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unusual facts about Kingston-upon-Thames by-election, 1972



A Season with Verona

Aside from detailing Hellas Verona's on the pitch exploits, Parks provides a commentary of political events in Italy at the time (namely the national election held in 2001 that brought Silvio Berlusconi into power).

Alejandro Goic

In November 2009, Goic expressed concern at the emergence of same-sex couples in party political broadcasts for the presidential election of that year, particularly in advertisements for the candidates Eduardo Frei and Sebastián Piñera; the latter was criticized for this issue even within his own coalition, the conservative Independent Democrat Union.

Alhassan Bako Zaku

He attended Barewa College, Zaria (1965 - 1971) and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1972 – 1979) where he obtained a B.sc (Ed) degree in 1976, and an M.Ed in 1979.

Andy Lochhead

In 1972 following his contribution to the Villa's promotion to Division 2 he was voted the midlands footballer of the year in a write-in poll conducted by the Birmingham Evening Mail newspaper.

Arthur Dignam

He played Pontius Pilate in the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972–73, and appears on the original Australian cast recording.

California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1998

State Assemblyman and Speaker of the Assembly Cruz Bustamante, the Democratic nominee, decisively defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Tim Leslie, for the office previously held by incumbent Gray Davis, who chose not to seek re-election in favor of running for governor.

ChangeFIFA

Joining forces with Change FIFA, Damian Collins, Conservative Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe and member of the House of Commons' Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has called for Sepp Blatter's re‑election as FIFA president to be suspended and a "reform agenda" to be introduced at football's ruling organisation.

CIA activities in Cambodia

Senator Clifford P. Case sponsors a law effective December 1972 cutting off funds for CIA and private military company operations in Cambodia.

Cockermouth by-election, 1879

The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Isaac Fletcher.

Constituency results of the United Kingdom general election, 2005

# Brent East (in a by-election, retained)

Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006

The by-election took place in the middle of a leadership election in the Liberal Democrats and the party was perceived in the media to be declining in the polls as a result of negative publicity surrounding the resignation of former leader Charles Kennedy and revelations about the private lives of Mark Oaten and Simon Hughes.

Earl of Enniskillen

He and his American second wife Nancy (a former junior diplomat with the United States Foreign Service) lived at Florence Court (newly restored by the National Trust) in south-west County Fermanagh from 1963 until 1972, when they moved over to Kinloch House in Kinloch in Perthshire, Scotland.

English Chamber Choir

The English Chamber Choir came into existence in 1972 its earliest engagements included Haydn's Nelson Mass, Fauré's Requiem and Kodály 's Laudes Organi with Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra, and live performances at the old Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, of the rock-opera Tommy with The Who.

Eric of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

However, Eric died unexpectedly on 14 May 1532, during a banquet in Fürstenau to celebrate his election in Osnabrück with his noble friends.

Fijian presidential election, 2000

A Presidential election took place in Fiji on 18 July 2000, to replace Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, who had resigned, possibly under pressure from the Military, during the Fiji coup of 2000.

Fiona Nash

Between 1999 and 2004, she worked as staff member for National Party federal ministers, Mark Vaile, Larry Anthony, and De-Anne Kelly before her election to the Senate.

Gary Cammack

2012 When incumbent Republican Representative Thomas Brunner was term limited and left the Legislature and left a District 29 seat open, Cammack ran in the three-way June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first with 1,450 votes (43.8%); Cammack and incumbent Republican Representative Dean Wink were unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, where Cammack took the first seat with 5,991 votes (55.40%) and Representative Wink took the second seat.

Gentlemen of Fortune

The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1972 having 65.02 million viewers.

Géza Koroknay

Born in Budapest in 1948, Koroknay graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in 1972.

Hamilton Lamb

His son, Tony Lamb, would also go into politics, representing the federal seats of La Trobe (1972–1975) and Streeton (1984–1990) for the Australian Labor Party.

Harold Soref

On 30 September 1972, the Daily Telegraph remarked that "Mr. Harold Soref is nothing if not consistent", commenting that when an all-party delegation began a tour of Red China, he left defiantly for Taiwan.

Hsu Hsin-liang

He was expelled from Kuomintang but broke ranks in 1977 when he ran and won as an independent in the election for Magistrate of Taoyuan County.

Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party

However, the Soviet occupation of the country, the Hungarian Communist Party's salami tactic to break up opponent parties and widespread election fraud in 1947 led to a communist government.

James C. Green

He defeated fellow former House Speaker Carl J. Stewart, Jr. in the 1980 Democratic primary, and then went on to defeat Republican Bill Cobey in the general election.

