Proportional and Semi-Proportional Electoral Systems: Their Potential Effects on Canadian Politics
Heather MacIvor (University of Windsor), presented to the Advisory Committee of Registered Political Parties, Elections Canada
Elections Canada, Research and Policy series. Presented 23 April 1999.
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“In 1993 the federal Progressive Conservatives won 16 percent of the national vote, and less than one percent of the seats in the Commons. Although it had received millions of votes, the party was placed on a death watch because it had won only two seats.”
“These simulations are examples, not projections. Any significant electoral reform would change the behaviour of both voters and parties in ways which cannot be fully appreciated in advance.”
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