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title	:	Making Every Vote Count : Reassessing Canada's Electoral System
author	:	Milner, Henry.
publisher	:	Broadview Press
isbn10 | asin	:	1551112566
print isbn13	:	9781551112565
ebook isbn13	:	9780585244525
language	:	English
subject	Elections--Canada, Voting--Canada, Representative government and representation--Canada.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	JL193.M35 1999eb
ddc	:	324.6/3/0971
subject	:	Elections--Canada, Voting--Canada, Representative government and representation--Canada.

Page 3 Making Every Vote Count Reassessing Canada's Electoral System edited by Henry Milner

Page 4 Copyright 1999 Henry Milner All rights reserved. The use of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior written consent of the publisheror in the case of photocopying, a licence from Cancopy (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency) 6 Adelaide Street E., Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1H6is an infringement of the copyright law. Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Making every vote count: reassessing Canada's electoral system Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-55111-256-6 1. Elections Canada. 2. Voting Canada. 3. Representative government and representation Canada. 1. Milner, Henry. JL193.M34 1999 324.6'3'0971 C98-932755-8 Broadview Press, Ltd. is an independent, international publishing house, incorporated in 1985. North America Post Office Box 1243, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7H5 3576 California Road, Orchard Park, New York, USA 14127 TEL (705) 743-8990; FAX (705) 743-8353; E-MAIL 75322.44@compuserve.com United Kingdom and Europe Turpin Distribution Services, Ltd., Blackhorse Rd., Letchworth, Hertfordshire, SG6 IHN TEL (1462) 672555; FAX (1462) 480947; E-MAIL turpin@rsc.org Australia St. Clair Press, Post Office Box 287, Rozelle, NSW 2039 TEL (612) 818-1942; FAX (612) 418-1923 www.broadviewpress.com Broadview Press gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ministry of Canadian Heritage through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program. Cover design by Mike Young, Black Eye Design. Typeset by Zack Taylor and Mike Young, Black Eye Design. Printed in Canada 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Page 5 CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures 7 Notes on Contributors 9 Preface 11 Introduction 15 A Brief Introduction to Electoral Reform Heather MacIvor 19 Part I Proposals for Reforming the Canadian Electoral System The Case for Proportional Representation in Canada Henry Milner 37 How to Renew Canadian Democracy: PR for the Commons, FPTP Elections for the Senate, and Political Financing by Individuals Only Tom Kent 51 New Challenges Demand New Thinking about our Antiquated Electoral System Lawrence LeDuc 63 MMP is Too Much of Some Good Things Kent Weaver 79

Page 6 The Alternative Vote: An Electoral System for Canada Tom Flanagan 85 Electoral Reform and Canada's Parties John C. Courtney 91 Electoral Reform is not as Simple as it Looks Richard S. Katz 101 Part II Electoral Reform in Canada in Historical and Geographical Context The History of Voting System Reform in Canada Dennis Pilon 111 Will Canada Seriously Consider Electoral System Reform? Women and Aboriginals Should Donley Studlar 123 Electing Representative Legislatures: Lessons from New Zealand Thrse Arseneau 133 From Westminster Plurality to Continental Proportionality: Electoral System Change in New Zealand Peter Aimer 145 The Defects of Its Virtues: New Zealand's Experience with MMP Jack H. Nagel 157 Electoral System Reform in the United Kingdom Andrew Reynolds 171 This Time Let the Voters Decide: The Proportional Representation Movement in the United States

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