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| a human activity in which opposing individuals/groups mobolize support to obtain power to govern |
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| refers to various means of communication |
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| made up of people with the same ideas about how government should work; propose candidates for election in order to form/be government (see ideologies spectrum) |
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| – a form of decision-making or a government system in which one person or a small group holds all power (dictatorship) |
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| a form of decision making in which all group members have a vote |
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| a group decision reached through discussion to which all members agree |
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| based on the principle of equality among all people, especially in political, economic, and social life |
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| half the seats + one (155 HOC) |
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| a written proposal for a law that is presented to a legislature or parliament for approval |
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| Proportional representative |
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| an electoral system in which parties gain seats in proportion to the # of votes cast for them |
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| movements are political actions taken by ordinary people or organizations at the local level |
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| a direct yes-no vote on a particular issue, policy, or law |
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| person responsible for overseeing elections in Canada |
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| process of reaching agreement through discussion |
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| made up of people who share the same ideas about a specific topic (don’t want to be government); put pressure on government in order to change policy on laws |
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| membership in a political community, such as a country, including rights, duties, and responsibilities |
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| government in which all citizens directly participate in decision-making without representatives |
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| approval by the monarch or the monarch’s representative (governor general or lieutenant governor) that turns a bill passed by a legislature into law |
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| governing party occupies half minus one of the seats in HOC or LA for provincial |
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| the head of a municipal government in a town or city |
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leader of a party with the most elected representatives in the HOC
Head of government |
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| election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any other(s) |
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| decision/position made/taken by a group on an issue |
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| a person who examines, esp. one who scrutinizes the conduct of an election poll |
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| the process of mediating a conflicting or dispute |
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| the process of deciding of settling a dispute |
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| in Canada, the legislative brand of the federal government that is composed of senators, who are not elected but appointed by prime ministers; sometimes called the “Upper House” |
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| an alliance for combined action, especially temporary alliance of political parties forming a government |
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| an elected representative who is selected to act as a referee to enforce the rules of parliamentary conduct and debate |
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| member of Legislative Building |
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| a person who will be affected by a decision |
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| a course or principle of action proposed by a government, party, business or individual |
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| a formal, written statement outlining the policies of a political party |
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| a clerk employed at an election especially in recording votes |
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| the rules that determine how a country is governed |
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| the very center of any form of democracy |
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| the body of voters represented by an elected legislator or official (a voting area) |
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| all elected members to the HOC that are a part of the same political party |
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| advisers selected by the prime minster or premier to head ministries or departments and run the executive brand of government |
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| the party with the second-largest number of seats in the legislative body |
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| Member of Parliament; the representative of the voters to a |
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| – formal requests signed by members of the public and presented to legislators of other authorities in support of persons or ideas |
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| a written law passed by a legislative body; a rule of an organization/institution |
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| a change or addition to a legal or statutory document. |
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