidate Gender and the Political Engagement of Women and Men» (gated) argues that in the U.S. women are no more engaged when a woman is involved, but men become less interested when their own party nominates a woman, but it doesn't matter if the other party Women and Men» (gated) argues that in the U.S. women are no more engaged when a woman is involved, but men become less interested when their own party nominates a woman, but it doesn't matter if the other party women are no more engaged when a woman is involved, but men become less interested when their own party nominates a woman, but it doesn't matter if the other party does.

On Saturday, Zuma announced plans to raise subsidies for tertiary colleges and universities, a move that analysts said was timed to appeal to the more populist members of the party allied to Dlamini - Zuma, the first woman to be nominated as a candidate for the ANC presidency.

When Hillary Clinton won the nomination as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in July 2016, she celebrated her victory speech with words that foreshadowed her campaign message: Tonight, we've reached a milestone in our nation's march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president... When any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone.

«We expect the party's state committee will be nominating the best available candidate to stand up for working men and women and the party that represents them.

Facing real competition, major parties look to nominate candidates that broaden their appeal, including a lot more women.

The German Green Party has never won over 11 percent of the national vote, yet for three decades has consistently won seats and promoted women's leadership by having a 50 - 50 rule for female / male candidates, prodding other major parties to nominate more women.

«As an eager young delegate to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, I can tell you first - hand that Geraldine Ferraro thrilled us when she took the stage as the first woman ever nominated by a major political party to be its candidate for vice president of the United States,» Maloney said in a statement.

A Republican candidate for Common Council gets knocked off the ballot in Kingston for failure to include the proper year on one of her nominating petitions, while a dead woman signs a nominating petition in Rochester.

The real question is why Democrats would want to nominate the most divisive and disliked woman in America as their candidate for President.

«We are horrified that the Republican Party in New York has nominated both a gubernatorial candidate and an attorney general candidate who are hostile to a woman's fundamental right to choose.

The prime minister may have to work hard to persuade Juncker to hand Britain one of the main economic portfolios — trade, internal market, competition or energy — because the incoming European commission president had said he would like EU leaders to nominate women candidates.

Now that she has been nominated by the Democratic Party as its candidate, Hillary Clinton is on the verge of making history as the first woman President of the United States.

Greta Gerwig is only the fifth woman nominated for Best Director in the history of the Oscars, and on paper Lady Bird doesn't seem like the most likely candidate to occasion that milestone.

There is no statutory requirement for judicial nominating commissioners to be diverse, although state law specifies that in considering judicial candidates, the commission «shall actively seek out and encourage... women and minorities» to apply for judicial office.