Hare system

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He had attended my first lecture at Gawler, but saw difficulties in the way of accepting the Hare system as propounded by me.

From An Autobiography by Spence, Catherine Helen

But they are guilty of far more than that, for in another chapter of Mill's book we find that his conception of a representative assembly elected by the Hare system is a purely deliberative body.

From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)

At the same time there is not so much incentive to split up the parties as by the Hare system.

From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)

Now, the advocates of the Hare system declare that each elector should have one effective vote only, no matter how many seats the party is entitled to.

From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)

John Stuart Mill.—The great vogue which the Hare system has obtained is to be traced more to the influence of John Stuart Mill than to that of anyone else.

From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)