Canadian History XI Federal Electoral District

Party Liberal Party of Canada Bloc Qubcois Conservative Party of Canada New Democratic Party of Canada Green Party of Canada Leader Keegan Gaskell Jessica Briand Dominick Forrestall Chris Goldsmith Emma Crespo # of seats 1 0 0 0 0 % of seats 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 # of votes 14 5 4 3 0 % of votes 53.85 19.23 15.38 11.54 0.00

The leader for the Liberal Party (Keegan Gaskell) received more votes than any other leader, so he wins one of the 308 seats in Parliament.

Halifax West Federal Electoral District

Party Liberal Party of Canada Conservative Party of Canada New Democratic Party of Canada Green Party of Canada Leader Geoff Regan Bruce Pretty Gregor Ash Thomas Trappenberg # of seats 1 0 0 0 % of seats 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 # of votes 16,230 13,782 13,239 1,931 % of votes 35.92 30.50 29.30 4.27

The leader for the Liberal Party (Geoff Regan) received more votes than any other leader, so he wins one of the 308 seats in Parliament. It doesnt matter that Keegan Gaskell received more than 50 percent of the votes and that Geoff Regan received around 36 percent of the votes each wins the one seat representing their electoral district.

Party Conservative Party of Canada New Democratic Party of Canada Liberal Party of Canada Bloc Qubcois Green Party of Canada

Leader Stephen Harper Jack Layton Michael Ignatieff Gilles Duceppe Elizabeth May

# of seats 166 103 34 4 1

% of # of seats votes 53.90 5,832,401 33.44 4,508,474 11.04 2,783,175 1.30 0.32 889,788 576,221

% of votes 39.63 30.63 18.91 6.04 3.91

Electoral system used in Canada Under a First Past the Post (FPTP) system, the political party with more seats than anyone else wins the election. The party that wins does not have to win a majority of the seats (just more than anyone else) and the number of seats won may not be equal to the number of votes the party received in the election.

Two alternative electoral systems Under a Proportional Representation (ProRep) system, the number of seats won by a political party would be proportionate to the number of votes the party received in the election a political party receiving 40 percent of the vote would receive approximately 40 percent of the seats as well.

Under a Single Transferable Vote (STV) system, voters would rank candidates in order of preference, enabling their second, third, etc. choices receive a certain percentage of their initial vote. The purpose of this system is a more representative election outcome and fewer wasted electoral votes.