I'm part of a small and powerful minority

The Conservative leadership race is winding up this weekend. I voted today using the fax ballot -- and what a pain in the ass that was. Three pieces of ID are needed, each with the address showing, photocopied onto one piece of paper. The instructions were poorly explained and as a person that does not take direction easily, it was very frustrating. But it was worth it. I have far more say in who wins this thing than most other Party members.

The 308 ridings in Canada are each worth 100 'points'. Points are assigned based on the percentage of voters in the riding that chose each candidate. So in Quebec, which has only 9,000 party members and 75 ridings, there's an average of 120 potential voters per riding, giving each voter about 0.83 of a 'point'. Canada on the whole has about 250,000 members for an average of about 811 members per riding or 0.12 'points' per member. And that's the average. I wasn't able to find out how many members there are in Alberta, but I'm guessing each vote there is worth less than a twelfth of mine. Even in the Conservative Party, Quebec gets preferential treatment.