Henry Bertram Mayo, D.Phil, FRSC, ((1911-06-17)17 June 1911—(2009-01-15)15 January 2009) was a Canadian political scientist.
At the time of his death, he was Canada's oldest living Rhodes Scholar,[1] and professor emeritus at Carleton University, Ottawa.
[2] Born in Fortune, Newfoundland, Mayo taught at a number of universities, received multiple honorary degrees and was president of the Canadian Political Science Association.
[3] The definition of democracy In An Introduction to Democratic Theory (1960), Mayo argued that "a consistent and coherent theory of democracy" could be presented interms of a few "distinguishing principles.
"[4] Based on these four principles, Mayo proposed the following "working definition" of democracy: "a democratic political system is one in which public policies are made, on a majority basis, by representatives subject to effective popular control at periodic elections which are conducted on the principle of political equality and under conditions of political freedom.