How much do you know about Canadian politics [and history]

[Foucaulf]

I actually had a Canadian politics quiz typed up a few days ago, but I never got to post it. If Teddy doesn't mind I'd like to put it in this topic anyway.

By the way, Amor De Cosmos's name wasn't in actual Latin!

[Foucaulf]

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT CANADIAN POLITICS [AND HISTORY] EXPANSION PACK

This test is designed for Canadians. I'll be sending answers through PM.

INTERMEDIATE:

1. Seat allocation for Canada's Lower House is not solely based on population, but based foremost on two rules. Name them.

2. Who are the incumbent Premiers for the provinces of New Brunswick, Quebec and Alberta?

3. Name any one of the Lieutenant-Governors currently appointed.

4. Which politician was murdered by the FLQ, and what does the acronym stand for in English and/or French?

5. Name the first president of the New Democratic Party.

6. What was the King-Byng Affair? Apart from "King and Byng", which other hapless party leader was implicated in the event?

7. What was suggested in the Durham Report, published in 1838?

8. Name the two proportional voting systems put to referendum in Canada. You do not get half marks for naming just one.

9. What were the Pacific Scandal, the Chanak Crisis, the Gouzenko Affair, the Quiet Revolution and the Sponsorship Scandal?

10. Who were Louis Papineau, George-Étienne Cartier, Henri Bourassa, Robert Bourassa and Jacques Parizeau? Make sure each answer is distinct.

DIFFICULT:

1. Who were the Premiers of British Columbia and Newfoundland upon their joining of Confederation?

2. Who was the only federal Canadian politician to be assassinated?

3. Since its founding in 1905, how many times have the government of Alberta switched between parties?

4. The "Trois Colombes" is the nickname for a group of Quebec intellectuals. One member was Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Name the other two.

5. The Lower House of the 16th Canadian Parliament was one of the most plural in history, featuring six parties with four or more seats. Two of them were the Liberals and the Conservatives. Name the other four.   

6. It is common knowledge that the Liberal Party is the oldest active party in Canada. Which active party is the second oldest?

7. What were Prime Minister Jean Chretien's "White Paper" and "Red Book"?

8. Apart from being political figures, what did Rosemary Brown, Elijah Harper and Pierre de Bané have in common?

9. Which Francophone Governor-General died on June 24, the day of Quebec's National Holiday (though he was born and died somewhere else)?

10. How many provincial parties with members in their respective parliaments do not have the words "Liberal", "Conservative" or "New Democratic" in their names?

11. Which political figure is credited with the paraphrase "an election is no time to discuss serious issues"?

12. Among all the provinces, which province had the shortest period between two elections post-Confederation?

UNFAIR:

There have been few referendums staged at the federal level. One of them were the referendums on the Charlottetown Accords, constitutional reforms spearheaded by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. One referendum was given to Quebec, and another to the rest of Canada. Provide the national results of the combined referendums to the nearest decimal point, in the format xx.x YES to xx.x NO.