Now announcing the publication of the first book dedicated to the overall Proportional Representation experience in Canada
When Canada Had "Effective Voting" STV in Western Canada 1917-1971 68 pages. Photos. Tables. Lists. Timeline. $6 Drawing on historic newspaper accounts, books and PR organization newsletters, and on recent secondary references, historian Tom Monto has pulled together an overview of the use of proportional representation in Canada. This chronological history describes the drive for PR starting in the 1880s and its eventual success when by 1924, Single Transferable Voting had been adopted by 19 cities and two provincial governments. This book presents an overview of STV's use in 17 provincial elections and 150 city elections in Canada. And how despite its effectiveness, it was successively discontinued, with the last Canadian STV government election happening in Calgary in 1971. With increasing sentiment in favour of electoral reform, this affordable book is bound to provide speaking points and inspiration for today's debates on the subject. Self-published by Tom Monto, of Edmonton. Monto, a published author, is creator of the electoral reform blogsite Montopedia (wix.site). "Effective Voting" was the term preferred by Catherine Helen Spence, the great 19th-Century Australian political reformer, over the term poly-syllabic proportional representation. Nowadays Fair voting is more commonly used. Such as lobbied for by the Fair Vote Canada organization. Orders for the book may be placed through Alhambra Books on AbeBooks.com.
Shipping costs quoted there will be reduced to $5 to make online purchase affordable. So total price will be $11 Canadian. As well, pick-up from the Alhambra Books storefront in Edmonton (10115 81 Avenue) is a possibility. The store is basically closed at present time due to Covid, but pickup can be arranged through email: montotom@yahoo.ca Bulk mail orders can also be arranged through email: montotom @yahoo.ca
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Note: These are paper copies. no e-book version. Staple-bound.
No e-transfers.
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