The Canadian Federal Election of 2006
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2006
- Category
- Essays, Elections, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550026504
- Publish Date
- Sep 2006
- List Price
- $34.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459718623
- Publish Date
- Sep 2006
- List Price
- $9.99
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Description
The Canadian Federal Election of 2006 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and election that ended the 12-year Liberal reign in Canadian politics and saw the House of Commons shift from one minority government to another. The chapters, composed by leading political writers, commentators, and pollsters, examine the strategies, successes, and blunders of the major players — the Conservatives, Liberals, New Democrats, Bloc Québécois, and Greens — and also explore the role of the media coverage and the performance and influence of public opinion polls.
Special features in this definitive volume explore the way candidates are nominated and the changes in the legislation governing Canadian federal elections. Finally, the book includes a detailed analysis of voting patterns and the rate of voter participation.
About the authors
Jon H. Pammett is a political science professor at Ottawa’s Carleton University and co-editor of several studies of Canadian elections, including, most recently, Dynasties and Interludes: Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics.
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Christopher Dornan is former director of the School of Journalism and Communication and former director of the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs at Carleton University.