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Although the seat had gone overwhelmingly for the Progressive Conservatives the previous year, McMeekin managed to defeat PC candidate Priscilla de Villiers by over 9, 000 votes.
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Although Emlyn Hooson held on to the seat of Montgomeryshire, upon Clement Davies death in 1962, the party lost its other Welsh five Welsh seats between 1950 and 1966.
Although Roman cavalry had no stirrups, their horned saddle allowed the combination of a firm seat with substantial flexibility.
Although the Senate's power had been in decline since the fall of the Republic, under Domitian the seat of power was no longer even in Rome, but rather wherever the Emperor was.
Although the city of Rome was in ruins, distant from the seat of secular power, and constantly harassed by invaders, the Roman Patriarchate remained the center of the Western or Latin Church.
Although Marx won this contest, the transfer of the seat of the General Council from London to New York in 1872, which Marx supported, led to the decline of the International.
Although greeted by the clergy and people with joy, and despite the satisfaction of being attended by the Emperor in St. Peter's, and of placing the crown upon the head of the Empress, it soon became clear that by changing the seat of his government he had not increased its power.
Although Daley and Taylor declined at first, at Partee's insistence, Washington was slated for the seat and received the party's support.
Although his desire was to continue his Army service, Garfield reluctantly took his seat in Congress upon resigning his military commission in December 1863.
Although Ms. May was the first elected Member of Parliament, the first seat was gained in the Canadian House of Commons on August 30, 2008 when sitting Independent MP Blair Wilson joined the party.
Although it gave the game 93 %, Game Over Online called it an " an intriguing juxtaposition of pieces of incredibly intense FPS action that had me on the edge of my seat combined with puzzle-like sections of such opacity that they made me want to kill myself ".
Although the Imperial city had adopted the Reformation, the town remained the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop and several abbeys.
Although Branfoot accepted that a sale was inevitable, he claimed that " whatever happens, we are in the driving seat ".
Although Nantes was the principal capital of the Duchy of Brittany until the sixteenth century, Rennes had been the seat of the Duchy's supreme court of justice between 1560 and 1789.
Although Kamakura proper is today rather small, it is often described in history books as a former de facto capital of Japan as the seat of the Shogunate and of the Regency during the Kamakura Period.
Although it won only one seat in the National Assembly, it advanced to the second round in 132 constituencies.
Although congressional activities were to be legally moved by a ruling in 1987, the newly built site only began to function as the seat of Congress during the government of Patricio Aylwin in 1990.
Although the seat of government is located in a building in Downtown Orlando, the government declared a region of the county as " Downtown Orange County " in 2005.
Although not yet a Catholic ( he would convert later in life after getting married ), Thiệu attended Pellerin, a French-run Catholic school in Huế, the imperial seat of the Nguyễn Dynasty.
Although the city of Clearwater is the county seat of Pinellas County, all county services are available through county offices in St. Petersburg.
Although Balfour lost his seat in East Manchester, Chamberlain and his followers increased their majorities in the West Midlands.
Although the Kentucky Constitution imposed an age requirement of twenty-four for members of the House of Representatives, Johnson was so popular that no one raised questions about his age, and he was allowed to take his seat.
Although the county seat is Lander, the largest community is Riverton, home of Central Wyoming College and the economic hub of the region.
Although Emporia lies within the boundaries of Greensville County and serves as the county seat, it is an independent city and thus not part of the county.
Although the county seat is still in Somerville, the population of Oakland has far surpassed that of Somerville because of the influx of people working in Shelby County seeking more affordable housing.
Although Independence retains its status as the original county seat, Kansas City serves as a second county seat and the center of county government.
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Although I had been inside it I had not yet seen it functioning.
Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.
Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.
Although it had seemed a good reason, to begin with: no couple could afford to have children.
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 wanted by the sheriff for killing an old man named Asher Jones, the warrant for his arrest had never been served.
Although the first polyether foams on the market had to be produced by the two-step prepolymer method, today, thanks to new catalysts, they can be produced by a one-shot technique.
Although the particular form of conceptualization which popular imagination had made in response to the experience of spirit was undoubtedly defective, the raw experience itself which led to such excesses remains with us as vividly as ever.
Although quiet when they brought her in, she'd suddenly turned violent and had to be knocked out.
Although not much desiring the account, he had been appointed advertising head of Zenith.
Although this was the first time that Helva had seen unshelled people, she took this experience calmly.
Although Lincoln won only a plurality of the popular vote, his victory in the electoral college was decisive: Lincoln had 180 and his opponents added together had only 123.
Although Crete had contacts with Mari from 2000 BC, there is no evidence that the ecstatic prophetic art existed during the Minoan and Mycenean ages.
Although he had demonstrated no previous interest in film as a profession, Kurosawa submitted the required essay, which asked applicants to discuss the fundamental deficiencies of Japanese films and find ways to overcome them.
Although it had at first been somewhat established in many colonies, in 1861 it was ruled that, except where specifically established, the Church of England had just the same legal position as any other church.
Although popular from her first appearance in 1930, Jane Marple had to wait thirty-two years for her first big-screen appearance.
Although England decisively won the Ashes 4 – 1, Bodyline caused such a furore in Australia that diplomats had to intervene to prevent serious harm to Anglo-Australian relations, and the MCC eventually changed the Laws of cricket to curtail the number of leg side fielders.
Although he was committed to maintaining what the church had defined at Nicaea, Constantine was also bent on pacifying the situation and eventually became more lenient toward those condemned and exiled at the council.
Although much of the church hierarchy in the East had opposed the Nicene creed in the decades leading up to Theodosius ' accession, he managed to achieve unity on the basis of the Nicene creed.
Although Romans who had been adopted into a new family usually retained their old nomen in cognomen form ( e. g. Octavianus for one who had been an Octavius, Aemilianus for one who had been an Aemilius, etc.
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