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76 relations: Australian federal election, 2004, Australian federal election, 2010, Australian House of Representatives, Australian Senate, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton pardon controversy, Cabinet of Canada, Caretaker government, Coalition, Commonwealth of Nations, Congressional Record, Constitutional convention (political custom), David Lange, Debt, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic-Republican Party, Executive order, Family First Party, Federalist Party, George H. W. Bush, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Gerald Ford, Governor General of Canada, Herbert Hoover, Hodder & Stoughton, Horace Walpole, Jeanne Sauvé, Jimmy Carter, John Adams, John Sawatsky, John Turner, Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party of Canada, London Stock Exchange, Louis St. Laurent, Lower house, Market trend, Mary Berry (writer, born 1763), Midnight Judges Act, Midnight regulations, Midterm election, National Party of Australia, Outgoing politician, Parliamentary leader, Patronage, Pierre Trudeau, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, President of the United States, ..., Prime Minister of Canada, Robert Muldoon, Roger Clinton Jr., Roi fainéant, Senate of Canada, Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet, State-owned enterprise, Steve Fielding, Stockbroker, Term limit, Thomas Jefferson, Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, United States Congress, United States Court of Claims, United States federal judge, United States presidential inauguration, United States presidential transition, United States Senate, Upper house, White House, William Howard Taft, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Woodrow Wilson, 1984 New Zealand constitutional crisis, 6th United States Congress, 7th United States Congress. Expand index (26 more) »
Australian federal election, 2004
Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004.
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Australian federal election, 2010
A federal election was held on Saturday, 21 August 2010 for members of the 43rd Parliament of Australia.
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Australian House of Representatives
The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two Houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia.
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Australian Senate
The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
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Bill Clinton pardon controversy
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was criticized for some of his pardons and acts of executive clemency.
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Cabinet of Canada
The Cabinet of Canada (Cabinet du Canada) is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada.
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Caretaker government
A caretaker government is a government that rules on a temporary basis, due to the loss of election or a pending transition of power.
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Coalition
The term "coalition" is the denotation for a group formed when two or more persons, faction, states, political parties, militaries etc.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.
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Congressional Record
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session.
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Constitutional convention (political custom)
A constitutional convention is an informal and uncodified procedural agreement that is followed by the institutions of a state.
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David Lange
David Russell Lange (4 August 1942 – 13 August 2005) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989.
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Debt
Debt is when something, usually money, is owed by one party, the borrower or debtor, to a second party, the lender or creditor.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).
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Democratic-Republican Party
The Democratic-Republican Party was an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792 to oppose the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by Alexander Hamilton, who was secretary of the treasury and chief architect of George Washington's administration.
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Executive order
In the United States, an executive order is a directive issued by the President of the United States that manages operations of the federal government and has the force of law.
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Family First Party
The Family First Party was a conservative political party in Australia, in existence from 2002 to 2017.
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Federalist Party
The Federalist Party, referred to as the Pro-Administration party until the 3rd United States Congress (as opposed to their opponents in the Anti-Administration party), was the first American political party.
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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer;; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806) was an English socialite, style icon, author, and activist.
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Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977.
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Governor General of Canada
The Governor General of Canada (Gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the.
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Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.
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Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette.
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Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), also known as Horace Walpole, was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician.
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Jeanne Sauvé
Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé (née Benoît, April 26, 1922 – January 26, 1993) was a Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation.
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Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
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John Adams
John Adams (October 30 [O.S. October 19] 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the first Vice President (1789–1797) and second President of the United States (1797–1801).
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John Sawatsky
Ferdinand John Sawatsky (born 1948) is a Canadian author, journalist and expert on interviewing techniques.
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John Turner
John Napier Wyndham Turner (born June 7, 1929) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada, in office from June 30 to September 17, 1984.
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Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP).
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Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada (Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federal political party in Canada.
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London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange located in the City of London, England.
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Louis St. Laurent
Louis Stephen St.
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Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.
