Should we change how we vote? : evaluating Canada's electoral system /

"During the 2015 federal election, the Liberal Party pledged that, if elected, they would end the "first past the post" electoral system, where whichever candidate receives the most votes wins a riding even if they have not received a majority of all votes cast. After the Liberals ass...

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Other Authors: Potter, Andrew (Editor), Weinstock, Daniel, 1963- (Editor), Loewen, Peter John, 1979- (Editor)
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Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017
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