Updated Australia 2010

Australia – 2010 updated

Author: ScottM

A snap election has been called after an internal coup d’etat against sitting Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Will new Prime Minister Julia Gillard be able to rehabilitate the Labor Party’s image, or will Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott and the Coalition be able to focus voters on unpopular Labor policies – and dethrone the new Prime Minister?

Canada – 1997

 

 

Author: ScottM

Canada – 1997

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien seeks his second term. The PC party, led by the popular Jean Charest, is hoping to rebound from its disastrous 1993 campaign. Can the Reform Party displace the Bloc and become the Official Opposition? Will the NDP be able to build a strong base in the Maritimes, and regain lost ground?

 

 

 

 

 

Canada – 2000

Author: ScottM

Canada – 2000

 

The newly formed Canadian Alliance hope that recently elected leader Stockwell Day will lead them to a breakthrough in Ontario. The PC party, led by former Prime Minister Joe Clark, and the NDP led by Alexa McDonough hope to retain official party status. The Bloc hopes to rebound in Québec under Gilles Duceppe’s leadership. Will Chrétien rise above them all and gain his third term?

Canada – 2008

Canada – 2008

Author: ScottM

Despite fixed election legislation, Stephen Harper has called an election over a year early. With the Liberals in disarray, the Bloc Quebecois losing strength, and the NDP and Greens gaining strength at the expense of the Liberals, the conditions seem right for the Conservatives to win a majority. Will Harper preside over the first Conservative majority in a decade and a half?