Table of Contents

• Chapter One: Democratic Reform in New BrunswickWilliam Cross [Carleton University]
• Chapter Two: The New Brunswick Commission on Legislative Democracy David McLaughlin [Former Deputy Minister, NB]
• Chapter Three: Electoral Systems and Evaluations of DemocracyAndre Blais and Peter Loewen [University of Montreal]
• Chapter Four: The Effects of Differing Electoral Systems on Party Politics, Government Formation, and Voter TurnoutAlan Siaroff [University of Lethbridge]
• Chapter Five: The Government Life CycleAndre Blais, Peter Loewen, and Maxime Ricard [University of Montreal]
• Chapter Six: Electoral Systems and Representational IssuesJoanna Everitt and Sonia Pitre [University of New Brunswick and Canadian Policy Research Networks]
• Chapter Seven: Candidate Nomination in New Brunswick's Political PartiesWilliam Cross and Lisa Young [Carleton University and University of Calgary]
• Chapter Eight: Representation in New Brunswick: Capital and Constituency ConcernsDavid C. Docherty [Wilfrid Laurier University]
• Chapter Nine: Electoral Reform and Electoral Boundaries in New BrunswickMunroe Eagles [State University of New York, Buffalo]
• Chapter Ten: Fixed-Date Elections under the Canadian Parliamentary SystemDon Desserud [University of New Brunswick]
• Chapter Eleven: The Referendum Experience in New BrunswickChedly Belkhodja [University of Moncton]
• Chapter Twelve: Voter Participation in New Brunswick and the Political Disengagement of the YoungPaul Howe [University of New Brunswick]
• Chapter Thirteen: Defining and Redefining Democracy: The History of Electoral Reform in New BrunswickGail Campbell [University of New Brunswick]

About the Author

Bill Cross is Associate Professor of Political Science at Carleton University. His recent publications include Political Parties (UBC Press 2004); Political Parties, Representation and Electoral Democracy in Canada (Oxford University Press, 2002); and Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics (UBC Press 2000, with R. Kenneth Carty and Lisa Young). Dr. Cross' work also appears in numerous academic journals. He has served as Director of the Canadian Democratic Audit since 2000.