How many parties with seats? - eviltoast
  • voluble@lemmy.ca
    71·
    3 months ago

    Current composition of the House of Commons

    • Liberal (156 seats)
    • NDP (24)
    • Conservative (118)
    • Bloc Québécois (32)
    • Green (2)
    • Independent (3)
    • Vacant (3)

    Only 4 of those parties have official party status, and the structure of the NDP/Liberal supply and confidence agreement arguably makes them the same party.

    So, boiled down, there are 3 parties that are relevant, and only 2 that are relevant to the nation as a whole.

  • Noved@lemmy.ca
    21·
    3 months ago

    Am I interpreting this graphic wrong? Will a change in vote method lower our options?

    While we have “2 superpowers” here in Canada, at least we have 7 represented parties, the other methods have less overall representation?

    • m0darn@lemmy.ca
      11·
      3 months ago

      We don’t have 7.

      Vacant isn’t a party, so that makes it 6.

      “Independent” isn’t a party, each member should count as their own party (so 8 parties total) or none of them should count as a party (5 parties total).

      I don’t think tasmania is a valuable comparison considering it is not a country, and has a population smaller than Kitchener Ontario.

      But I think your point that MMP reduces party diversity is possibly valid since imo it locks in existing parties.