During the 2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute, two of Canada's opposition parties signed an agreement to form what would become the country's second coalition government since Confederation if the minority Conservative government was defeated on a vote of non-confidence ; unseating Stephen Harper as Prime Minister.

During the 2005 Conservative leadership contest, eventual winner David Cameron pledged to withdraw the Conservatives from the EPP-ED coalition, while opponent David Davis argued in a letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph that the current ED arrangement allowed the Conservatives to maintain suitable distance from EPP while still having influence in the largest parliamentary grouping.

During the period of the Solidarity Electoral Action ’ s government, Leszek Miller was in charge of the parliamentary opposition, leading the political fight with the governing party.

During this decade, MK began contesting Westminster parliamentary seats as well as local government ones.

During elections in March 1994, power passed from Vere Bird to his son, Lester Bird, but remained within the ALP which won 11 of the 17 parliamentary seats.

During the whole of the 1708 to 1868 period, and until 1950, the burghs of Ayr and Irvine were parliamentary burghs, represented as components of Ayr Burghs.

During this period, Fox became possibly the most prominent and vituperative parliamentary critic of Lord North and the conduct of the American war.

During the 1960s, the ceremony of assenting by Commission was discontinued, and is now only employed once a year, at the end of the annual parliamentary session.

During the campaign, the National Coalition made up some ground but the Fianna Fáil manifesto of give away promises ( no rates, no car tax, and so forth ) was far too attractive for the electorate and the National Coalition was heavily defeated, with Fianna Fáil winning an unprecedented massive parliamentary majority.

During the official memorial ceremony the next day Chancellor Joseph Wirth from the Centre Party held a soon to be famous speech, in which, while pointing to the right side of the parliamentary floor, he used a well known formula by Philipp Scheidemann: " There is the enemy-and there is no doubt about it: This enemy is on the right!

During these early years he opened new perspectives of law-all the while disowning his innovative ideas under a variety of pseudonyms lest he lose his coveted post as parliamentary librarian.

During his first year Parnell remained a reserved observer of parliamentary proceedings.

" During a parliamentary debate in Britain on 6 December 1977, Foreign Secretary David Owen replied in the negative when asked " whether Her Majesty's Government intend to recognise travel documents issued by the authorities of [...] Bophuthatswana for the purpose of admitting visitors to the United Kingdom.

During the special plenary parliamentary debate of July 28, 2006, on the naturalization process of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, D66 supported a motion of no confidence against minister Rita Verdonk.

During that time, the paper supported parliamentary reform, but opposed a broader franchise and the Chartist leadership.

During 1869, he presented himself as the candidate of the liberal opposition at the parliamentary election for Meaux.

During his first term, Jagland was a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, and also served as the fractional leader for the parliamentary group of the party.

During the next few years, the government was gradually transformed into a full parliamentary system.

During the early 1950s, Pibunsongkhram's government had become increasingly corrupt, and the parliamentary election of 1957 was blatantly rigged to keep Pibunsongkhram in power.

During the early 19th century, however, attempts by prime ministers such as Robert Peel to govern in the absence of a parliamentary majority proved unsuccessful, and by the mid-19th century, the ability of a motion of no confidence to break a government was firmly established in the UK.

During the parliamentary recess, however, the executive remained in the hands of the Privy Council, which was responsible to the Riksdag alone.

During its history, the party has suffered slow but steady decline in adherence, following the decline of the percentage of Swedish-speaking population: in 1907 it got 12 % of national votes, after World War II 7 % and in the 2011 parliamentary election 4. 3 % ( 9 MPs ).

During the long years in opposition the party's support had grown steadily and in 1987 it attained the best parliamentary election result in its history.

During Holkeri's time in office, the Finnish economy suffered a downturn, precipitated by a coincidence of factors, and the 1991 parliamentary election resulted in a loss.

During the Middle Ages, there were various systems involving elections or assemblies, although often only involving a small amount of the population, the election of Gopala in Bengal region of Indian Subcontinent, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 10 % of population ), the Althing in Iceland, the Løgting in the Faeroe Islands, certain medieval Italian city-states such as Venice, the tuatha system in early medieval Ireland, the Veche in Novgorod and Pskov Republics of medieval Russia, Scandinavian Things, The States in Tirol and Switzerland and the autonomous merchant city of Sakai in the 16th century in Japan.

During the following year, three different men briefly held executive power before Galo Plaza Lasso, running under a coalition of independent Liberals and socialists, narrowly defeated his Conservative opponent in presidential elections.

During this time, the 1954 elections were held which saw the complete defeat of Pakistan Muslim League led by Nurul Amin by the nexus of Communist Party, Marxist-Leninist Party allying with the Awami League.

During the 1990s, the FDP won between 6. 2 and 11 percent of the vote in Bundestag elections.

During the twentieth century, Honduran military leaders frequently became presidents, either through elections or by coups d ' état.

During the process leading up to elections in October 1994, the United States served as a significant financier and member of the most important commissions established to monitor implementation of the Rome General Peace Accords.

During these elections, the Nacionalista Party also split into two.

During the 18th century its makeup varied because the Lords had considerable control over elections: sometimes Whigs dominated it, sometimes Tories.

During the thirteenth Knesset ( 1992 – 1996 ) it was decided to hold a separate ballot for prime minister modeled after American presidential elections.

During the 2006 Riksdag elections the new Alliance for Sweden ( which subsequently won the election, to form a coalition government ) stated a policy aim to sell its stake in TeliaSonera.

During the presidential elections of 2006 she was criticized by rivals for this.

During the elections, Ohio officials were harassed by Michigan authorities and the area residents were threatened with arrest if they submitted to Ohio's authority.

During this decade, the peaceful transfer of power through elections first occurred in Mexico, Indonesia, Taiwan, Colombia, and several other countries.

During the following Polish elections the Communists won 65 percent of the seats in the Sejm, though the seats won were guaranteed and the Communists were unable to gain a majority, while 99 out of the 100 seats in the Senate freely contested were won by Solidarity-backed candidates.

During the 2001 elections, however, alleged irregularities and dubious practices led to a boycott of the run-off poll by the main opposition candidates.

During the 1973 Yom Kippur War he served in no official capacity and in the elections held at the end of 1973 he was elected to the Knesset as a member of the Alignment.

During the 111th Congress, Pelosi was the driving force behind several of Obama's major initiatives which proved controversial, so the Republicans campaigned against Pelosi and the Democrats ' legislation with their " Fire Pelosi Bus Tour " and regained control of the House in the 2010 midterm elections.

During this time, Peres continued to challenge Rabin for the chairmanship of the party, but in 1977, he again lost to Rabin in the party elections.

During the presidential elections in Egypt, Nasser was re-elected to another six-year term, taking his oath on 25 March 1965.

During the legislative elections held on 8 December 2004, the Kuomintang-PFP dominated Pan-Blue alliance gained a slim majority in the elections which resulted into President Chen resigning as DPP chairman.

During the 1960 U. S. presidential elections, Brzezinski was an advisor to the John F. Kennedy campaign, urging a non-antagonistic policy toward Eastern European governments.

During this time, the refugees ’ mood was rarely expressed in words, though East German laborer Kurt Wismach did so effectively by shouting for free elections during one of Ulbricht ’ s speeches.