The Honourable - Article Index

Encyclopedia - The Honourable: Encyclopedia Ii - The Honourable - British Usage
The Honourable - Entitlement. In the United Kingdom, all sons and daughters of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls are s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Honourable: Encyclopedia Ii - The Honourable - British Usage
The Honourable - Entitlement. In the United Kingdom, all sons and daughters of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls are s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Right Honourable: Encyclopedia Ii - The Right Honourable - Outside The United Kingdom
Generally within the Commonwealth, ministers and judges are The Honourable unless they are appointed to the Privy Council of the United K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservative Party Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservative Party Of Canada - Background
The merger to form the new Conservative Party of Canada was announced on October 15, 2003, by the two party leaders (Stephen Harper of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Senate: Encyclopedia - Canadian Senate
Canada This article is part of the series: Politics of Canada Executive The Crown (Queen Elizabeth II) Governor General (Michaëlle Jea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Annette King: Encyclopedia - Annette King
The Honourable Annette Faye King (born 13 September 1947) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the governing Labour Party, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Government Of Australia: Encyclopedia - Government Of Australia
The structure of the Australian Government may be examined in light of two distinct concepts, namely: Federalism - Australia has both a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Courtesy Title: Encyclopedia - Courtesy Title
A courtesy title is a form of address in the British peerage system used for wives, children, and other close relatives of a peer. These ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Right Honourable: Encyclopedia Ii - The Right Honourable - Entitlement
People entitled to the prefix in a personal capacity are: Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the Privy Council of No...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalton Mcguinty: Encyclopedia - Dalton Mcguinty
The Honourable Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr. (born July 19, 1955, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician and, since ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalton Camp: Encyclopedia - Dalton Camp
The Honourable Dalton Kingsley Camp, PC, OC, M.Sc, LL.D (September 11, 1920 – March 18, 2002) was a Canadian journalist, politician, po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservative Party Of Canada: Encyclopedia - Conservative Party Of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada) is a right-of-centre political party in Canada, formed by the mer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carol Thatcher: Encyclopedia - Carol Thatcher
The Honourable Carol Thatcher (born 15 August 1953) is a British journalist and the daughter of the late Sir Denis Thatcher and Baroness ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viscount: Encyclopedia - Viscount
A viscount is a member of the European nobility, especially, as in the British peerage, ranking above a baron, below a (British) earl or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Right Honourable: Encyclopedia Ii - The Right Honourable - Use Of The Honorific
The honorific is normally only used on the front of envelopes and other written documents: for example, The Right Honourable Tony Blair, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Right Honourable: Encyclopedia Ii - The Right Honourable - Corporate Entities
The prefix is also added to the name of various corporate entities, e.g.: The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal (of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Graham Politician: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Graham Politician - Personal Life
Graham grew up in Montreal and Vancouver. He attended Upper Canada College, Trinity College, Toronto, the University of Toronto and the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Larry Campbell: Encyclopedia Ii - Larry Campbell - Mayor
Campbell has publicly identified himself as a moderate centrist. His political positions have put him in conflict with some of the more l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ken Dryden: Encyclopedia Ii - Ken Dryden - Hockey Career
Dryden was drafted fourteenth overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1964 NHL Amateur Draft. Rather than play in Boston, Dryden pursued a Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bob Rae: Encyclopedia Ii - Bob Rae - Ontario Ndp Leader
Rae was re-elected to the federal parliament in the 1980 election. During the same period, the Ontario New Democratic Party was suffering...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservative Party Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservative Party Of Canada - Background
The merger to form the new Conservative Party of Canada was announced on October 15, 2003, by the two party leaders (Stephen Harper of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucien Bouchard: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucien Bouchard - Biography
Lucien Bouchard - Origins. Bouchard graduated from Jonquière Classical College in 1959, and obtained a Bachelor's degree in social sci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claire L'heureux-dubé: Encyclopedia Ii - Claire L'heureux-dubé - Personal History
She was born Claire L'Heureux in Quebec City in 1927. In 1951, she graduated from the law faculty of Université Laval and entered privat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Davis: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Davis - Youth
Davis was politically active from a young age. Local Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Gordon Graydon was a frequent gue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anne Mclellan: Encyclopedia Ii - Anne Mclellan - Early Life
McLellan earned bachelor degrees in Arts and Law from Halifax's Dalhousie University. She then earned a Master of Laws from King's Colleg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Government Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Government Of Australia - Federalism
The Australian Constitution (The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900) creates a federal legislature known as the Parliament o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walt Lastewka: Encyclopedia Ii - Walt Lastewka - Member Of Parliament
