Editing Andrew Inglis Clark (section)

==Hare–Clark electoral system==
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In 1896, after several failed attempts, Clark was able to get a system of [[proportional representation]] adopted by the [[Parliament of Tasmania|Tasmanian Parliament]], but it was to be only on a trial basis for both [[Hobart]] (to elect 6 MPs) and [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] (to elect 4 MPs). The modified [[single transferable vote]] method, immediately known as the Hare–Clark system, was renewed annually until suspended in 1902. Clark died in 1907, just as permanent proportional representation struggled through Parliament and over a year before it was used for the first time throughout Tasmania at the [[1909 Tasmanian state election|general election in April 1909]].<ref name=ParlTas>{{cite web| url=http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/Founders.htm |title= Founders of our Electoral System|year=2005|publisher=Parliament of Tasmania|access-date=12 April 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090515042210/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/backg/Founders.htm| archive-date= 15 May 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>