Although the Tories had won the most votes, Labour finished five seats ahead of the Conservatives.

Although the Governor General was not obligated to dissolve parliament until early 1985, Turner was persuaded by internal polls that showed the Liberals were ahead of the Tories ; after Turner won the leadership his party surged in the polls to take a lead, after trailing by more than 20 percentage points before he was selected.

Although there were regional variations, many working-class voters shifted from the NDP to the Tories in 1995 ( instead of to the Liberals as expected pre-campaign ), enabling the Tories to win a number of working-class ridings, such as Cambridge and Oshawa, which had long supported the NDP.

Although Sewell maintained the support of many Red Tories, reform Liberals and New Democrats and won more votes and a larger share of the vote than in 1978, he lost the mayor's office to Eggleton.

Although his family were High Tories, he turned to the Whigs after a quarrel with his brother, the 4th Earl of Northampton.

Although the NDP had long since established itself as the third major party in Canada, this was closer than any party had gotten to the Grits or Tories since 1921, when the Progressive Party briefly surpassed the Tories.

Although the Alliance only won one seat, from the Tories ' perspective that seat was a formerly ultra-safe southwestern district.

Although most former members and supporters ( including then-leader Bill Boyd ) joined the Saskatchewan Party in 1997, the Tories are believed to retain a substantial amount of money, which the party would forfeit to the provincial government if it ever became de-registered.

Although the policy was supported by all parties in the legislature, it was unpopular with some in the Tories ' traditional rural Protestant base.

Although being in favour in principle, the Tories officially abstained, but 11 of their MPs joined 19 labour MPs in voting against the Government.

Although Dufferin Roblin's Tories made several gains in 1958, the province's francophone ridings continued to elect Liberal-Progressive MLAs.

Although the Tories had won the largest number of seats in the Ontario Legislative Assembly, the Ontario Liberal Party gained the support of the third party, the Ontario New Democratic Party, and formed the government, putting the Conservatives into opposition for the first time in 44 years.

Although the Tories lost the 2007 Ontario election, Hudak won his riding with a 10, 022 vote margin, gaining 51 % of the popular vote.

Although the Socreds lost only a small share of its popular vote from 1967 and finished only five points behind the Tories, their support in the province's two largest cities, Edmonton and Calgary, almost disappeared.

Although Montagu was saved largely due to a strong speech in his defence by Winston Churchill, Lloyd George's secretary reported that some of the Tories could have assaulted him ( Montagu ) physically they were so angry.

Although senior Tories promptly called for Lawson's head, his proprietor, Conrad Black, stood by him.

Although they were forced to maintain a sharper watch, this activity enabled them to ride in and rack their broncs without any particular attention being paid them.

Although his tender nights were not the ones I dreamed of, nor was it for yachts, sports cars, tall drinks, and swimming pools, nor yet for money or what money buys that I burned, I too was burning and watching myself burn.

Although this kind of wholesale objection came at first from some men who were not technically Puritans, still, once the Puritans gained power, they climaxed the affair by passing the infamous ordinance of 1642 which decreed that all `` public stage-plays shall cease and be forborne ''.

Although because of the important achievements of nineteenth century scholars in the field of textual criticism the advance is not so striking as it was in the case of archaeology and place-names, the editorial principles laid down by Stevenson in his great edition of Asser and in his Crawford Charters were a distinct improvement upon those of his predecessors and remain unimproved upon today.

Although there were no startling developments in shotgun design this year, a number of new models and variations of existing models did hit the market.

Although there were only four fluids tested, it was apparent that there were two distinct types.

Although the elections were for local officials, it was not necessary to conduct the elections so as to prevent parties from publicly identifying their candidates.

Although the monarch had frequently asserted that the elections were to be without party significance, his action was an implicit admission that party identifications were a factor.

Although Rhode Islanders were preparing for the state elections, they watched John Brown's trial with extreme interest.

Although we enjoyed our rounds of the government offices in Vientiane, with officials offering tea and pleasing conversation in French, we were getting nowhere.

Although federal and city narcotic agents sometimes worked together, Sokol continued, rivalries developed when they were `` aiming at the same criminals ''.

Although he later broke with the churches because he believed that they were insufficiently outspoken against social evils, he remained a devout Christian.

Although they " were expecting to see activity in the brain's reward centers ", based on the idea that " people perform altruistic acts because they feel good about it ", what they found was that " another part of the brain was also involved, and it was quite sensitive to the difference between doing something for personal gain and doing it for someone else's gain ".

