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16 Italian Canadians elected in the House of Commons

by Francesco Veronesi

TORONTO – Sixteen elected, distributed in the main federal parties, three new faces. These are the data relating to the candidates of Italian origin who managed to win the seat in the last federal elections on September 20th. Nine MPs were elected from the ranks of the Liberal Party, five with the Conservative Party, one in the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois. At the provincial level, the largest representation continues to be in Ontario, with nine MP winning their respective electoral race, while five Italian Canadians are elected in Quebec. In British Columbia, finally, we find two new parliamentarians expression of our community, both at the first experience at the House of Commons.  (more…)

Candidati bocciati, tanto vale votare per quello “morto”

by Francesco Veronesi

TORONTO – Il 3 novembre 2020 il repubblicano David Andahl vinse le elezioni per un seggio nell’assemblea legislativa del North Dakota. Gli elettori gli assegnarono il 36 per cento delle preferenze, sufficienti al candidato per vincere le elezioni. E questo nonostante che Andahl fosse morto di Covid un mese prima, il 5 ottobre. L’elettorato, pur di non votare gli altri candidati, preferì eleggere chi era già passato a miglior vita… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Candidates rejected, might as well vote for the “dead” one

by Francesco Veronesi

TORONTO – On November 3, 2020, Republican David Andahl won the election for a seat in the North Dakota Legislature. Voters gave him 36 percent of the vote, enough for the candidate to win the election. And this despite the fact that Andahl had died of Covid a month earlier, on October 5. The electorate, in order not to vote for the other candidates, preferred to elect the one who had already passed to a better life. In the last federal election in the Spadina-Fort York district we witnessed something similar. (more…)

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