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government, which had always expressed skepticism about the model proposed by the Commission and its mandate opted not proceed with a referendum in an announcement on June 28, 2007.
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and 20 additional members elected from 4 regions, using closed lists, to ensure proportionality. The threshold for the top-up (levelling) seats was to be 5% of the provincial vote.
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was formed to push for the implementation of proportional representation as outlined by the Commission on Legislative Democracy.
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on June 20, 2006 in announcing his response to the 2004 report of the
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In October 2010, after the 2010 New Brunswick election, the group
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referendum
electoral reform
province
New Brunswick
Canada
Premier
Bernard Lord
Commission on Legislative Democracy
Progressive Conservatives
September 2006 election
Liberal
mixed member proportional representation
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
first past the post
ridings
New Brunswickers For Proportional Representation
"Government response to Committee on Legislative Democracy report"
the original
Commission on Legislative Democracy
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e
New Brunswick
General elections
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1793
1795
1802
1809
1816

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