STV works fine for election of multiple executive members just as it does in political elections.
The United Farmers used STV for election of multiple directors to its provincial board in 1917-1918 and in 1920.
Practical experience at that level helped prove efficiency of STV and lead the party to promise electoral reform if elected.
The 1920 convention's practical use of STV was reported on extensively in the Edmonton Journal (Feb. 7, 1920) as part of its endorsement for STV at a time when the Conservative-minded Journal saw STV as weapon to wield against Liberal government.
But unfair-minded party officials don't want fairness sometimes, such as UFA president Wood's abolition of STV in 1919 convention - it was replaced by runoff voting.
But after rounds of voting repeatedly interrupted the 1919 convention, the UFA returned to STV for its 1920 convention.
Without this change to more democratic ways, perhaps the UFA might have lost many of its most active members. What could they do except leave the group if Wood and other officials didn't treat them right. And the group as a whole and as a fighting force for social good would have suffered as a result.
It is said that in the long turn, time heals all wounds --- and wounds all heels.
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