Fair Vote Canada is a national citizens’ campaign for
proportional representation (PR).
Campaign actions, election results and important campaign topics
BC all-party committee recommends a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform! New polling shows BC voters support proportional representation
BC’s Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee has just released its report recommending a BC Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform . November 2025 polling from EKOS shows strong support for proportional representation in British Columbia.
Polling by EKOS shows 75% of BC voters support proportional representation
Polling shows that a strong majority of BC voters support proportional representation – the principle that seats should match the popular vote and every vote should count. Polling also showed that people do not want to move towards a two-party systems and think legislators should do what they can to improve democracy so it is less divisive.
First-past-the-post delivers us closer to a two-party system
The results of this election demonstrate, once again, that Canada’s archaic voting system is failing voters. Canadians on the left and right flocked to the two big parties, with many motivated to block the other side from winning a majority.
The outcome brings us closer a two-party system. This minority government is an opportunity for parties to work together on proportional representation.
National poll shows strong support for proportional representation
68% of Canadians support moving to proportional representation, with only 19% opposed and 13% unsure
When asked if they would like the future Prime Minister to support proportional representation, 62% said yes, 16% no, and 22% were unsure.
PCs form a "majority" government with 43% of the vote: Ontario voters cheated again by first-past-the-post
Only 43% of Ontario voters supported the PCs, yet the voting system has handed Doug Ford’s PCs 64.5 % of the seats and 100% of the power.
Proportional representation: our stories
Read the stories of Fair Vote Canada volunteers . Why does proportional representation matter to them, and how did they get involved?
How did other democracies get proportional representation?
The political moment that opens the door to PR is unique in each country. The "how" PR happens done boils down to one thing: Multi-party agreement.
In almost every country with proportional representation, parties were willing to compromise and hammer out an agreement.
Winner-take-all ranked ballots are no solution
When people hear the term "ranked ballot" they often think of the system that Justin Trudeau was pushing. This system, properly called Alternative Vote, just pastes a ranked ballot onto our current system, and delivers results as bad (or even worse!) than first-past-the-post. You can learn about why ranked ballots in single member ridings are no solution here.
Ireland’s 2024 election shows that proportional representation works
Ireland’s system of proportional representation has produced fair, cooperative politics and has helped the country avoid political polarization. Read more about how proportional representation worked in Ireland’s 2024 election.
UK 2024 election:
First-past-the-post hands Labour all the power with 33.7% of the vote
First-past-the-post delivered the most disproportional results in the UK since 1918.
Germany and Ontario: A sharp contrast in what democracy can be
In Germany, 82.5% of the electorate turned out to vote. In Ontario, a mere 45% showed up. In Germany, with proportional representation, the seats in the Bundestag (Parliament) fairly reflected what voters said with their ballots. In Ontario, with first-past-the-post, 43% of the vote gave Doug Ford’s PCs 65% of the seats and 100% of the power.
Research shows proportional representation reduces partisan hostility
Many Canadians are deeply concerned with creeping political polarization in Canada. Research shows that cooperative governance produced by proportional representation reduces partisan hostility and polarization among the public.
Which voting systems promote collaborative politics?
Most Canadians intuitively know that long-term solutions will not be achieved by a single party in any four-year term and will require serious and ongoing cooperation between parties of all stripes at all levels of government. Which voting systems promote more cooperation?
If there’s anything we can learn from the Americans, it’s that Canada doesn’t need a two-party system
The United States has become a flashing billboard for what can happen when a winner-take-all voting system has reduced a country’s politics to two warring camps, and way too much power is concentrated with one person. If our political leaders care about the future of Canada, they cannot afford to ignore these lessons. The top-ranked democracies in the world use proportional representation.
Canadians were first promised proportional representation in 1921
Once in power, politicians like the system that elected them. Learn about 100 years of inaction and broken promises on proportion representation.
First-past-the-post empowers leaders with extreme political views
The voting system system impacts how much influence over government policy politicians with extreme views may have. A proportional system tends to moderate the impact of extremist politicians.
