List of Tables and Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
A Brief Introduction to Electoral Reform
Heather Maclvor
Part I
Proposals for Reforming the Canadian Electoral System
The Case for Proportional Representation in Canada
Henry Milner
How to Renew Canadian Democracy: PR for the Commons, FPTP
Elections for the Senate, and Political Financing by Individuals Only
Tom Kent
New Challenges Demand New Thinking about our Antiquated Electoral System
Lawrence LeDuc
MMP is Too Much of Some Good Things
Kent Weaver
The Alternative Vote: An Electoral System for Canada
Tom Flanagan
Electoral Reform and Canada's Parties
John C. Courtney
Electoral Reform is not as Simple as it Looks
Richard S. Katz
Part II
Electoral Reform in Canada in Historical and Geographical Context
The History of Voting System Reform in Canada
Dennis Pilon
Will Canada Seriously Consider Electoral System Reform? Women and Aboriginals Should
Donley Studlar
Electing Representative Legislatures: Lessons from New Zealand
Therese Arseneau
From Westminster Plurality to Continental Proportionality: Electoral System Change in New Zealand
Peter Aimer
The Defects of Its Virtues: New Zealand's Experience with MMP
Jack H. Nagel
Electoral System Reform in the United Kingdom
Andrew Reynolds
This Time Let the Voters Decide: The Proportional Representation Movement in the United States
Rob Richie and Steven Hill
Appendix: Electoral Systems in the Democratic World
Bibliography