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The Gregory Fractional
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Gregory fractional transfer (see Clauses 2.3 and 4.3 at this link)
is the system of transferring surplus votes by examining all relevant papers
prescribed, and transferring a fractional part of their vote value to the
candidate indicated as the next available preference. It is named after its
original proponent in 1880, J.B.Gregory.
It has always been part of the Hare-Clark system. A good account of it,
which mentions J B Gregory, of |
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Until its
replacement in 1983 by a modification of the Gregory fractional transfer to
provide for transfers from all ballot-papers, rather than just from first
preference and last parcel papers as above - called the unweighted inclusive Gregory transfer
- the inferior random sampling system included in the
1948 law that instituted PR for the Senate continued to be used for Senate
polls. That random sampling system is still used in New South Wales local government polls, and
in polls for the lower house of the Irish Republic. A
weighted inclusive Gregory transfer now applies for WA Upper
House polls, and it has been advocated for Senate polls to replace the
present unweighted inclusive Gregory transfer used
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An article in The Argus in Melbourne dated 13th
March 1879 refers to a John Burslem Gregory in
attendance at the Marquis of Normanby’s
Vice-Regal Levee. An article in The Argus in |
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Further information on Hare-Clark is in the Tasmanian
Section of A
Brief History of the PRSA and its Purpose. Click here for HOME. |