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beyond
November 22, 2010, to December 2, 2013, unless elections were called earlier. The Government said the move would save Albertans the cost of the election. The announcement came two days after the federal government introduced Senate election legislation and urged the other provinces to follow
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said he would not recommend for appointment any nominees elected in this fashion because he does not support "piecemeal" Senate reform. Detractors of the Senate nominee election argue that it is a waste of time and money without federal co-operation, although proponents blame federal arrogance for
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that are redistricted between the various provinces from time to time, senators are appointed based on a fixed number per province, and represent their provinces as a whole. The exception to this is Quebec, where its 24 divisions for electing the
Province of Canada's Legislative Council continue to
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stated the term limits should be respected and fresh elections should be called that fall, though she was ultimately appointed without new elections in 2012. All three incumbents and other pundits agreed that the move was made to help the
Progressive Conservatives avoid an election loss to the
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causing the Senate elections to seem useless and argue that
Alberta should be given credit for embarrassing the prime minister and refusing to allow the issue of Senate reform to be relegated to the back-burner. The cost of the election is estimated at $ 3 million by the
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announced plans to hold similar elections, passing a law allowing for elections the following year. However, in 2013 the province abandoned its plans before holding any such elections, repealing the law and instead calling for the Senate to be abolished.
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did run a candidate in the 1989 Senatorial election when an appointment was guaranteed, it refused to run any candidates in the 1998 and 2004 elections because that would have contradicted the policy of its
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is the last elected nominee to still hold his Senate seat. The legislation enabling senate nominee elections initially expired in 2016, a new Act was passed in 2019 and nominee elections resumed in
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winning the last senator-in-waiting seat up for grabs in 2004 (although he was never appointed to the Senate). The 2012 nominee election was also contested by one candidate from the
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of 1987, which was passed in response to a proposal under the
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be used as the geographic basis for senatorial appointment.
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consistently called for the Senate's complete abolition.
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in 1867 to form the modern-day country of Canada. Among
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1652:"Alberta continues to lead on Senate reform"
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279:1989 Alberta Senate nominee election
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2262:Provincial summary
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