The Ontario provincial election of October 10 featured a ballot question, asking voters if they wish to switch to proportional representation. It only got 37%. It needed 60% in order to win. The previous post saying it got 54% was erroneous.
In the Ontario provincial elections, the Liberal Party won 70 seats, the Conservative Party 26 seats, and the New Democrats won 11 seats. The Green Party didn’t win any, even though it polled 8% of the popular vote. The strongest Green candidate, Shane Jolley, polled 34% and came in second, in the district named Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound.
Richard, what’s your source for 54% for MMP instead of 37%? I can’t find this on the Canadian news sites I look at. Thanks in advance!
I’m sorry, but you are referring to the turnout. There was a 54% turnout on the referendum but only about 38% in favor.
Elections Ontario
http://www3.elections.on.ca/internetapp/realtimereferendum.aspx?lang=en-ca&gf73=0&contestid=2&channel_id={923146e7-4d81-42a8-99f0-e61f5ab50387}&lang=en
FPTP 63.1 percent — minority rule regime continues
MMP 36.9 percent — complex and defective p.r. system loses
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REAL Democracy NOW
Party Seats = Party Votes x Total Seats / Total Votes
Difficult ONLY for math MORONS in the media and in minority rule regimes — like Ontario.
I thought I read an article somewhere that one of the provinces, BC I think, was going to try to lower the victory threshold on the intiatives. Unless any other provinces are going to have assemblies soon, we’ll have to wait till 2009 for a re-vote of it for BC.