The Turkish language and the Islamic religion were gradually introduced as a result of the Seljuk conquest, and this period marks the start of Anatolia's slow transition from predominantly Christian and Indo-European and Semitic-speaking, to predominantly Muslim and Turkish-speaking ( Although some ethnic groups such as Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians and Georgians retained Christianity and their native languages ).

Although the Indian and Greek concepts of the atom were based purely on philosophy, modern science has retained the name coined by Democritus.

Although Romanticism and Neoclassicism were philosophically opposed, they were the dominant European styles for generations, and many artists were affected to a greater or lesser degree by both.

Although Andean Amerindian peoples crafted ceremonial jewelry of gold and other metals the mineralizations of the Andes were first mined in large scale after the Spanish arrival.

Although at least three pads were planned, only two, designated A and B, were completed in October 1965.

Although the proposal seemed to have been approved, the plans of the British were thwarted by the uprising of Dost Muhammad's son Muhammad Akbar Khan, who defeated and annihilated the British-Indian garrison at Gandamak on its retreat from Kabul in January 1842.

Although some of his lands were restored to the control of his relatives, his safe return could not be arranged, and Hasan Ali Shah was forced to remain a permanent resident of India.

Although there were initial scandals in his first term, Grant remained popular in the country and was re-elected a second term in 1872. Notable accomplishments as President include policies for the protection of African Americans in the Reconstruction states as well as Native Americans in the West, the Treaty of Washington in 1871, and the Specie Payment Resumption Act in 1875.

Although Kekkonen was re-elected with two-thirds of the vote, he was so displeased with his opponents and their behaviour that he publicly refused to be stand for the presidency again.

Although in 1933 / 1934 it first seemed that the transition could happen in harmony, at the 1934 congress in Stockholm some UEA functionaries were not re-elected.

Although Kohl was re-elected, the party began losing much of its popularity because of an economic recession in the former GDR and increased taxes in the west.

Although he was disqualified from taking his seat, he was re-elected.

Although the Alianza also made headway in Santa Cruz, Kirchner managed to be re-elected to a third term as governor in May 1999 with 45. 7 % of the vote.

Although Gully proved his impartiality to the satisfaction of most of his opponents, and was unanimously re-elected after the 1895 general election, the episode left many Unionists bitter.

Although a Progressive Conservative government was re-elected, Smitherman won the seat for the Liberals.

Although re-elected as Alderman for his old district for the 1914-1915 term, Kline resigned in early January 1914 to begin four years as the City's Tax Commissioner for Brooklyn ( reviewing appeals of property tax assessments ).

Although opinion polls showed the ALP leading the government at various stages of the six-week campaign, the government was re-elected with an increased majority.

Although they attended the Congress, the members of the Renewal of the PDI-P movement left once Megawati was re-elected.

Although President Woodrow Wilson had been re-elected – winning the election on the slogan, " He kept us out of the war " – it became increasingly difficult to maintain that position.

Although not re-elected in Pentlands, he was returned to Parliament as a ' list ' MSP for the Lothian region.

Although defeated in York County at the general election of November 20, 1939, a by-election was created for McNair in Victoria County and on January 20, 1940 he was re-elected.

Although Hollande was re-elected as First Secretary at the Le Mans Congress in 2005, his authority over the party began to decline from this point onwards.

Although the large amount of publicity received was quite amazing, the " Political Human Sacrifice " campaign as they dubbed it was not successful, since both Dreier and Baca were re-elected, albeit Dreier by a substantially smaller percentage than in past terms.

Although he was re-elected in the 1987 elections, he lost his seat in the election of 1990.

Although the Liberals were performing poorly in opinion polls at the national level for most of the campaign, and ended up losing 26 seats, McGuinty was re-elected, winning just under the 50 per cent of the vote.

Although the office of President was largely ceremonial ( similar to that of Governor General before the country became a republic ) he was such a popular national figure that he was re-elected in 1992 by the People's National Movement ( PNM ) administration.

Although he was re-elected as Vice-President of the RPP in early 2001, he subsequently submitted his resignation as Prime Minister to President Guelleh on 6 February 2001 due to poor health.

Although some all-Okinawa public opinion polls indicate that many Okinawans have reservations about the latest plan, residents of northern Okinawa have recently elected and re-elected leaders who have publicly accepted it.

Although re-elected to Parliament in 1957, Venkataraman resigned his seat in the Lok Sabha to join the State Government of Madras as a Minister.

" Although the War of 1812 greatly weakened Madison's popularity in the Northeast, especially in New England which consequently discussed secession, he was nonetheless re-elected rather easily in 1812 and was able to assist another Virginian who had remained loyal to him and the party, James Monroe, to be elected President in 1816.

Although weaker than Gwin's faction, the Broderick faction was able to block Gwin from being re-elected senator in 1855.