Category Archives: Electoral Reform

Jean-Pierre Kingsley Is Wrong: Electoral Reform Is A Constitutional Matter

Posted on 2016/06/08 by J.W.J. Bowden

Publication in the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Magazine I am most grateful to Brian Lee Crowley, David Watson, and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute for having published my short article on electoral reform online under the title, “Time Has Already Run Out on Electoral Reform“; … Continue reading →

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Stéphane Dion Is Right: Put Electoral Reform to a Referendum

Posted on 2016/06/05 by J.W.J. Bowden

In 2012, Stéphane Dion wrote a short policy paper on electoral reform in which he advocated that Canadians elect MPs to the House of Commons through a single transferable vote (STV) electoral system. Under Dion’s model, the multi-member constituencies would … Continue reading →

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A Response to the Broadbent Institute’s Polemic for Mixed-Member Proportional Representation

Posted on 2016/03/25 by J.W.J. Bowden

On Mixed-Member Proportional Representation In March 2016, the Broadbent Institute released a report on electoral reform, “An Electoral System for All: Why Canada Should Adopt Proportional Representation,” and endorsed mixed-member proportional representation. It is in essence and in tone a … Continue reading →

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In Defence of Single-Member Plurality

Posted on 2016/02/08 by J.W.J. Bowden

Adopting a ranked ballot would in effect convert our single-member plurality into a system of single-member majority, like the electoral system for Australia’s House of Representatives, since it would still rely on single-member geographic constituencies and not party lists. Such … Continue reading →

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The Trudeau II Government’s Electoral Teleology

Posted on 2016/02/05 by J.W.J. Bowden

The Liberal Platform and the Trudeau II Government’s Policy Proposal During the last general election, the Liberals pledged to study changing the electoral system from single-member plurality (also known pejoratively by its opponents as “first past the post”) to some … Continue reading →

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