Bibliography

Note: Many of the books and documents mentioned here will be put on reserve in the Vancouver Public Library to ensure public access during the months leading up to the referendum in November. Library call numbers are listed in parentheses where available.

Books

Bish, Robert L. Local Government in British Columbia. Richmond, B.C.: Union of British Columbia Municipalities, 1987. (352.071 B86bi)

Leach, Richard H. The Governance of Metropolitan Areas in Australia with Lessons from Canadian and American Experience. Canberra: Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations, The Australian National University, 1977. (352.094 A93L)

Lightbody, James. Canadian Metropolitics: Governing our Cities. Mississauga, Ontario: Copp Clark, 1995.

Lustiger-Thaler, Henri. Political Arrangements: Power and the City. Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1992. (352.071 P76L)

- Filion, Pierre "Government Levels, Neighborhood Influence and Urban Policy."

- Gerecke, Kent and Barton Reid, "The Failure of Urban Government: The Case of Winnipeg."

Mellon, Hugh. "Reforming the Electoral System of Metropolitan Toronto: Doing Away with Dual Representation." In Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 36, No. 1.

Municipal History Society. Your Worship, Members of Council. Vancouver: Municipal History Society, 1980. (352.071 V224mu)

Plunkett, T. J., and G. M. Betts. The Management of Canadian Urban Government. Kingston, Ontario: Queen's University, 1979. (352.071 P73ma)

Renner, Tari and Victor S. DeSantis. "Contemporary Patterns and Trends in Municipal Government Structures in The Municipal Yearbook (Vol. 60) Washington, D.C.: International City/County Management Association, 1993.

Stewart, Kennedy. "Citizens and Their Municipal Governments: Increasing Accountability." Master's thesis, Simon Fraser University, 1995.

Tindal, C. R. Local Government in Canada. 2nd. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1984. (352.071 T58L1)

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1992 Census of Governments (Vol. 1, No. 2: "Popularly Elected Officials). Washington, D.C.: Bureau of the Census, 1995.

Wichern, Phil H. Evaluating Winnipeg's Unicity: Citizen Participation and Resident Advisory Groups, 1971Ð1984. Winnipeg: Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg, 1984. (352.071 W77)

Documents and Reports

Area Representatives' Elector's Alliance. "A Ward System for Vancouver," 1979.

Barrett-Lennard, W. J. "City Manager Plan: Argument presented by Mr. J. W. Barrett-Lennard C. A., at a meeting of the Joint Committee re: Civic Administration held in the City Hall, on March 14th, 1940." (In Vancouver City Archives.)

City and County of San Francisco. A Report of the Elections Task Force to the Board of Supervisors, City and County of San Francisco. May 1, 1995.

City of Calgary. "Policy: Ward Boundary Determination and Review." (Included in Volume II)

City of Pittsburgh. Home Rule Charter. Enacted November 5, 1974.

City of Seattle. "Charter Amendment No. 1 submitted to public referendum," November 1995.

City of Vancouver. By-law No. 3 "By-law dividing the City of Vancouver into Wards," 1886 (handwritten document in Vancouver City Archives.)

City of Vancouver, "Government of the City and the Region." Unpublished document prepared by the Office of the City Clerk, 1993.

City of Vancouver. Report of the City of Vancouver Electoral Boundaries Commission, 1988.

City of Vancouver. Report of the City of Vancouver Governmental Review Commission, 1979. (352.071 V22vg)

City of Vancouver. City Clerk's Municipal Yearbook 1996.

City of Vancouver. Information on Departments and Boards, November 1995. (Much of this information is available on the City's Internet home page at http:\\www.city.vancouver.bc.ca.

City of Vancouver. City of Vancouver: Boundaries for a Ten-Ward System. Public document by the Electoral Boundaries Commission, 1988.

City of Vancouver. "Who Does What," CityPlan Tool Kit 15, Part 2.

Williams, Robert J. "Some Criteria for Revising Kitchener's Ward System." May 1995.

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

Angelos, Constantine. "Council Elections by District Wanted." Seattle Times, June 29, 1994.

Hill, Mary Frances. "The War Over Wards." The Kitsilano News, February 28, 1996.

Kuntz, Phil. "The ÔRusty' Machine Cranks Back to Life in Chicago." Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, February 19, 1994.

Lee, Jeff. "Election Could Settle Issue of Ward System." Vancouver Sun, November 5, 1988.

Lewis, Peter. "Seattle Voters to Decide on City District Plan." Seattle Times, October 29, 1995

Parfitt, Ben. "Listening to the Majority." The Georgia Straight, July 1421, 1995.

Richie, Rob. "P. R. in the News," National Civic Review, Spring 1995.

Seattle Times (editorial). "Election-by-District Idea Not Ready for Prime Time." October 18, 1995.

Sass, Bill. "One Hundred Years Later, Voter Apathy Reigns." The Edmonton Journal, September 25, 1995.

Sass, Bill. "Getting the Vote(rs) Out." The Edmonton Journal, September 18, 1995.

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