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A lesson from Canada?

Justin Trudeau celebrates ten years in the Liberal leadership, as his party's Australian namesake grapples with its continuing crisis of identity.

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Charles Richardson Australia, North America (ex-US), Party matters 4 Comments 17 April 202317 April 2023

A landslide in Quebec

Canada turns in another weirdly unfair election result, this time in Quebec, where the government has shelved its commitment to electoral reform.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, North America (ex-US) 3 Comments 6 October 20226 October 2022

September electoral roundup

Our monthly roundup of election news covers Kenya, Canada, Brazil and Austria.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, Latin America, North America (ex-US), Party matters 3 Comments 22 September 2022

August electoral roundup

A regular feature: this month, news from Kenya, Kuwait, Senegal and Canada, plus an update on a Washington story.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Middle East, North America (ex-US), Party matters, United States, War and peace 2 Comments 18 August 2022

June electoral roundup

A regular feature: this month, electoral news from Israel, Bulgaria, Grenada and Australia.

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Another shocker in Canada

Ontario's vaguely Trumpist government is re-elected, despite again having far fewer votes than its opponents – a common Canadian problem.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Media, North America (ex-US) 5 Comments 6 June 2022

March electoral roundup

This month's round up of electoral news covers France, Colombia, Canada and Malta.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Latin America, North America (ex-US) 5 Comments 23 March 2022

A preview and some results

There are presidential and legislative elections in Costa Rica on Sunday. Also recent results from Italy, Barbados and Northern Cyprus.

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January electoral roundup

A monthly feature: election news from around the world. This time, Barbados, Northern Cyprus, the Netherlands and North Macedonia.

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A Canadian postmortem

Canada's unnecessary election wraps up, with a status quo result and the usual gross disproportion between what voters wanted and what they got.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, North America (ex-US) 11 Comments 30 September 2021

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