Single Member District Proportional Representation (SMDPR)

Developed in and for Canada, single member district proportional representation (SMDPR) is suitable for any country, especially a federation. SMDPR is a local party-list electoral system similar to both Canada’s current single member plurality (SMP) and Sweden’s party-list electoral systems; it preserves current Canadian district structure and political function, single member representation as the only form of representation, and can work with Canada’s SMP ballot. It promises to measurably outperform all electoral system types in major world use. Centered on voice expression, an appreciation of local representation’s importance for government stability, attention to applicable Canadian jurisprudence, and the interplay between allocation and matching divisions (defined herein), SMDPR is based on conceptual and purposive definitions of democracy and electoral system.