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In our recent federal election, the “first-past-the-post’ electoral system again proved deficient for voters, good governance and democracy, primarily because the popular vote each party received wasn’t reflected fairly in the number of MPs it elected.

This allowed the Liberals to elect 155 of the 338-member House of Commons with only 33 per cent of the total votes cast nationwide. The Conservatives won only 122 MPs despite receiving 34.4 per cent of the total votes.

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NDP voters cast about 16 per cent of Canada’s votes, but elected only seven per cent of the MPs. Green Party supporters cast about six per cent of the votes, but elected only three MPs.

The Bloc Québécois elected 32 MPs while receiving only eight per cent of the votes nationally. Bloc voters cast about 33 per cent of the votes, but elected about 41 per cent of Quebec’s MPs. Liberal voters cast about 34 per cent of the votes in la belle province” but elected about 45 per cent of its MPs. Conservative voters cast about 16 per cent of the provincial votes but elected only 13 per cent of the MPs. NDP voters, with about 11 per cent of the votes, elected only one MP. Green voters comprised about four per cent of the provincial total, but elected no one.