An update on Canada's strangely distant relationship with democracy.
Category: North America (ex-US)
Democracy in Canada
British Columbia gets a government, and Canada's Conservatives get a new leader.
May election roundup
An occasional feature. This week, France, Germany, Canada, the Bahamas and Austria.
Results roundup
An irregular feature updating world electoral news. This week, the United States, Iran, Spain, Ireland and Jamaica.
Two election results
The polls got it right in Switzerland; less so in Canada, but for explicable reasons.
Election preview: Canada
Canada's Liberals look set to avenge their dreadful 2011 result tonight, meaning that the country might be set for fairer elections in future.
Canada’s opposition needs to beat the system
Canadians keep voting for a centre-left government, but they're having an inordinate amount of trouble getting one.
Electoral system dishes the right in Alberta
Another illustration of the unfairness of single-member electoral systems comes from Canada, this time with the right on the losing end.
Quebec stays put, for now
Quebec's minority pro-independence government loses an early election, ensuring that the province will stay part of Canada for a while yet.
Opinion polls come a cropper in British Columbia
British Columbia's Liberal Party wins re-election despite what the polls said, in a result that will give comfort to unpopular incumbents everywhere.
