Prior to being involved in federal politics, he spent ten years in provincial politics.

Prior to this he had also practised law and held a post of provincial governor.

Prior to entering provincial politics, Klein considered himself a Liberal Party supporter, although he did support the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Brian Mulroney in the 1988 federal election .< ref >

Prior to the October 2011 provincial election he announced that he was retiring from political life and would not be running.

Prior to the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 ( and continuing to the present day ), it was fairly common for a provincial law to be challenged on the grounds that it was a criminal statute, and thus ultra vires or beyond the province's legislative authority.

Prior to this performance, provincial Liberal support was regarded by many political insiders as soft and unsteady.

Prior to his provincial political career, Prevost served as mayor of the city of Beauport ( now part of Quebec City ) from 1948 to 1952 and was worked for the Beauport School Board for nearly 20 years at high-class various positions.

Prior to the 2006 federal election, the Winnipeg Free Press reported that some Manitoba Progressive Conservatives were trying to persuade Pallister to challenge Stuart Murray for the provincial leadership.

Prior to the 1925 provincial election, he was asked to become leader of the Nova Scotia Conservative Party after the leader of the party, W. L. Hall, was assaulted on the waterfront.

Prior was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1886.

Prior to entering provincial politics, he had been a card-carrying supporter of the Liberal Party of Quebec.

Prior to entering federal politics he was a provincial politician serving in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2005 and a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves serving as the Minister for Children, Community and Social Services, Energy and Francophone Affairs in addition to being the Government's Chief Whip.

Prior to the 1996 provincial election, the province was divided into 16 dual-member districts, each of which was represented by one member who held the title Assemblyman and one member who held the title Councillor.

Prior to the 2007 provincial election, Smith was the only member of Gary Doer's cabinet to openly contemplate running for the party leadership after Doer retires.

Prior to the war, the city had a vibrant Armenian community with numerous schools and served as the provincial residence of the Archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Prior to the 2003 provincial election, she decided to leave her Radisson riding to run for the nomination in Wolseley.

Prior to the 2003 provincial election, Craitor defeated former party candidate Selena Volpatti for the Liberal nomination in Niagara Falls.

Prior to 1977, it was not considered unusual for Manitoba's provincial premiers to reserve the position of Treasurer or Finance Minister for themselves.

Prior to 2000, all provincial governors and heads of provincial legislatures sat in the Council ex officio while continuing to hold their territorial offices at the same time.

Prior to 1949, Restricted State Auditors were registered with the respective princely states and British provincial State Governments.

Prior to 1848, the provincial diet remained the only forum of German political activity.

Prior to the nomination, some members of the provincial party expressed concern about Hillier's candidacy, and the Toronto Star speculated that the party might disqualify him.

Prior to her election as a city councillor, Bussin served for 15 years as a senior political advisor at the provincial legislature for NDP Member of Provincial Parliament Morton Shulman.

Prior to joining the Our Gang comedies, " Sonny ," as he was called by his family, modeled children's clothing for a Dallas department store and was also seen around the Dallas area on highway billboards and in print advertisements for Wonder Bread.

Prior to the expansion of Highway 61 to a four-lane highway, it passed directly through the city.

Prior to completion of I-35, traffic was routed directly through town ; generating significant sales revenue to many retailers which literally had a major highway running directly past their doors.

Prior to 1959, highway traffic to and from Oklahoma largely followed US 60 through Seneca rather than the more famous Route 66 with which it joins about 15 miles west of Seneca.

Prior to the construction of the Northway ( Interstate 87 ), US Route 9 was the major north-south highway between Albany and Montreal, which made Schroon Lake a convenient stopping off point for travelers to purchase gas, lodging, and meals.

Prior to the upgrade, the highway exits were closer to Platteville and Platteville has already made changes to adjust to the new southern US 151 bypass.

Prior to the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, today's Route 179 was composed of three state routes: Route S29, designated in 1949 from the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge into Lambertville, a part of Route 29 from Lambertville to Ringoes that was designated in 1927, and a concurrency of Routes 29 and 30 northeast from Ringoes that was also designated in 1927.

Prior to this, only the Alberta and British Columbia portions of the highway were designated with this number.

Prior to a 1964 highway renumbering project, US 6 extended to Long Beach along what is now US 395, California 14, Interstate 5, Interstate 110 / California 110, and California 1.

Prior to reaching its interchange with US 23, the highway passes to the south of Cabela's, a outdoor sports retailer in Dundee.

Prior to 1992, the southern terminus of U. S. 89 was at Nogales, Arizona, and the highway proceeded to Flagstaff, Arizona, along what is now Interstate 19, Arizona State Route 79, U. S. Route 60, U. S. Route 93, and Arizona State Route 89.

Prior to the initial construction of the freeway in the 1960s, all inbound and outbound road traffic to south-eastern South Australia and to Victoria had to travel on a two-lane highway originally built in the early part of the 20th century.

Prior to 1982, Highway 6 on Manitoulin Island and northward towards Espanola was known as Highway 68, but in that year it was redesignated as part of Highway 6 despite the discontinuous route ( though some would consider the Tobermorry ferry route part of the highway corridor ).

Prior to the expressway's opening, the Elgin-O ' Hare Expressway was briefly marked as IL 19 on guide signs over the highway.

Prior to more recent highway bypass construction, Dillon was, and still is to a lessened extent, a fuel stop on the Charlotte-Wilmington-Myrtle Beach circuit traveled by many unsigned and local bands.

Prior to the 1964 state highway renumbering, Purdy Drive was part of the Port Orchard-Tacoma branch of Primary State Highway 14.

Prior to Tudor times, this was the only major highway from the West Midlands to the North.

Prior to highway renumbering in northwestern Alberta, Highway 2 followed Highway 43's current alignment into British Columbia, where it became Highway 2 to Dawson Creek.

Prior to October 1998, this highway was the eastern portion of county road A-42.

* Prior to the construction of the Oregon City Bypass in the late 1980s, the highway was routed on an alignment through Oregon City along Washington and 7th Streets and Molalla Avenue.

Prior to the campaign, Barend was best known for her congressional staff work in bringing a major interstate highway, Interstate 86, to the " Southern Tier " area of New York state, in an attempt to revitalize the lagging economy of the region.

Prior to 1992, the DE 1 / US 113 interchange served as the northern terminus for DE 1, but with the construction of the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway, DelDOT extended the DE 1 designation north of this interchange to prevent a " gap " between the Fenwick Island – Milford section and the toll highway.

It lies on Interstate 44 at the junction with Missouri Supplemental Route W. Prior to Interstate 44, it was an important town on U. S. Route 66 due to the nearby Meramec Caverns very prominently advertised up and down the highway on barns.

Prior to the advent of the state's highway system, the route of SH 20 was used by many historic auto trails including the Dixie Overland Highway, the Old Spanish Trail, the Lee Highway, the Jefferson Davis National Highway, and the Bankhead Highway.