Party Systems

Party Systems in Canada

Two-plus or Two-and-a-half Party System

Definition of Two-plus or Two-and-a-half Party System by Rand Dyck and Christopher Cochrane (in their book “Canadian Politics: Critical Approaches”) in the context of political science in Canada: A type of party system in which two main parties are of approximately equal strength and alternate in office, but which are accompanied by one or more minor parties of significant strength, as in Canada between 1921 and 1980.

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