Citizens' Assembly On Electoral Reform (Ontario)
The Government of the Canadian province of Ontario established a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform in March 2006. Modelled on the British Columbia equivalent, it reviewed the first past the post electoral system currently in use to elect members of the Ontario Legislature, with the authority to recommend an alternative. In May 2007, the Assembly decided to recommend, by a decision of 94-8, that Ontario adopt a form of mixed member proportional representation (MMP).
Read more about Citizens' Assembly On Electoral Reform (Ontario): The Report of The Select Committee On Electoral Reform, Selection, The Assembly, Referendum, Significance
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