POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Official Party Status, List Of Political Parties In Canada, John Meisel

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

Document Summary

For some, the most positive aspect of canada"s political party system is its dynamism and complexity and for others this variety leads to dilution, disorganization and disruption. Canada"s first fifty years federal elections were mainly fought between the. Progressive party in the 1920s and the labour-friendly ccf (co-operative. Commonwealth federation) in the 1940s interrupted the two-party domination. In an attempt to appeal to a broader base the ccf became the. Ndp (new democratic party) and the party system settled into the two and a half party arrangement (the ndp considered a half party because they never came close to forming the government). However, due to a number of factors including the decline in canadians" confidence in the traditional parties, the three-party system broke in the 1993 federal election, opening up to a multi- party system. In a twist of irony, her majesty"s loyal opposition in the 1993-