Presidential and Prime Ministerial Elections | 1968 Onwards

[Joey]

This will follow the alternate history of U.S. Presidential elections and Canadian Prime Ministerial elections starting with the 1968 Presidential election. It's somewhat of another alternate history that will focus strictly on elections and less so on world events. Stay tuned.

[Joey]

List of presidents

No.	Portrait	President	State	Term of office	Party	Vice President
36		Lyndon B. Johnson	Texas	November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969	Democratic	Hubert Humphrey
37		Ronald Reagan	California	January 20, 1969 to January 20, 1977	Republican	Nelson Rockefeller
38		George Romney	Michigan	January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981	Republican	Gerald Ford
39		Jimmy Carter	Georgia	January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989	Democratic	Ted Kennedy
40		Jack Kemp	New York	January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1997	Republican	George H.W. Bush
41		Al Gore	Tennessee	January 20, 1997 to January 20, 2001	Democratic	Bill Bradley
42		Orrin Hatch	Utah	January 20, 2001 to October 13, 20021	Republican	George W. Bush
43		George W. Bush	Texas	October 14, 2002 to January 20, 2005	Republican	Vacant
44		Joe Biden	Delaware	January 20, 2005 to January 20, 2013	Democratic	John Edwards (1st term) Barack Obama (2nd term)
45		Barack Obama	Illinois	January 20, 2013 to current	Democratic	Martin O'Malley

Note 1: Orrin Hatch was impeached on October 13, 2002.

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List of prime ministers

No.	Portrait	Name District	Term of office	Political party
14		Lester B. Pearson MP for Algoma East	April 22, 1963 to April 20, 1968	Liberal
15		Robert Stanfield MP for Halifax	April 20, 1968 to July 22, 1974	Progressive Conservative
16		Pierre Trudeau MP for Mount Royal	July 22, 1974 to March 13, 1982	Liberal
17		Ed Broadbent MP for Oshawa-Whitby	March 13, 1982 to June 12, 1983	New Democratic
18		Jean Chretien MP for Saint-Maurice	June 12, 1983 to  January 17, 1992	Liberal
19		Bob Rae MP for Toronto-Centre	January 17, 1992 to October 20, 1992	Liberal
20		Alexa McDonough MP for Haliax	October 20, 1992 to August 16, 1999	New Democratic
21		Stockwell Day MP for Okanagan-Coquihalla	August 16, 1999 to June 13, 2010	Canadian Alliance
22		Peter MacKay MP for Central Nova	June 13, 2010 to current	Progressive Conservative

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Up Next: 1968 Canadian federal election, the candidates

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1968 Canadian federal election, The Candidates

Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson Party: Liberal Leader's seat: Algoma East	Robert Stanfield Party: Progressive Conservative Leader's seat: Halifax
Tommy Douglas Party: New Democratic Leader's seat: Burnaby-Coquitlam	Réal Caouette Party: Social Credit Leader's seat: Villeneuve

Campaign News:
- Tommy Douglas and the NDP led the polls for the majority of the campaign but dipped near the end.
- Réal Caouette quickly infuriated a lot of Canadians with many off-color remarks and was not seen as a serious contender to become Prime Minister.
- Robert Stanfield rode a wave of momentum in the final weeks of the campaign and looked well on his way to becoming Prime Minister.
- Incumbent Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson claimed that he would bring Canada back to the prosperous country that it once was.

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Side note: The graph screwed up somehow and shows all the parties as red, will try to fix it for the next election

First party Robert Stanfield Party: Progressive Conservative Leader's seat: Halifax Seats won: 137	Second party Lester B. Pearson Party: Liberal Leader's seat: Algoma East Seats won: 75
Third party Tommy Douglas Party: New Democratic Leader's seat: Burnaby-Coquitlam Seats won: 51	Fourth party Réal Caouette Party: Social Credit Leader's seat: Villeneuve (lost) Seats won: 0

Robert Stanfield becomes the 15th Prime Minister of Canada after a slim majority won by the Progressive Conservatives.

