37-617: Kotto may refer to: People [ edit ] Maka Kotto (born 1961), Canadian politician and actor Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021), American actor Places [ edit ] Basse-Kotto ( Lower Kotto ), a prefecture of the Central African Republic Haute-Kotto ( Upper Kotto ), a prefecture of the Central African Republic Other uses [ edit ] Kotto River ,
74-642: A minority government after the election. This was the first election contested by the newly amalgamated Conservative Party of Canada , after it was formed by the two right-of-centre parties, the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance . On May 23, 2004, the governor general , Adrienne Clarkson , on the advice of Martin, ordered the dissolution of the House of Commons, triggering an early election despite
111-785: A Conservative). Rather than forming a coalition with the NDP, the Liberal party led a minority government, obtaining majorities for its legislation on an ad hoc basis. Nevertheless, as the showdown on Bill C-48 , a matter of confidence, loomed in the spring of 2005, the Liberals and NDP, who wanted to continue the Parliament, found themselves matched against the Conservatives and the Bloc, who were registering no confidence. The bill passed with
148-506: A minority government, though they were well short of a majority and lost nearly three dozen seats. On election day, polling times were arranged to allow results from most provinces to be announced more or less simultaneously, with the exception of Atlantic Canada , whose results were known before the close of polling in other provinces due to the British Columbia Supreme Court 's decision in R v Bryan . Until
185-551: A much larger plurality in the 2006 Canadian federal election . He defeated five other candidates to win his second term in office. Kotto served as the Bloc's critic for Canadian heritage . On November 12, 2007, Kotto announced that he would be the candidate for the Parti Québécois in the provincial riding of Bourget in Montreal to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of former PQ house leader Diane Lemieux . It
222-478: A politician, Kotto was an author, actor, and stage director. He appeared in the 1989 movie How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer) , based on the novel by Dany Laferrière . He also appeared in a second film in 2000, Lumumba , starring as Joseph Kasa-Vubu . Kotto was also an educator in dramatic art for nearly 15 years in France and Quebec. Kotto
259-592: A statistical dead heat with the Conservatives in polls there. The Liberals were also harmed by high-profile party infighting that had been plaguing the party since Martin's earlier ejection from Cabinet by now-former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. In the final months of 2003, the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance were running a distant third and fourth, respectively, in public opinion polls. Many pundits predicted that
296-553: A tributary of the Oubangui River in the Central African Republic See also [ edit ] Koto (disambiguation) Cotto (disambiguation) Coto (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kotto . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
333-535: Is the father of four children. 2004 Canadian federal election Paul Martin Liberal Paul Martin Liberal The 2004 Canadian federal election was held on June 28, 2004, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 38th Parliament of Canada . The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority but was able to continue in office as
370-482: The sponsorship scandal , most pundits were predicting that new Prime Minister Paul Martin would lead the Liberal Party of Canada to a fourth majority government , possibly setting a record for number of seats won. However, polls released immediately after the scandal broke showed Liberal support down as much as 10% nationwide, with greater declines in its heartland of Quebec and Ontario . Although there
407-672: The Bloc) hit the Liberal federal government. These events led to a resurgence of the BQ, putting it ahead of the pack once again: according to an Ipsos-Reid poll carried out for The Globe and Mail and CTV between the June 4 and 8, 50% of Quebecers intended to vote for the BQ against 24% for the Liberals. Speculation was ongoing about the possibility of the Bloc forming alliances with other opposition parties or with an eventual minority government to promote its goals of social democracy and respect of
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#1732783825794444-403: The Conservatives began to lose some momentum, in part due to remarks made by MPs. Scott Reid , the party's language critic, said that the policy of official bilingualism was unrealistic and needed to be reformed. Rob Merrifield , health critic, suggested that women ought to have mandatory family counseling before they choose to have an abortion. Randy White was quoted as saying "to heck with
481-413: The Liberals being only three and a half years into their five-year mandate. Earlier, the election result was widely expected to be a fourth consecutive majority government for the Liberals, but early in 2004 Liberal popularity fell sharply due to the emerging details of the sponsorship scandal . Polls even started to indicate the possibility of a Conservative minority government. In the end, the Liberals won