Lastewka joined the St. Catharines branch of the Liberal Party in 1972, and worked as campaign manager to federal MP Gilbert Parent in ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belinda Stronach: Encyclopedia Ii - Belinda Stronach - Background
Stronach is the daughter of the founder of Magna International, Frank Stronach. She attended York University in 1985, where she studied b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stephen Harper: Encyclopedia Ii - Stephen Harper - Conservative Party Of Canada Leadership
On January 12, 2004, Harper announced his resignation as Leader of the Opposition, in order to run for the leadership of the Conservative...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judi Longfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Judi Longfield - Early Career
Longfield was born in Timmins, Ontario. She graduated from North Bay Teacher's College, and was a community college teacher before taking...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bernard Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - Bernard Lord - Early Life
Lord was raised in a bilingual household in Moncton, New Brunswick. He took a keen interest in politics as a child, he first campaigned f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Foot: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Foot - Newspapers And Magazines
In the mid-1960s, Foot was employed part-time by the Sunday Telegraph. He had previously contributed articles to Private Eye magazine sin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Peterson: Encyclopedia Ii - David Peterson - Early Political Career
Peterson was first elected as the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for London Centre in the 1975 provincial election. Less than on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hannah Primrose Countess Of Rosebery: Encyclopedia Ii - Hannah Primrose Countess Of Rosebery - Marriage
On 20 March 1878 she married Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. The marriage produced four children: Harry Primrose, Lord Dalmeny ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gordon Campbell: Encyclopedia Ii - Gordon Campbell - Rise To Power
Though born into a well-off Vancouver family, Gordon Campbell was forced into quite different circumstances by the suicide of his father ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean Lesage: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean Lesage - Profile
Born in Montreal of Xavéri Lesage, teacher and public servant, and Cécile Côté, he studied law at Université Laval in Quebec City an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean Charest: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean Charest - Profile
Born as John James Charest in the Eastern Townships central city of Sherbrooke, Quebec to Claude Red Charest and Rita Leonard (an Irish Q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hong Kong Honours System: Encyclopedia Ii - Hong Kong Honours System - Types Of Awards
Hong Kong honours system - General awards. The Grand Bauhinia Medal (大紫荊勳章) is the highest award in this system. The awardee ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irwin Cotler: Encyclopedia Ii - Irwin Cotler - Human Rights Activity
Irwin Cotler has served on the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and its sub-Committee on Human Rights and International Development,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jack Layton: Encyclopedia Ii - Jack Layton - Leader Of The Ndp
Layton was elected leader of the NDP at the party's leadership convention in Toronto, on January 25, 2003. Layton won on the first ballot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Anderton: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Anderton - Parliament
In 1984, Anderton successfully stood as the Labour candidate for Sydenham, an electorate in Christchurch. However, he soon came into conf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Drew: Encyclopedia Ii - George Drew - Entering Politics
He was elected mayor of the City of Guelph in 1925 after serving as an alderman. In 1929 he left to become assistant master and then mast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Godfrey: Encyclopedia Ii - John Godfrey - Early Career
Prior to entering politics he was an economist, historian and journalist. From 1987 to 1991 he was editor of the Financial Post. He is a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Manley Politician: Encyclopedia Ii - John Manley Politician - Cabinet Career
When the Liberals came to power under Jean Chrétien following the 1993 election he became Minister of Industry. During his time in Indus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John C. Major: Encyclopedia Ii - John C. Major - Supreme Court
On November 13, 1992 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. During much of his time of the Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edgar Dewdney: Encyclopedia Ii - Edgar Dewdney - Entry Into Politics
From 1868 to 1869 Edgar Dewdney became active in Colonial politics, representing the electoral district of Kootenay in the Legislative As...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frank Mckenna: Encyclopedia Ii - Frank Mckenna - New Brunswick Politics
A few years later, he entered provincial politics and won a seat in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1982 election to rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edwina Mountbatten Countess Mountbatten Of Burma: Encyclopedia Ii - Edwina Mountbatten Countess Mountbatten Of Burma - Life After Marriage
The Mountbattens had two daughters, Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (born 14 February 1924) and La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Senate: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Senate - History
The Senate came into existence in 1867, when the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the British North America Act, uniting the Provi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Hellyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Hellyer - Peace In Space And Ufo Advocacy
On June 3, 1967 Hellyer flew in by helicopter to officially inaugurate an Unidentified flying object landing pad in St. Paul, Alberta. th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maurice Richard: Encyclopedia Ii - Maurice Richard - Playing Career
Maurice Richard (pronounced ri-SHAR or ree-SHAR) was the first to score 50 goals in one season (the 1944-45 NHL season), doing so in 50 g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalton Mcguinty: Encyclopedia Ii - Dalton Mcguinty - Second Term As Opposition Leader
