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Some Interesting "Firsts" In Ontario Elections
The First Election: September 3, 1867: Only landholding men over the age of 21 are eligible to vote. It is done by a show of hands. Only 13% of the population fell into that category. The Liberal and Conservatives each won 41 of the 82 seats available. The First Secret Ballot: Introduced in 1875. The First Female Vote: In 1917, female British subjects over the age of 21 were permitted to cast a ballot. The First Women to Run for Office; 1919 saw two women run. Justenia Sears in Ottawa and Henrietta Bundy in Toronto. Neither woman was successful. 1919 also the introduction of the Chief Returning Officer and the first of many referendums on the provincial sale of alcohol. The First Enumerator; 1933 saw the introduction of door to door enumeration to ensure up to date and accurate voter lists. The First Elected Women: In 1943, Agnes MacPhail and Rae Luckock become the first female MPP's. In 1954, Indigenous people were given the right to vote and in 1963 Leonard Braithwaite became Ontario's first Black Canadian MPP. Leslie Frost became the first Ontario Premiere to threepeat. 1951; 79 of 90 seats. 1955; 83 of 98 seats. 1959: 71 of 98 seats.
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Voter turnout for yesterdays election was 45.40% and actually up from 2022 at 44.06%. Some say having the election in the middle of a harsh winter didn't help. Many parts of Northern Ontario had a major storm yesterday.
2018 provincial election had 56.67 turnout.
2014- 51.3%
2011- 48.2%
Back in the 90's, Ontarians were more engaged in provincial elections with well over 60% of eligible voters taking part, with 63-64%.
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Voter participation lately has been pathetic, especially when you consider the major issues like health care and education and the fact a party can gain a huge majority with less than 20% support from the total eligible voters. And how many of the non-voters will be complaining when the government does something they don't like? If you don't vote, you don't get to bitch. Personally, I don't care who you vote for or why, just get out and vote.
Perhaps we should adopt Australia's solution and make voting mandatory.
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The Weed wrote:
Voter participation lately has been pathetic, especially when you consider the major issues like health care and education and the fact a party can gain a huge majority with less than 20% support from the total eligible voters. And how many of the non-voters will be complaining when the government does something they don't like? If you don't vote, you don't get to bitch. Personally, I don't care who you vote for or why, just get out and vote.
Perhaps we should adopt Australia's solution and make voting mandatory.
Mandatory voting in Australia applies to all Federal and State elections but not local/municipal ones. First offence is a $50 fine. 2nd offence is a $75 fine. A driver's licence suspension follows. My problem is which candidate gets the advantage of the fine avoidance vote simply by having his name listed first on the ballot.
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The First Election: September 3, 1867: Only landholding men over the age of 21 are eligible to vote. It is done by a show of hands. Only 13% of the population fell into that category. The Liberal and Conservatives each won 41 of the 82 seats available. The First Secret Ballot: Introduced in 1875. The First Female Vote: In 1917, female British subjects over the age of 21 were permitted to cast a ballot. The First Women to Run for Office; 1919 saw two women run. Justenia Sears in Ottawa and Henrietta Bundy in Toronto. Neither woman was successful. 1919 also the introduction of the Chief Returning Officer and the first of many referendums on the provincial sale of alcohol. The First Enumerator; 1933 saw the introduction of door to door enumeration to ensure up to date and accurate voter lists. The First Elected Women: In 1943, Agnes MacPhail and Rae Luckock become the first female MPP's. In 1954, Indigenous people were given the right to vote and in 1963 Leonard Braithwaite became Ontario's first Black Canadian MPP. Leslie Frost became the first Ontario Premiere to threepeat. 1951; 79 of 90 seats. 1955; 83 of 98 seats. 1959: 71 of 98 seats.
And who was the first person to complain about the election coverage on 860-CFRB back during the 1943 elections?
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Voter participation lately has been pathetic, especially when you consider the major issues like health care and education and the fact a party can gain a huge majority with less than 20% support from the total eligible voters. And how many of the non-voters will be complaining when the government does something they don't like? If you don't vote, you don't get to bitch. Personally, I don't care who you vote for or why, just get out and vote.
Perhaps we should adopt Australia's solution and make voting mandatory.Mandatory voting in Australia applies to all Federal and State elections but not local/municipal ones. First offence is a $50 fine. 2nd offence is a $75 fine. A driver's licence suspension follows. My problem is which candidate gets the advantage of the fine avoidance vote simply by having his name listed first on the ballot.
It's funny they would exclude local/municipal. In order of how government directly affects you, it's municipal first, provincial second and (much) farther away, federal.