British Columbia is a Canadian province. In 2001 they set up a
Citizen's Assembly on Electoral Reform where citizen's were
chosen by sortition to put forward a recommendation for which
electoral system voters should judge in referendum. South Sea
Republic has covered sortition methods in articles before. One
article titled; Tapping the Wisdom of the People included a
discussion of Nicholas Gruen's idea for a citizen's chamber. So
how did the sortitionists in British Columbia do? Campbell
Sharman has an article; Citizens' Assemblies and Parliamentary
Reform in Canada [pdf] on the Australian Parliament House
website from March 2006 which discusses this event. British
Columbia is a Canadian province with a unicameral parliament and
a first past the post [FPTP] electoral system. In single member
districts a a FPTP system can accentuate swings against the
government. The downside is that members can be elected without
a true majority. Another problem is that it punishes minor
parties, keeping them from any represe