518-401: The Liberals to block a Conservative government. This concern did not manifest itself in the polls, however, and the NDP remained at somewhat below 20 percent mark in the polls for most of the campaign. The NDP achieved 15% of the popular vote, its highest in 16 years. However, it only won 19 seats in the House of Commons, two less than the 21 won in 1997, and far short of the 40 predicted. There
555-497: The NDP. Polls suggested that the NDP had returned to the 18% to 20% level of support it enjoyed in the 1984 election and 1988 election . Layton suggested that the NDP would break their previous record of 43 seats won under former leader Ed Broadbent . The NDP focused the campaign on winning ridings in Canada's urban centres, hoping especially to win seats in central Toronto , Hamilton , Ottawa and Winnipeg . The party's platform
592-524: The Speaker casting the decisive tie-breaking vote. Voter turnout nationwide was 60.9%, the lowest in Canadian history at that time, with 13,683,570 out of 22,466,621 registered voters casting their ballots. The voter turnout fell by more than 3 pp from the 2000 federal election which had 64.1% turnout. Source: Elections Canada On March 26, 2011, Gilles Duceppe stated that Harper had tried to form
629-413: The autonomy of provinces. Leader Gilles Duceppe stated that the Bloc, as before, would co-operate with other opposition parties or with the government when interests were found to be in common, but that the Bloc would not participate in a coalition government. The Greens ran candidates in all 308 ridings for the first time in its history. The party won twice as many votes in this election than it had over
666-554: The combination of the popular and fiscally conservative Martin, along with continued vote-splitting on the right, could have led to the almost total annihilation of the Progressive Conservatives and Canadian Alliance. This fear prompted those two parties to form a united Conservative Party of Canada , which was approved by the members of the Canadian Alliance on December 5, 2003, and controversially by
703-496: The courts" in reference to Reference Re Same-Sex Marriage , suggesting the party would overturn same-sex marriage. Cheryl Gallant drew controversy when she compared abortion to the beheading of Iraq War hostage Nick Berg , and called for the repeal of recently amended hate laws that include sexual orientation as one of the protected groups. Additionally, the Liberal Party began airing controversial TV ads. Harper
740-511: The delegates of the Progressive Conservatives on December 6, 2003. The new Conservative Party pulled well ahead of the NDP in the polls just before the election, although its support remained below the combined support that the Progressive Conservatives and the Alliance had as separate parties. On March 20, the Conservatives elected Stephen Harper as their new leader. The Conservatives gained more ground in polls after Harper became leader, and
777-411: The election: In 2004, a federal party required 155 of the 308 seats to form a majority government in Canada. The Liberals came short of this number, winning 135. Until extremely close ridings were decided on the west coast, it appeared as though the Liberals' seat total, if combined with that of the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP), would be sufficient to hold a majority in the House of Commons. In
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#1732783825794814-404: The end, the Conservatives won Vancouver Island North, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast, and New Westminster-Coquitlam, after trailing in all three ridings, as preliminary results were announced through the evening. As a result, the combined seat count of the Liberals and the NDP was 154, while the other 154 seats belonged to the Conservatives, Bloquistes, and one independent Chuck Cadman (previously
851-487: The eve of the election the party was polling slightly ahead of the Liberals everywhere west of Quebec, it had dropped in support, polling behind or on par with Liberals everywhere except the West (Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba), where it held onto its traditional support. All together the new Conservatives fell from the combined Canadian Alliance-Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 of 37%, to only 29% of
888-474: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kotto&oldid=1012408415 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Maka Kotto Maka Kotto (born December 7, 1961) is a Cameroonian-born Canadian politician. Educated in France, Kotto immigrated to Quebec , Canada, where he
925-588: The long run-up to Paul Martin becoming leader of the federal Liberals. However, things progressively changed during 2003, partly because of the decline in popularity of the Liberal Party of Quebec government of Jean Charest , and partly because support for independence in Quebec rose again (49% in March). The tide took its sharp turn when, in February 2004, the sponsorship scandal (uncovered in considerable part by
