In Canada, a writ is the "only" way of holding an election for the House of Commons. When the Government wants to or is required to dissolve Parliament, a writ of election is drawn up for each riding in Canada by the Chief Electoral Officer. They are then formally issued by the Governor General.
Where a single seat becomes vacant, a writ is also issued to trigger the by-election for that seat.
Canada Elections Act
The Canada Elections Act is an Act of the Parliament of Canada which regulates the election of members of parliament to the House of Commons of Canada.
The "Canada Election Act" limits spending on election advertising by interest groups, which was upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2004,
It also sets out various provisions regarding the publication or broadcast of election advertising and election results.
In 2003, the "Act" was extended to cover the nomination contests of registered parties. In 2007, it was amended to mandate fixed election dates. In 2010 that is 21 October, 2019.
Mercedes Mason
Mercedes Mason (; formerly Masöhn; born 1982/1983) is a Swedish-American actress. She is known for her role as Zondra in the American television series "Chuck" and the role of Isabel Zambada in the American drama "The Finder".
Charlie Silvera
Charles Anthony Ryan Silvera (October 13, 1924 – September 7, 2019) was an American Major League Baseball player and coach. He was part of six World Series championships with the New York Yankees. He played for the team between 1948 through 1956. He later played for the Chicago Cubs in 1957. He was a scout for the Atlanta Braves
Silvera was born in San Francisco, California. He died on September 7, 2019 in Millbrae, California at the age of 94.
Stefano Delle Chiaie
Stefano Delle Chiaie (13 September 1936 – 10 September 2019) was an Italian neofascist activist. He was the founder of "Avanguardia Nazionale", a member of "Ordine Nuovo", and founder of Lega nazionalpopolare.
He was a friend of Licio Gelli, grandmaster of P2 masonic lodge. He was suspected of involvement in South America's Operation Condor, but was acquitted.
Delle Chiaie died on 10 September 2019 at a Rome hospital at the age of 82.
Christopher James, 5th Baron Northbourne
Christopher George Walter James, 5th Baron Northbourne, 6th Baronet, DL, FRICS (18 February 1926 – 8 September 2019) was a British farmer and aristocrat. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 until his retirement in 2018, and sat as a crossbencher.
He died on 8 September 2019 at the age of 93.
Millbrae, California
Millbrae is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, just west of San Francisco Bay, with San Bruno on the north and Burlingame on the south. The population was 21,536 at the 2010 census.
Robert Frank
Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) was a Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled "The Americans". He was seen as a modern-day de Tocqueville. Frank later expanded into movies and video and experimented with manipulating photographs and photomontage. He was born in Zürich.
Frank died on September 9, 2019 in Inverness, Nova Scotia at the age of 94.
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis Charles-Henri-Maurice Clérel, Viscount de Tocqueville (; ; 29 July 180516 April 1859) was a French diplomat, political scientist and historian. He was best known for his works "Democracy in America" (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and "The Old Regime and the Revolution" (1856).
Mary Frank
Mary Frank (née Mary Lockspeiser; born 4 February 1933) is an English visual artist. She is known primarily as a sculptor, painter, printmaker, draftswoman, and illustrator.
June Leaf
June Leaf (born 4 August 1929) is an American artist. She is known for her abstract allegorical paintings and drawings. She also works in modernist kinetic sculpture.
She married filmmaker and photographer, Robert Frank in 1971.
Her work is included in many permanent art collections including, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Minneapolis Institute of Art, and other.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
The museum, which was created in 1967. It is one of the world's largest contemporary art venues. The museum's collection is made up of thousands of objects of Post-World War II visual art.
The museum is run gallery-style, with individually curated exhibitions throughout the year. Each exhibition may be composed of temporary loans, pieces from their permanent collection, or a combination of the two.
Jonathan Bush
Jonathan James Bush (May 6, 1931 – May 5, 2021) was an American banker. He was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. Bush was the brother of President George H. W. Bush and uncle of President George W. Bush. His son, Billy Bush is a television personality.
Bush founded J. Bush & Co., which provided discreet banking services for the Washington, D.C., embassies of foreign governments for many years. In 1997, Riggs Bank bought J. Bush & Co. and made Bush CEO & President of Riggs Investment, a firm based in New Haven, Connecticut.
Bush died one day before his 90th birthday on May 5, 2021. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving child of Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush.
Billy Bush
William Hall Bush (born October 13, 1971) is an American former radio and current television host. He is a member of the Bush family, which includes two former U.S. presidents and other political figures.
After appearing as a correspondent on "Access Hollywood" from 2001 to 2004, Bush became a primary anchor of the program in 2004. Bush also hosted "The Billy Bush Show" from 2008 to 2014.
In October 2016, during the presidential election, he was part of the controversy when the 2005 "Access Hollywood" recording surfaced of him and presidential candidate Donald Trump having a lewd conversation. Bush was fired from "Today" shortly afterwards.
Fred McLeod (sportscaster)
Fred McLeod (1952 – September 9, 2019) was an American sportscaster. He was the executive producer of multimedia, and television play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
McLeod died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 67.
Strongsville, Ohio
Strongsville is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb of Cleveland. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 44,750.
2008 Belizean general election
A general election was held in the Nation of Belize on 7 February 2008. Beginning with the Election, Belizeans elected 31 members to the House of Representatives of Belize instead of 29. In what was considered an upset, the main Opposition party United Democratic Party (UDP) won the election with 25 out of 31 seats; the ruling People’s United Party (PUP) won six.
House of Representatives (Belize)
The House of Representatives of Belize is one of the two chambers of the National Assembly, the other being the Senate. It was created under the 1981 constitution by Prime minister, George Cadle Price. Members are commonly called “Area Representatives” rather than Member of Parliaments (MPs).