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party. A big danger would be a political party becoming too powerful if they continue to control representation in election after election. The reigning majority could end up just becoming like a monarchy if they stay in power long enough. A proportional representation system would allow the minority groups even more of a say than they currently do.

Canada’s issue of a democratic deficit has been a widely discussed topic among Canadian politicians for many years, yet action towards a political reform has yet to have been made. Inadequate citizen representation in the Canadian parliamentary system roots primarily from the first-past-the-post electoral system that is used within the country. This system is based on single member constituency plurality and brings forward the ultimate simplistic of voting systems. The level of simplicity provided

"The system of proportional representation ensures that virtually every constituency in the country will have a hearing in the national and provincial legislatures” (Tutu, 1994). In Humphrey's book “Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election” he defines proportional representation as an electoral system where seats in a legislature or council are allocated to various interests in proportion to their strength in the electorate. He further argues that with such constituencies it would

nonetheless it would further benefit from adopting a Nordic democratic-socialist model as well as adopting a proportional representation electoral system. A Nordic democratic system would benefit the citizens by providing them with universal health care, closely similar wages, free and cheaper education, public pension plans, and virtually free trade. Second, If Canada is to adopt a proportional representation system the citizens will be more represented, subsequently no votes will be wasted. Despite

a democracy, and. in particular, successful democracies have electoral laws that limit the influence of extremist and minor parties. While there are different institutional manners through which democracies can limit extremist parties, such as proportional representation thresholds and winner-take-all systems, the importance of developing strong institutions to protect democracy by limiting the electoral success of extremist parties can be validated through the experiences of the United Kingdom,

Proportional Representation (PR) is one of the most widely-used systems worldwide, supported by many groups as a replacement for the existing First-Past-the-Post electoral system on the basis of its ability to accurately represent the wishes of the entire electorate. The table and graph illustrates the results of an election conducted under Proportional Representation1 Year Conservative Labor Liberal Democrats Others 2015 249 206 53 32 SNP, 85 UKIP, 25 Green 2010 266 214 170 None Pass threshold

In recent years, there has been a steady decrease in the influence of political parties over the globe. The worldwide population is beginning to show less interest in political developments within their respective countries and choose to rather mind their own short term desires and interests, and not those of the majority. The definition of a Political Party is “an organization of people who share the same views about the way power should be used in a country or society (through government, policy-making)”

This essay will discuss the relative merits or otherwise of first past the post electoral systems (FPTP) and proportional alternatives. There are many supporters for each system who argue the other system is flawed and that their own is the clear choice. Proportional representation (PR) is designed to create fairer more proportional results but also has many other benefits while FPTP is designed to be straightforward to use and produce a clear winner although also as other merits. A merit of PR systems

The change of electoral system of Britain from first-past-the-post to form of proportional representation caused discussions and argues in the whole country. Does new system inspirit and change course to better or lead to weak and indecisive government? Whereas first-past-the-post developed stable majorities in parliament, there are always was a lack of suffer from grave shortcomings, for example majority of population remains unrepresented in government bodies, and a party, which wins less voices

implement sweeping electoral reform to reintroduce balance and fairness into politics, and reinject democracy into Canadian society. This paper will argue that the current First Past the Post, or FPTP, system is inherently flawed, and that Mixed-Member Proportional Representation, or MMP, will reinject democracy into Canada’s political system. First, I will argue that MMP will will bring the aspects of democracy that have been neglected and lost under the current system; second, it will improve discourse