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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Democracy | A political system where there is free and open competition for political power. Where those who gain power are accountable to the people in such a way that they rule by the majority while respecting minority rights. |
| Majority Rule | The principle that the greater number should exercise greater power |
| Minority Rights | The rights of any group less than a majority. The concept of minority rights is deemed significant because governmental and cultural power are largely determined by the majority group, or the group holding the most political power |
| Opposition Parties | Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster |
| Executive Branch | the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws |
| Legislative Branch | The branch of the United States government that has the power of legislation |
| Judicial Branch | The branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice. |
| Direct Democracy | Classically termed pure democracy, is a form of democracy and a theory of civics in which sovereignty is lodged in the assembly of all citizens who choose to participate |
| Representative Democracy | Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to either autocracy or direct democracy |
| Parliamentary Democracy | A system of government where the people exercise their political power by electing representatives to parliament to make laws. Australia is a parliamentary democracy. |
| Presidential Democracy | A presidential system is a system of government where an executive branch exists and presides (hence the name) separately from the legislature |
| Referendum | A special vote in which all eligible citizens may vote on an important issue put to them by a government. This is a form of direct democracy. |
| Plebiscite | A direct vote by citizens on a specific question submitted to them by their government to determine their wishes. |
| Initiative | A petition signed by a certain number of people that can then be used to force a public vote on an issue |
| Recall | The ability of citizens to replace elected representatives through a by election |
| Rule of Law | The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it |
| Responsible Government | A democratic system of government by which Council officials, who control the government's budget, are elected by the people, rather than appointed by the Lieutenant |
| General Election | A regular election of candidates for office, as opposed to a primary election |
| First Past The Post | voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer |
| Spoiled Ballot | In voting, a ballot is considered to be spoilt, void, null or informal if it is regarded by the election authorities to be invalid and thus not included in the tally during vote counting. This may be done accidentally or deliberately |
| Majority Government | In Canada , a government formed party (or coalition of parties holding more than half of the seats in the House of Commons or in a provincial legislature. |
| Minority Government | A party formed when the governing political party (or coalition of parties) holds fewer than half of the total seats In the House of Commons or a provincial legislature, but holds more seats than any other party. |
| Coalition | An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states. |
| Back Bencher | A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature |
| Party Whip | A whip is a role in party politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature. Whips are party 'enforcers', who typically offer both inducements and punishments to party members |
| Party Line | A policy, or the policies collectively, officially adopted by a political party |
| Crossing the Floor | In politics, crossing the floor has two meanings referring to a change of allegiance in a Westminster system parliament |
| Republic | A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch |
| Congress | The national legislative body of the US, meeting at the Capitol in Washington, DC. It was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives |
| Proportional Representation | An electoral system in which parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them |
| Individual Rights | Rights held by every person as an individual. In Canada, these include rights stated in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as those stated in other federal, provincial, or territorial laws, such as the NWT's Fair Practices Act |
| War Measures Act | The War Measures Act (enacted in August 1914, replaced first by the Public Order Bill (1971–1985), then by the Emergencies Act in 1988) was a Canadian statute that allowed the government to assume sweeping emergency powers |
| Collective Rights | Group rights are the rights held by a rather than by its members separately, or rights held only by individuals within the specified group; contrast with individual rights |
| Charter of Rights and Freedoms | The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (also known as The Charter of Rights and Freedoms or simply the Charter, French: La Charte canadienne des droits et libertés) is a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada. |
| Illiberal | To be against or not liberal. |
| 1982 | The year the constitution act was passed. |
| Confederation | A more or less permanent union of countries with some or most political power vested in a central authority |
| Name/Party of Member of Parliament | Conservative, NDP, Liberal, Green, Bloc Quebecois. |
| Name/party of Member of Legislative Assembly | Diana McQueen |
| Two Houses of Parliament | House of Commons and the Senate |
| Two Houses of Congress | The Senate and the House of Representatives. |
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