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Canada gets one thing right

Canada's radically unreformed electoral system gets the right result for once, at least in its broad outline.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, North America (ex-US) 4 Comments 23 October 201923 October 2019

Election preview: Canada

Canada's Liberal government seeks re-election tonight. As usual, its main task is to beat the electoral system.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, North America (ex-US) 5 Comments 21 October 201921 October 2019

Canada keeps getting it wrong

An update on Canada's strangely distant relationship with democracy.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, North America (ex-US), Party matters 2 Comments 3 October 2018

Democracy in Canada

British Columbia gets a government, and Canada's Conservatives get a new leader.

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Charles Richardson Elections, North America (ex-US), Party matters 2 Comments 30 May 2017

May election roundup

An occasional feature. This week, France, Germany, Canada, the Bahamas and Austria.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Germany, North America (ex-US), Party matters 3 Comments 15 May 201727 January 2022

Results roundup

An irregular feature updating world electoral news. This week, the United States, Iran, Spain, Ireland and Jamaica.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Middle East, North America (ex-US), Party matters, Spain, United States Leave a comment 4 March 201628 January 2022

Two election results

The polls got it right in Switzerland; less so in Canada, but for explicable reasons.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, North America (ex-US) 2 Comments 21 October 2015

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.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, North America (ex-US) 3 Comments 19 October 2015

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.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Media, North America (ex-US) 3 Comments 6 August 2015

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.

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