by Fair Vote Canada | Jun 9, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
Danielle Smith’s announcement of an advisory “council” of unelected UCP candidates in Edmonton is no substitute for fair and accurate representation of Edmonton voters in the legislature. About 36% of Edmonton voters chose UCP. They voted for representation―not a...
by Fair Vote Canada | May 30, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
First-past-the-post has delivered an exaggerated majority for Danielle Smith’s UCP in Alberta. The party won 56% of the seats with 52.6% of the vote. The map of the results shows exaggerated regional differences:In the 13 ridings of Northern Alberta, UCP voters cast...
by Fair Vote Canada | Apr 29, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
Surrey’s costly police transition saga was caused in part by the flawed voting systems imposed by the Province on municipalities. Doug McCallum won the Surrey mayor’s seat in 2018 with a lower share of the vote than when he lost to Dianne Watts in 2005. With that weak...
by Fair Vote Canada | Apr 12, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
PR campaigners in the Yukon are one step closer to a major breakthrough for electoral reform that could resonate across the country. Over the past three months, Yukon’s all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform worked with Statistics Yukon to send a survey to...
by Fair Vote Canada | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorised
This post is a guest blog, copied with thanks from our friends at Make Votes Matter, the UK citizens campaign for proportional representation! We have edited it slightly for a Canadian audience. Ireland and PR: 5 things to know Ireland has used Proportional...
by Fair Vote Canada | Mar 9, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
Canadians worried about foreign interference in our elections need to know that our decrepit voting system makes us particularly vulnerable. Canada’s winner-take-all voting system turns the nefarious efforts of foreign actors into a highly rewarding endeavor. SWING...
