Decore, who was elected in Edmonton Glengarry, defeating New Democrat John Younie, declared " there is a new party on the horizon ", as one of his candidates Percy Wickman had unseated Premier Don Getty.

In the 1993 election, Decore therefore faced a Premier with whom he agreed on many issues ; he coped by arguing that the Progressive Conservatives had, as a party, no moral authority left on the issues on which Klein was campaigning.

While the P. C. s made spending promises including paving all of the province's secondary highways, the Liberals — who had returned to the legislature in the 1986 election after fifteen years in the political wilderness — under new leader Laurence Decore stressed dealing with the deficit.

Similarly in Alberta provincial districts mix geographic names with those of historical personages ( e. g. Edmonton-Decore after Laurence Decore, Calgary-Lougheed after Peter Lougheed and James Alexander Lougheed ).

He married Anne Marie Decore ( who later became the University of Alberta's Associate Vice President Academic ), with whom he had two children, Michael and Andrea.

As mayor Decore eliminated the city's Board of Commissioners-handing more power to its elected city council-put in place a fiscal program that would eliminate the city's debt, took key major steps which began downtown revitalization and won a high-profile battle with the Province of Alberta over the city-owned telephone company's right to a fair share of long distance revenue.

He finished fourth of eleven candidates ; among those who defeated him was Cec Purves, against whom Decore would later run for mayor twice.

The race was contested by Taylor, MLA, Sheldon Chumir, MLA ( Chumir resigned from the race after 73 days, deciding to focus on policy within the Party ), Grant Mitchell, and Edmonton Mayor Laurence Decore.

Decore was born Lavrentiy Dikur in Vegreville, Alberta on June 28, 1940, the son of future Liberal Party of Canada MP and judge John Decore ; the family later adopted Anglicized names.

To the surprise of many, Decore stepped down as Liberal leader not long after the election, supposedly being pressured to resign by party insiders who felt that he missed the chance to form the government.

Decore was elected leader of the party after the first ballot.

This wasn't enough for some party faithful, however, and a 1987 leadership review resulted in a 1988 leadership convention ( some have suggested that Decore helped orchestrate this result ).

The disappointing results led to calls within the party for Decore to step down.

In 1988, Decore ( who had been elected mayor in 1983 ) resigned to take a position as leader of the Alberta Liberal Party.

It is notable because it was seen by some as a contest between the former mayors of Calgary and Edmonton, Ralph Klein and Laurence Decore, respectively.

In paying tribute to him, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien called Decore " an extraordinarily gifted leader " and " a man of vision and perseverance ", while Klein said that he " brought great passion and a keen intellect to all he did in public life ".

The Liberal Party, under new leader Laurence Decore, was the principal beneficiary of the voters ' continuing distrust of Don Getty.

In 1992, the Liberal Party was led by Laurence Decore, a former mayor of Edmonton.

Laurence George Decore, ( June 28, 1940 – November 6, 1999 ) was a Ukrainian-Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta.

He was called to the bar the year of his graduation, and eventually founded the firm Decore & Company.

Decore was involved in a number of business ventures that made him a millionaire.

Decore was a two-time cancer survivor, having survived colon cancer in 1990 and liver cancer two years later, but a third incidence killed him in 1999.

The song was also parodied from the late 1980s through to the early 2000s for a commercial in Australia for a hair care company called Decore.

In the 1993 election, the Liberals, under former Edmonton mayor Laurence Decore, enjoyed their greatest success since holding power when they swept Edmonton, winning a total of 32 seats, and collecting 39 % of the popular vote.

In 1994, Decore resigned as leader and four MLAs contested the leadership race: Edmonton McClung MLA Grant Mitchell, Fort McMurray MLA Adam Germain, Edmonton Roper MLA Sine Chadi, and Calgary-Buffalo MLA Gary Dickson.

Although Masyk sought re-election in the November 22 vote, he ran in Edmonton — Decore to avoid a run against Alberta New Democratic Party leader, Brian Mason.

As opposition to the PC government coalesced around Decore and the Liberals, they managed to win almost 40 % of the popular vote and 32 seats in the legislature, including every seat in Edmonton.

All of their seats in Edmonton were lost to the Liberals, due to the popularity of Decore there.

Decore first sought office in the 1971 municipal election, when he ran for alderman in Ward 2.

The New Democratic Party suffered badly in the campaign due to the drop in support for the provincial New Democratic parties over the preceding decade and amid a scandal in 2000 facing British Columbia's NDP Premier Glen Clark who was forced to resign as Premier.

This move later, Wigan, facing the prospect of playing their home games in the Premier League in an empty stadium, paid the money they owed to the police.

A statue of a New Zealand soldier was added to a plinth across the road from the Australian Digger, facing towards the east, and was unveiled by Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark in the presence of Premier of New South Wales Morris Iemma on Sunday 27 April 2008.