Jarle Bondevik

He worked as a lecturer at Aarhus University from 1961 to 1963, and at Bergen Teacher's College from 1963 to 1972.

John Barlow Hudson

Hudson has three degrees, finished in the California Institute Fine Arts, Valencia, CA in 1972 and 1972, and there is nother one institute, he learned at Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH.

John McQueen

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1844 to the 29th United States Congress.

Journey Through a Small Planet

In "Journey Through a Small Planet" (1972), the writer Emanuel Litvinoff recalls his working-class Jewish childhood in the East End of London: a small cluster of streets right next to the city, but worlds apart in culture and spirit.

Kamuta Latasi

The general election held on 25 November 1993 resulted in the members being evenly split in their support of the incumbent Prime Minister Bikenibeu Paeniu and the former Prime Minister Tomasi Puapua.

LENNONYC

Interviewed in film are Yoko Ono, members of the Elephant's Memory band that played with Lennon and Ono in New York, Elton John, Dick Cavett, photographer Bob Gruen and Geraldo Rivera, who talks about a news report of his that inspired Lennon and Ono to stage the One to One benefit concert in 1972.

Linda Lovelace for President

After the 1972 release of Deep Throat, Linda Lovelace enjoyed a brief flurry of celebrity notoriety while dating David Winters of West Side Story fame, which included appearances at the Academy Awards ceremony with Winters and the opening day of the racing season at Ascot Racecourse plus author credit for two best-selling books that played up on her status as a pornographic icon.

Margaret Vanderhye

She was the Democratic nominee in the 2007 Virginia general election to fill the seat held by retiring incumbent Republican Vince Callahan, defeating Republican businessman Dave Hunt in the general election on November 6, 2007.

Michael Slive

Early in his life, he practiced law in New Hampshire, serving as judge of the Hanover District Court from 1972 to 1977, and was a partner in a Chicago law firm.

Murder in the Central Committee

The director's idea was to use the plot as a chronicle of the transition, the period during which Spain moved from Francisco Franco's dictatorship, after his death, until the first free election that put the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in power.

National Party of Scotland

Eric Linklater stood as an NPS candidate in the 1933 East Fife by-election, and Neil Gunn played a role in aiding the NPS amalgamation with the Scottish Party.

New York's 25th congressional district election, 2008

After it appeared he might run unopposed in the general election, on April 2 Republican Dale Sweetland, coming off a narrowly unsuccessful September 2007 bid for Onondaga County Executive, announced he'd oppose Maffei.

Papal conclave, 1521–22

The conclave was marked by the early candidacies of cardinal-nephew Giulio de'Medici (future Pope Clement VII) and Alessandro Farnese (future Pope Paul III), although the Colonna and other cardinals blocked their election.

Politics of Long Island

In 1972, Richard Nixon won Nassau, Suffolk and Queens and came within 14,000 votes of winning heavily Democratic Brooklyn.

Postal codes in Jamaica

Although Kingston, the country's capital, along with part of the parish of St Andrew, was already subdivided into postal zones, these were not incorporated into the new codes.

Roger Gale

His Labour Party opponent in the 1983 election was Cherie Blair, wife of the former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Rubalcaba

Alexis Rubalcaba (born 1972), retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division

Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment

The project was contracted by FVAP to Accenture, who in turn subcontracted Avenade, Hart InterCivic, Hewlett-Packard, VeriSign, election.com, and others.

Serge Silberman

Silberman produced all of Buñuel's late films, including the Academy Award winner The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in 1972 and the director's very last film That Obscure Object of Desire in 1977.

South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election, 1971

The 1971 South Carolina 1st congressional district special election was held on April 27, 1971 to select a Representative for the 1st congressional district to serve out the remainder of the term for the 92nd Congress.

South County Newspapers

The South County paper covers South Kingstown (including the villages of Kingston, Peace Dale and Wakefield), Narragansett and Charlestown, Rhode Island.

Southern West Riding of Yorkshire by-election, 1872

The byelection was fought due to the Resignation of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Viscount Milton.

Squad 51

Squad 51 is a 1972 Dodge D-300 truck, one of 3 different rescue squad vehicles ("squads") that were used in the filming of the television series Emergency!

St George, Queensland

It gained national attention with the election of local accountant Barnaby Joyce to the Australian Senate following the 2004 federal election.

The Chips

Only Sammy Strain went on to success in the music industry, as a member of Little Anthony & The Imperials from about 1961 to 1972 when he left to join The O'Jays.

United States House of Representatives election in Pennsylvania, 1788

On July 8, 1788, the Congress of the Confederation passed a resolution calling the first session of the 1st United States Congress for March 4, 1789, to convene at New York City and the election of Senators and Representatives in the meanwhile by the States.


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