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  2. Canadian electoral system - Wikipedia

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    Canada's electoral system is a "first-past-the-post" system, which is formally referred to as a single-member plurality system.The candidate who receives the most votes in a riding, even if not a majority of the votes, wins a seat in the House of Commons and represents that riding as its member of Parliament (MP).

  3. List of Canadian federal parliaments - Wikipedia

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    The Parliament of Canada is the legislative body of the government of Canada. The Parliament is composed of the House of Commons (lower house), the Senate (upper house), and the sovereign, represented by the governor general. Most major legislation originates from the House, as it is the only body that is directly elected.

  4. Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations - Wikipedia

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    The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states, referred to as Commonwealth countries. [1] Most of them were British colonies or dependencies of those colonies . No government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as is the case in a political union .

  5. Community of Democracies - Wikipedia

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    The Community of Democracies (C.O.D), established in 2000, is an intergovernmental coalition of states. Its aim is to bring together governments, civil society and the private sector in the pursuit of the common goal of supporting democratic rules, expanding political participation, advancing and protecting democratic freedoms, and strengthening democratic norms and institutions around the world.

  6. Cabinet of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Government of Canada, formally referred to as His Majesty's Government, [1] [2] is defined by the constitution as the King acting on the advice of his Privy Council; [3] [4] what is technically known as the Governor-in-Council, [5] referring to the governor general as the King's delegate.

  7. Legislative assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories

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    Split into Lower Canada (now Quebec) and Upper Canada (now Ontario). 1841–1867 Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada: Legislative Council of the Province of Canada: Governor General of the Province of Canada: Parliament of the Province of Canada: 1867–1968 Split into Ontario and Quebec.

  8. List of current members of the King's Privy Council for Canada

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    Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada use the title The Honourable if they are ordinary members. Prime Ministers, Governors General and Chief Justices automatically are given the title The Right Honourable. While Governors General have the right to the title Right Honourable upon being sworn into office they are not inducted into the ...

  9. King's Privy Council for Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Government of Canada, which is formally referred to as His Majesty's Government, [5] [6] is defined by the Canadian constitution as the sovereign acting on the advice of the Privy Council; [7] [8] what is known as the Governor-in-Council, [9] referring to the governor general of Canada as the King's stand-in.