Explaining voting system reform in Canada, 1874 to 1960

Journal of Canadian Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Pilon, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.3138/jcs.40.3.135     Document Type: Article

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