PARTIES IN CANADA

Westminster model

Federalism

Organizational Structure

• Constitutions, Ideology & the "Iron law of Oligarchy"
• Parliamentary and extra-parliamentary wings
• Constituency Associations
• Conventions
• National Level
• Party Financing

 

Factionsà Partiesà Regional populismà Brokersà Regional programmatics

5 Basic ideological and social groupings

• Liberals
• Tories
• Social Democrats
• Right-wing western populists
• Quebec nationalists

1867-1917: two party system

1921-1962: two-plus parties and peripheral populism

• brokerage parties

1963-1988: Electronic politics and personal parties

• the discovery of TV and Hair Mousse
• modern executive federalism

1993- Present: The rise of regional programmatics

The Enduring Significance of Brokerage Parties

Other Parties in Canada