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CANADA’S ELECTION SYSTEM
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First Past the Post System Currently used in provincial and federal elections Country is divided into ridings of about 100,000 Political parties choose candidates to represent the party in each riding Citizens vote for the party by voting for the candidate in their riding Candidate with the most seats in each riding wins a seat in government Political Party with the most winning candidates (therefore the most seats) wins the election and forms government
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Popular Vote Popular Vote means the total % of votes by each party is calculated The Canadian system of FPTP does not calculate the popular vote
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Proportional Representation System A system used by many countries and believed by many people that Canada should adopt Take all votes for each party as well as the total number of votes across the country Winning party is the one with the highest % of the popular vote Seats in government distributed to each party based on the % of popular vote
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Election The process of voting to choose government representatives
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Responsible Government A democratic system of government in which citizens vote for representatives These representatives make decisions on behalf of the citizens
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Representation by Population The principle that representation should be based proportionally on population
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Riding or Constituency An area that has its own member of parliament
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By-election An election held for a vacant seat or a group of vacant seats, rather than all seats in a general election Occurs when an elected representative retires, dies, or chooses to leave office before a general election
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