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CONTENTS: THE PARLIAMENTARIAN 2015: ISSUE THREE


PAGE 156 PAGE 180


The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth Vol. XCVI


2015: Issue Three The Parliamentarian ISSN 0031-2282


Issued by the Secretariat of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Suite 700, Westminster House, 7 Millbank, London


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Mr Joe Omorodion Acting Secretary-General & Director of Finance and Administration.


Jeffrey Hyland, Editor editor@cpahq.org


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140 | The Parliamentarian | 2015 Issue Three The Acting


Secretary-General’s Commonwealth


Photo Gallery Page 148


VIEWS & COMMENT


Editor’s Note


Elections and Voting Reform Page 142


View from the Acting


Secretary-General Parliaments and Elections Page 144


View from the CWP Election Reform and Women Page 146


FEATURE ARTICLES Commonwealth


Electoral Networks Commonwealth Secretary-General introduces the Commonwealth Electoral Networks Page 150


Electoral and Voting Reforms


Electoral Reforms in Malawi. Page 152


150 years of


Electoral Reform The Isle of Man: the world’s oldest parliament. Page 156


Electoral Finance Finance for the 21st


Canada. Page 160


Advances in Political


Party Financing How Jamaica is addressing election financing. Page 164


Century in


The Price in Politics The New South Wales Experience. Page 168


Small Branches: Elections and Voting Reform


The view from Alderney. Page 172


Extending the Voting Franchise


How different electorates have extended the franchise for parliamentary elections. Page 176


Youth Engagement


in Elections The ‘Holyrood Rocks’ project in Scotland. Page 180


The Electoral System Electoral Reform in The Seychelles. Page 182


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