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The 1915 Visit by John H.
Humphreys, Secretary PRS*, to Australia, New Zealand
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- Excerpt from Page 11
of "THE BEST SYSTEM - An account of
the first hundred years of the ELECTORAL REFORM
SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND" published to
mark its centenary year, 1984. ISBN 0 903278 09 X,
recounts the PRS* Secretary’s 1915 visit to
Tasmania that successfully headed off a party
list system being substituted for Hare-Clark
for the House of Assembly, and succeeded in
instituting countback for the
filling of casual vacancies there. |
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- Announcement in the Journal
of the PRS* of the 1915 visit by
its Secretary, Mr John H Humphreys, to Tasmania to
give evidence against a proposal to substitute a
Party List system for the Hare-Clark system. See
his 1911 book, "Proportional
Representation - A Study in Methods of
Election". |
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- “Exposition of
Proportional Representation” -
Report, in The
Argus of 13th September 1915, of an
exposition of proportional representation by John
H. Humphreys, Secretary PRS*, on 11th September
1915, in Melbourne |
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- “Effective Voting:
Proportional Representation”
- Advance notice, in an article in The Argus
of 14th September 1915, of the address by John H.
Humphreys, Secretary PRS*, at the Melbourne Town
Hall that evening |
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- “Proportional
Representation and a National Parliament”
- Report, in The Argus of 15th September 1915, on
the address by John H. Humphreys, Secretary PRS*,
at the Melbourne Town Hall, chaired by the Lord Mayor
of Melbourne, Sir David Hennessy,
the night beforehand |
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- “Debate on Proportional
Voting” - Report, in The Argus
of 16th September 1915, of a debate between John
H. Humphreys, Secretary PRS*, and T. R. Ashworth
(later a member of
the 1929 Royal Commission on the Constitution,
which recommended
PR for the Senate), on 15th
September 1915, in Melbourne |
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* The
Proportional Representation Society of Great
Britain and Ireland was renamed Electoral Reform
Society of Great Britain and
Ireland in 1959, as it was increasingly felt
that the original name was "too liable to
suggest a connection with the continental party list systems".
Such systems had a bad name in the UK and Eire,
as they prevented direct
election of MPs. * * * * *
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