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Parti Pris? Minority Representation in Québec Provincial Politics
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| Title |
Parti Pris? Minority Representation in Québec Provincial Politics
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| Abstract |
The author asks: Are minorities well represented in the Quebec provincial legislature? Looking at the 2003 and 2014 elections and their related 2001 and 2011 electoral maps, his study demonstrates that in spite of improved minority participation and representation, most minority groups face obstacles in formal provincial politics. The author maintains that Quebec’s electoral map disadvantages diverse urban areas with consequences for the total number of ridings where minorities are numerous enough to influence the outcome of the election. He showns that ridings where the visible minority population exceeds 35 percent are minimally three times more likely than other ridings to have a PQ or CAQ/ADQ visible minority candidate, however, few minority PLQ/QLP candidates run in ridings with large minority populations. Also, he contends, parties seldom nominate minority candidates in safe ridings and minorities are less involved in left-leaning Quebec nationalist parties. The author concludes that the representation of all visible minority groups, and increasingly Anglophone Quebecers , are the most undermined by these patterns.
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B.A. thesis
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McGill University
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Montreal
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| Date |
2015
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vii-52p.
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en
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Lemyre, Étienne. “Parti Pris? Minority Representation in Québec Provincial Politics.” B.A. thesis, McGill University, 2015. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/papers/37720g69d?locale=en.
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