Election Systems
and Municipal
Government

Volume I

Office of
the City Clerk

June 1996

City of Vancouver

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1.
Vancouver government structure since 1886

Chapter 2.
How Vancouver is governed today

Chapter 3.
City government: some basics

Chapter 4.
Systems for electing city government

Chapter 5.
Results of the survey

In conclusion

List of appendices in Volume II

Bibliography

Survey results spreadsheets

Survey of election systems in
40 major North American cities

Major Canadian cities compared by
area and population density

Cost of supporting city council in
11 North American cities

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