committee rooms

English

Noun

committee rooms pl (normally plural, singular committee room)

1. (Canada, UK, dated) One or more election campaign offices.
   • a. 1946, The Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Journal‎^[1], International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers:

     Hats were thrown in the air at the west end committee rooms when when victory seemed certain and the crowds surged up and down the stairs in the west end committee rooms to offer congratulations to the victorious candidate.

   • 1946, Herbert F. Quinn, The Quebec Provincial Election of 1944: An Analysis of the Role of the Election in the Democratic Process‎^[2] (master’s thesis), Montreal: McGill University, →OCLC, 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, 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, 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.

   • 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^[3], 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.

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