Comparative Politics

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General Links

The ACE Project (Administration and Cost of Elections Project) has amazingly comprehensive information about elections around the world. If you are looking for links to specific countries, you might try their links to other sites.

Canadian Politics

Federal Politics and Resources

Government of Canada

	Provincial and Territorial Government Sites
	Parliament
	Prime Minister's Office

The Unity Link A fun site focused on Canadian unity and updated regularly.

Elections Canada The government agency that oversees Canadian elections. You can also check out their lists of:

	Provincial and Territorial Sites.
	Registered Parties Includes only federal parties.

Statistics Canada

1997 Election

	Maps Great maps of the 1997 federal election results and demographic data.
	Canadian Election Study

See the National Post Elections Site, good coverage of provincial elections.

Political Parties Links to federal and provincial parties as well as election officials and several boundary commissions.

	The Liberal Party currently holds a narrow majority in the House of Commons, its second consecutive majority government.
	The Reform Party currently is the leader of the opposition but has won no seats outside of its base in Western Canada. See their United Alternative site for their proposal for the PC and Reform parties to join forces in the next election.
	The Bloc québécois holds the most seats in Quebec and advocates sovereignty or separation for Quebec.
	Progressive-Conservative Party was the last party other than the Liberals to form the government. After winning repeated majorities in the 1980s, it was nearly wiped out in the 1993 elections. Today, it is the fourth largest party in the House.
	New Democratic Party was traditionally Canada's third largest party. Although it has formed provincial governments, it never came close to forming the government at the federal level. Like the PC, it has foundered since the 1993 elections.

Quebec Politics

	Government of Québec
	Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec Recently spiffed up site.
	Statistics Quebec Now integrated with the Statistical Institute of Quebec site.
	Parti Quebecois is the major separatist party of Quebec.
	Action Démocratique du Québec Mario Dumont's party has one seat in the Quebec Parliament.
	Parti libéral du Québec is the major federalist party in Quebec.
	Bloc québécois was founded by Lucien Bouchard, now the Premier of Quebec, and is the separatist party in federal politics.

Ontario Politics

	Elections Ontario
	Political Parties: PC, Liberal, and NDP. The PC currently holds a majority at Queen's Park, the location of the Ontario Parliament in Toronto.

Atlantic Provinces Politics

	Elections PEI (Prince Edward Island)
	PEI Political Parties: PC and NDP.
	Elections New Brunswick
	New Brunswick Political Parties: Liberal, PC, and NDP/NPD.
	Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland
	Newfoundland Political Parties: Liberal, PC, and NDP.
	Nova Scotia Elections On-Line
	Nova Scotia Political Parties: Liberal, PC, and NDP.

Western Canadian Politics

	Elections Manitoba
	Manitoba Electoral Boundaries Commission
	Manitoba Political Parties: PC, NDP, and Liberal.
	Saskatchewan Political Parties: NDP, Saskatchewan Party, and Liberal.
	Chief Electoral Officer of Alberta
	Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission
	Alberta Political Parties: PC, Liberal, NDP, and Social Credit.
	Elections BC (British Columbia)
	BC Electoral Boundaries Commission
	BC Political Parties: NDP, Liberal, and Reform.
	Elections NWT (Northwest Territories)

Media

	See my newspapers links for Canadian dailies.
	CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
	Canadian Online Explorer

East European Politics

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

	Business Statistics Europe Database of basic economic statistics.
	Lijphart Elections Archive
	Central Europe Online
	News from Slovakia Yes, really, a great web site on the latest doings in Bratislava and beyond.
	Statistical Office of Estonia
	Lithuanian Parliamentary Election Result Maps

American Foundations to Promote Democracy

	National Democratic Institute
	International Republican Institute
	International Foundation for Electoral Systems

British Politics

	Scottish National Party
	Plaid Cymru (Welsh)
	Report of the Independent Commission on the Voting System

Down Under: Australian and New Zealand Politics

Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)

	Electoral Sites in Australia, including links to state election administrators and laws, provided courtesy of the AEC.
	Social Science Data Archives at the Australian National University.
	Australian Bureau of Statistics
	Elections New Zealand
	New Zealand Election Study
	New Zealand Political Parties: National, Labour, Alliance, Green, NZ First, and ACT NZ. Unfortunately, due to the requirements of New Zealand's election law, most of these sites are disabled during election campaigns.