PREFERENTIAL VOTING.
TASMANIAN SYSTEMi " I (By Telegrapli.—Pr««» ABsoclatlon.—Oopyfleht.) ' London, July 22. At a meoting of the Proportional',Representation Society, Sir: Edward Clarke, the ominent lawyer, referred to the perfcct success olt the proportional representation' Bystom in, Tasmania.' 1: - ' '.'V " The . Tasmanian Agont-d eneral explained the working of the system,in the State. ■ [Tho Proportional Representation Society, 28 : Martin's Lane, 8.C., -"seeks:—(l) .To' reproduce the opinions of, the 'eledtore in Parliament and. other public, 1 bodies in' their true proportions; (2) to secure that, tho majority of electors shall rule, ahd • all winsiderable shall :be heard;'(3) to give clectora 'a wider freedom is the choice of representatives'; (4)'-to give representatives, greater:independence;from the financial and other pressure. of . small sections of constituents; (s)', to ensure to parties representation by, their ablest members; It proposes to do this by uniting existing constituencies into, larger, ones,'returning .three or-more members eaijh; give each constituency bo formed .membors proportionate to its electorate, the total number of the Hons® of Commons being' the same as at present, or smaller.]
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 568, 24 July 1909, Page 5
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170PREFERENTIAL VOTING. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 568, 24 July 1909, Page 5
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