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In article <Edda1995Jun4.005315.2197@news.compulink.com>, 
apnalli@idirect.com says...
>
>Consider this....
>
>Lets say there were only two parties, "A" and "B".  If 49% of the people
>in each electoral district voted for Party A, and 51% voted for Party B,
>this would result in ALL of the Party B candidates winning every seat in
>Parliament.  Party B, therefore, would have a majority (100%) government.
>Yet, 49% of the population chose Party A.  Are these people being 
represented

>I think we should vote for the LEADER.  The one with the most votes must
>therefore have the confidence of the majority of the population.  Votes
>can then be divided regionally, and if the people of Brampton South were
>more inclined to vote NDP (for example) then that area would have an NDP
>MPP and that would count toward that party's pecentage of seats.

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have now decided to maintain this base after the election since we believe 
the issues you and others raise are fundamental towards developing more 
direct democracy in Ontario and Canada. We plan to collect responses and 
forward them to the executives of all registered parties in Ontario and 
Canada. Our first-past-the-post system definitely needs re-examination and 
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