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Rory J. Koopmans, B. Admin., #23, 9731-174 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5T 6G4
July XXXIst, MMXXV
Hon. Demetrios Nicolaides, B. A., M. P. S., Ph. D., ECA, MLA, Minister of Education, United Conservative, Calgary-Bow
Dear Demetrios:
As this is Campaign Post #32 of 50, I thought it would be very important to take a page from 4 term in a row never defeated XXXIInd (32nd) US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic-New York & various Canadian party leader electoral records, & he did it all from a wheelchair showing that being disabled doesn't make you unable to work as Franklin had that fantastic brain. People shouldn't forget that Franklin's wartime buddy, Canadian PM William L. M. King, Liberal was defeated in the MCMXLV (1945) General Election & got a Liberal MP to stand down so he could get elected in Glengarry, a safe Ontario byelection. So for Liberals & opponents of Conservative Battle River-Crowfoot byelection Candidate Pierre Poilievre, its hypocritical for Grits to complain that the Tories have their leader in a byelection. Mr. King also lost his seat in MCMXI (1911) & wasn't back in The House Of Commons until 8 years later. Sir John A. Macdonald won a seat in Manitoba in the district of Marquette but due to some legal squabbling, he was stuck with having to resign & run in a Victoria byelection. Even Sir Winston Churchill had to run in byelections & he's known for being one of the greatest UK Prime Ministers & MPs of them all. It is ironic in a way that both Mr. Poilievre & Sir Macdonald were at one point the MP for Carleton.
An Odd Electoral Coincidence,
Rory
Source: Churchill's Elections - International Churchill Society & Home | Sir Winston Churchill Society of Edmonton & Home - FDR Presidential Library & Museum & Churchill General Election and By-Election Results 1899-1959 & America’s National Churchill Museum | Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech, Fulton, MO & Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
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