Editing Single transferable vote (section)

=== Canada ===
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STV was used to elect legislators in two Canadian provinces between 1920 and 1955. The cities of Edmonton and Calgary elected their MLAs through STV from 1924 to 1956, when the Alberta provincial government changed those elections to use the first-past-the-post system. The city of Winnipeg elected its MLAs through STV from 1920 to 1955, when the Manitoba provincial government changed those elections to use first-past-the-post.<ref name="auto"/>

Less well known is STV use at the municipal level in western Canada. Calgary and Winnipeg used STV for more than 50 years before city elections were changed to use the first-past-the-post system. Nineteen other municipalities, including the capital cities of the other three western provinces, also used STV For elections in about 100 elections during the 1918 to 1931 period.<ref>Monto, ''When Canada Had Proportional Representation''</ref><ref>{{Cite web | first=Harold | last=Jansen | title=The Single Transferable Vote in Aiberta and Manitoba | year=1998 | url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0004/NQ29051.pdf}}</ref>

In [[British Columbia]], Canada, a type of STV called [[BC-STV]] was recommended for provincial elections by the British Columbia [[Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (British Columbia)|Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform]] in 2004. In a [[2005 British Columbia electoral reform referendum|2005 provincial referendum]], it received 58 percent support and achieved a simple majority in 77 of 79 electoral districts. It was rejected for falling short of the 60 percent threshold that had been set by the [[BC Liberal]] provincial government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2005-CEOreportRefOnElectoralReform.pdf|title=Report of the Chief Electoral Office}}</ref> In a [[2009 British Columbia electoral reform referendum|second referendum]], on 12 May 2009, BC-STV was defeated 61 percent to 39 percent.