Tony Hill
Tony Hill is a doctoral
candidate
in the Department of Political Science. He received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Minnesota. He is the author of the book Canadian Politics, Riding by Riding: An In-Depth Analysis of Canada's 301 Federal Electoral Districts and has authored articles in the Encyclopedia of Politics, the
American Encyclopedia of Political Parties and Elections,
Encyclopedia of the Culture Wars, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. His research interests include elections, redistricting, American political institutions, and Canadian politics. He has worked in the Minnesota state government and taught at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota
and at Tufts University. In his spare time, he produces concerts on the tower bells of Minneapolis City Hall.
Papers and Articles
- Introduction to Canadian Politics: Riding by Riding (pdf)
- Discovering Racism in Election Results: Methodology and Case Study, Minneapolis 1997 (pdf)
Presented at the national conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2003
- The Ternary Map: A Methodology for Mapping Three-Way Elections (pdf)
Presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, 2003
- A Simulation of Proportional Representation and Instant Runoff Voting in the 1993, 1997, and 2000 Canadian General Elections (pdf)
Presented at the 17th biennial conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, 2003
- Presidential Strategies in Supreme Court Justice Selection (pdf)
Presented at the national conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2004
- Two Spheres: Federalism and Duality in Canada and the United States (pdf)
Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Law and Society Association, 2004
- Electoral Bias and the New Democratic Party: Provincial Competition in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia (pdf)
Presented at the annual convention of the Society for Socialist Studies, 2004
- Variability of Support for Sovereignty in Quebec, 1976-2004 (pdf)
Presented at the national conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2005
- The Chrétien Effect: Assessing the Personal Electoral Impact of a Canadian Party Leader (pdf)
Presented at the national conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2005
- Partisan Differences Between Election-Day Voting and Absentee Voting in National Elections in Canada, 1993-2004 (pdf)
Presented at the annual meeting of the New England Political Science Association, 2005
- Advance Polling and Partisan Mobilization in National Elections in Canada, 1979-2004 (pdf)
Presented at the 18th biennial conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, 2005
- Political Redistricting and the U.S. House of Representatives: An Analysis Incorporating the Brookes Method (pdf)
Presented at the national conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2007
- Non-Results and a Few Results from Exit Polling in Canada, January 2006 (pdf)
Presented at the national conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2007
