Description
Book SynopsisConventional Choices examines twenty-five different leadership elections over thirty-two years in three of Canada's maritime provinces to explore the backgrounds, attitudes, and motivations of those who select party leaders.
Table of ContentsTables and Figures
Acknowledgments
1 Choosing Leaders
2 The Conventions
3 From J. Buchanan to A. Buchanan: Candidates and Voters
4 Tourists or Partisans? Political Background and ElectorEngagement
5 Leadership Election Support Patterns: Friends and Neighbours?
6 Town versus Country: Urban Rural Divisions
7 Brothers and Sisters? Gender-Based Voting at Party Conventions
8 Inter- and Intraparty Attitudinal Differences
9 Rebels without a Cause? Supporters of Fringe Candidates
10 Going My Way? "Delivering" Votes after the FirstBallot
11 Prince Edward Island and the Garden Myth
12 New Brunswick: The Politics of Language
13 Nova Scotia: The Challenge of Social Democracy
14 The End of the Affair? Political Scientists and the DelegatedConvention
15 Conclusion
Appendix: Leadership Election Profiles for Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick, and Prince Edward Island
Notes
Bibliography
Index
