Propagation: Seeds & scions (7)

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1. Not the U.S.? I vaguely recall that the UK had some MMDs into the early 19th century, but was this ever true of the U.S.? And no, I don’t think the Senate disqualifies it.

   Seed planted by Mike — 07 September 2011 @ 21:17

2. The British House of Commons was exclusively multinominal until the Great Reform Act 1832. The multinominal component was then progressively reduced until the final abolition of university constituencies in 1948.Like a lot of ancient traditions UK uninominalism is actually fairly recent.

   I think it is probably the US House of Representatives, but I am fairly certain the US House was not always exclusively uninominal. I will do a little research.

   Seed planted by Alan — 07 September 2011 @ 21:38

3. The UK House of Common was not entirely M=1 until the mid-20th century. I thought there were still some districts electing more than one for the US House as late as the 1960s, when federal legislation was passed mandating M=1.

   Seed planted by MSS — 07 September 2011 @ 23:26

4. If the US House had some M>1 until the 1960s you would have to look at France, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and South Africa. The Australian house has always been uninominal since its creation in 1901. I do not yet know about the other cases.

   Seed planted by Alan — 07 September 2011 @ 23:37

5. The NZ house was uninominal from its creation in 1852 until the introduction of MMP. Just for the record the Royal Commission on the Electoral System called British uninominalism ‘centuries old’.

   Seed planted by Alan — 07 September 2011 @ 23:56

6. The next question is when you count the colonies/dominions as being ‘countries’. Could be as late as the late 1940s for NZ, for instance.

   Seed planted by Errolwi — 08 September 2011 @ 00:33

7. I think you regard colonies as countries from the time they are granted self-government. We are talking political science, not abstruse constitutional indicia of sovereignty.

   Seed planted by Alan — 08 September 2011 @ 02:34

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