Members and supporters of the PQ are called " péquistes " (; English: Pequists ), a French word derived from the pronunciation of the party's initials.

Just 17 of the party's 77 branches used English as their basic language, while only two members of the party's governing National Executive Committee spoke English fluently.

Some Reform Party supporters were frustrated by the party's decision to expand its political base into Quebec as they continued to believe that the party should represent English Canada and others from the right-wing and populist faction of the party were angry that Manning punished MPs Bob Ringma and David Chatters During the campaign the Reform Party released a controversial television advertisement where the faces of four Quebec politicians: Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe, Progressive Conservative leader Jean Charest, and the separatist Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard were crossed out followed by a message saying that Quebec politicians had dominated the federal government for too long and that the Reform Party would end this favoritism towards Quebec.

On one side was a so-called " administration faction ," represented by the party's national officials, such as Henry Kuhn, Henry Vogt, and Lucien Sanial, and the editors and staffs of the official party publications, The People ( English ) and Vorwärts ( German ).

At the New Zealand general election on 17 September 2005, National under Brash's leadership made major gains, and achieved what was at the time the party's best result since the institution of the mixed member proportional electoral system in 1993, compared to their worst result ever in 2002 under the leadership of his predecessor, Bill English.

However, English failed to improve the party's performance.

On 2 November 2003, when Brash announced changes in responsibilities for certain MPs, English became National's spokesman for education, ranked at fifth place in the party's parliamentary hierarchy.

The original logo had the party's name surrounding it ; eventually the words " estadidad, seguridad, progreso " (" statehood, security, progress " in English ) substituted the party name.

At the English local elections in June 2009, the party's candidate Peter Davies won the Mayoral Election for the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster.

He cited his reasons as being due to a lack of support within the English Democrats on St George's Day and lack of press coverage as well as the party's cooperation with far-right group England First.

The Chairman of the English Democrats, Robin Tilbrook, declared that he was standing for Mayor of London and even asked for donations through one of the party's websites but his name didn't appear on the ballot paper.

The party's best known policy was advocating an devolved English parliament.

Beginning in the early 1960s, there were serious tensions between the party's English and French wings.

The party was sending copies of the petition, along with a statement of the party's objections to the bill in English, Fijian, and Hindustani to all schools, other organizations, and islands in Fiji.

SFLS students have won many other rewards, such as the first awards, Junior and Senior respectively, in Sino-USA Students ' Speech Contest in using the other party's mother tongue ; the first and third awards in the global Math Model Contest for college students as well as the first award for four years in a succession in Shanghai's Popular Science English Contest.

As well, the party's links with the federal Conservatives harmed the party as the Tories in English Canada became increasingly identified as hostile to French Canadians and Quebec.

However, English as the new leader of the National Party and Leader of the Opposition failed to improve the party's performance or ratings.

He became increasingly critical of his party's coalition with National, and in August 1997, he was fired from his role as Associate Minister of Health after quarreling bitterly with the Minister of Health, Bill English.

In the English case of Smith v. Hughes the court emphasised that the important thing is not a party's real intentions but how a reasonable person would view the situation.

The American rule contrasts with the English rule, under which the losing party pays the prevailing party's attorneys ' fees.

In the leading English case of Lewis v Avery Lord Denning held that the contract can be avoided only if the plaintiff can show, that at the time of agreement, the plaintiff believed the other party's identity was of vital importance.

In the 2000s, CPC leaders debated changing the party's name to remove the " Communist " label, but ultimately decided against it, fearing the emergence of a splinter Communist party.

The party's name was changed to the National Party of Australia in 1982.

Though Peel's supporters subsequently split from their colleagues over the issue of free trade in 1846, ultimately joining the Whigs and the Radicals to form what would become the Liberal Party, Peel's version of the party's underlying outlook was retained by the remaining Tories, who adopted his label of Conservative as the official name of their party.

Historically, the party has been the mainland party most pre-occupied by British Unionism, as attested to by the party's full name, the Conservative & Unionist Party.

The party's official name was changed to The Constitution Party in 1999 ; however, some state affiliate parties are known under different names.

** After 45 years of Communist rule in Bulgaria, Bulgarian Communist Party leader Todor Zhivkov is replaced by Foreign Minister Petar Mladenov, who changes the party's name to the Bulgarian Socialist Party.

The party's name traces its tradition to an agrarian party in Austro-Hungarian-controlled Galician Poland, which sent MPs to the parliament in Vienna.

Media covering the convention quickly pointed out that if one added the word " Party " to the end of the party's name, the resulting initials were " CCRAP " ( humorously pronounced " see-crap " or just " crap ") even though it, like the Bloc Québécois, didn't actually have the word party in its name.

2006 also saw the party unveil a radical change of image, opting to use " Plaid " as the party's name, although " Plaid Cymru — The Party of Wales " would remain the official title.

This group took the words " Sozialistische " and " Arbeiter " (" worker ") in the party's name literally.

Between the party's founding in 1867, and its adoption of the " Progressive Conservative " name in 1942, the party changed its name several times.

However, in August 2005 the party's General Assembly only took action to expel de Castro Font, leaving the status of McClintock and the other four senators in limbo after approving in August 2006 a generic censure resolution that did not name any officeholders by name.

The party went underground and, in 1953 relaunched itself as the South African Communist Party-the name change emphasising the party's orientation towards the particular concerns of South Africans.

When the Liberal Party merged in 1988 with the Social Democrats to form the Social and Liberal Democrats ( the name was later shortened to " Liberal Democrats "), he was elected as the new party's leader and made a Privy Councillor in January 1989.

As of 18th December 2011, the party's National Executive Committee approved a change of the party's name to Kenya Alliance for National Unity at a party conference in Naivasha

In 1882, he changed his party's name to the Irish Parliamentary Party ( IPP ).

In 1979 ARENA changed its name to PDS, and Sarney remained the party's president.

At this time, COPE made an official overture to the Green Party of Vancouver, the local affiliate of the Green Party of British Columbia, offering the group some minor policy concessions, joint billing in the party's ballot name (" COPE-Green ' 93 ") and assurances that important party members would ensure some Greens were nominated.

) Owen and the party's national executive dissolved the party in 1990, but another group of party members continue the party under the SDP name.

Media covering the convention quickly pointed out that if one added the word " Party " to the end of the party's name, the resulting initials were " CCRAP " ( humorously pronounced " see-crap " or just " crap ") even though it, like the Bloc Québécois, didn't actually have the word party in its name.