King of Kensington
Senior Member
That is an excellent point. I wonder how Duverger's Law can be interpreted in this case should the NDP win.
That being said, Duverger's Law has always made an exception and accommodation of the law for Canada due to party regionalism.
Duverger also says that "The simple-majority system...makes possible the creation of local parties or the retreat of national parties to local positions."
He gives the example of British Liberals (at least until the British election a month ago!), with a base in the "Celtic fringe." Right now the Liberals are starting to look like the party of our "Celtic fringe" (Atlantic Canada).