[fvc-wat-disc] [fvc-wat-announce] Discussion Night Wed, 26 June 2019 at 7pm in Bread&Roses Community Room

Mon Jun 24 16:15:31 EDT 2019

Thank you Bob.  Will bring watermelon.

Sharon

On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 1:08 PM Cathy Scott <cathy.scottfree at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for this info, Bob.
> See you on Wed.
> CAthy
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 2:31 AM Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all: It's time for another Discussion Night, since there is much to
>> discuss.
>>
>> First, there's some business from Fair Vote Canada:
>>
>> * Report from the Fair Vote Canada Annual General Meeing held in Ottawa
>> last weekend
>> * overpass sign
>> * meeting with Karina Gould
>> * Citizen's Assembly visits to Liberal MPs. Anita (Fair Vote Canada
>> Executive Director) has asked us to ask Bardish Chagger & Raj Saini to
>> introduce the idea of a CA as a non-partisan, legitimate way forward for
>> electoral reform.  We need to ask for volunteers to make a friendly visit.
>>
>> And there's some business for the Waterloo Region Chapter:
>>
>> * door knocking campaign & federal election strategy
>> * meetings with NDP & Green Party candidates in Waterloo Region
>> * Volunteers needed to staff info tables for Kultrun (13-14 July) and
>> Nonviolence Day In The Park (20 July); perhaps other events
>>
>>
>> Finally, some discussion: There have been four by-elections in Canada in
>> the past few months:
>>
>> * Three on 25 February 2019, including Burnaby South won by NDP leader
>> Jagmeet Singh with 39% of the vote.
>>
>> * One on 6 May 2019 won by Green Party candidate Paul Manly with 37% of
>> the vote.
>>
>> In total, there have been 21 by-elections since the general election in
>> 2015.
>>
>> Provincially, there were two elections:
>>
>> * Alberta on 16 April 2019, won by the United Conservative Party with
>> 55% of the vote and 52% of the seats (30/87).
>>
>> * Prince Edward Island on 23 April 2019, won by the Progressive
>> Conservative party with 37% of the vote and 44% of the seats (12/27).
>> This election was notable for electing eight Green members, who form the
>> Opposition.
>>
>> * Newfoundland and Labrador on 16 May 2019, won by the Liberals with 44%
>> of the vote and 50% of the seats (20/40).
>>
>>
>> Internationally, there were also some elections of interest:
>>
>> * 17 April 2019: Indonesian general election, won by the Indonesian
>> Democratic Party of Struggle with 19% of the vote and 22% of the seats
>> (128/575), using an open-list, multi-member system. There is a threshold
>> of 4% for representation. Interestingly, Indonesia has a gender quota
>> for 30% female candidates. Wikipedia:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Indonesian_general_election#Electoral_system
>>
>> * 28 April 2019: Spanish general election, resulting in an upset of the
>> previous Congress of Deputies. Spain has a mixture of single member
>> ridings, and multi-member ridings with two to four members, elected with
>> a full block vote, closed list, proportional system. The election was
>> won by the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Worker's Party) with 29% of the vote
>> and 35% of the seats (123/350). A total of 64 parties participated in
>> the election. There is a threshold of 3% for representation. Electoral
>> system details are at
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Spanish_general_election#Overview
>>
>> * 19 May 2019: Indian general election, won by the Bharatiya Janata
>> Party with 37% of the vote and 55% of the seats (303/543). India uses a
>> First-Past-The-Post system:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election#Electoral_system
>>
>> * 26 May 2019: Belgian general election, using a method of party-list
>> proportional representation, won by the New Flemish Alliance with 16% of
>> the vote and 17% of the seats (25/150). A ruling coalition has not yet
>> been formed, with an extension to 1 July from the original date of 6
>> June, extended to 17 June. There is a 5% threshold for representation.
>> Electoral system details:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Belgian_federal_election#Electoral_system
>>
>> * 26 May 2019: European Parliament election, won by the European
>> People's Party Group with 21% of the vote and 24% of the seats
>> (179/751). Voting systems differ in various countries, but all must use
>> a proportional system with either Single Transferable Vote or a
>> party-list system. Representation thresholds also vary from country to
>> country. Wikipedia:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_to_the_European_Parliament#Voting_system
>>
>> * 5 June 2019: Danish general election, using a party-list proportional
>> system, won by the Social Democrats with 26% of the votes and 27% of the
>> seats (47/129). The ruling coalition "Red Bloc" gained a total of 49% of
>> the vote (slightly more when including Greenland and the Faroe Islands)
>> and 52% of the seats (93/179). There is a 2% threshold for
>> representation. Electoral system details:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Danish_general_election#Electoral_system
>>
>>
>> If anyone has lots of spare time, it would be interesting to see the
>> Gallagher Index for each of these elections.
>>
>>
>> *What*: Fair Vote Waterloo Discussion Night
>> *When*: Wednesday, 26 June 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
>> *Where*: Community Room, Bread and Roses Co-op
>> *Location*: 307 Queen Street South, Kitchener
>> *Map*: https://osm.org/go/ZXnwTLMg--?m=
>>
>>
>> As always, if you're driving please park in the north lot, and place a
>> note in your window:
>>
>> *Meeting in Community Room re Apt 107 from 7-9pm*
>>
>> North Parking Lot Map: https://osm.org/go/ZXnwTL0rw--?m=
>>
>>
>> See you all on Wednesday!
>>
>> --Bob Jonkman
>> Fair Vote Waterloo Secretary and Discussion Night Organizer
>>
>> Mail to: info at fairvotewrc.ca
>> Phone: +1–519–279–2990
>>
>>
>>
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