POL214Y5 Lecture 10: Lecture 10 Electoral Systems
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Plurality = the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives the most votes but not a majority of the vote. With proportional representation, the liberal government would have had a minority government, and not a majority, with 134 seats, instead of 184, respectively. With a preferential ballot, the liberal party would have won 224 seats out of 338. Killed the progressive conservative party that opened the door for the reform party that is now the conservative party. Makes contests among parties appear like contexts among regions. Nothing came out of the commission in 1909. 1921: recommended preferential ballot, rejected in 1923. 1936: rejected by parliament who decided to keep fptf 92-70. Alliance, bq + 2 liberal vote for referendum. Elections were not held on one day. The 1872 election was held in three provinces over three months. When voting occurred in a constituency it occurred for two days.