McGuinty's second term as opposition leader was more successful than his first. With the Liberals consolidated as the primary opposition ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raymond Chan: Encyclopedia Ii - Raymond Chan - Political Career
Chan joined the Liberal Party of Canada in 1991, and was elected to Parliament in the 1993 election, defeating Defence Minister Tom Siddo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Post-nominal Letters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Post-nominal Letters - The United Kingdom
Notes: [1] The letters "PC" are used only by peers. For other Privy Counsellors, "Rt. Hon." before the name suffices. The distinction is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Dunne: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Dunne - The United Future New Zealand Party Working With Outdoors Recreation
United Future, like other minor political parties working in coalition, suffered in the polls. The United Future entered an agreement to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roméo Dallaire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roméo Dallaire - Rwanda
In late 1993 Dallaire was assigned the position of Force Commander of UNAMIR. Rwanda had just endured several years of bloody civil war w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sheila Copps: Encyclopedia Ii - Sheila Copps - Early Career
Copps earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and English from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, and pursued furth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Milliken: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Milliken - Early Life And Career
Milliken was born in Kingston, Ontario, a descendent of United Empire Loyalists who left the new United States after the American Revolut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Howe: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Howe - Political Career
Eventually, he decided to run for office in order to effect the changes he called for in his newspaper. He was first elected in 1836, cam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Courtesy Title: Encyclopedia Ii - Courtesy Title - Choosing A Courtesy Title
The actual title used is a matter of family tradition. For instance, the eldest son of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry is the Earl ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eugene Forsey: Encyclopedia Ii - Eugene Forsey - Biography
Born in Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador, he attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Forsey was a supporter of Conservative ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tommy Douglas: Encyclopedia Ii - Tommy Douglas - Premier Of Saskatchewan
Though he had been a Member of Parliament, Douglas after 1940 maintained an interest in provincial politics and became the leader of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ujjal Dosanjh: Encyclopedia Ii - Ujjal Dosanjh - Early Life
Dosanjh emigrated to London, England, from India at the age of 17. Four years later, in 1968, he moved to Canada. He worked at a sawmill ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viscount: Encyclopedia Ii - Viscount - Viscount In Britain And The Commonwealth
A viscount is said to hold a "viscounty" or "viscountcy". The female equivalent of a viscount is a viscountess. In the pronunciation of "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reg Alcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Reg Alcock - Cabinet Minister
When Paul Martin became Prime Minister of Canada on December 12, 2003, Alcock was appointed to cabinet as President of the Treasury Board...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservative Party Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservative Party Of Canada - Leadership Election
Stephen Harper was chosen as leader of the new party on March 20, 2004, defeating former Ontario provincial Tory Cabinet minister Tony Cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Godfrey: Encyclopedia Ii - John Godfrey - Politics
He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto area riding of Don Valley ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roméo Dallaire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roméo Dallaire - Early Life And Education
Dallaire was born on June 25th, 1946 in The Netherlands to Staff-Sergeant Roméo Louis Dallaire, a Canadian non-commissioned officer, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reg Alcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Reg Alcock - Government Backbencher
Alcock soon developed a reputation as one of the most technologically savvy members of parliament. In 1994, he became the first MP to ele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reg Alcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Reg Alcock - Electoral Record
Italicized expenditures refer to submitted totals, and are presented when the final reviewed totals are not available. ... See also:Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roméo Dallaire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roméo Dallaire - Rwanda
In late 1993 Dallaire was assigned the position of Force Commander of UNAMIR. Rwanda had just endured several years of bloody civil war w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Anderton: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Anderton - 1989 Split From Labour
Although many ordinary members of the Labour Party (who were unhappy at the way the party's parliamentary wing was behaving) backed Ander...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stephen Harper: Encyclopedia Ii - Stephen Harper - Background
Stephen Harper is the eldest of three brothers from a middle class family and is the son of Joseph Harper, an accountant. He was born and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stephen Harper: Encyclopedia Ii - Stephen Harper - Canadian Alliance Leadership
When Stockwell Day bowed to pressure from within the Canadian Alliance and resigned from the leadership in the summer of 2001, Harper sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalton Mcguinty: Encyclopedia Ii - Dalton Mcguinty - First Term In Opposition
McGuinty's supporters in his 1996 leadership bid included John Manley, Murray Elston and Robert Chiarelli. He was elected leader at the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jack Layton: Encyclopedia Ii - Jack Layton - Toronto City Council
At York and Ryerson, Layton developed close links with a number of Toronto figures including John Sewell and David Crombie. He was first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sheila Copps: Encyclopedia Ii - Sheila Copps - Future Political Career
