Montreal’s winner-take-all municipal voting system is failing voters, producing city councils that don’t reflect what voters said with their ballots.
In 2021 in LaSalle, Équipe LaSalle Team won 100% of the seats with 47% of the vote.
In Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Projet Montréal won 67% of the seats with 40% of the vote.
One-party boroughs can be ignored by the party in power. In one of the most diverse cities in Canada, city council fails to represent that diversity.
Mayoral candidate Craig Sauve from Transition Montréal has promised to introduce a ranked ballot for mayor ...
Montreal’s winner-take-all municipal voting system is failing voters, producing city councils that don’t reflect what voters said with their ballots.
In 2021 in LaSalle, Équipe LaSalle Team won 100% of the seats with 47% of the vote.
In Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Projet Montréal won 67% of the seats with 40% of the vote.
One-party boroughs can be ignored by the party in power. In one of the most diverse cities in Canada, city council fails to represent that diversity.
Mayoral candidate Craig Sauve from Transition Montréal has promised to introduce a ranked ballot for mayor and proportional ranked choice voting for city and borough councils.
Where do Projet Montréal, Ensemble Montréal, Action Montréal and Futur Montréal stand on proportional representation for Montreal?
Ask them now where they stand and let them know that a fairer voting system matters to Montreal voters!