BY E. L. PIESSE, B.SC, LL.B. 



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1913. 



is not equal to the number of members to be elected, the 

 remaining seats can go to the parties with the largest 

 remainders, or otherwise as may be thought fit ; it matters 

 little how the remaining seats are dealt with if the House 

 is at all large. The proportion of seats to voters in each 

 party can thus be made as exact as the number of members 

 will allow. 



Next, the number of votes for each party in each district 

 is divided by the quota, and members equal in number 

 to the quotient so obtained are selected from the candi- 

 dates of the party in that district. The total number of 

 seats allotted to a party in the various districts will be less 

 than the total number of seats to which it is entitled, for 

 in some or all of the districts there will be remainders. The 

 unallotted seats are then given to the districts v/ith the 

 largest remainders. Each party's share of representation 

 in each district has now been ascertained. It only remains 

 to choose the members for the party in eacli district from 

 the candidates of the party in the district; the candi- 

 dates to be chosen will be those of the party who are 

 highest on the poll.f^ob) 



64. As an example, let us apply the system of the uni- 

 form quota to the Tasmanian General Election of 23rd 

 January, 1913. The first choices (with the single trans- 

 ferable vote) obtained by the parties were as follow -. — 



General Elecii 



Tasmania, 2Srd J an van/, 

 for the Parties. 



1913.— Fo^e* 



(90b) On the system of If nomire unique, see — 



Le Systevw du Xombre 7'niquc, a pamphlet of 8 pages publislied by 



the Comite Republicain de la R.P., 23 Rue Pasqnier, Paiis. 

 Lachapelle (see § 61), pp. 89-102, 230-5, 258-9. 

 Groussier (see § 61), pp. 103-4, 191-3. 



