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Municipal Parties

Municipal Parties. And other matters. Main things to remember from this week’s readings. Local parties Role of social and economic elites Municipal reform movements Size and structure of councils Wards versus at-large elections Fixed terms and dates Campaigns and voter choice.

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Municipal Parties

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  1. Municipal Parties And other matters

  2. Main things to remember from this week’s readings • Local parties • Role of social and economic elites • Municipal reform movements • Size and structure of councils • Wards versus at-large elections • Fixed terms and dates • Campaigns and voter choice

  3. Local Parties • Non-partisanship is the norm • In large councils, ad hoc groups may form and may persist • Vancouver has parties, but the most stable on is “non-partisan” • Montreal – quasi-parliamentary • Toronto – history of partisan attempts

  4. Elites • Born in US literature of the 1950s and 1960s • Does it apply in Canada? Probably not. • Elite influence on local councils not by membership but by lobbying or by control of factors outside council control

  5. Municipal Reform • 19th Century US origins • Limited in Canada • Favoured at-large elections, city managers, non-partisan councils, merit public service, tendering for contracts • Did reform privilege native-born, middle class? • May have led to persistent preference for non-partisanship among local voters

  6. Councils • Mostly small – between 7 and 25 – exceptions? • Committees used in larger councils for division of labour • Community councils • Open meetings

  7. Elections • Wards versus at-large • Fixed terms and dates • Campaign finance • Voter choice

  8. Downtown/Suburban Conflicts • Location of industry • Residential property size • Servicing costs • Transportation • Social Services

  9. Unique Character of Greater Golden Horseshoe • 2/3 of the population of the province lives in the area of the GGH • Several different CMAs involved • Many municipal corporations, including some one-tier, some two-tier • Some of the municipalities with the largest populations are not “urban” in the sense of having a densely populated core • Planning and coordination among municipalities complicated

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