For example, in the lead-up to the 1979 election when Clark's riding was merged into the riding of another Tory MP during a redistribution of ridings, the other MP refused to step aside ( even though Clark was now party leader ), forcing Clark to run in nearby Yellowhead.

In the lead-up to the 2010 federal election, Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard stated " I believe that this nation should be a republic.

The lead-up to the election saw a series of media-based attacks attempting to make the Yes on 215 Campaign a referendum on the controversial headquarters for the initiative, Dennis Peron's San Francisco Cannabis Buyer's Club.

Novak also played a role among many other reporters in Timothy Crouse's seminal non-fiction book The Boys on the Bus that described reporters covering the lead-up to the 1972 Presidential election.

Bob Brown lays out the Green's climate change policies in the lead-up to the Australian federal election, 2007 | 2007 federal election

In the national spotlight, the scandal became a significant factor in the lead-up to the 2006 federal election where after more than twelve years in power the Liberals were defeated by the Conservatives, who formed a minority government that was sworn in February 2006.

In the lead-up to the 1930 election, the party chose George H. Webster, M. L. A.

In the lead-up to the 2009 general election the Democratic Party of Japan made a pledge to ban political donations from companies and organizations.

During the same period, he began to emerge as a likely opposition candidate in the lead-up to the 2004 presidential election.

On the day of the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the x was changed to a Union Jack and many pages said " The royal wedding " other pages said " Not the wedding " In the lead-up to both the 2007 federal election and 2010 federal election, the front page of each issue bore a " disclaimer " warning of the number of election stories ( if any ) contained within.

The Children Overboard affair was an Australian political controversy involving public allegations by Howard government ministers in October 2001, in the lead-up to a federal election, that seafaring asylum seekers had thrown children overboard in a presumed ploy to secure rescue and passage to Australia.

In the lead-up to the 1992 election Borbidge attempted to make overtures to the Liberals about reforming the coalition, but was rebuffed by the Liberals, who were aiming to finally achieve long-awaited senior coalition party status in Queensland.

Forgan Smith campaigned furiously in the lead-up to the 1932 election, travelling broadly around the State.

However on July 18, 2011, during the lead-up to the October 6 provincial election, Hudak tempered this claim, stating that he “ may have ” signed petitions calling for an end to abortion funding.

Lissouba consequently dissolved the National Assembly and called a new election ; facing protests about this, he accepted the formation of a national unity government dominated by the URD and PCT in the lead-up to the election.

Lissouba consequently dissolved the National Assembly and called for a new parliamentary election, and after protests occurred, Lissouba accepted the formation of a national unity government in the lead-up to the election, with most of its positions going to the URD and PCT.

Well known for its color-coded electoral map of the United States, the site was created during the lead-up to the 2004 U. S. Presidential election to predict the winner.

Taft was generally given credit for being more tenacious than the soft-spoken Nicol in his performance in the legislature during the lead-up to the 2004 election, especially on issues such as public auto insurance, public accounts, and government contracts.

Ghiz faced a controversy during the lead-up to the 2007 provincial election when he intervened in the nominating procedure in a rural electoral district northeast of Charlottetown.

Hobbs began the season well, scoring a century and several fifties in the lead-up to the first Test, whicht was badly affected by rain and there was little play.

After seeing the horse win the Northumberland Plate in 2001, the band began to discuss Archduke Franz Ferdinand and thought it would be a good band name because of the alliteration of the name and the implications of the Archduke's death ( his assassination was a significant factor in the lead-up to World War I ).

This profile statement has since been repeated in the profile of Michelangelo in the lead-up to the debut of the Fast Forward season which began airing on July 29, 2006.

Favoured by Air Marshall Italo Balbo, the company began rapidly prototyping and developing a number of other aircraft, increasingly focusing on warplanes in the lead-up to World War II.

When the lead-up to the war began, the press corps was under enormous pressure from corporate executives, frankly, to make sure that this was a war that was presented in a way that was consistent with the patriotic fever in the nation and the president's high approval ratings.

At the 1989 SummerSlam, Hogan and Beefcake teamed to defeat Savage and Zeus, after which the tag team feud simmered for several months as Zeus began appearing with " The Million Dollar Man " Ted DiBiase in the lead-up to the 1989 Survivor Series.

The lead-up story began with the " Cataclysm " story arc, which described a major earthquake hitting Gotham City.

During the lead-up to the Daytona 500, rumors began spreading that Big Daddy's was not paying its sponsorship checks.

He was also active in the " Make Poverty History " campaign during early 2005, in the lead-up to the G8 summit in Scotland, and is the patron for UK-based charity Street Child Africa.

