The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH, IS INCORPORATED. THE EGMONT SETTLER WE DNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1915. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION.
, A man iwjith a mission from'England is , .visiting Australia, in the per--Mr'John ti, Humphreys, Secrel BBkV Proportional' Hepresent'a- 1 tion Association of Great "Britain.' He J „ .claims that'tlih Society, of which Karl (irey is President, is now .supported' hv , tile TeprestUitatrvcs of all ' Bri-' ti«ii ;- political pa.tfieA. In SydneV, a lew days ago, Alt Humphreys told an interviewer that} the system of "proportional 'representation Will come into 1 operation tinder the (iovernment of 1 Ireland (Koine Knle) Act. at “some (htle to lie fixed by Order-in-Cotineil! not later than the termination of the* war.” Mr Humphreys i s of opinion I that- though some changes will he made in the Act referred to. there is no' dmiht that the system of proportional representation will he maintained. He had, in his' lour through Australia , j lennd many different methods of election in operation, none of which appeared to give satisfaction. In West Australia representatives of all parties* had waited upon the Premier request-! iug the* introduction of the proportidnal'kystem. In South Australia the (lovernment had promised to introduce a Hill providing for proportional representation this session. In New South V\ ales the second ballot is in lorce. but there are marked signs of dissatisfaction with it. It is rather surprising to Itnglish people familiar with the working of this system on tiny Continent of Knrope to learn that it is being introduced in Australia. Every leader of pohtiFal thought in France has condemned it in the most scathing language. The second ballots, they Hud, give rise to detestable bargainings, and New* Zealand’s experience ol this bad method of making a linal decision at the polls leaves no room 1 lor doubt on that point in this Dominion. Ihe system ol proportional representation, when properly understood, is admittedly the fairest method yet devised for political control.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 32, 6 October 1915, Page 4
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322The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH, IS INCORPORATED. THE EGMONT SETTLER WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1915. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 32, 6 October 1915, Page 4
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