Alex B Rivard
Biographic Data
| ID | 4373589 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex B Rivard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex B |
| FAMILY NAME | Rivard |
| SIGNATURE | RIVARD A B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4351-8400 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Do local politicians share their constituents' attitudes on housing policy?
In this paper, we combine a nationally representative survey of Canadians with a survey of more than 700 mayors and councillors in municipalities across Canada to explore (a) the extent to which politicians align with their constituents in their housing policy attitudes and (b) the extent to which politicians' views are more representative of more privileged local residents, such as homeowners. We find strong evidence of macrolevel attitudinal co…
Rules of the game: Legislative exits in four Westminster systems
By leveraging over 150 years of electoral and biographical data in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, we argue that voluntary exit is best understood as a cost-benefit calculation shaped by positional and institutional incentives in the legislative arena. We show that institutional changes that make seeking re-election costlier are associated with an increased likelihood of a legislator voluntarily exiting …
Political Dynasties in Canada
Using a unique dataset of legislators' electoral and biographical data in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the federal parliament, this article analyses the extent to which family dynasties affected the career development of legislators since the mid-18th century. We find that the prevalence of dynasties was higher in provincial legislatures than it was in the federal parliament, that the number of dynasti…
Nouveau regard sur les déterminants de l’appui à l’indépendance du Québec
Cet article tente de mesurer les changements possibles survenus dans la structure de l’opinion publique sur la question de l’indépendance du Québec. Plus particulièrement, nous comparons deux modèles théoriques qui ont été au coeur de notre compréhension des appuis à l’indépendance, soit le modèle du choix rationnel associé aux coûts-bénéfices prospectifs de l’indépendance et le modèle socio-psychologique qui met de l’avant les griefs et revendic…
Assembly Size and Electoral Distortion in an SMP System
There is a vast literature in political science concerning the strengths and weaknesses of single member plurality (SMP) electoral systems. Some argue that PR systems are superior because they ensure better representativeness by reducing the distortion between votes received by a party and its seat share. Others say that the benefits of SMP in terms of accountability make the price of electoral distortion bearable. But what if there would be incr…
The effects of election timing on national and subnational turnout in Canada
A Comprehensive Dataset of Four Provincial Legislative Assembly Members
This research note reports on a new dataset about legislators in four Canadian provinces since the establishment of their colonial assemblies in the eighteenth century. Over 7,000 legislators from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia are included, with consolidated information drawn from multiple sources about parliamentarians’ years of birth and death, religion, electoral performance, kinship, and several other biographical indicators…
It is not me, it is you: The emergence of secessionist parties in Western democracies
Although there exists a voluminous amount of existing literature that studies secessionist parties and the emergence of political parties more generally, there exists little that looks at the emergence of secessionist parties specifically. This article models the emergence of secessionist parties across western democracies and argues that the emergence of said parties is structured by both sociodemographic and political realities. This article sh…
Government Preferences, Vote Choice and Strategic Voting in Canada
Do voters use information about and preferences over who will form government in their vote choices? Voters might have preferences over both which party wins the most seats and what type of government that party can form, which they can use to inform their vote choice. To answer this question, we examine the influence of preferences over government types and compare them to trends in party support in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Using roll…
Why Bother? Supporters of Locally Weaker Parties Are Less Likely to Vote or to Vote Sincerely
Voters are deterred from casting a vote and more likely to vote strategically if their preferred choice is less competitive in their electoral district. We use 2019 Canadian Election Study data to show that respondents’ answers to a “how likely are you to vote” question depend on their estimate of their preferred party's local chances of winning, relative to other parties. This deterrent effect on turnout from the competitiveness of a voter's pre…
What Moooves Opinion? Examining the Correlates and Dynamics of Mass Support for Supply Management in the Agriculture Sector
Supply management is a long-standing agricultural policy in Canada that applies to dairy, poultry and eggs. To date, there exists no academic research on the correlates or dynamics of public support for supply management. We use data collected from the Digital Democracy Project's study of the 2019 Canadian election, including results from a between-subjects framing experiment, to show that support for supply management is most opposed by economic…
Assembly Size and Electoral Distortion in an SMP System
There is a vast literature in political science concerning the strengths and weaknesses of single member plurality (SMP) electoral systems. Some argue that PR systems are superior because they ensure better representativeness by reducing the distortion between votes received by a party and its seat share. Others say that the benefits of SMP in terms of accountability make the price of electoral distortion bearable. But what if there would be incr…
Why Bother? Supporters of Locally Weaker Parties Are Less Likely to Vote or to Vote Sincerely
Voters are deterred from casting a vote and more likely to vote strategically if their preferred choice is less competitive in their electoral district. We use 2019 Canadian Election Study data to show that respondents’ answers to a “how likely are you to vote” question depend on their estimate of their preferred party's local chances of winning, relative to other parties. This deterrent effect on turnout from the competitiveness of a voter's pre…
The effects of election timing on national and subnational turnout in Canada
A Comprehensive Dataset of Four Provincial Legislative Assembly Members
