Chapter 11 Weblinks, Articles, and Books

Parties and Elections

Articles and Books

Milner, Henry (1999). Making Every Vote Count: Reassessing Canada’s Electoral System. University of Toronto Press: Toronto.

Though twenty years old, this book provides insight into potential options for electoral reform in Canada.

Johnston, Richard (2017). The Canadian Party System: An Analytic History. University of British Columbia Press: Vancouver.

An examination of political parties in Canada, at both the federal and provincial level.

Levine, Allan (2013). King: William Lyon MacKenzie King, A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny. Douglas & McIntyre: Vancouver.

A biography of William Lyon MacKenzie King, Canada’s longest-serving Prime Minister and the supposed “master” of brokerage politics.

Recommended Websites

www.conservative.ca

www.liberal.ca

www.ndp.ca

www.blocquebecois.org

www.greenparty.ca

Websites for Canada’s national political parties.

www.elections.ca

The website of the federal agency in charge of administering the Canada Elections Act provides data on past elections and on party finances.

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/elections/elections.html

Video and audio stories on elections from the cbc, going back to the middle of the twentieth century.

www.idea.int/

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, an intergovernmental organization based in Stockholm, Sweden, provides various resources and analysis of electoral systems throughout the world.

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/e-2.01/

This is the Justice Laws website that includes the legislative and administrative framework for the conduct of elections in Canada.

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