Chapters and Caucuses
Fair Vote Canada members living in a common region or with a common interest are encouraged to form FVC chapters and caucuses. For more details on chapter and caucus formation, refer to the Chapter Guidelines paper available on the Resources page of this site. The following is contact information for formally recognized chapters and caucuses, as well as other regional contacts.
ALBERTA
Edmonton Chapter
Contact: Doug Bailie: doug.bailie@fairvotecanada.org
Calgary Chapter
Contact: Kirk Werklund: kirk.fairvote@gmail.com
Lethbridge Chapter
Contact: Gene Oleksin: g.oleksin@hotmail.com
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Greater Victoria Chapter
Contact: Wendy Bergerud, President, wendy.bergerud@fairvote.ca
ONTARIO
Durham Region Chapter
Contact: Rebecca White-Harrison, rhw0429@gmail.com, 905-999-5479
Halton Region Chapter
Contact: Dan Griffin, President, fvhalton@gmail.com
Kingston and Area Chapter
Contact: ctardif@mast.queensu.ca
London Region Chapter
Contact: Margaret Hoff, 519-439-7742, London@FairVote.ca
National Capital Region Chapter (Ottawa-Gatineau)
Contact: Kelsey Wagner, kelseyrwagner@gmail.com, 613-237-0976; or
National Capital Region Chapter
Media inquiries only: 613-266-3793
Northumberland Region Chapter
Contact: Wilf Day, President, 905-885-5456, Northumberland@FairVote.Ca
Simcoe County Chapter
Contact: Eleanor Alexander, or Peter Kizoff, fairvotesimcoe@yahoo.ca or 705-794-4747
Toronto Chapter
Contact: Toronto@FairVote.Ca
Toronto Chapter
Waterloo Region Chapter
Contact: waterlooregion@fairvote.ca or Waterloo Region Chapter
York Region Chapter
Contact: Ray Lorenz at fairvoteyorkregion@gmail.com
SASKATCHEWAN
Saskatchewan Chapter
Contact: fairvotesask@gmail.com
Saskatchewan Chapter blog
YUKON
Fair Vote Yukon
Contact: Danielle Daffe, 867-335-4358, Yukon@FairVote.Ca
REGIONAL COORDINATORS
Halifax: Raymond Taavel, Halifax@FairVote.Ca
Montreal: Ned Zimmerman, Montreal@FairVote.Ca
Niagara: Cecil Makowski, Niagara@FairVote.Ca
Vancouver: Jamie Deith, Vancouver@FairVote.Ca
Winnipeg: Corey Shefman, Winnipeg@FairVote.Ca
FAIR VOTE CANADA CAUCUSES
Labour for Fair Voting
Contact: John Deverell, devj@sympatico.ca
The mandate of the Labour for Fair Voting caucus is to advance the FVC mission in labour organizations, promoting individual memberships, gaining organization support and donations.
Women for Fair Voting
Contact: Margaret Hoff, Women@FairVote.Ca
This group will focus on promoting proportional representation as a means of increasing the number and percentage of women serving in Parliament and provincial legislatures. Numerous studies have shown that the lists used in all PR systems help facilitate both the nomination and election of more women than first-past-the-post systems, such as Canada's.
Further information on Women for Fair Voting
Students & Youth for Fair Voting
Contact: Justin Carmichael, youth@fairvote.ca
SYFV is a self-directed and democratically-governed (of course!) campaign within Fair Vote Canada, focused on campuses and youth outreach. SYFV will work on the Fair Vote Canada mission: to bring fair and proportional voting systems to all levels of government and throughout civil society…including our own campuses. We are looking for fellow student and youth activists who want to help launch SYFV chapters on their own campuses.

