Distribution of seats
308 seats following 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 elections
- 2011 census - constitutional amendment increased seats to 338 and introduced a new
formula
- Used in the 2015 and 2019 election
- By using the : Senatorial clause, Grandfather clause, and the representation rule
- Used so no province has fewer MPS than it has senators, and so no province can have
fewer MP’s than it had in 1985
- Electoral quotient - 111 116 per quotient in the 2011 redistribution
Franchise
Extensions in federal election
- 1897: Non property owners
- 1918: women
- 1948: Asian Canadians & East Indian Canadians
- 1950: Inuit
- 1955: Mennonites
- 1960: Registered Indians - aboriginals, Doukhobors
- 1970: persons 18 years of age
1975, Canada Elections Act - disqualified: electoral officers, federally appointed judges, prison
inmates, people with mental disabilities, and those convicted of illegal electoral practices.
*charter of rights and freedoms in 1982
- 1988: federally appointed judges and people with mental disabilities
- 1999: Returning officers
- 2002: All prisoners
Sauve v. Canada (2002) - inmates serving more than 2 years
Fitzgerald v. Canada (2004) - age restriction - citizens only being 18 or older
Elections Laws, limits, regulations
- Contrast with US
- Canada elections act