Fewer Indigenous People Voted in Last General Election, Compared to 2015

Fewer Indigenous People Voted in Last General Election, Compared to 2015
Election Canada latest data shows fewer on-reserve voters cast ballots in the last federal election compared to 2015. Chris Young/The Canadian Press
Isaac Teo
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Fewer on-reserve voters cast ballots in the 2019 federal election compared to 2015, new data from Elections Canada shows.
Only 52.9 percent of the roughly 380,000 electors living on reserve, voted, a nearly nine percent drop from its historic high 61.5 percent in 2015, the data says.