This research note reports on a new dataset about legislators in four Canadian provinces since the establishment of their colonial assemblies in the eighteenth century. Over 7,000 legislators from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia are included, with consolidated information drawn from multiple sources about parliamentarians’ years of birth and death, religion, electoral performance, kinship, and several other biographical indicators…
Government Preferences, Vote Choice and Strategic Voting in Canada
Do voters use information about and preferences over who will form government in their vote choices? Voters might have preferences over both which party wins the most seats and what type of government that party can form, which they can use to inform their vote choice. To answer this question, we examine the influence of preferences over government types and compare them to trends in party support in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Using roll…
It is not me, it is you: The emergence of secessionist parties in Western democracies
Although there exists a voluminous amount of existing literature that studies secessionist parties and the emergence of political parties more generally, there exists little that looks at the emergence of secessionist parties specifically. This article models the emergence of secessionist parties across western democracies and argues that the emergence of said parties is structured by both sociodemographic and political realities. This article sh…
What Moooves Opinion? Examining the Correlates and Dynamics of Mass Support for Supply Management in the Agriculture Sector
Supply management is a long-standing agricultural policy in Canada that applies to dairy, poultry and eggs. To date, there exists no academic research on the correlates or dynamics of public support for supply management. We use data collected from the Digital Democracy Project's study of the 2019 Canadian election, including results from a between-subjects framing experiment, to show that support for supply management is most opposed by economic…
Government Preferences, Vote Choice and Strategic Voting in Canada
Do voters use information about and preferences over who will form government in their vote choices? Voters might have preferences over both which party wins the most seats and what type of government that party can form, which they can use to inform their vote choice. To answer this question, we examine the influence of preferences over government types and compare them to trends in party support in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Using roll…
Why Bother? Supporters of Locally Weaker Parties Are Less Likely to Vote or to Vote Sincerely
Voters are deterred from casting a vote and more likely to vote strategically if their preferred choice is less competitive in their electoral district. We use 2019 Canadian Election Study data to show that respondents’ answers to a “how likely are you to vote” question depend on their estimate of their preferred party's local chances of winning, relative to other parties. This deterrent effect on turnout from the competitiveness of a voter's pre…
It is not me, it is you: The emergence of secessionist parties in Western democracies
Although there exists a voluminous amount of existing literature that studies secessionist parties and the emergence of political parties more generally, there exists little that looks at the emergence of secessionist parties specifically. This article models the emergence of secessionist parties across western democracies and argues that the emergence of said parties is structured by both sociodemographic and political realities. This article sh…
Assembly Size and Electoral Distortion in an SMP System
There is a vast literature in political science concerning the strengths and weaknesses of single member plurality (SMP) electoral systems. Some argue that PR systems are superior because they ensure better representativeness by reducing the distortion between votes received by a party and its seat share. Others say that the benefits of SMP in terms of accountability make the price of electoral distortion bearable. But what if there would be incr…
The effects of election timing on national and subnational turnout in Canada
A Comprehensive Dataset of Four Provincial Legislative Assembly Members
This research note reports on a new dataset about legislators in four Canadian provinces since the establishment of their colonial assemblies in the eighteenth century. Over 7,000 legislators from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia are included, with consolidated information drawn from multiple sources about parliamentarians’ years of birth and death, religion, electoral performance, kinship, and several other biographical indicators…
Political Dynasties in Canada
Using a unique dataset of legislators' electoral and biographical data in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the federal parliament, this article analyses the extent to which family dynasties affected the career development of legislators since the mid-18th century. We find that the prevalence of dynasties was higher in provincial legislatures than it was in the federal parliament, that the number of dynasti…
Nouveau regard sur les déterminants de l’appui à l’indépendance du Québec
Cet article tente de mesurer les changements possibles survenus dans la structure de l’opinion publique sur la question de l’indépendance du Québec. Plus particulièrement, nous comparons deux modèles théoriques qui ont été au coeur de notre compréhension des appuis à l’indépendance, soit le modèle du choix rationnel associé aux coûts-bénéfices prospectifs de l’indépendance et le modèle socio-psychologique qui met de l’avant les griefs et revendic…
Do local politicians share their constituents' attitudes on housing policy?
In this paper, we combine a nationally representative survey of Canadians with a survey of more than 700 mayors and councillors in municipalities across Canada to explore (a) the extent to which politicians align with their constituents in their housing policy attitudes and (b) the extent to which politicians' views are more representative of more privileged local residents, such as homeowners. We find strong evidence of macrolevel attitudinal co…
Rules of the game: Legislative exits in four Westminster systems
By leveraging over 150 years of electoral and biographical data in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, we argue that voluntary exit is best understood as a cost-benefit calculation shaped by positional and institutional incentives in the legislative arena. We show that institutional changes that make seeking re-election costlier are associated with an increased likelihood of a legislator voluntarily exiting …
Politics (9 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (4 works)