Books and other published papers on STV and PR, with particular reference to Western Australia
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Articles/Books/Theses
Bagehot, Walter (1993), The English Constitution [1867], With Introduction by Richard Crossman, London: Fontana Press.
Bennett, Scott and Lundie, Rob, (2007), ‘Australian Electoral Systems,’ Research Paper No. 5, 2007–08, Parliament of Australia: Parliamentary Library.
Bogdanor, Vernon (1984), What is Proportional Representation? A Guide to the Issues, Oxford: Marin Robertson.
Boston, Jonathon; Church, Stephen and Bale, Tim (2003), ‘The Impact of Proportional Representation on Government Effectiveness: The New Zealand Effectiveness’, Australian Journal of Public Administration, December, Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 7–22.
Farrell, David (2001), Electoral Systems: A Comparative Introduction, New York: Palgrave. Farrell, David and McAllister, Ian (2006), The Australian Electoral System: Origins, Variations and Consequences, Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.
Farrell, David and McAllister, Ian (2005), ‘1902 and the Origins of Preferential Electoral Systems in Australia,’ Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 155–167.
Haward, Marcus and Warden, James (eds), An Australian Democrat: The Life, Work and Consequences of Andrew Inglis Clark, Hobart: Centre for Tasmanian Studies.
Hallett, George and Hoag, Clarence (1940), Proportional Representation – The Key To Democracy, New York: National Municipal League.
Homeshaw, Judith (2001), ‘Inventing Hare-Clark: The model arithmetocracy’, in Marian Sawer (ed), Elections, Full, Free and Fair, Annandale: The Federation Press, pp. 96–114.
Humphries, John (1911), Proportional Representation? A Study of Methods of Election, London: Methuen and Company Limited.
Norm Kelly (2009), Evaluating Australian Electoral Reforms: 1983–2007, Unpublished Ph.D. thesis. Canberra: Australian National University.
Norm Kelly (2012), Directions in Australian Electoral Reform: Professionalism and Partisanship in Electoral Management, Canberra: ANU E Press.
Lakeman, Enid (1974), How Democracies Vote: A Study of Electoral Systems, London: Faber and Faber.
McAllister, Ian (2011), The Australian Voter: 50 Years of Change, Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. Proportional Representation in Western Australia: It’s Principles, History, Outcomes and Education 128
Mackenzie, W.J.M. (1967), Free Elections: An Elementary Textbook, London: George Allen and Unwin. Magery, Susan (1985), Unbridling the Tongues of Women: A Biography of Catherine Helen Spence, Sydney: Hale and Ironmonger.
Miragliotta, Narelle (2002), Determining the Result: Transferring Surplus Votes in the Western Australian Legislative Council, Perth: Western Australian Electoral Commission.
Newman, Gerard with revisions by Scott Bennett (2005), Electoral Systems Research Brief, Department of Library Service, Canberra: Parliament of Australia.
[Terry Newman, Hare-Clark in Tasmania, Representation of all Opinions, Joint Library Committee of the Parliament, 1992]
Graeme Orr (2004), Australian Electoral Systems - How Well Do They Serve Political Equality? Democratic Audit of Australia, Report No. 2, Canberra: Australian National University.
Pepperday, Mike (2002), ‘Improving Democracy Through Elite Power Struggle: The Introduction of Proportional Representation in the Western Australian Legislative Council’, Unpublished MA Thesis, University of Western Australia.
Phillips, Harry (1974), ‘Challenges to the Voting System in Canada, 1874–1974,’ Unpublished Ph.D Thesis, London: University of Western Ontario.
Phillips, Harry (2006) ‘The Quest for One Vote One Value in Western Australia’s Political History’ (with the assistance of Kirsten Robinson), Perth Western Australian Electoral Commission.
Phillips, Harry (2008), Electoral Law in the State of Western Australia: An Overview, Perth: Western Australian Electoral Commission.
Ray, Douglas (1971), The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws, New Haven: Yale University Press.
Reilly, Benjamin (2004), ‘The Global Spread of Preferential Voting: Australian Institutional Imperialism’? Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 253–266.
Reid, G. S. and Forrest, Martyn (1989), Australia’s Commonwealth Parliament: 1901–1988: Ten Perspectives, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
Salmond, Rob (2006), ‘Proportional Representation and Female Parliamentarians’, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Vol. XXX1, No. 2, May, pp. 175–205.
Sayers, Anthony (1986), ‘The Debate Over Representation in Western Australia 1983–1985: The Proposal for Reform of Labor’s First Term’, Unpublished BA Thesis, University of Western Australia.
Sawer, Marian (2001), ‘A Matter of Simple Justice? Women and Parliamentary Representation’, in Marian Sawer and Gianni Zappala (eds) (2001), Speaking for the People: Representation in Australian Politics, Carlton South: Melbourne University Press.
[Spence, Catherine Helen. Ever Yours, C.H. Spence.]
Stenberg, Ernst (1914), Principal Electoral Systems for the Election of the Legislatures in Self-Governing Countries, Together with a Draft system for the Establishment of an Electoral System of Proportional Representation in Western Australia, Perth: Law Book Company of Western Australia.
Uhr, John (1999), ‘Why We Chose Proportional Representation’?, in Marian Sawer and Sarah Miskin (eds), Representation and Institutional Change, Papers on Parliament, No. 34, Canberra: Department of Senate, pp. 13-40.
Uhr, John (1998), Deliberative Democracy in Australia: The Changing Place of Parliament, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wright, J.F.H (1980), Mirror of a Nation’s Mind: Australia’s Electoral Experiments, Sydney: Hale and Iremonger.
Reports/Commissions/Discussion Papers
Discussion Paper No.3 (1995), Electoral System-Legislative Council; Electoral System-Legislative Assembly, Commission on Government, Perth: Western Australia.
Fourth Report (1995), Joint Standing Committee on the Commission on Government, Perth: Parliament of Western Australia.
Making Every Vote Count: The Case for Electoral Reform in British Columbia (2004), Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform, Technical Report.
Report of the Royal Commission on the Constitution (1929), Canberra: Government Printer.
Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly to Which Clause 90 of the Electoral Bill was Referred (1907), Perth: Government Printer (See Votes and Proceedings).
Report No. 1, Commission on Government (1995), Perth: Western Australia (August).
Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs, (2007), Local Government Amendment Bill (No.2), 2006. Western Australian State Election 2005: Analysis of Results, Antony Green, Perth: Western Australian Parliamentary Library Elections Paper Series, No. 2/2005, February 2006. Western Australian State Election 2008: Analysis of Results, Antony Green, Perth: Western Australian Parliamentary Library Elections Paper Series, No. 1/2009, March 2009.
Western Australian State General Election Reports (1989 to 2008), Perth: Western Australian Electoral Commission.
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