51. Cecilia Keaveny of the Fianna Fail party won the vacant seat in Donegal Northwest. 52. Chretien and his Liberal Party are expected to recruit prominent, French-speaking candidates to contest the two vacant seats in Quebec and to campaign for national unity. 53. Contenders from the ruling Parti Democratique Gabonais and the opposition Rassemblement National Des Bucherons were vying for the vacant seats. 54. Douglas refused comment on the matter Thursday night, saying only that the constitution prescribed how vacant seats should be filled. 55. Gonzales declined to discuss specific candidates, but said Bush has made it clear that he wants to move quickly to fill vacant seats. 56. If that happens, Zia could hold by-elections to fill the vacant seats or dissolve Parliament. 57. In recent weeks, three by-elections for vacant parliamentary seats have been marred by bloody scuffles between rival supporters, though no deaths were reported. 58. Oracle representatives have little to say about the possibility that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison may be trying to persuade Clinton to fill a vacant seat on the board. 59. Ramezanianpour said the vacant seat will be filled after midterm elections. 60. Security forces were deployed in two election districts in Gabon during voting Saturday to fill two vacant seats in the national legislature. |