first past the post
Power half the time rather than power all the time
Will the Liberals be able to live with themselves if they lose the popular vote, but form government? History suggests they’ll be fine.
How Doug Ford became an issue in the B.C. electoral reform campaign
The debate is already bitterly divided, with both sides claiming the other’s system opens the door to extremists
Trudeau’s pointman in the House on electoral reform
After promising legislation in 18 months to reform first past the post, Dominic LeBlanc says change ‘should be done by consensus’
Editorial: Liberal plan to eliminate first past the post is flawed
The Liberal position on electoral reform is ill-advised, hypocritical and needs to be put to a public vote
Why the centre-right needs to build a new kind of coalition
Electoral reforms are coming. Two staffers who worked for Stephen Harper examine how to build a centre-right coalition that would thrive under any system.
The true test of Trudeau’s new politics? Electoral reform
Will the Liberals take on Parliament Hill’s version of Dungeons & Dragons?
Let the people decide how they want to decide
Jonathan McLeod rips the idea of asking the courts to rule against first-past-the-post.
Democratic rights
Elizabeth May is joining an attempt to challenge the first-past-the-post electoral system as a violation of the Charter.
What the election results might have been…
Three Ontario Votes educates voters on alternative systems
Is democratic reform dying out?
First-past-the-post systems are proving remarkably durable
Strategic campaigning
Adam Radwanski explains Elizabeth May’s first-past-the-post conundrum.
‘The one exception is Canada’
In light of the Australian result, Patrick Dunleavy with the London School of Economics surveys the world’s major Westminster parliaments, the state of governance and the possibility of electoral reform.