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Market trend
A market trend is a perceived tendency of financial markets to move in a particular direction over time.
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Mary Berry (writer, born 1763)
Mary Berry (16 March 1763 – 20 November 1852) was an English non-fiction writer born in Kirkbridge, North Yorkshire.
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Midnight Judges Act
The Midnight Judges Act (also known as the Judiciary Act of 1801;, and officially An act to provide for the more convenient organization of the Courts of the United States) represented an effort to solve an issue in the U.S. Supreme Court during the early 19th century.
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Midnight regulations
Midnight regulations are United States federal government regulations created by executive branch agencies in the lame duck period of an outgoing president's administration.
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Midterm election
A midterm election refers to a type of election where the people can elect their representatives in the middle of the term of the executive or of another set of members.
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National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia (also known as The Nationals or simply, The Nats) is an Australian political party.
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Outgoing politician
An outgoing politician is an elected or appointed politician that is serving at some point between the time of the election or appointment of his or her successor and the inauguration or date by which the successor assumes power.
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Parliamentary leader
A parliamentary leader is a political title or a descriptive term used in various countries to the person leading a caucus (or parliamentary group) in a legislative body, whether it be a national or sub-national legislature.
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Patronage
Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another.
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Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), often referred to by the initials PET, was a Canadian statesman who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979 and 1980–1984).
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Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI (Benedictus XVI; Benedetto XVI; Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger;; 16 April 1927) served as Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 until his resignation in 2013.
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Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Giovanni Paolo II; Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła;; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
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President of the United States
The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada (Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Canada's head of government, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or Governor General of Canada on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution.
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Robert Muldoon
Sir Robert David Muldoon (25 September 19215 August 1992), also known as Rob Muldoon, was a New Zealand politician who served as the 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984, as Leader of the National Party.
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Roger Clinton Jr.
Roger Clinton Jr. (born July 25, 1956) is an American actor and musician.
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Roi fainéant
Roi fainéant, literally "do-nothing king" and so presumably "lazy king", is a French term primarily used to refer to the later kings of the Merovingian dynasty after they seemed to have lost their initial energy, from the death of Dagobert I in 639 (or alternatively from the accession of Theuderic III in 673) until the deposition of Childeric III in favour of Pepin the Short in 751.
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Senate of Canada
The Senate of Canada (Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons and the Monarch (represented by the Governor General).
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Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet
Sir Horatio (Horace) Mann, 2nd Baronet (2 February 1744 – 2 April 1814) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1807.
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State-owned enterprise
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business enterprise where the state has significant control through full, majority, or significant minority ownership.
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Steve Fielding
Steven Fielding (born 17 October 1960) is a former Australian senator for the state of Victoria and the former federal parliamentary leader of the Family First Party.
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Stockbroker
A stockbroker is a regulated professional individual, usually associated with a brokerage firm or broker-dealer, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for both retail and institutional clients through a stock exchange or over the counter in return for a fee or commission.
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Term limit
A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office.
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
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Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.
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United States Court of Claims
The Court of Claims was a federal court that heard claims against the United States government.
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United States federal judge
In the United States, the title of federal judge means a judge (pursuant to Article Three of the United States Constitution) appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate pursuant to the Appointments Clause in Article II of the United States Constitution.
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United States presidential inauguration
The inauguration of the President of the United States is a ceremony to mark the commencement of a new four-year term of the President of the United States.
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United States presidential transition
United States presidential transition is the transfer of federal executive branch power from the incumbent President of the United States to the president-elect, during the period of time between election day in November (on the first Tuesday after November 1), and inauguration day on the following January 20.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.
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Upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature (or one of three chambers of a tricameral legislature), the other chamber being the lower house.
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White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.
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William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices.
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950), also commonly known as Mackenzie King, was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s.
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Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
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1984 New Zealand constitutional crisis
The New Zealand constitutional crisis of 1984 was an important constitutional and political event in the history of New Zealand.
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6th United States Congress
The Sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
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7th United States Congress
The Seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lame_duck_(politics)
