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Liberals won Terrebonne, Que., riding by 1 vote — but this woman's Bloc ballot wasn't counted (www.cbc.ca)
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Bloc Québécois voter's mail-in ballot was returned to sender after the election
Elections Canada said the return address printed on this elector's return envelope was incorrect — specifically, part of the postal code.

Courts could force byelection, expert says
But Ara Karaboghossian, professor of political science at Vanier College, says there's a chance this saga isn't over. He said the election could be contested through Elections Canada's contested elections process. He said irregularities can be the basis for contesting a decision
"It says that if there is any type of irregularity that has an effect on the result, then the person can actually contest," said Karaboghossian. "The elector can contest. A candidate can contest. It's open to anybody."
The case will hinge on what an irregularity is, but it seems to Karaboghossian that a misprint on a self-addressed, stamped envelope could fall into that category.

Good news for Bloc Québécois

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[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's well and true, but I think what the person you replied to is getting at is that the representation of an entire riding should not hinge on a single vote. Whether Terrebonne ends up Liberal or BQ, the entire representation of the riding hinging on a few votes is ridiculous, and proportional representation would avoid these issues.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How would proportional representation change this?

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

In this case there would never be "won by a single vote" because any party that gets a minimum percentage of the vote already has a seat. More importantly, the people that voted for the "losing party" would have better representation as more of the vote would go to smaller parties (that better represent the minority of people) thereby making the house of commons a better representation of Canada. In contrast FPTP means any party that get's >50% of the votes has most of the power which means anyone that didn't vote for them is essentially left without a voice in the HoC, or at least a greatly diminished voice.

Personally I just really hate seeing policy whiplash with liberal and conservative PMs undoing each others bills when one or the other is elected (especially on a provincial level). 🤦

...this is also not to mention PR would likely increase voter turnout by a lot.

https://www.fairvote.ca/what-is-proportional-representation/

*I think there would be no single MP for any one riding, but rather each MP in that riding that has a minimum amount of votes has a seat. I'm not too well versed in how it would be implemented in Canada so I would check out fairvotes website rather then listening to a tired biochem student.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Aaaah OK. So as soon as a candidate gets X number of votes, they have s seat? So in a riding, there could be more than one MP?

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

That's the way I understand it.