committee rooms

English

Noun

committee rooms pl (normally plural, singular committee room)

(Canada, UK, dated) One or more election campaign offices.
- 1946, Herbert F. Quinn, The Quebec Provincial Election of 1944: An Analysis of the Role of the Election in the Democratic Process‎ (master’s thesis), Montreal: McGill University, OCLC 693210797, retrieved December 7, 2022, page 44:
  One of the factors in the success of the party in Verdun in polling a sizable vote was the role played by these voluntary workers in canvassing, distributing literature, and staffing committee rooms.
- 1964, T. Peterson and I. Avakumovic, “A Return to the Status Quo: The Election in Winnipeg North Centre”, in John Meisel, editor, Papers on the 1962 Election: Fifteen Papers on the Canadian General Election of 1962, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, JSTOR 10.3138/j.ctvfrxpnc.9, pages 94–95, 100:
  With the party candidate in Winnipeg North, he shared a cramped committee room in the northern district, across the street from the Conservative auxiliary office. […]
  By twilight, both the Conservative and the New Democratic committee rooms were thronged with well-wishers, many of whom had appeared seldom if at all during the campaign.
- 1971, James Lorimer and Myfanwy Phillips, Working People: Life in a Downtown City Neighbourhood, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, page 94:
  He and Bud Price were close personal friends, and he had done a lot of work for Price and the party. They had, for instance, hired him to put the lights into Price’s committee rooms on Parliament Street.
- 1975, NDP... Keeping Saskatchewan Alive, Regina, Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan NDP; republished Quebec City, Quebec: Centre for Public Policy Analysis, c. 2006, retrieved December 6, 2022, page 17:
  COMMITTEE ROOMS:
  1915 Osler Street
- 2019 October 7, Kevin Weedmark, “Canadian Politics Is No Longer Right Versus Left, It’s Urban Versus Rural”, in The World-Spectator‎, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, retrieved December 6, 2022:
  When I came to Moosomin 30 years ago, the Liberals, NDP and Conservatives all had active local constituencies, all had well known supporters, all would set up committee rooms during the election, get their lawn signs out and work for their candidate.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:committee rooms.

单词	committee rooms
释义	committee rooms English Noun committee rooms pl (normally plural, singular committee room) (Canada, UK, dated) One or more election campaign offices. 1946, Herbert F. Quinn, The Quebec Provincial Election of 1944: An Analysis of the Role of the Election in the Democratic Process‎ (master’s thesis), Montreal: McGill University, OCLC 693210797, retrieved December 7, 2022, page 44: One of the factors in the success of the party in Verdun in polling a sizable vote was the role played by these voluntary workers in canvassing, distributing literature, and staffing committee rooms. 1964, T. Peterson and I. Avakumovic, “A Return to the Status Quo: The Election in Winnipeg North Centre”, in John Meisel, editor, Papers on the 1962 Election: Fifteen Papers on the Canadian General Election of 1962, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, JSTOR 10.3138/j.ctvfrxpnc.9, pages 94–95, 100: With the party candidate in Winnipeg North, he shared a cramped committee room in the northern district, across the street from the Conservative auxiliary office. […] By twilight, both the Conservative and the New Democratic committee rooms were thronged with well-wishers, many of whom had appeared seldom if at all during the campaign. 1971, James Lorimer and Myfanwy Phillips, Working People: Life in a Downtown City Neighbourhood, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, page 94: He and Bud Price were close personal friends, and he had done a lot of work for Price and the party. They had, for instance, hired him to put the lights into Price’s committee rooms on Parliament Street. 1975, NDP... Keeping Saskatchewan Alive, Regina, Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan NDP; republished Quebec City, Quebec: Centre for Public Policy Analysis, c. 2006, retrieved December 6, 2022, page 17: COMMITTEE ROOMS: 1915 Osler Street 2019 October 7, Kevin Weedmark, “Canadian Politics Is No Longer Right Versus Left, It’s Urban Versus Rural”, in The World-Spectator‎, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, retrieved December 6, 2022: When I came to Moosomin 30 years ago, the Liberals, NDP and Conservatives all had active local constituencies, all had well known supporters, all would set up committee rooms during the election, get their lawn signs out and work for their candidate. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:committee rooms.
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