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Canadian elections -- outline of a chapterbook on episodes of elections in Canada history.

Tom Monto
Oct 22
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(work in progress)


MANITOBA

1919 general strike

(former strikeleader Dixon toured western Canda calling for electoral reform)


1920 Manitoba STV in Winnipeg


ALBERTA

1905-1917 farmer and labour candidates mostly barred from rep.

giving rise to UFA's promise of Electoral reform


1921 Edmonton Block Voting Liberal sweep

over all UFA elected


1926 PR in Edmonton and Calgary and Medicine Hat


1944 Alberta army vote -- 18 percent enough to elect

(this and 2016 Toronto city election saw this nadir in percentage of effective votes)


New Brunswick? one party sweep of all seats in Legislature

 
 
 

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