POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Party System, Red Tory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1400
• Professor: Nanita Mohan

Document Summary

Week 4: federal elections, voting and electoral systems. An organization group that nominates candidates and contests elections in order to influence the personnel and policies of the gov. Functions: organize public opinion; provide leadership; provide symbols of allegiance; provide integration. Prerequisites: active leadership; freely recruited following; procedures;ideology issues. Conservative party of canada: opposition party, right of centre- business liberal and red tories. Liberal party of canada: govt, party, middle position, business and welfare liberalism. New democratic party- left of centre- collectivism.