Representative Democracy

representative democracy: Local parties wont avert a bloodbath, Letter Nov. 10, according to The Star. The most serious error is in presuming that elections are to determine who gets represented. In our representative democracy, everyone should be represented, not just the largest groups in a geographic area. No matter how you fiddle with the election system, when you talk about electing just a single representative, you re denying people representation and Re: Local parties wont avert a bloodbath, Letter Nov. 10 Letter writer J.A. McFarlane makes common but serious mistakes in calling for two-roound elections to ensure that each elected representative gets majority support. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.