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Report of the Royal Commission on the Electoral System

New Zealand. Royal Commission on the Electoral System

其他書名	Towards a Better Democracy
出版	Government Printer, South Africa, 1986
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BT3fXCwSAc8C&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"The establishment of this Royal Commission reflected concern that it was time a far-reaching and searching examination of our electoral system was undertaken. the Commission was given very wide terms of reference which required consideration not only of our electoral system but also of various other parliamentary and political arrangements ... Especially, because of the term of reference concerning Maori representation, we made a particular effort to ascertain the views of Maori people, making it clear that we were happy to receive either written submissions or oral submissions prepared and presented in ways consistent with Maori custom ... Bearing in mind that, for reasons of impartiality, it was not thought appropriate to appoint to the Commission anyone who had been a member of the House of representatives, we considered it important to hear the views of MPs ... In addition to inquiries by correspondence, various members of the Commission were able to visit the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom to pursue inquiries concerning matters of particular relevance to our work ... We came to the conclusion that ... it would be desirable to have accurate and factual histories both of the development of our electoral system and of Maori representation. This is primarily because any electoral system is to a crucial extent the product of the specific history and enviroment of the country concerned. We are grateful to Mr. B. Ritchie of the Justice Department who wrote almost all the general history ... We are also grateful to Professor M.P.K. Sorrenson of Auckland University who used his extensive knowledge to write the history of Maori representation. The histories are published as Appendices A and B to our Report ..."--Preface