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Trudeau wanted ranked ballots. Would that have changed Monday's results? (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 4 days ago by Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca

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Ranked ballots could have given Liberals majority: prof

In 2025, Miljan says a ranked ballot may have helped the Liberals eke out a majority — the party landed at 169 seats, falling just three short of a majority government.

"I don't think it would have made a big difference, except probably in the few ridings where there were three-way splits, where you might have gotten a few more NDP seats and probably equally more Liberal seats," she said. "In that respect, you would have had a Liberal majority, most likely."

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[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 days ago

If we had had^1 a RCB since 2015/16, you would have also seen a response in the orientation of political parties. The fracture between the old Reformers and PC in the federal CPC would probably have resulted in a split. Without the spoiler effect welding the party together I can't see them surviving long.

This also means that Erin O'Toole would probably be leading a more Centre Right PC-style party still, or Carney (who really seems like an old style PC in many ways) would have joined them.

Close to ten years after a potential move to a RCB, the fundamental landscape would likely have shifted.