Elizabeth Cutt's Impact On Australia

The strike failed, and Woodsworth realized that the only way to change things was through the government. Woodsworth was a popular Winnipeg politician because of his part in the Winnipeg General Strike, leading to his election as the Winnipeg North Centre Member of Parliament in 1921. His slogan was “Human Needs before Property Rights” (https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/js-woodsworth). Woodsworth’s purpose was to “establish a strong working-class political party on the British model” (A Prophet in Politics p 130). He held the position at the House of Commons until his death. As a Member of Parliament, he was an advocate for farmers, the elderly, labourers, immigrants, and the unemployed, and his main goals included labour rights, improved social welfare, and democratic socialism for Canada. In the 1920s, he sat with the Progressive Party of Canada, and joined the more radical faction of the party, known as the Ginger Group. In 1926, Woodsworth and another Labour Party member, A. A. Heaps, held the balance of power in the House of Commons (http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/woodsworth_js.shtml). In return for providing the votes Prime Minister Mackenzie King needed to stay in power, the Prime Minister would introduce an old-age pension plan. However, although the bill had been passed in the House of Commons, it did not get passed in the Senate. Later on, there was another election, and the senators realized that if they didn’t pass the old-age pension plan, their own pensions would be at

The 1906 UK general election was a shock event in British politics when the Liberal party not only beat the Conservative party but gained an unprecedented amount of their seats in Parliament. The Two main reasons for the Conservative loss , the 1902 Education Act and Tariff Reform, were both acts by the Conservatives themselves. Alongside these two reasons, the Liberal party also had a very successful opposition campaign which possibly could have won them the election on its own.

He was in charge for putting into action a universal healthcare system for all of Canada. “Canadians must have equal access to state-provided medical services. Parliament passed the Medical Care Act in 1966 but financial exigencies postponed its operation for a year”(English, 2005). This form of social welfare was different for the time compared to other countries. With the system that he implemented this has given Canadians a lot of freedom financially. This has changed Canadian citizens in a way where

He was a member there from 1882-1887. At that very time, he was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly then becoming the youngest member at the age of thirty-three. In 1884 he became the president of the “University of Sydney Union”.

Paul John Keating was elected Prime Minister in December 1991 and led the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to an historic fifth term of Government in March 1993.

Prime Minister: Billy Hughes student name: Lani:) Due Date: 25/5/2018 Information (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1915 to 1923. He is best known for leading the country during World War I. His influence on national politics spanned several decades. Hughes was a member of parliament from 1901 until his death.

He became the colonial secretary in 1866 and carried the Public Schools Act, providing unified administration under an Education Council. Embroiled in sectarian issues, he had few supporters when he again faced financial difficulties in 1870. In this part of his lifetime, he showed the attributes of Knowledgeable, going away and taught what he has learnt to a different audience with different government mechanisms. In October 1889, in what became known as the 'Tenterfield Address' Sir Henry Parkes called for the colonies to 'unite and create a great national government for all Australia'.

1906: the assumption of responsibility for the territory of Papua; establishment of the Bureau of Census and Statistics; Australian Industries Protection Act (linking tariffs with wages, forcing companies to pay fair

Federation Essay “How did the Federation positively affected Australia?” Australia became an independent nation on the 1st of January, 1901. This occurred as the British Parliament passed legislation stating that the six colonies of Australia could govern and become the Commonwealth of Australia. The six colonies were New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia who were all separate colonies until the legislation was passed.

Bill Denny, MC (1872–1946) was a South Australian journalist, lawyer, Labor politician and decorated soldier who held a seat in the South Australian House of Assembly for 33 years. He was elected in 1900, re-elected in 1902, defeated in 1905 and re-elected the following year, then retained his seat until defeated in 1933. Denny was the Attorney-General of South Australia in the Labor government led by John Verran (1910–12). In August 1915, Denny enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force to serve in World War I, initially as a trooper in the 9th Light Horse Regiment. After being commissioned in 1916, he served in the artillery on the Western Front. He was awarded the Military Cross for his actions on 15 September 1917 when he was wounded

In the year 1908 all women across Australia had political

Billy Hughes was elected as a candidate of Labor in the first federal election on March 29, 1901 and became deputy of the party in 1907.

From 1896 to 1911 Sir Wilfrid Laurier served as the Canadian prime minister. This was a period when Canada shifted from being agricultural to being proto-industrial. It was also a period of tremendous social and political tension in Canada. Laurier’s ability to compromise between the French and the English Canadians demands is what made him very successful and defined his time as leader. These compromises are seen through the settlement of the Manitoba School Question in 1896, Canada’s participation in the Boer War in 1899, and the Naval Service Act in 1910.

The cultural ties to empire are not so easy to efface as the political ones. This is perhaps one of the most important lessons the world has learned from the mass movement towards independence on the part of European colonies in the past half-century. Even we Americans, more than two hundred years after having rejected the British monarchy and all it stands for, are forever poking our noses in the

In December 1916 the Liberal Party underwent what can be interpreted as a crippling split. Lloyd George with Conservative backing ousted Asquith and took over as Prime Minister. Immediately following Asquith's replacement, 130 Liberal MPs declared their readiness to follow Lloyd George, despite Asquith’s demotion, he remained the leader of the Liberal Party, but refused to serve in Lloyd George’s cabinet. This resulted in Liberal division from 1916 onwards between the ‘Asquithians’, who claimed to be the official Liberal party, and the followers of Lloyd George, the Prime Minister. The political harm this did was revealed in 1918 when, in the first election for eight years, the Conservative Coalitionists won an overwhelming victory. In the