It was also during this time in the lead-up to the millennium that Newfoundland undertook an aggressive tourism marketing campaign which focused on important anniversaries such as the 500th year since John Cabot's voyage of discovery ( 1997 ), as well as the 1000th year since Vikings, such as Leif Ericson, made landfall on the province's shores ( 2000 ).

The charity also spearheaded a campaign highlighting the forced displacement of poor South Africans in the lead-up to the 2010 World Cup.

In the lead-up to the 1997 referendum on the establishment of a Scottish Parliament, Murray endorsed the ' no ' campaign, reflecting a long-held support for Unionism and opposition to the devolution of power from Westminster.

After a tough campaign, with very little rest and stretching from August to March, Fred Kersley decided to give Northerly a good spell in the lead-up to his spring campaign.

In the lead-up to Australia Day 2005, Kekovich headed an advertising campaign encouraging people to eat more Australian lamb.

By his own admission, Aspinall was surprised by a " No religion " campaign which was launched by an atheist lobby group in the lead-up to the 2011 Census.

In the lead-up to World War II in 1939, King affirmed Canadian autonomy by saying that the Canadian Parliament would make the final decision on the issue of going to war.

In 2003, in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an ONA intelligence officer named Andrew Wilkie resigned from the agency, citing pressure from the Australian government to exaggerate intelligence on the matter of Iraq and weapons of mass destruction.

In 2010 Amnesty International " strongly condemned a worrying attack on a Rwandan opposition group " in the lead-up to presidential elections, citing the case of Victoire Ingasbire, president of the FDU-Inkingi ( United Democratic Forces ) and her aide Joseph Ntawangundi, attacked in February 2010 while collecting party registration documents from a government building in Kigali.

His ideas on mechanised warfare continued to be influential in the lead-up to World War II, ironically more with the Germans, notably Heinz Guderian, than with his countrymen.

Certainly during the war, newspapers asserted that Umberto was homosexual, and information continued to be spread in the lead-up to the post-war referendum on the monarchy in the hope of influencing the outcome.

In the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the INC, with the assistance of lobbying powerhouse BKSH & Associates, provided a major portion of the information on which U. S. Intelligence based its condemnation of Saddam Hussein, including reports of weapons of mass destruction and alleged ties to al-Qaeda.

Since 1988, Frontline has also aired " The Choice " a series of special editions aired during the lead-up to presidential elections, focusing on the two candidates in the running to become President of the United States.

In the lead-up to the 2006 census, there were reports that writing Jedi on the 2006 census could lead to a fine for providing ' false or misleading ' information.

On the lead-up to the picket, a number of MPs, lobby groups and LGBT groups appealed to the UK's Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, requesting these individuals be blocked from entering the UK, on the basis that WBC would be inciting hatred towards LGBT people.

* May 1988: The Ian Hay Davison Report, commissioned to investigate practices on the exchange in the lead-up to its closure, is released, resulting in significant market reforms-although many took years to finally implement

When the British troops occupied New York Harbor in the lead-up to the American Revolutionary War, the island was to be used for housing for Tory refugees, but on April 2, 1776, the buildings constructed on the island for their use were burned to the ground.

The Raiders ' Toyota Cup team won 28 – 24 over the Broncos ' team in golden point extra time to win the Toyota Cup ( Under 20s ) Premiership in the lead-up game to the NRL Grand Final on 5 October 2008 .< ref > Raiders snatch golden point premiership, Canberra Raiders, 5 October 2008 </ a ></ ref > In 2009 the team was unsuccessful in defending its National Youth Competition title, finishing eighth at the end of the regular season.

During the lead-up, on 28 May 2000, unseasonal snow fell during a match between the Raiders and the Wests Tigers, the only such event in National Rugby League history, with the snow causing frost damage to the turf intended for the Olympic football tournament.

In the lead-up to the 1968 Republican presidential primary, he endorsed New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, saying that Americans would only support a candidate who took a clear position on Vietnam.

The accusations made against her of having allowed herself to be won over by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and of playing the traitor in 1544 and in the lead-up to the Treaty of Crépy ( September 1545 ) rest on no serious proof.

In the lead-up to the supposed doomsday, some one hundred riot police and TV crew followed the highly photogenic convoy around rural Japan for several weeks to keep tabs on their activities.

In the lead-up to this episode of Media Watch sent Friday 6 September 2002, Albrechtsen told them she was took the contested quotes from The Times and The Copenhagen Post, that " journalists are entitled to, and very frequently do, rely on such sources reasonably believed to be accurate " and that they " appear to have done exactly the same, although from a source ( a blog spot ) of far lower stature than those used ".