Political District
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- Precinct,
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- Riding
A political district is any division of a larger political entity (such as a country or province) which elects representatives to a governing body. A district is always smaller than the region over which the governing body has jurisdiction. For...
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| San Francisco District 2 | Political District | Michela Alioto-Pier | San Francisco Supervisor | ||
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| San Francisco District 3 | Political District | Aaron Peskin | San Francisco Supervisor | ||
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| Waterloo—Wellington | Topic | Ted Arnott | Member of Provincial Parliament |
Waterloo—Wellington was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003. It continues to be a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The provincial district will be eliminated before the next provincial election, expected in 2007.
Waterloo—Wellington is located in the province of Ontario.
Waterloo—Wellington federal riding was created in 1996 from parts of Guelph—Wellington, Kitchener, Perth—Wellington...
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Topic | Dalton McGuinty | Member of Provincial Parliament |
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| Division of Bennelong |
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Topic | John Howard | Prime Minister of Australia |
The Division of Bennelong is an Australian electorate in New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Bennelong, an Aboriginal man befriended by the first Governor of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip. Bennelong is based in Northern Sydney, including the suburbs of Eastwood, Carlingford, Epping and Ryde, and was held by the Liberal Party from its creation until its swing to Labor in the 2007 election. Between 1949 and 2007, Bennelong had only two Members.
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| Division of Kingsford Smith | Topic | Peter Garrett | Member of the Australian Parliament |
The Division of Kingsford Smith is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Sydney, on the north shore of Botany Bay, and the coast of the Tasman Sea (a south-western segment of the Pacific Ocean). It includes the suburbs of Coogee, Randwick, Maroubra, Mascot, Botany, Malabar and Kensington.
The Division is named after Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, a pioneer aviator, and the first pilot to fly across the Pacific Ocean. The...
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| Division of Curtin |
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Topic | Julie Bishop | Member of the Australian Parliament |
The Division of Curtin is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 1949 and is named for John Curtin, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1941-45. It is located in the wealthy beachside suburbs of Perth, including Claremont, Nedlands and Subiaco. It has always been a safe seat for the Liberal Party, although it was won by an independent Liberal in 1996 and held until the 1998 election. It currently is the safest metropolitan seat in Western Australia....
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| Political District | Allan Rocher | Member of the Australian Parliament | |||
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Western Australia is Australia's largest state in area, covering the western third of the mainland, and is bordered by South Australia and the Northern Territory. It is, after the Sakha Republic in Russia, the second largest subnational entity in the world. Despite this the population is only 2,105,800 making up 10% of Australia's total population.
The people of Western Australia, West Australians or Western Australians, are often colloquially referred to as sandgroper because of the insect...
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Topic | José López Portillo | President |
The United Mexican States , or commonly Mexico ( ), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. The United Mexican States is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a federal district, the capital Mexico City, whose metropolitan area is one of the world's most populous.
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| Cuauhtémoc, D.F. |
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Cuauhtémoc is one of the 16 delegaciones (boroughs) of the Mexican Federal District.
The borough is named after Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán.
Cuauhtemoc has the warmest and among the driest of Valley of Mexico microclimates thanks to its low altitude and the densest urban development of the metropolitan area. It is the regional downtown, historic, economic, and cultural center.
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Topic | Hillary Rodham Clinton | United States Senator |
New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States, and is the country's third most populous state. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and shares a water border with Rhode Island as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
New York City, which is both the largest city in the state and in the United States, is known for its history as a gateway for immigration to the...
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| US State | Robert F. Kennedy | United States Senator | |||
| Administrative Division | James L. Buckley | United States Senator | |||
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| Alabama | Topic | Jefferson Sessions | United States Senator |
The State of Alabama , is located in the southern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland waterways. The state ranks 23rd in population with almost 4.6 million residents in 2006.
From the American Civil War until World War II, Alabama, like many Southern States, suffered economic...
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| Alabama House District 4 | Political District | Robert Aderholt | United States Representative | ||
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| Alabama House District 6 | Political District | Spencer Bachus | United States Representative | ||
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| Alabama House District 1 | Political District | Josiah Bonner | United States Representative | ||
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| Alabama House District 5 | Political District | Robert Cramer | United States Representative | ||
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| Alabama House District 7 | Political District | Artur Davis | United States Representative | ||
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| Alabama House District 2 | Political District | Terry Everett | United States Representative | ||
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| Alabama House District 3 | Political District | Michael D. Rogers | United States Representative | ||
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| Alaska | Topic | Lisa Murkowski | United States Senator |
Alaska (, Aljaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North America continent. It is the largest U.S. state by area (by a substantial margin), and one of the wealthiest (per capita) and most racially diverse.
The area that became Alaska was purchased from the Russian Empire on March 30 1867, for 7.2 million dollars (at 2 cents per acre). The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912 and the 49th...
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| Location | Theodore Stevens | United States Senator | |||
| US State | Mike Gravel | United States Senator | |||
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| Massachusetts |
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Topic | Ted Kennedy | United States Senator |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Most of its population of 6.4 million live in the Boston metropolitan area. The eastern half of this relatively small state is mostly urban and suburban. Massachusetts is the most populous of the six New England states and ranks third in overall population density and fourth by GDP per capita.
Massachusetts has been significant throughout American history. Plymouth was the second...
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| Arizona | Topic | John McCain | United States Senator |
The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The five next largest cities are Tucson, Mesa, Chandler, Glendale, and Scottsdale. Arizona was the 48th and last of the contiguous states admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912. Arizona is noted for its desert climate, exceptionally hot summers and mild winters, but the high country in the north features pine forests and mountain ranges with cooler...
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| Location | Jon Kyl | United States Senator | |||
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| Arkansas | Topic | Blanche Lincoln | United States Senator |
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, located in the central portion of the state.
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| Location | Mark Pryor | United States Senator | |||
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| Saarland |
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Topic | Jo Leinen | Minister |
Saarland ( in German; French: Sarre) is one of the 16 states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population it is the smallest of the German Flächenländer ("area states"), i.e., those that ar |