To enable new research on local ideology and representation in Canada, we construct a
latent measure of the policy ideology of 37,500 Canadian Election Study respondents using …

This research note reports on a new effort to track candidate diversity in Canadian elections.
The dataset covers 4,516 candidates who ran in the 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2019 federal …

Municipal mayoral elections present a compelling puzzle: what happens when gendered
stereotypes about level of government conflict with those about type of office? Although local …

Despite long-standing academic interest in Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state,
there has been little study of Indigenous elected officials as representational actors. We ask …

This paper explores the structure of elite disagreement about the ideological or
nonideological character of municipal politics. I propose two possible relationships between …

This research note uses a new and comprehensive data set of 22,333 municipal elected
positions in 3,363 municipalities across Canada to provide a systematic analysis of women's …

The Internet's effect on political communication is omnipresent. However, very few
jurisdictions around the globe allow their citizens to cast their ballot online. What are the …

How comprehensive are the provincial regulations of municipal elections in Canada? We
know the “rules of the game” matter for electoral integrity but know comparatively little about …

Agentic women are frequently stereotyped negatively in politics. While public opinion
suggests higher levels of egalitarian gender attitudes toward women in politics, these …

The comparably small scope of municipal politics creates a unique setting within which
elected officials act as representatives. Here, we explore how mayors and councillors in …