Information: - A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime minister is the presiding member and chairman of the cabinet. In a minority of systems, notably in semi-presidential systems of government, a prime minister is the official who is appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives of the head of state. In parliamentary systems fashioned after the Westminster system, the prime minister is the presiding and actual head of government and head of the executive branch. In such systems, the head of state or the head of state's official representative (i.e. the monarch, president, or governor-general) usually holds a largely ceremonial position, although often with reserve powers. - William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795 August 28, 1861) was a Scottish-Canadian-American journalist and politician. He was the first mayor of Toronto and was a leader during the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion. - The Conservative Party of Canada, colloquially known as the Tories, is a political party in Canada. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum. The party's leader from 2004 to 2015 was Stephen Harper, who served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015. - The New Democratic Party (NDP NPD) is a social-democratic political party in Canada. The leader of the federal wing of the NDP is Thomas Mulcair, who was elected in the 2012 leadership election, led the party through the 2015 federal election and then lost a party leadership review on April 10, 2016. Mulcair will remain as leader, until his replacement is chosen at a leadership election to be held in 2017. - A governor is, in most cases, a public official with the power to govern the executive branch of a non-sovereign or sub-national level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, "governor" may be the title of a politician who governs a constituent state and may be either appointed or elected. The power of the individual governor can vary dramatically between political systems, with some governors having only nominal and largely ceremonial power, while others having a complete control over the entire government. - The Liberal Party of Canada, colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism, and generally sits at the centre of the Canadian political spectrum. The Liberal Party is traditionally positioned to the left of the Conservative Party of Canada and to the right of the New Democratic Party (NDP). - The Canadian federal election of 1926 was held on September 14 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 16th Parliament of Canada . The election was called following an event known as the King - Byng Affair . In the 1925 federal election , Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King 's Liberal Party of Canada won fewer seats in the Canadian House of Commons than the Conservative Party of Arthur Meighen . Mackenzie King , however , was determined to continue to govern with the support of the Progressive Party . The combined Liberal and Progressive caucuses gave Mackenzie King a plurality of seats in the House of Commons , and the ability to form a minority government . The agreement collapsed , however , following a scandal , and Mackenzie King approached the Governor - General , Baron Byng of Vimy , to seek dissolution of the Parliament . Byng refused on the basis that the Conservatives had won the largest number of seats in the prior election , and called upon Meighen to form a government . Prime Minister Meighen 's government was soon defeated in a vote of non-confidence , and Byng agreed to dissolve Parliament and call new elections . Mackenzie King effectively campaigned against Byng in the election instead of against Meighen , and won the largest number of seats in the House of Commons despite receiving a smaller proportion of the popular vote than the Tories . The Liberals did not run candidates in all ridings , having an informal electoral pact with the Progressives and Liberal - Progressives . Note in particular the election results in Manitoba , where Meighen 's party captured almost 40 percent of the vote , twice the vote share of any other party , but no seats . Thus , Mackenzie King 's Liberals were able to govern with the support of Liberal - Progressive Members of Parliament . Byng returned to Britain at the end of the year and was raised to the rank of Viscount as an expression of confidence in him . After his party 's defeat and the loss of his own seat , Meighen resigned as... - The Senate of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons and the Monarch (represented by the Governor General). The Senate is modelled after the British House of Lords and consists of 105 members appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister. Seats are assigned on a regional basis: four regionsdefined as Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and the Western provinceseach receive 24 seats, with the remaining portions of the countryNewfoundland and Labrador and the three northern territoriesassigned the remaining 9 seats apart from these regional divisions. Senators may serve until they reach the age of 75. - Arthur Meighen (PC, QC 16 June 1874 5 August 1960) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from 10 July 1920 to 29 December 1921; and from 29June 1926 to 25 September 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding in Manitoba. Meighen later served for a decade in the Senate of Canada, and failed in a second attempt at leading the Conservatives in 194142, after which he returned to the practice of law. He has the reputation of being a mediocre prime minister. - William Lyon Mackenzie King (December 17, 1874 July 22, 1950) was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948. He is best known for his leadership of Canada throughout the Second World War (19391945) when he mobilized Canadian money, supplies and volunteers to support Britain while boosting the economy and maintaining home front morale. A Liberal with 21 years and 154 days in office, he was the longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history. Trained in law and social work, he was keenly interested in the human condition (as a boy, his motto was "Help those that cannot help themselves"), and played a major role in laying the foundations of the Canadian welfare state. - Governor-General or governor general (plural "governors-general"), in modern usage, is the title of an office-holder appointed to represent the monarch of a sovereign state in the governing of an independent realm. Governors-General have also previously been appointed in respect of major colonial states or other territories held by either a monarchy or republic, such as French Indochina. What entity does 'canadian federal election' has the relation 'office contested' with?
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