Markham (provincial electoral district)

Markham was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada created in 1986.

Tony Wong resigned in the fall of 2006 to successfully seek election to York Regional Council. His provincial seat was filled in a by-election on February 8, 2007. However the riding was abolished at the October 4, 2007 provincial election, and redistributed between the new provincial ridings of Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham as its federal counterpart already has been.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

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Markham (surname)

Markham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Line 3 Scarborough

Line 3 Scarborough, formerly and still commonly known as the Scarborough RT, is a rapid transit line on the Toronto rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), which refers to the line as route 3 (formerly route 603). The line has six stations and is 6.4 km (4.0 mi) in length situated almost entirely above ground. It connects with Line 2 Bloor–Danforth at Kennedy and terminates at McCowan via Scarborough Centre.

Rather than the standard and relatively larger subway cars used by the other lines of the Toronto subway system, the Scarborough line rolling stock consists of a smaller, fully automated, medium-capacity rail transport system using Intermediate Capacity Transit System Mark I vehicles built by the Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC) and powered by linear induction motors, identical to vehicles used by the Vancouver SkyTrain and the Detroit People Mover. The line uses standard gauge tracks, unlike the rest of the Toronto subway and the Toronto streetcar system which use a unique, wider gauge.

Rój

Rój (German: Roy) is a district in the south-west of Żory, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

The medieval name Ray, denoted a paradise, it was later pronounced by locals (see Silesian dialects) as Roj, which later transformed into Rój, literally a swarm of bees.

History

The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Regno Dei id est Ray ex ordinacione datur ferto singulis annis.

After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 335 out of 375 voters in Rój voted in favour of joining Poland, against 40 opting for staying in Germany.

In years 1945-1954 the village was a part of gmina Boguszowice.

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Iraj

Iraj (Persian: ایرج - Iraj‎‎) is a Persian given name.

Iraj may refer to:

People with the given name Iraj:

Richard

The Germanic first or given name Richard derives from German, French, and English "ric" (ruler, leader, king) and "hard" (strong, brave), and it therefore means "powerful leader". Nicknames include "Dick", "Dickie", "Rich", "Richie", "Rick", "Ricky", "Rickey", and others.

"Richard" is a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch. It can also be used as a French, Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian name.

People named Richard

Rulers and aristocrats

Richard of Dunkeld

Richard († 1178) was a 12th-century bishop of Dunkeld. He got the bishopric of Dunkeld, the second most prestigious bishopric in Scotland-north-of-the-Forth, after serving the King of Scots. He was capellanus Regis Willelmi, that is, chaplain of King William of Scotland, and had probably been the chaplain to William during the reign of King Máel Coluim IV. He was consecrated at St Andrews on 10 August 1170, by Richard, former chaplain of King Máel Coluim IV but now the bishop of St Andrews. Richard continued to have a close relationship with King William, and was in Normandy with the king in December 1174 when the Treaty of Falaise was signed.

He died in 1178. He allegedly died at Cramond in Midlothian and was buried on Inchcolm. Both details may be the result of confusion with Richard de Prebenda, but buriel on Inchcolm was common for the bishops of Dunkeld.

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