PSC 345 CANADIAN POLITICS

THE ELECTORAL PROCESS

 

10/8/2000


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1999-2000 ELECTORAL REFORM (BILL C-2)
CANADA'S 301 ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
CANADIAN ELECTIONS CENTER
CANADIAN ELECTIONS CALENDAR
CANADIAN ELECTIONS: RESULTS
CANADIANS FOR DIRECT DEMOCRACY (Interest group)
CANADIANS FOR PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION (Interest group)
CANADIAN VOTER TURNOUT
CHANGES TO THE CANADA ELECTIONS ACT
CIRCUM (Polling)
COMPAS (Polling)
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY NOW (Interest group)
DEMOCRACY WATCH (Interest group)
DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BY PARTY
ELECTIONS CANADA
FISCAL RETURNS OF CANADIAN POLITICAL PARTIES
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER
POLLARA (Polling)
READJUSTMENT OF ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES
REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT  (FORMULA/ELECTORAL QUOTIENT)
 

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Table of Contents

PSC 345 CANADIAN POLITICS

INTRODUCTION

PREFERENCE ARTICULATION

ELECTORAL DISTRICTING

THE ELECTORAL FORMULA

THREE CONTROVERSIES

CONTROVERY #1: TRANSLATION OF VOTES INTO SEATS

MOST DISTORTED CASE: 1993 ELECTIONS

CONSEQUENCES

CONTROVERSY #2 ELECTORAL DISTRICTING

SEAT DISTRIBUTION W/IN PROVINCES

VOTER’S EQUALITY

PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

CONTROVERSY #3 NONTERRITORIAL REPRESENTATION

Author: Erick Duchesne 

Email: duchesne@acsu.buffalo.edu

Home Page: http://montana.fss.buffalo.edu/classes/psc/duchesne/psc345/index.html

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