Voting-System Changes in Canadian Political Elections
Systems other than FPTP listed here
Adoption Repeal Application
Ontario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LV 1885 1893 multi-member Toronto district
BV 1910 1930? multi-member Toronto districts
Manitoba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FPTP/BV mixed 1914 to 1915
STV 1920 1949 Winnipeg
STV 1949 1953 Winnipeg and St. Boniface
AV 1924 1955 rural ridings
Saskatchewan ............................... Block Voting/multi-member districts used in Regina,
Saskatoon, Moose Jaw 1905 to 1967
Alberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FPTP/BV mixed 1909 to 1921
STV 1924 1956 urban ridings
AV 1924 1956 rural ridings
BC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FPTP/BV mixed 1870 to 1950
AV 1951 1953 all ridings*
[*some single-member; some multi-member]
FPTP/BV mixed 1954 to 1990
NS, NB NL QU also used BV or mixed FPTP/BV in some elections in their history.
PEI used two-seat districts to elect all their members up to 1990s. Some were elected as Assemblymen and others were Councillors but in the late 20th Century all served in the one chamber. This was an unusual system.
Municipal System Adoption Repeal
Calgary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1916 [1917] 1961
AV 1961 1973 [last use was in 1970]
[multi-member wards but staggered elections meant only one elected each time, except for three double-seat contests]
STV 1971 1971
Lethbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1928 1929
Edmonton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1922 1928 [actually 1923-1928]
Vancouver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1920 1923
Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1920 1921
South Vancouver . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1918 1929
West Vancouver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1917 1930
Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1917 1919
Port Coquitlam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1917 1921
Mission City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1917 1921
New Westminster . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1917 1919
Regina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1920 1926
Moose Jaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1920 1925
Saskatoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1920 1926
North Battlefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1920 1924
Winnipeg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1920 1971
Transcona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV ca. 1941–44 1971
St. James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV 1922 1971
St. Vital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STV ca. 1931–34 1971
AV = Alternative Voting
BV = Block Voting
LV = Limited Voting
STV = Single Transferable Voting
Source: Adapted from Pilon, The Politics of Voting (1999)
"Figure 5.1 Voting-System Changes in Canada Provincial System"
See also my blog "Variety of electoral systems used in Canada's past"
https://montopedia.wixsite.com/montopedia/post/variety-of-electoral-systems-used-in-canada
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