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The 1915 Visit by John H.
Humphreys, Secretary PRS*, to Australia, New Zealand and North
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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 |
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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 before |
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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". * * * * * * * * |
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