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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Wow!! I don't think I've ever had such instance and
competent help before! Thanks, Diane!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Can you do me one for 2008?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The numbers were:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>First Past the Post</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cons: 143</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Liberals: 77</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>NDP: 37</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Bloc: 49</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Greens: 0</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>PR</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Conservatives:117</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Liberals: 81</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>NDP: 57</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Bloc: 28</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Greens: 23</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=diane550@rogers.com href="mailto:diane550@rogers.com">Diane
Pinkerton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org
href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org">'FVC Waterloo Region
Discussion'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 03, 2011 11:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Help?</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Yeah, I noticed the
mistake after I sent it. It has since been
corrected.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org">fvc-wat-disc-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org</A>
[mailto:fvc-wat-disc-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Kevin Smith<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> September 3, 2011 11:41
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> FVC Waterloo Region
Discussion<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re:
[fvc-wat-disc] Help?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hi Diane:<BR><BR>Thanks
for doing that! That looks great!<BR><BR>The colours all match actual
party colours, except the liberals and conservatives are
switched.<BR><BR>Kevin.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Diane Pinkerton
<<A href="mailto:diane550@rogers.com">diane550@rogers.com</A>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hi
Anita,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Let me know if you’d
like any changes. Easy enough to rearrange order of parties, colours,
etc.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Diane</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tel: <A
href="tel:519-497-4182" target=_blank
value="+15194974182">519-497-4182</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org"
target=_blank>fvc-wat-disc-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org</A> [mailto:<A
href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org"
target=_blank>fvc-wat-disc-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org</A>] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Anita<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> September 3, 2011 10:38
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A
href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org"
target=_blank>fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</A>; <A
href="mailto:waterlooregion@fairvote.ca"
target=_blank>waterlooregion@fairvote.ca</A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [fvc-wat-disc]
Help?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hi everyone. I'm looking for
someone who can volunteer to help me out a bit. I'd like to make a graph out
of the 2011 election stats, showing how many seats each party won under our
current system, and how many they would have won under
PR.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Something like a bar graph, with
the colour of the bars matching the parties - whatever someone could look
at and see quickly how things would have been different if the seats matched
the popular vote. I'd like to put it on our display table during
Democracy Week, and in the presentations I give. Can anyone help? I've never
done a graph on a computer, and while I can learn, it would take me time I
need to use advertising Democracy Week. Anyone willing to do this would be
very much appreciated!!</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Anita</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">P.S. If you know how to make a
graph easily, it would be great to have a graph for the 2008 numbers, too,
which were even more dramatic in terms of the distortion between seats and
popular vote.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Here's the
2011 stats:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Current
System:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Cons:
167</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">NDP:
102</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Liberal:
34</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Bloc:
4</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Greens:
1</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">With
PR:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Cons:
122</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">NPD:
95</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Liberals:
59</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Bloc:
19</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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