A History of the Vote in Canada
Author: Elections Canada
Publisher: Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCet ouvrage couvre la période qui va de 1758 à nos jours.
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One Hundred Years of Struggle
Author: Joan Sangster
Publisher: Women's Suffrage and the Strug
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780774835343
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn the eve of celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote in Canada comes a timely reassessment of everything Canadians thought they knew about the history of women, the vote, and democracy in our nation
A History of the Vote in Canada
Author:
Publisher:
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780660370583
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This publication presents a fascinating account of the struggles and reforms that have shaped Canada's electoral system from pre-Confederation times to the present day.Originally researched and published in 1997 and updated in 2007, this third edition – issued in conjunction with Elections Canada's 100th anniversary in 2020 – includes important legislative and administrative developments that have taken place over the past decade and a half, providing researchers and educators with a current chronology of the franchise and voting practices in Canada."--Publisher's website.
Explore a History of the Vote in Canada [electronic Resource]
Author: Elections Canada
Publisher: Elections Canada
Published: 2000
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780662651048
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Canadian Party System
Author: Richard Johnston
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2017-09-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0774836105
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Canadian party system is a deviant case among the Anglo-American democracies. It has too many parties, it is susceptible to staggering swings from election to election, and its provincial and federal branches often seem unrelated. Unruly and inscrutable, it is a system that defies logic and classification – until now. In this political science tour de force, Richard Johnston makes sense of the Canadian party system. With a keen eye for history and deft use of recently developed analytic tools, he articulates a series of propositions underpinning the system. Chief among them was domination by the centrist Liberals, stemming from their grip on Quebec, which blocked both the Conservatives and the NDP. He also takes a close look at other peculiarities of the Canadian party system, including the stunning discontinuity between federal and provincial arenas. For its combination of historical breadth and data-intensive rigour, The Canadian Party System is a rare achievement. Its findings shed light on the main puzzles of the Canadian case, while contesting the received wisdom of the comparative study of parties, elections, and electoral systems elsewhere.
Voting Behaviour in Canada
Author: Cameron D. Anderson
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 0774859369
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan election results be explained, given that each ballot reflects the influence of countless impressions, decisions, and attachments? Leading young scholars of political behaviour piece together a comprehensive portrait of the modern Canadian voter to reveal the challenges of understanding election results. By systematically exploring the long-standing attachments, short-term influences, and proximate factors that influence our behaviour in the voting booth, this theoretically grounded and methodologically advanced collection sheds new light on the choices we make as citizens and provides important insights into recent national developments.
Making Every Vote Count
Author: Henry Milner
Publisher: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSteps Toward Making Every Vote Count brings together the best analyses from the best qualified observers on developments in the growing movement to reform Canada's electoral system. Among mature democracies, only the United States and Canada use the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system for electing all state and provincial, as well as national, law makers. In Canada the debate over the electoral system, which began in earnest after the 1997 federal election, is now moving from the university and think-tank seminar room to the floor of five provincial legislatures. Four key chapters present up-to-date accounts of developments in BC, Quebec, PEI, and Ontario. They show the provinces moving at different speeds toward meeting an objective to propose a specific model of proportional representation that also ensures a continued role for directly elected representatives of specific geographic boundaries. Two chapters recount experiences in New Zealand and Scotland, which adopted electoral plans attempting just such a balance. Others look at South Africa, Japan, Frances, and the United States - each selected for the light its casts on a specific aspect of electoral system reform. The remaining chapters consider various practical implications of changing Canada's electoral system - now a very real prospect.
Our Voices Must Be Heard
Author: Tarah Brookfield
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2018-11-01
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0774860227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1844, seven widows dared to cast ballots in an election in Canada West, a display of feminist effrontery that was quickly punished: the government struck a law excluding women from the vote. It would be seven decades before women regained voting rights in Ontario. Our Voices Must Be Heard explores Ontario’s suffrage history, examining its ideals and failings, its daring supporters and thunderous enemies, and its blind spots on matters of race and class. It looks at how and why suffragists from around the province joined an international movement they called “the great cause.” This is the second volume in the seven-part Women’s Suffrage and the Struggle for Democracy series.
Should We Change How We Vote?
Author: Andrew Potter
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2017-04-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 0773550828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the 2015 federal election, the Liberal Party pledged that, if elected, they would end the “first past the post” electoral system, where whichever candidate receives the most votes wins a riding even if they have not received a majority of all votes cast. In early 2017, the Liberals reneged on their campaign promise, declaring that there was a lack of public consensus about how to reform the system. Despite the broken promise – and because of the public outcry – discussions about electoral reform will continue around the country. Challenging the idea that first past the post is obsolete, Should We Change How We Vote? urges Canadians to make sure they understand their electoral system before making drastic changes to it. The contributors to this volume assert that there is perhaps no institution more misunderstood and misrepresented than the Canadian electoral system – praised by some for ensuring broad regional representation in Ottawa, but criticized by others for allowing political parties with less than half the popular vote to assume more than half the seats in Parliament. They consider not only how the system works, but also its flaws and its advantages, and whether or not electoral reform is legitimate without a referendum. An essential guide to the crucial and ongoing debate about the country’s future, Should We Change How We Vote? asks if there are alternative reforms that would be easier to implement than a complete overhaul of the electoral system.
Voting in Quebec Municipal Elections
Author: Éric Bélanger
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2022-02-23
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1487540094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile Quebec is well known for its provincial-level party politics and thriving nationalism, voting behaviour and electoral campaigning at the municipal level have failed to gain much attention to date. Voting in Quebec Municipal Elections seeks to transform the state of municipal elections research in Quebec through a systematic study of the 2017 Montreal and Quebec City elections. Drawing upon data from the Canadian Municipal Election Study, the authors demonstrate not only the importance of Quebec municipal politics, but the many ways that municipal elections research can inform our broader understanding of voting behaviour in the province. This volume considers the features particular to the Quebec local context, such as the importance of language and nationalism, the effects of local party labels for down-ballot races, and the role of ideology. Voting in Quebec Municipal Elections represents the largest-ever collection of work on local elections in the province’s history, making a significant contribution to our understanding of the municipal voter in Quebec.
