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- Ruth Elizabeth Davidson (born 10 November 1978) is a Scottish politician, currently leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow regional list.he finished in 4th place in the former, but was successful in the latter, and following party leader Annabel Goldie 's resignation in May 2011, Davidson stood in the subsequent leadership election. She won the contest and was declared party leader on 4 November 2011.
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- R3T 3L9. (Old Zeller's Building). Terry Duguid is an experienced community leader and a strong advocate for the environment and public health. Terry was the Executive Director of the Liberal Party in Manitoba during the late 1980s, and was elected to Winnipeg City Council in 1989.3T 3L9. (Old Zeller's Building). Terry Duguid is an experienced community leader and a strong advocate for the environment and public health. Terry was the Executive Director of the Liberal Party in Manitoba during the late 1980s, and was elected to Winnipeg City Council in 1989.
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David Cameron Prime Minister, United Kingdom. The U.K. prime minister held onto his spot at 10 Downing Street this year, winning reelection in May. He now presides over the country's only conservative majority government in 23 years. The Conservative leader is fond of Twitter - he has 834,000 followers - and selfies, most famously the shot with Barack Obama and then Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt during Nelson Mandela's memorial service in 2013.
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Tony Blair Biography Tony Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007. He was leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. After being elected Labour leader, he set the party on a path of modernisation, ditching left wing policies and making the party more electable.
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Premier of New South Wales The current Premier is Mike Baird, the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party. His Deputy is Andrew Stoner, the Leader of the New South Wales National Party. Baird replaced Barry O'Farrell on 17 April 2014, after O'Farrell stood down as Premier.
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Ruth Davidson elected new Scottish Conservative leader As a 32-year-old, newly elected, openly gay Tory MSP, Ruth Davidson was often described as the fresh-faced, new generation of the Scottish Conservative Party. But, compared with Murdo Fraser's radical plans for the party, Ms Davidson almost seemed more of a status quo candidate.s Davidson, a former BBC journalist who was first elected as a Glasgow MSP in the May Holyrood election, will now lead the entire party in Scotland, not just the Conservative MSP group.
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- The decision is exactly 300 days away, hardly an eternity when victory requires staffing, fundraising and selling memberships to claim the second most important political leadership in Canada. On May 27 next year, the Conservative party replaces Stephen Harper as leader.
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AP World History Ch. 23 Leading conservative political figure in Britain in the second half of the 19th century; took initiative of granting vote to working-class males in 1867; typical of conservative politician making use of popular politics.
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- How will it happen? David Cameron has announced he will resign his post as leader of the Conservative party and Prime Minister. He has not set out a full timetable but has suggested a new leader will be in post by October this year meaning a leadership contest will be underway in the summer.
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Did Maggie know her closest aide was preying on under-age boys? Sir Peter, who was one time deputy chairman of the Conservative party, has become implicated in a major child abuse scandal. Now, more than 20 years on, Morrison has become implicated in a major child abuse scandal.
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Scots lawyers back calls for smacking to be banned The move by Highlands and Islands Green MSP John Finnie, a former policeman, has been backed by the children's commissioner Bruce Adamson, a number of children's charities, as well as the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents.
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- Prime Minister Steven Harper is a member and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. The current Prime Minister is Stephen Harper (as of July 2010), and he belongs to the … Conservative party.
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- Top Stories. STILLWATER – Mike Boynton's inaugural Oklahoma State Basketball Coaching Clinic is slated for Saturday, Oct. 7 in Gallagher-Iba Arena. STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State men's basketball program under first-year head coach Mike Boynton has prided itself on competing every day.
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Wellington was gradually superseded as leader of the Tories by Robert Peel, while the party evolved into the Conservatives. When the Tories were returned to power in 1834, Wellington declined to become Prime Minister and Peel was selected instead.
