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Jun 7, 2024 · Eighty-four candidates have been confirmed for the by-election that is under way in Toronto–St. Paul's (Ontario). As a result, Elections Canada has created a two-column ballot. Elections Canada is aware that the changes to the ballot may reduce its accessibility for some electors.
Sep 3, 2024 · Elections Canada first used a two-column ballot for a byelection in the riding of Mississauga — Lakeshore in 2022, which had 40 candidates. The results for the Toronto—St. Paul’s byelection...
Jun 12, 2024 · To accommodate the onslaught of names, Elections Canada is using a unique two-column ballot that will also be larger than usual.
There are so many candidates running in the LaSalle-Émard-Verdun byelection in Montreal to succeed David Lametti that Elections Canada has created a special two-column ballot....
- Historical Background
- Voting in Canada
- Election Administration
- Calling An Election in Canada
- Election Day
- Party System and Candidates
- Constituencies
- Determining Who Governs: plurality and First Past The Post
- Regionalism
- Electoral Reform
Canada is a constitutional monarchy. The head of state is the British monarch. They are represented by the governor general at the federal level and by a lieutenant-governor in each province. (See also Crown.) Representative political institutions were established in the British North American colonies of Lower Canada, Upper Canada, Nova Scotia and...
Until 1918, only men over the age of 21 had the right to vote in Canada. Even then, only those who met a property qualification were able to do so. Over time, the right to vote has become more universal. It has been expanded at times by Parliament in response to social pressures and at other times by courts interpreting the right to vote as it is e...
Elections Canada is the independent and non-partisan agency that is responsible for administering federal elections. One of its duties is to keep the electoral system under continual review, with improvements constantly in mind. Elections Canada is headed by Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer. They have authority over the operation of a federal elect...
The Constitution Act, 1982 requires that no more than five years pass between elections. Election writs — formal written orders to begin an election — are issued by the governor general; or the lieutenant-governor at the provincial level. This is normally done at the request of the prime minister or premier. Canada’s Constitution requires that elec...
Canadian voters go to the polls on the same day across the country. Hours of voting are meant to be extensive enough to give people a reasonable opportunity to vote. In fact, employers are required by law to ensure that their employees have three consecutive hours to vote on election day. Polling stations across the country are open for 12 hours on...
Though Canadian elections select individual MPs, they rely heavily on political parties. (See Canadian Party System.) Political parties nominate candidates; plan and finance campaigns; select the issues over which each election is fought; and provide the leader who, each party hopes, will become prime minister or at least leader of the Opposition. ...
Canada is divided into 338 single-member constituencies, or “ridings.” The number was increased from 308 in 2011. (See Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts.) Voters may vote only in the constituency in which they have been enumerated and for one of the candidates running in that constituency. The constituencies are divided into different p...
Some parts of the world have very complicated voting systems. Canada’s, known as the plurality system, is very simple. Voters in each constituency choose from among the candidates who want to represent that constituency as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons. The candidate who receives a plurality of the vote — more votes than any o...
One of the effects of the single-member plurality system is to introduce a significant regional dimension to electoral results. (See Regionalism.) Political parties with concentrated regional support fare much better than parties with support spread across the country. This has made Canada’s electoral process particularly fertile ground for parties...
Concerns over the exacerbation of regional conflict in Canada, along with other issues around representation, have led to calls for electoral reform in Canada. Some reform advocates call for a move to a more proportional electoral system; where the proportion of seats a party wins corresponds much more closely to the proportion of votes it receives...
Aug 27, 2024 · Elections Canada printed ballots nearly a metre long with two columns of names. The agency said that compared with usual elections, the enormous ballots took longer to unfold and tally,...
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Jun 10, 2024 · Elections Canada is using a two-column ballot to accommodate all 84 candidates contesting the byelection. The massive candidate list is the result of an organized campaign by the group...
