same voters were allowed to vote for each of the two members in a district but still each seat was filled in separate contest.) 1886, 1890 Ontario used Limited Voting in Toronto Toronto's three MPPs were elected through Limited voting, where each voter could cast up to two votes. 1909-1921 Alberta partially adopted Block Voting system For the 1909, 1913 and 1921 election Alberta adopted multiple-member city-wide districts in one or both of the cities of Edmonton and Calgary. Alberta's two army representatives were elected in 1917 in one contest. Also in 1921, the city of Medicine Hat was a two-seat district. Voters cast multiple votes under the Plurality block voting to elect MLAs. 1914 Manitoba adopted multi-member districts, later brought in partial STV then STV/IRV In 1914, the three Winnipeg districts -- Winnipeg Centre,Winnipeg South and Winnipeg North—were each given a second member. Each seat was filled through a separate contest. The same system was used in the 1915 election. In 1920 Winnipeg was made into a ten-member city-wide district. Manitoba began to use Single transferable voting in the new district. Later the province adopted Alternative Voting in single-member rural districts. In 1949 St. Boniface got a second member and switched from AV to STV to elect its MLAs. 1924 Alberta adopted STV/AV system After the election of the United Farmers of Alberta in 1921, Alberta maintained its existing mixture of multi-member districts and single-member districts. In 1924 Alberta adopted Single transferable voting in the cities' multi-member districts and the Instant-runoff voting system in single-member rural districts. This mixed system was in use until 1956. In 1956 the province brought in consistent single-member districts and First past the post elections. Medicine Hat reverted to being a single-member district before the 1930 election. 1922 House of Commons elections Canadian MP William Charles Good introduced legislation in the House of Commons in June 1922 that would have seen Instant-runoff voting used in each riding where more than two candidates were competing and he also called for demonstration multi-member districts in to provide experience of proportional representation. However the bill was talked out and nothing was changed. 1952, 1953 BC elections used Instant-runoff voting electoral system In 1952, BC adopted the Alternative Voting system. It retained its mixture of single-member districts and multi-member districts. In the later, it held separate contests for each seat. preferential ballots was used for the first time