The Grand crus and two of the most highly rated Premier Crus ( Montée de Tonnerre and Fourchaume ) are located on southwest facing slopes that receives the maximum amount of sun exposure while the rest of the Premier crus are on southeast facing slopes.

In the 2007 NSWRL Premier League the North Sydney Bears made the Grand Final facing off against Sydney rivals Parramatta.

The following season saw Stoke consolidating their Premier League status rather than facing relegation, and also saw them reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup with victories over York City, Arsenal and Manchester City before losing to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Kuszczak had only kept goal in one match in the Premier League before West Brom's game against Manchester United on the penultimate match day of the 2004 – 05 season, with the Baggies facing a tough relegation battle.

During the tour of Germany, Ward picked up a knee injury, leaving him unlikely to make the start of the Premier League season and facing competition for a starting place with Zak Whitbread, Ryan Bennett, Russell Martin, Daniel Ayala and Leon Barnett.

Following the departure of José Mourinho, Belletti became a regular starter in the right-back position for Premier League, Champions League, and League Cup games, facing competition from Paulo Ferreira and Michael Essien for his place in the team.

The following seasons were a mixture of highs-and-lows, flirting with relegation on a number of occasions, facing Oxford United in the 1st Round of the FA Cup, reaching the last 16 of the FA Trophy for only the second time, and finishing fourth in the Premier Division in 1997 / 98.

Brannon was hunkered down with his broad back to the left rear wheel, with the other two facing him.

But to the cattlemen who had been facing bankruptcy from rustling losses and to the cowboys who had been faced with lay-offs a few years earlier, he was becoming a vastly different type of legendary figure.

William Styron, while facing the changing economy with a certain uneasy reluctance, insists he is not to be classified as a Southern writer and yet includes traditional Southern concepts in everything he publishes.

Below in the open bay facing Manhattan was Staten Island, gritty with clam shells and mud flats behind which nested farms, cattle barns, and berry thickets.

The civil services in such societies are generally inadequate to deal competently with the problems facing them ; ;

He parked facing it and left the headlights on, but when he started into the tunnel with the suitcase, he found the illumination extended no farther than half a dozen feet into the passage.

As he approached the open bandstand, erected facing the South entrance to the Executive Mansion, the band struck up the `` Star Spangled Banner '' and followed it with `` Hail To The Chief ''.

Parker, along with Garrison and Charles Sumner, showed a magnificent moral bravery when facing mobs mobilized in defense of the Mexican War and slavery.

Only too often, however, you have the feeling that you are sitting in a room with some of the instruments lined up on one wall to your left and others facing them on the wall to your right.

He saw her emerge suddenly, coming in her unhesitant fashion, her back stiff, her head erect, facing with contempt the night and whatever she would encounter, as if in her extreme disdain and indifference she would pass by all the outraged looks of those whom she might approach.

Houses often stood four or five stories tall, with single-story rooms facing the plaza ; room blocks were terraced to allow the tallest sections to compose the pueblo's rear edifice.

This incident shows the strong position of a bishop in the Western part of the empire, even when facing a strong emperor — the controversy of John Chrysostom with a much weaker emperor a few years later in Constantinople led to a crushing defeat of the bishop.

A box ( reliquary ) containing the bones ( relics ) of Alfonso the Battler, with the skull centre, facing the viewer.

The military provides an accused facing court-martial with a qualified defense attorney.

This is a building with circular tower and doors facing the cardinal directions.

In the play, Nora left Torvald with head held high, though facing an uncertain future given the limitations women faced in the society of the time.

Once again Zurlauben's Gens d ' Armes charged, looking to rout Lumley's English cavalry who linked Cutts ' column facing Blenheim with Churchill's infantry.

Whenever a player accepts doubled stakes, the cube is placed on his side of the board with the corresponding power of two facing upward.

The prophecy was not fulfilled in Micah's time, but a hundred years later Judah was facing a similar crisis with Babylon, and Micah's prophecies were reworked and expanded to reflect the new situation.

:" Birka is the main Geatish town ( oppidum Gothorum ), situated in the middle of Sweden ( Suevoniae ), not far ( non longe ) from the temple called Uppsala ( Ubsola ) which the Swedes ( Sueones ) held in the highest esteem when it comes to the worship of the gods ; here forms an inlet of the Baltic or the Barbaric Sea a port facing north which welcomes all the wild peoples all around this sea but which is risky for those who are careless or ignorant of such places ... they have therefore blocked this inlet of the troubled sea with hidden masses of rocks along more than 100 stadions ( 18 km ).

The Greek Revival façade facing Great Russell Street is a characteristic building of Sir Robert Smirke, with 44 columns in the Ionic order high, closely based on those of the temple of Athena Polias at Priene in Asia Minor.

Sandberg came up again in the tenth inning, facing a determined Sutter with one man on base.

Modern clutches typically use a compound organic resin with copper wire facing or a ceramic material.

Bursts speeds are typically around 5, 000 rpm with the weakest point being the facing rivet.