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Ontario Citizens Assembly Ontario Population Ontario Legislative Assembly

Sex Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Age 1824

2539

4054

5570

71+

1824

2539

4054

5570

71+

1824

2539

4054

5570

71+

Place of birth Ontario

Other provincesand territories

OutsideCanada

Ontario

Other provincesand territories

OutsideCanada

Ontario

Other provincesand territories

OutsideCanada

Ethnicity White

SouthAsian

EastAsian

Aboriginal

Other

White

SouthAsian

EastAsian

Aboriginal

Other

White

SouthAsian

EastAsian

Aboriginal

Other

Education Less thanhigh schoolcompletion

High schooldiploma orequivalent

Some post-secondaryeducation

Universitydegree at or

above thebachelor

level

Less thanhigh schoolcompletion

High schooldiploma orequivalent

Some post-secondaryeducation

Universitydegree at or

above thebachelor

level

Less thanhigh schoolcompletion

High schooldiploma orequivalent

Some post-secondaryeducation

Universitydegree at or

above thebachelor

level

LatinAmerican

LatinAmerican

LatinAmerican

Income Less than$19,999

$20,00039,999

$40,00059,999

$80,000+

$60,00079,999

Less than$19,999

$20,00039,999

$40,00059,999

$80,000+

$60,00079,999

Less than$19,999

$20,00039,999

$40,00059,999

$80,000+

$60,00079,999

The Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform was created to assess Ontarios electoral system and

recommend whether the province should retain its current system or adopt a new one. Elections

Ontario designed a highly innovative method for selecting members of the Citizens Assembly.

Invitation letters were sent to 123,948 randomly identified citizens listed on the provinces Permanent

Register of Electors. 7,033 people agreed to allow their names to stand in a civic lottery. Between

April and June 2006, one citizen from each of the provinces 103 electoral districts had his or her name

drawn and was officially asked to serve as a member of the Citizens Assembly on E lectoral Reform.

On September 9, 2006, the members of Ontarios first Citizens Assembly gathered at York University

in Toronto. Over the next eight months they would meet every second weekend to learn about

Ontarios electoral system and its alternatives, consult with other citizens throughout the province

and reach a decision. On April 15, 2007, the assembly members voted overwhelmingly to recommend

that the province adopt a Mixed Member Proportional system. Their recommendation was later

rejected by a provincial referendum on October 10, 2007.

This illustration contrasts the 103 members of the Ontario Citizens Assembly and the 103 members

of the Ontario legislature with the voting population of Ontario, itself represented as an assembly

of 103 citizens. We compare six demographic attributes: sex, age, income, education, ethnicity

and place of birth.

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SoutheastAsian

SoutheastAsian

SoutheastAsian