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  1. CanadianTory

    What if the Meech Lake Accord succeeded?

    With the recent passing of Brian Mulroney, I think it's appropriate to revisit this topic, one which really hasn't been tackled all that much here on the forum. How would the country and its politics be impacted if Mulroney's constitutional reforms succeeded?
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    WI: Lester B. Pearson and the Liberal Party win a majority in 1963?

    @RogueBeaver, @True Grit, @Callan, @Kermode, @Oppo Back in 1963 the Diefenbaker government was in complete disarray. Down in the polls, in some cases as much as twenty-points, the government has enacted some pretty unpopular policies, including the cancellation of the Avro Arrow. It had gotten...
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    WI: William Lyon Mackenzie King stays with the Rockefellers

    Interestingly enough future Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was employed by the Rockefeller family in the 1910s, where he served as John D. Rockefeller Jr’s unofficial Minister of Labour. In 1915 King helped Junior navigate and resolve a dispute by offering workers what was...
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    Best Canadian Premiers we never had

    We talk a lot about the best Prime Ministers we never had (Stanfield, Rae, etc), but I can’t recall a serious debate over the best Premiers, who arguably have just as big a role, if not bigger, in shaping Confederation. So, in your opinion, is there an individual, likely a politician, who would...
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    WI: Rick Santorum nominated in 2016

    Historically speaking, Republicans have generally nominated the runner-up from last time. Reagan in 1980. Bush in ‘88. McCain in ‘08. Romney in 2012. I wonder what would happen if the trend continued and Rick Santorum was the Republican nominee against Hillary Clinton in 2016. How would the...
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    WI: Roosevelt elected in 1924

    No, not FDR, I’m talking about Teddy Roosevelt, Jr. (technically Theodore Roosevelt III). Maybe the title was a bit misleading 😜 The idea is that Teddy defeats Al Smith and is elected Governor in the 1924 gubernatorial election that IOTL saw every Republican member of the ticket win...except...
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    AHC: The Inverse of Canadian Politics

    What, if any way, could you make (Or keep) the Liberal Party of Canada a dominant force in Western Canada, and the Tories dominant in central/eastern Canada? In other words, swap the regional bases of support.
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    WI: No Pierre Trudeau

    Now I've seen a few threads discuss this idea, and I'm curious about it myself. What would Canadian politics look like without Pierre Trudeau? Doesn't matter if he's killed in 1949 by a sniper or just decides not to run. How would 1968 Liberal leadership unfold? Would John Turner's support with...
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    Lazarus, Icarus, and Canadian Politics: An Infobox Timeline
    Threadmarks: Update #1: Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 1993 and Canadian federal election, 1993

    When I first signed-up on the wonderful forum, I immediately started a little TL entitled Redemption: A Political Comeback Story. As you all know, it was pretty horrible and it was never finished (Something that I no doubt have become known for doing). As it was my first story I always felt a...
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    WI: Stephen Harper resigned before the 2015 election

    Me and a friend were discussing this issue recently. I proposed that had Stephen Harper resigned sometime before the 2015 federal election, as was rumoured, than perhaps the party would have had a better shot at winning re-election. My friend, an avid supporter of the NDP, didn't think so...
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    Joe Clark in 1993

    This is a scenario I've been kicking around in my head for a long, long time. As we all know many pundits expected Joe Clark to be a candidate to succeed Mulroney whenever he resigned, but when he did in 1993 he opted not to and instead endorsed Jean Charest. The guy spent 20 years as an MP...
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    Brother Jonathan (A Wikibox TL)

    So what’s up? Yet another one of my wondrous wikibox TL’s! “Wondrous” may be stretching it... Hey, I don’t see you coming up with anything. Why don’t you do a regular TL? Because. Because? Yup. Because. Is this some kind of poor man’s version of lord caedus’s A True...
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    AHC/WI Jim Dinning or Ted Morton becomes Premier in 2006

    As we all know, in 2006 Ed Stelmach came up the middle and defeated the two frontrunners for the leadership of the Albertan PC Party, and thus the Premiership, namely Dinning the Red Tory and Morton the Blue Tory. Stelmach's term in power deeply damaged the Tory brand in the province and...
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    AHC/WI Gingrich stays a Rockefeller Republican

    I'm sure this has been asked before, but I wasn't sure. Now as we all know Gingrich admitted that he was a Rockefeller State Chairmen in the South during the Rocky/Goldwater fight. So, is there any way that Ol'Gingrich stays on the path of Moderate-to-Liberal Conservatism? If so, how do you...
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    AHC/WI John Tory wins in 2007

    The new Mayor's victory has brought forth many articles mentioning all the times he came close to winning an election. One such instance was while he was the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives. During the election of 2007 he blew it mainly due to his pledge to extend funding to all...
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    CanadianTory's Wikibox Thread

    From now on, anything related to my wikibox-based TL's will be posted here. It'll save people time looking for them, and I won't have to compete with anybody else for attention. My current series, Bracken over Socialism, will be reposted here for convenience, as well all further updates to it...
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    Best Canadian Prime Ministers that never were

    A shameless ripoff of this thread. So, who in your opinion are some politicians who would make excellent Prime Ministers if they were given the chance?
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    AHC/WI Joe Clark goes Provincial

    Now Joe Clark ran for the provincial Progressive Conservatives under Peter Lougheed in 1967 (Calgary-South) and 1971 (Can't find the riding), and came close to winning both times. Let's say he wins either time, how will that affect Alberta and how will that affect Federal Politics? Could...
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    AHC/WI The ADQ win in 2007

    So there has been a lot of talk about Quebec politics lately, obviously due to a few new TL's on the subject, an infobox series and the fact that the Province is currently in the midst of an election campaign. So yes, the ADQ is now gone as a political force, absorbed by the CAQ and as of...
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    AHC/WI Bouchard as Prime Minister

    Yup, me and a friend were talking about political history and we considered what the country would have been like under Lucien Bouchard had he remained a Progressive Conservative, if such a concept is even possible. What do you think? Is there a way Bouchard could have stayed a PC? Become...
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