Description
Book SynopsisLocal elections are an increasingly popular area of research among scholars of Canadian political behaviour, offering invaluable insights into the attitudes and motivations of Canadian electors. The Canadian Municipal Election Study (CMES) has collected unparalleled individual-level survey data in eight major Canadian municipal elections: Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, London, Mississauga, Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City. These elections, which took place in 2017 and 2018, were high-profile, contentious, and often surprising, featuring mayoral defeats, record-breaking turnouts, provincial-municipal tensions, and the first ranked-ballot election in Canada in decades.
Combining unprecedented individual-level survey data from the CMES with local expertise from political scientists across Canada, Big City Elections in Canada provides a data-driven overview of each election, while also highlighting the more general lessons the elections teach us about municipal politics and voti
Table of Contents
1. Local Elections in Canada Jack Lucas and R. Michael McGregor 2. Calgary: October 16, 2017 Jack Lucas and John Santos 3. Montreal: November 5, 2017 Éric Bélanger and Jean-François Daoust 4. Quebec City: November 5, 2017 Jérôme Couture and Sandra Breux 5. Vancouver: October 20, 2018 Eline A. de Rooij, J. Scott Matthews, and Mark Pickup 6. London: October 22, 2018 Cameron D. Anderson and Laura B. Stephenson 7. Mississauga: October 22, 2018 Erin Tolley and Erica Rayment 8. Toronto: October 22, 2018 R. Michael McGregor and Scott Pruysers 9. Winnipeg: October 24, 2018 Aaron Moore 10. Conclusion Jack Lucas and R. Michael McGregor Appendices
