Conventional Choices?: Maritime Leadership Politics, 1971–2003Selecting a leader is a momentous and defining choice for a political party. Leaders symbolize their party and are a primary factor in election outcomes. While much is known about the selection of national party leaders, less is known about the provincial selection process, particularly in the Maritimes. Breaking new ground, Conventional Choices examines twenty-five different leadership elections in three maritime provinces. The analysis draws on an extraordinarily rich data set spanning thirty-two years to explore the backgrounds, attitudes, and motivations of those who select party leaders. It is an impressive study that offers fresh insights into leadership selection and Maritime party politics. |
Contents
1 Choosing Leaders | 3 |
2 The Conventions | 15 |
Candidates and Voters | 27 |
4 Tourists or Partisans? Political Background and Leadership Election Engagement | 48 |
Friends and Neighbours? | 61 |
UrbanRural Divisions | 77 |
7 Brothers and Sisters? GenderBased Voting at Party Conventions | 86 |
8 Inter and Intraparty Attitudinal Differences | 98 |
11 Prince Edward Island and the Garden Myth | 143 |
The Politics of Language | 155 |
The Challenge of Social Democracy | 172 |
14 The End of the Affair? Political Scientists and the Delegated Convention | 187 |
15 Conclusion | 198 |
Leadership Election Profiles for Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island | 205 |
Notes | 265 |
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Conventional Choices: Maritime Leadership Politics Ian Stewart,David K. Stewart No preview available - 2007 |
Conventional Choices?: Maritime Leadership Politics, 1971-2003 Ian Stewart,David K. Stewart No preview available - 2007 |
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