@article{2016:thomal:totgeglaub,
title = {Totgeglaubte leben länger? Die kanadische Unterhauswahl vom 19. Oktober 2015},
year = {2016},
note = {The elections of the Canadian House of Commons 2015 surprised by an
electoral victory of the once dominant Liberal Party of Canada which
had been marginalized in the 2011 general election . The earthquake
victory of the Liberals who were able to form a majority government
after increasing their number of seats from 34 in 2011 to 184 in 2015
seems to move backwards in electoral history in many regards . The
Canadian electorate, eager for change, reduced the Conservative Party
to its core vote in Western Canada and rural On- tario . The earlier
Official Opposition, the NDP, was not able to live up to its electoral
suc- cess in Québec in 2011 and became only the second largest
opposition party . The Bloc Québécois lost votes and confirms the
loss of significance of Québec separatism . The Lib- eral Party was
able to regain old supporters like the regions of Québec and Ontario
as well as the immigrant vote and also managed to score points with
its young and famous front- runner Justin Trudeau . The electoral
victory of the Liberals raises questions about their prospective
dominance . They announced a great reform . The winner has already
declared his intention to change the first-past-the-post electoral
system to a more proportional one, from which smaller parties like the
Greens could benefit . [ZParl, vol . 47 (2016), no . 1, pp . 139 -
155]},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {139--155},
author = {Thomal, Tobias},
volume = {47},
number = {1}
}