ELECTORAL REFORM IN BRITAIN
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION REJECTED. London, November 23. Tho House of Commons, by a majority of twenty-nine, embodied the principle of tho alternative voto in the Electoral Reform Bill. ' The Government left tho matter to the free vote of tho Houso.
Mr. A. Henderson stated that it was probable that Britain after the war would adopt the Continental system of political groups. Tbo Labour Party intended to nominate candidates on an unprecedented scale.
Tho Houso of Commons again rejected proportional representation, tho voting being 202 to 126. The London members. were entirely against proportional representation.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 53, 26 November 1917, Page 5
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100ELECTORAL REFORM IN BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 53, 26 November 1917, Page 5
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