962-407: The poll results in the weeks before the election had them within one to two points of the Liberals, sometimes ahead, sometimes behind them. Party supporters hoped that the voters would react negatively to the Liberal attacks on what they called Harper's "hidden agenda", and that anger over the sponsorship scandal and other Liberal failures would translate to success at the polls. Late in the campaign,
999-483: The previous 21 years of its history combined, although it failed to win a seat. It also spent more money than in the previous 21 years, and although much of this money was borrowed, the Greens' share of the popular vote enabled them to receive federal funding. These are the official slogans for the 2004 campaigns. The optional parts of the mottos (sometimes not used for efficiency) are put in brackets. Important issues in
1036-461: The vote, yet still gained 21 extra seats, finishing in second-place with 99 seats. Before the announcement of the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party, some were predicting that the NDP would form the official opposition because the party was polling ahead of both right-of-centre parties. A new leader ( Jack Layton ) and clear social democratic policies helped revitalize
1073-561: The vote. With the election of the Parti Québécois on September 4, 2012, Kotto became Minister of Culture and Communications . Kotto was re-elected in the 2014 Quebec election with a smaller margin, but the Parti Québécois government of Pauline Marois was defeated and Kotto became a member of the Official Opposition caucus. He was defeated in the 2018 election . Kotto is the husband of former Longueuil mayor and Bloc Québécois caucus colleague Caroline St-Hilaire , and
1110-584: Was also criticized for his position supporting the American-led 2003 invasion of Iraq . The term "hidden agenda", used commonly in the 2000 election to refer to Stockwell Day, began surfacing with increasing regularity with regard to Harper's history of supporting privatized health care. Further damaging the Conservative campaign was a press release from Conservative headquarters that suggested that Paul Martin supported child pornography . Although on
1147-985: Was an educator before entering politics. Kotto was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourget . From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Minister of Culture and Communications . A former member of the House of Commons of Canada for the Bloc Québécois , Kotto is also a published author and has appeared in films. Kotto was born in Douala , Cameroon , and graduated from high school at Lycée Henri-Martin in Saint-Quentin, France . He studied law, politics, dramatic art and cinema in Nanterre , Bordeaux and Paris . Kotto immigrated to Quebec in 2006. Before becoming
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1184-417: Was built to cater to these regions and much of Layton's time was spent in these areas. The campaign stumbled early when Layton blamed the deaths of homeless people on Paul Martin, prompting the Liberals to accuse the NDP of negative campaigning. The NDP benefited from the decline in Liberal support, but not to the same extent as the Conservatives. There was an increasing prospect that NDP voters would switch to
1221-454: Was criticism that Layton's focus on urban issues and gay rights marginalized the party's traditional emphasis on the poor, the working class, and rural Canadians. Long-time MP Lorne Nystrom and several other incumbents from the Prairie provinces were defeated, with the NDP being shut out of Saskatchewan for the first time since 1965 . Layton won his own seat in a tight race, while Broadbent
1258-549: Was elected to the House of Commons of Canada, representing the Bloc Québécois in the 2004 Canadian federal election . In that election, he defeated incumbent Liberal MP Yolande Thibeault and five other candidates. Upon winning the Saint-Lambert riding, Kotto became the first black Canadian Member of Parliament for the Bloc. He was re-elected two years later, winning a comfortable, but reduced, popular vote and
1295-536: Was his second attempt at provincial politics; he was defeated in his previous candidacy in Viau by former Liberal MNA William Cusano . Kotto resigned his seat in House of Commons of Canada on March 5, 2008, in order to run in the provincial by-election. His vacancy was officially recognized by the Speaker on March 13, 2008. On May 12, 2008, he won the Bourget by-election as a Parti Québécois candidate with 40% of
1332-443: Was returned to Parliament after many years of absence. The Bloc Québécois (BQ) had managed their best showing back in 1993, but they lost seats to the Liberals in 1997 and 2000, prompting pundits to suggest a decline in support for Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc continued to slide in the polls in most of 2003 after the election of the federalist Quebec Liberal Party at the National Assembly of Quebec under Jean Charest , and during
1369-457: Was some recovery in Ontario and Atlantic Canada , Liberal hopes of making unprecedented gains in the west faded. The unpopularity of some provincial Liberal parties may also have had an effect on federal Liberal fortunes. In Ontario, for instance, the provincial Liberal government introduced an unpopular budget the week of the expected election call, and their federal counterparts then fell into
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