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Scottish National Party The SNP came to power in the 2007 Scottish general election, forming a minority government, before going on to win the 2011 election, after which it formed Scotland's first majority government. As of October 2015, the SNP is the largest political party in Scotland in terms of membership.With over 114,000 members, including 64 MSPs, 55 MPs and over 400 local councillors, more than 2% of the Scottish population is a member of the party.n the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary general election the SNP emerged as the largest party with 47 seats, narrowly ousting the Scottish Labour Party with 46 seats and Alex Salmond became Scottish First Minister.
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Premiers, chief ministers unite to sign declaration calling for Australian head of state All of Australia's political leaders now support an Australian head of state, including [Prime Minister] Malcolm Turnbull and [Opposition Leader] Bill Shorten. Never before have the stars of the Southern Cross been so aligned in pointing to the dawn of a new republican age for Australia..
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Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership contest and vows 'fightback' Media captionJeremy Corbyn: We don't have to be unequal. It does not have to be unfair, poverty isn't inevitable. Things can, and they will change. Jeremy Corbyn has promised to lead a Labour fightback after being elected the party's new leader by a landslide. The veteran left-winger got almost 60% of more than 400,000 votes cast, trouncing his rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.
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- New Conservative Party MPs. Aberdeen South – Ross Thomson. Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine – Andrew Bowie. Angus – Kirstene Hair. Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock – Bill Grant. Banff and Buchan – David Duguid. Berwickshire, Roxburgh, & Selkirk – John Lamont. Clacton – Giles Watling.
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Scottish Conservatives The landslide victory of the UK Labour Party in the 1997 general election saw the Conservatives fail to return any MPs in Scottish constituencies, declining from 12 in 1992.The party has returned a single MP from Scotland in the 2001, 2005, 2010 and 2015 general elections.he position of leader of the Scottish Conservatives was created in 2011. Between 1999 and 2011, the position listed below was leader of the Scottish Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament. The new position of Scottish party leader was created following the recommendations of the Sanderson Commission.
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MP Jim Murphy named Scottish Labour leader Lothian MSP Ms Dudgale, who beat MP Katy Clark to the deputy leader post by 62.89% to 37.11%, now has the task of representing Scottish Labour at Holyrood, ahead of Mr Murphy's attempt to become an MSP.
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Boris Johnson Johnson previously served as the MP for Henley from 2001 until 2008. A member of the Conservative Party, Johnson considers himself a One Nation Conservative and has been described as a libertarian due to his association with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies.urnell noted that Johnson was a highly evasive figure when it came to his personal life, who remained detached from others and who had very few if any intimate friends. Among friends and family, Johnson is known as Al rather than Boris. Gimson stated that Johnson has very bad manners.
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- Ruth Davidson, Scottish Conservative leader: ‘Up here, you have to make more of an effort'. The Conservatives won their lowest share of the vote in Scotland since 1965 at the election – but their leader there, Ruth Davidson, is still tipped as a successor to Cameron.he Conservatives won their lowest share of the vote in Scotland since 1965 at the election – but their leader there, Ruth Davidson, is still tipped as a successor to Cameron.
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Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative and Unionist Party (usually shortened to Conservative Party, or informally as the Tory Party) is the main centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Their policies usually promote conservatism and British Unionism.
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Jeremy Corbyn: Who is Labour's new leader? Jeremy Corbyn has been elected as the new Labour Party leader, making him the leader of the UK's official opposition. Here's a guide to him and his victory.
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What Are Some Titles for Second in Command in the Officer? The executive officer or XO is used in modern naval and military ranks to refer to the second in command on a ship, and sometimes in Army battalions as well. The term comes from the fact that the XO is often given the duties of seeing that orders of the commanding officer or CO are carried out, or executed.
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- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015. The 2015 Labour Party leadership election was won by Jeremy Corbyn with a landslide victory. The election was triggered by the resignation of Ed Miliband as Leader of the Labour Party on 8 May 2015, following the party's defeat at the 2015 general election.