Tuesday, January 24, 2006

 

Election results if Proportional Representation were used

Here is how our government would look if Proportional Representation were used according to Fair Vote Canada. They don't state which system of Pro Rep was used to come up with these numbers. I'm guessing but I think they just used National representation numbers to come up with these figures,

VOTING SYSTEM REWARDS SEPARATISTS,

PUNISHES WESTERN LIBERALS, URBAN CONSERVATIVES, NEW DEMOCRATS, AND GREENS


Conservatives - 36.3% of the popular vote: 113 seats (not 124)

Liberals - 30.1% of the popular vote: 93 seats (not 103)

NDP - 17.5% of the popular vote: 59 seats (not 29)

Bloc - 10.5% of the popular vote: 31 seats (not 51)

Greens - 4.5% of the popular vote: 12 seats (not 0)

However, Smith emphasized that speculation should be tempered.

“With a different voting system, people would have voted differently,” he said. “There would have been no need for strategic voting. We would likely have seen higher voter turnout. We would have had different candidates - more women, and more diversity of all kinds. We would have had more real choices.”

Visit Fair vote Canada site to read their arguement for Pro Rep and the effects of antiquated First Past the Post system we now have.
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