Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Grandfather Clause, Plurality Voting System, The Maritimes

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Cameron Anderson

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Legislative branch of government house of commons. Parliament: house of commons (cid:862)ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t is (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) the rule of la(cid:449) a(cid:374)d it is (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) represe(cid:374)tati(cid:448)e legislati(cid:448)e (cid:271)odies that laws are created and legitimized. They are to provide the government with its political legitimacy, and to represent the electorate. The hoc fails in (cid:271)oth these purposes(cid:863) (cid:894)brazier(cid:895) Clarification parliament is composed of both the hoc and the senate. Two central functions of hoc: representation, accountability. Discrepancies in the proportionality of seat allocation. Meant to get the proportion of seat to be similar to the proportion of the population. Within the constitution, the maritime provinces are overrepresented, as no matter their population, they need more mps in hoc than they have senators. Cannot lose seat count if province is losing population. If a province becomes underrepresented because of rebalancing seats, that province will be allowed to receive additional seats. Representation in hoc: territory (province, territory (rural vs urban constituencies)