POL111H5 Lecture 10: Lec10 - Parties and Elections continued
Document Summary
40 years ago today, november 15, 1976 separatist pq won majority government in quebec. Shocked all canadians drew attention of the us government. Leader rene levesque held a referendum to separate in 1980 but they lost. Pq made quebec unilingual reje(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g trudeau(cid:859)s (cid:448)isio(cid:374) of (cid:271)ili(cid:374)gual ca(cid:374)ada. Led trudeau to patriate the constitution: after levesque left, pq held another referendum in 1995: the pq lost again. Canadian electoral system kno(cid:449)(cid:374) as (cid:858)first past the post(cid:859) also k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as the si(cid:374)gle-member plurality electoral system. National party party that wins 50% or more of the seats in an election. Bring number to 40% instead of 50% Old conservative party destroyed in 1993 election. Right-winged vote switched to the reform party in 1993 and 1997 election: reform party failed to defeat the liberals in 1997 reformed as the canadian. Alliance for the 2000 election: lost again to the liberals in 2000.
