| | Proportional Representation |
 | | In addition, the particular system of proportional representation suggested by Hiemstra (281 and 285), list-system PR, would have the great disadvantage of placing far too much power in the hands of the party leaders who would decide whose names would appear on the party list at the next election. |
 | | The major arguments against proportional representation are that the system tends to produce minority government situations more often than does first-past-the-post and that in supplanting the current practice of electing a single Member of Parliament for each constituency it "eliminates the one direct tie each of us with government" (Barker 300). |
 | | Many supporters of proportional representation seek to justify their scheme by pointing out problems with the first-past-the-post system, some of them quite serious, as evidenced by provincial elections in New Brunswick in 1987 (Hiemstra 282), Prince Edward Island in 1993 (Hiemstra 281), and British Columbia in 2001. |
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