Chapter 11 Practice Quiz

Parties and Elections
. The coalition that was the predecessor to the Liberal Party was formed by ________.

. In the context of elections, the term "patronage" refers to ________.

. The party formed in 1987as a vehicle for western discontent was ________.

. During the 1980s, ________became the rallying point(s) for dissent in Canadian party politics.

. After the 1997 federal election, the Liberals dominated in ________.

. The United Alternative was an attempt to ________.

. The Adscam scandal occurred because ________ advertising firms in Quebec were paid for work they did not do.

. The victory of the Conservatives in 2006 was widely interpreted as a shift to the _________.

. A realignment election may produce ________.

. Michael Ignatieff's defeat at the 2006 Liberal convention may be attributed to all of the following factors, except that _______.

. A political party's representation in the House of Commons will depend on ________.

. Brooks claims that modern elections are fought mainly through what medium?

. Who does Brooks say is typically more decentralist and sympathetic to Washington?

. Which Prime Minister, Canada's longest serving PM, was said to be the 'Master of Brokerage Politics'?

. Which is part of the Liberal image under Justin Trudeau?

. Which of the following are attributes of the Reform Party?

. Elite recruitment is not a function of political parties.

. Governing parties propose; opposition parties oppose.

. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was the predecessor to the Liberal Party.

. Wilfrid Laurier caused deep division between the groups that eventually formed the Conservative Party.

. The most significant and enduring shift that took place beginning with the 1993 election was that a large share of the Quebec electorate voted for the Bloc Québécois is six consecutive elections.

. The emphasis on accommodating diverse interests of the electorate is no longer a characteristic feature of federal and provincial politics in Canada.

. After Pierre Trudeau assumed the leadership of the party in 1968, the Liberals became identified with a strong central state.

. According to Robert Alford, a relative lack of national integration is the major reason for the lack of class voting in Canada.

. The Canadian Alliance increased both its share of the popular vote and its total number of seats in the 2000 federal election under leader Stockwell Day.

. The 2000 election marked the third consecutive election in which the NDP's national support was in the single digits.

. The merger in 2003 of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party eliminated what many considered to be the conditions for permanent Liberal government in Canada.

. The single-member, simple plurality electoral system tends to produce fewer seats than votes for the strongest major party and for minor parties whose support is regionally concentrated.

. Four out of 10 Quebec voters cast a ballot for the NDP in 2011.

. The caucus model is a method of selecting party leaders by other elected MPs of their party.

. Under the single-member constituency, one person is elected to represent the citizens of a particular geographic area called a constituency or riding.

. Brooks says that the Liberals and Conservatives have seldom been drastically different in their ideologies, especially when they are in power.

. The Conservative Party has been described as Canada's 'government party' or 'natural governing party.'

. The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was founded out of agrarian protest during the Great Depression era.

. Since 2004, there have been no limits on the amount of money that can be contributed to candidates during election campaigns.

. A party can only form a majority government when it has received more than 50% of the vote.

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