With the defeat of Tony Valeri in the 2006 election, some have speculated that Copps may again contest the Liberal nomination for the nex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sheila Copps: Encyclopedia Ii - Sheila Copps - Respite And Worth Fighting For
On May 14, 2004, Copps stood in the Canadian House of Commons and announced she would not run for re-election as an independent. She late...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Manley Politician: Encyclopedia Ii - John Manley Politician - 2003 Liberal Leadership Race
When Jean Chrétien announced his decision to retire (largely as a result of attempts to oust him by former finance minister Paul Martin)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sheila Copps: Encyclopedia Ii - Sheila Copps - Federal Minister
The Liberals swept to power in the 1993 election, crushing Kim Campbell's Tories. Chrétien became prime minister following the election,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sheila Copps: Encyclopedia Ii - Sheila Copps - Nomination Battle
Riding redistribution placed Copps in a serious nomination battle with another Liberal MP, Tony Valeri. Valeri, a Martin supporter, was f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Anderton: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Anderton - The Alliance
When, in 1991, the Alliance was established, NewLabour and Anderton were at the centre of it. Anderton became leader of the new party, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judi Longfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Judi Longfield - Government Mp
Longfield was re-elected in the 2000 and 2004 federal elections, despite a strong challenge from the Conservative Party in 2004.[6] She s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Hellyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Hellyer - Canadian Action Party
In recent years Hellyer has made headlines for embracing a series of somewhat eccentric or "fringe" political organizations and causes. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Hellyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Hellyer - A Political Nomad 1969–1988
Hellyer resigned from cabinet and the Liberal caucus in 1969 over a dispute with Trudeau over funding for a housing program. Hellyer sat ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Hellyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Hellyer - Cabinet Minister And Liberal Leadership Candidate
When the Liberals returned to power in the 1963 election, Hellyer became Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Lester B. Pearson...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Hellyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Hellyer - Early Political Career
First elected as a Liberal in 1949 federal election in the riding of Davenport, he was the youngest person ever elected to that point the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tommy Douglas: Encyclopedia Ii - Tommy Douglas - Early Life And Activism
Douglas was born in 1904 in Falkirk, Scotland. In 1910, his family immigrated to Canada, where they settled in Winnipeg. As a child, Doug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Dunne: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Dunne - The Labour Party
In the 1984 elections, Dunne successfully stood for Parliament, winning the seat of Ohariu as a candidate of the Labour Party. He held th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ujjal Dosanjh: Encyclopedia Ii - Ujjal Dosanjh - Provincial Politics
After unsuccessful attempts in 1979 and 1983, Dosanjh was first elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Oc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tommy Douglas: Encyclopedia Ii - Tommy Douglas - Late Career And Retirement
In 1962, Douglas received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan. He resigned as NDP leader in 1971, but kept his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tommy Douglas: Encyclopedia Ii - Tommy Douglas - Federal Ndp Leader
When the CCF allied with the Canadian Labour Congress to form the New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1961, Douglas defeated Hazen Argue at the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Dunne: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Dunne - The United New Zealand Party
In 1995, however, a group of MPs from both Labour and National decided to band together and form a new centrist party. Dunne, who had alr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Foot: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Foot - Awards And Campaign Journalism
He was Journalist of the Year in the What The Papers Say Awards in 1972 and 1989, Campaigning Journalist of the Year in the 1980 British ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judi Longfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Judi Longfield - Electoral Record
Italicized expenditures refer to submitted totals, and are presented when the final reviewed totals are not available. ... See also:Ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jack Layton: Encyclopedia Ii - Jack Layton - Early Life
Layton comes from a long line of politicians. His great-great-uncle, William Steeves, was a Father of Confederation. His great-grandfathe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reg Alcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Reg Alcock - Early Life And Career
Alcock was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and a Master'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Manley Politician: Encyclopedia Ii - John Manley Politician - Political Ideology
Manley is regarded by some as being from the centre-right of the Liberal party, favouring fiscal conservatism, although his budget includ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ken Dryden: Encyclopedia Ii - Ken Dryden - Political Career
In the Canadian federal election of June 2004, Dryden, as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada, was elected to the Canadian House o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Milliken: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Milliken - Speaker Of The House
Milliken was elected Speaker of the House in late January 2001 on the fifth ballot of a secret vote of all MPs, which was held at the fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Larry Campbell: Encyclopedia Ii - Larry Campbell - Controversy
Campbell enjoyed wide-spread popularity with the public during his time as mayor of Vancouver, but showed little patience for the detaile...   » Read the article