Nominating Attractive Candidates for Parliament

Recruitment to the Canadian House of Commons

Bibliographic Data

ID6300568
AuthorsWilliam Mishler (corresponding author)
Year1978
Volume3
Issue4
Pages581
Publication date1978-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLegislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/439616
OpenAlexW2313013364
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

This article examines the process by which potential candidates are identified and nominated to stand for election to the Canadian House of Commons. Interviews with 189 individuals who survived the process to become members of the 28th Parliament are used to identify several of the more important personal and political background characteristics that bring prospective candidates to the attention of local party organizations and make them attractive nominees for parliament. Prior service to the party, previous electoral experience, and exceptionally high social status rank among the principal attributes of attractiveness. Candidates who possess several of these traits are more likely not only to be nominated for parliament and to receive the nomination with minimal opposition but also to be nominated in electorally safe, or at least winnable, constituencies

Commons · House of Commons · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Law · Public Administration · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

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