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Prairie Provinces, the

• See 1952 quote.

  See also: Prairies (def. 2)  

  • 1878  [In our Prairie Province the nomination day is fixed for the 19th, and the elections for the 26th of the same month.]
  • 1908  . . . the majority ruled, but the minority clamored from the prairie provinces. . . .
  • 1952  Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are known as the "Prairie Provinces" because they include the Canadian section of the vast grass-covered interior plains of North America.
  • 1965  All three Prairie provinces are particularly unhappy about the special incentives being offered to attract industrial enterprises.