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Voting-System Changes in Canada's Provinces

Updated: Sep 13

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 1926 multi-member Toronto districts

1926 switch to all single-winner FPTP


Saskatchewan .............. Block Voting/multi-member districts used in Regina,

Saskatoon, Moose Jaw 1905 to 1967

1967 switch to all single-winner FPTP


Manitoba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FPTP/BV mixed 1914 to 1920

STV 1920 1949 Winnipeg 10-seat district

STV 1949 1953 Winnipeg and St. Boniface

(Winnipeg 4-seat districts, SB 2-seat)

AV 1924 1955 rural ridings

1955 switch to all single-winner FPTP




Alberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FPTP/BV mixed 1909 to 1921

(BV used in Calgary, Edmonton or both; Medicine Hat in 1921)

STV 1924 1956

(Edm/Calgary 5-7 seats; MH 2 seats 1926 only)

AV 1924 1956 rural ridings

1956 switch to all single-winner FPTP


BC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FPTP/BV mixed 1870 to 1950

AV 1951 1953 all ridings*

[*some single-member; some multi-member]

FPTP/BV mixed 1954 to 1990

1990 switch to all single-winner FPTP


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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