Great Canadian Flag Debate Canadian Red Ensign the official Canadian flag by Order in Council. Mackenzie King also tried to give Canada a new flag. The recommendation that came back was a Red Ensign, but substituting the coat of arms of Canada with a gold maple leaf. Mackenzie King stopped the venture. In 1958, an extensive poll was taken of the attitudes that adult Canadians held toward the flag. Of those who expressed opinions, over 80% wanted a national flag entirely different from that of any other nation, and 60% wanted their flag to bear the maple leaf. From his office as leader of
1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota president. Nationally, no candidate since James Monroe’s re-election in 1820 had won as great a percentage of the popular vote as did Johnson in 1964, nor has any candidate since 1964. , this is the last election in which Brown County, Redwood County, and Rock County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. 1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota The 1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1964, in Minnesota as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had assumed the presidency less than