Talk:By-elections to the 43rd Canadian Parliament

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Why was Annamie Paul put ahead of NDP candidate Brian Chang (who was placed fourth), when Chang came in second behind Bill Morneau in the 2019 federal election (and Paul came in fourth)? Ranking the candidates that way before voters have cast their ballots could be construed as an insinuation that Paul is a more popular candidate than Chang (we can't know that until the by-election; the last election would suggest not). I think it makes more sense to list the party's candidates in the order of how well they performed the last time, until the actual results are in.

Order is based on parties, not previous finish. Government, Official Opposition, other sitting opposition parties in alphabetical order, fringe parties in alphabetical order, Independents and No Affiliation. It's the fairest solution until voting is done; yes, the NDP has more seats, but there's always the possibility of two opposition parties having the same number of seats, so alphabetical is better. G. Timothy Walton (talk) 18:27, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]