Category Archives: Electoral Reform

Single-Member Electoral Districts Cannot Be Unconstitutional Because They Form Part of the Constitution of Canada

Posted on 2025/08/26 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction  The Ontario Court of Appeal issued a ruling in August 2025 which upheld the constitutionality of single-member electoral districts and lambasted so-called “Fair Vote British Columbia” (which for some reason litigated single-member plurality in Ontario) for having “repackage[ed] failed … Continue reading →

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Fashionable Complaining about Single-Member Plurality

Posted on 2022/10/17 by J.W.J. Bowden

Sanjay Ruparelia’s column in the Globe and Mail today typifies the confused and contradictory discourse over electoral reform here in Canada. He joins Fair Vote Canada in perpetuating this absurd myth that majoritarian electoral systems encourage descent into authoritarian rule … Continue reading →

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My Article in the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law on Electoral Reform

Posted on 2020/09/28 by J.W.J. Bowden

Some of you might be interested; some of you might not.

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Celebrate Dominion Day With The Latest Issue of The Dorchester Review

Posted on 2020/07/01 by J.W.J. Bowden

The latest issue of The Dorchester Review is now available online here once you subscribe here to receive physical copies of the magazine in the mail as well. I contributed an article to this issue on a lesser known aspect of the … Continue reading →

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Electoral Reform: Quebec Will Hold a Referendum With a Clear Question

Posted on 2020/05/01 by J.W.J. Bowden

Last spring, I wrote about the prospect that the Legault government in Quebec would implement mixed-member proportional representation in time for the next provincial general election scheduled for 2022 in a piece for Policy Options. Recent developments answer this question … Continue reading →

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