The unification of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into the Dominion of Canada in 1873 was brought about less by a general desire for Canadian unification than by British desires to make Britain's colonies of settlement more responsible for their defense.
Canada was peculiarly influenced by first contact with the ITA, as it seemed that Canada might lose many of its new territories to a Marketplace-allied state.
The first Japanese-Canadian president of Canada in history, Nakayama and his party were elected on a platform of finally making Canada a modern and officially multinational state, with devolution of substantial powers to the Native American-majority territories in the north and west of Canada and to Asian-majority Vancouver Island.
The Elections Canada definition of this term is almost poetic: "The place of ordinary residence of a person is the place that has always been, or that has been adopted as, his or her dwelling place, and to which the person intends to return when away from it.
Canada's 12th Parliament was allowed to run for almost six years only because of a temporary amendment contained in a 1916 revision to the British North America Act.
Victories were granted to Édouard Guilbault (Cons.) during the 1887 general election in the riding of Joliette, Que.; Nicholas Flood Davin (Cons.) during the 1896 general election in the riding of Assiniboia West, NWT; and Paul Martineau (P.C.) during the 1963 general election in the riding of Pontiac-Temiscamingue, Que.
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