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Canadaàcurrent electoral system (First-past-the-post) contributes to some rather curious
electoral outcomes. For example, in the 2021 Federal election the Liberal Party won the most
seats (47.3%), despite the fact that they received fewer votes than the Conservative Party (the
Conservatives obtained close to 200,000 more votes than the Liberals but obtained 41 fewer
seats). In that same election, the NDP received 17.8% of the total vote, but only 7.4% of the
total number of seats. The PeopleàParty, for its part, received 4.9% of the total vote while
acquiring no seats at all (0% of the total number of seats).
This is not the first time in Canadian history that the vote share and the seat share have been
out of alignment. In fact, in an earlier election (2015), Justin Trudeau promised that, if elected,
his Party would change the electoral system 4he Liberalàwon that election, but the promise
was abandoned in 2017. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-electoral-reform-january2018-1.4511902
It is now 2024, and you are the new Prime Minister of Canada. Your party has been elected
with the mandate of reforming the Canadian electoral system. What type of voting system
will you recommend for the next election, and why?
Questions to consider:
– How democratic is Canadaàcurrent electoral system?
– What types of electoral system are possible?
o What are the advantages and disadvantages of different electoral mechanisms?
– Is our current system the best system for the Canadian context? If so why? If not, what is
the best system and why?
– What type of electoral mechanism is the new Prime Minister of the country likely to
recommend (assuming that the Prime Minister is a typical politician)?
Guidance:
The goal of this exercise is to stress the possible disconnect between votes and electoral
outcomes in our current First-Past-the-Post System. Nevertheless, there are defenders of this
system despite the alternatives. Why?
The following article provides a brief overview of some of the electoral options:
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/making-sense-of-electoral-reform-what-are-canadasoptions/
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electoral outcomes. For example, in the 2021 Federal election the Liberal Party won the most
seats (47.3%), despite the fact that they received fewer votes than the Conservative Party (the
Conservatives obtained close to 200,000 more votes than the Liberals but obtained 41 fewer
seats). In that same election, the NDP received 17.8% of the total vote, but only 7.4% of the
total number of seats. The PeopleàParty, for its part, received 4.9% of the total vote while
acquiring no seats at all (0% of the total number of seats).
This is not the first time in Canadian history that the vote share and the seat share have been
out of alignment. In fact, in an earlier election (2015), Justin Trudeau promised that, if elected,
his Party would change the electoral system 4he Liberalàwon that election, but the promise
was abandoned in 2017. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-electoral-reform-january2018-1.4511902
It is now 2024, and you are the new Prime Minister of Canada. Your party has been elected
with the mandate of reforming the Canadian electoral system. What type of voting system
will you recommend for the next election, and why?
Questions to consider:
– How democratic is Canadaàcurrent electoral system?
– What types of electoral system are possible?
o What are the advantages and disadvantages of different electoral mechanisms?
– Is our current system the best system for the Canadian context? If so why? If not, what is
the best system and why?
– What type of electoral mechanism is the new Prime Minister of the country likely to
recommend (assuming that the Prime Minister is a typical politician)?
Guidance:
The goal of this exercise is to stress the possible disconnect between votes and electoral
outcomes in our current First-Past-the-Post System. Nevertheless, there are defenders of this
system despite the alternatives. Why?
The following article provides a brief overview of some of the electoral options:
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/making-sense-of-electoral-reform-what-are-canadasoptions/
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