Political buffs like me look for trends in elections and lately they've been depressing, like the shrinking voter turnout in national and provincial polls. So here's some good news in the political trend department: Just over a third of the people elected to the B.C. legislature in last Tuesday's vote were women. Of the 85 seats, 29 were won by women — 15 Liberals, 13 New Democrats and one Independent. That's just over one third, thought to be a record percentage in Canada.
We invite our users to read the complete article published May 19 2013
Political buffs like me look for trends in elections and lately they've been depressing, like the shrinking voter turnout in national and provincial polls. So here's some good news in the political trend department: Just over a third of the people elected to the B.C. legislature in last Tuesday's vote were women. Of the 85 seats, 29 were won by women — 15 Liberals, 13 New Democrats and one Independent. That's just over one third, thought to be a record percentage in Canada.
We invite our users to read the complete article published May 19 2013