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Up Next: 1968 Presidential Election, the candidates

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1968 Presidential election, the candidates

Democratic Party

Vice President  Hubert Humphrey from Minnesota

Senator Robert F. Kennedy from New York

Senator Eugene McCarthy from Minnesota

Senator George McGovern from South Dakota

President Lyndon B. Johnson from Texas

Republican Party

Former Vice President Richard Nixon from New York	Governor Ronald Reagan from California	Governor Nelson Rockefeller from New York	Governor George Romney from Michigan
Senator Charles H. Percy from Illinois	Former Governor Harold Stassen from Minnesota	Senator Jacob K. Javits from New York	-------------------

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Up Next: 1968 Presidential primaries

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1968 Presidential primaries

Democratic Party:
Early on in the primaries it looked as though President Lyndon B. Johnson was on his way to another term but he shockingly withdrew early in the primaries and endorsed Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy waged a very active campaign and was steadily climbing the polls and jumped into first place after President Johnson withdrew.

Senator George McCovern withdrew in the weeks following President Johnson's withdrawal and endorsed Robert F. Kennedy.

Senator Eugene McCarthy was dead last in the polls but kept going in the race for a long while until nearing the end of the primaries when he finally decided to withdraw and endorse Hubert Humphrey.

In the final weeks of the primaries, both Senator Kennedy and Vice President Humphrey waged a vicious rhetoric war in the lead up to the Democratic National Convention. It looked as though Humphrey was ahead in the polls but just by a slight margin.

At the Democratic National Convention, both men pitched their cases and in the end it was Senator Robert F. Kennedy that secured the Democratic nomination for President. He selected Edmund Muskie as his running mate.

Republican Party:
Senator Jacob K. Javits withdrew before the primaries began and endorsed Former Vice President Richard Nixon.

Former Governor Harold Stassen withdrew following the New Hampshire primary and endorsed Senator Charles H. Percy.

Governor Ronald Reagan was seen as the front-runner after winning both Wisconsin and New Hampshire. Richard Nixon tried to slander Reagan as much as possible but it only stood to hurt his campaign.

Senator Charles H. Percy ran vicious attack ads on the radio and attacked the other candidates personally during campaign rallies. He rose to 3rd in the polls but withdrew from the race after Ohio and endorsed Governor Nelson Rockefeller.

Governor George Romney was running a 4th for most of the race but following Percy's withdrawal he rose to 2nd after Nebraska and looked well on his way to the nomination especially after Richard Nixon withdrew and endorsed him.

Reagan, Rockefeller and Romney engaged in a heated battle for the nomination in the final weeks of the campaign with Romney shockingly defeating Reagan in California. None of the three men would withdraw so it was off to the Republican National Convention.

The Republican National Convention came and the three men continued their vicious battle until Ronald Reagan secured the Republican nomination for President. He selected Nelson Rockefeller as his running mate.

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Up Next: 1968 Presidential election

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Ronald Reagan Party: Republican State: California Running mate: Nelson Rockefeller Electoral vote: 297 States carried: 23

Robert F. Kennedy Party: Democratic State: New York Running mate: Edmund Muskie Electoral vote: 241 States carried: 27 + D.C.

Governor Ronald Reagan of California has been elected the 37th President of the United States.

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While I don't know a ton about politics and all that to do something like this, I find it interesting when somebody can. Really interesting read my friend looking forward to what you do to history.

[Joey]

1972 Canadian federal election, The Candidates

Prime Minister Robert Stanfield Party: Progressive Conservative Leader's seat: Halifax

Pierre Trudeau Party: Liberal Leader's seat: Mount Royal

Tommy Douglas Party: New Democratic Leader's seat: Burnaby-Coquitlam

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First party Robert Stanfield Party: Progressive Conservative Leader's seat: Halifax Seats won: 109	Second party Pierre Trudeau Party: Liberal Leader's seat: Mount Royal Seats won: 100
Third party Tommy Douglas Party: New Democratic Leader's seat: Burnaby-Coquitlam (lost) Seats won: 53	--------------------------------

Robert Stanfield is elected to his second term as Prime Minister with a Progressive Conservative minority government.