Weekend Five: Values-Driven Electoral Reform: Experiences from Other Jurisdictions
Day One – Saturday, November 11, 2006
Plenary Session:
Open Forum: Feedback from Weekend Four
Meeting Notes – Weekend 4 (PDF, 36K)
Open Forum (PDF, 33K)
Academic Experts’ Biographies (PDF, 63K)
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Plenary Session:
The Canadian Experience with Electoral Reform
This plenary session led by guest speakers Bill Cross and Louis Massicotte gave Assembly members insight into electoral reform processes in New Brunswick, Quebec and Prince Edward Island.
New Brunswick Commission on Legislative Democracy (PDF, 216K)
Electoral System Reform in Quebec (PDF, 18KB)
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Plenary Session:
Citizens’ Assemblies: The Cases of B.C. and The Netherlands
Guest speaker Ken Carty discussed the B.C. Citizens’ Assembly process and decision as well as the process underway in the Netherlands.
The Cases of B.C. and The Netherlands (PDF, 720K)
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Plenary Session:
The New Zealand Case
This plenary session with guest speaker Elizabeth McLeay offered an examination of the electoral reform process in New Zealand, and a discussion of what changed (and didn’t change) as a result of the move from Single Member Plurality to a Mixed Member Proportional system.
Values and electoral system change in New Zealand (PDF, 364K)
Appendix: New Zealand: Parliamentary Composition (PDF, 16K)
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Plenary Session:
Electoral System Change in Established Democracies
Guest speaker David Farrell discussed the electoral systems chosen in established democracies and how those choices related to principles deemed to be important.
Electoral Reform in Established Democracies (PDF, 144K)
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Plenary Session:
Electoral System Change in New Democracies
In this plenary session, guest speaker Sarah Birch discussed the electoral systems chosen in emerging democracies and how those choices relate to principles deemed to be important.
Electoral System Change in New Democracies (PDF, 16K)
Appendix: Electoral System Change in New Democracies (PDF, 36K)
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Day Two – Sunday, November 12, 2006
Plenary Session:
Review
Principles Exercise (PDF, 52K)
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Plenary Session:
Report Back & Discussion: Values
In this plenary session Assembly members discussed the results of an exercise that required them to rank the nine principles and characteristics they are considering in this process.
A Preliminary Weighing of the Principles (PDF, 1.04MB)
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