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Conventional Choices?

Maritime Leadership Politics, 1971–2003

Distributed for University of British Columbia Press

Conventional Choices?

Maritime Leadership Politics, 1971–2003

Selecting 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.

320 pages | © 2007


Table of Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

1 Choosing Leaders

2 The Conventions

3 From J. Buchanan to A. Buchanan: Candidates and Voters

4 Tourists or Partisans? Political Background and Elector Engagement

5 Leadership Election Support Patterns: Friends and Neighbours?

6 Town versus Country: Urban Rural Divisions

7 Brothers and Sisters? Gender-Based Voting at Party Conventions

8 Inter- and Intraparty Attitudinal Differences

9 Rebels without a Cause? Supporters of Fringe Candidates

10 Going My Way? "Delivering" Votes after the First Ballot

11 Prince Edward Island and the Garden Myth

12 New Brunswick: The Politics of Language

13 Nova Scotia: The Challenge of Social Democracy

14 The End of the Affair? Political Scientists and the Delegated Convention

15 Conclusion

Appendix: Leadership Election Profiles for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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