Comment 11043

By ventrems (registered) | Posted August 31, 2007 at 11:39:52

My understanding is the list candidates will be selected by the party before the election, presumably in some sort of ranked order.

Voters will vote twice. Once for their local MPP and once for a party. The local MPP is elected by the first-past-the-post system. The total votes the party receives in the province is used to determine how many of the list candidates get seats.

The judgment of the list candidates comes before the election, and I expect the media to play a very important role here to educate everyone about the list candidates for all parties. Voters can evaluate the quality of the candidates before hand, before choosing which party to vote for. For example, you might vote for a liberal MPP, but may choose the NDP party because they present "better" list candidates. This allows you to still vote for the best person to do the job locally, but also for the party who you think should wield more power provincially.

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