Electoral reform is an interesting idea and worth talking about but I think it should be done slowly and with full public discussions and a referendum.
Personally, I am not a big fan of proportional representation. I think that each MLA should represent his/her constituents first and the party second (if at all). Under a PR system you would have some MLA's who represent both constituents and possibly parties while other MLA's would be elected under the PR system and would represent parties but no geographic group of constituents.
I am not sure what the results of instant run-off voting would be though. My guess is that the more centrist party would win almost every seat. If you had three parties running say the Cons, Libs and NDP then you could see a result where 45% of the people vote conservative, 30% vote liberal and 25% vote NDP. Most NDP would have the liberals as their second choice so when their second choices are considered the Liberals will win. The same would happen if the NDP were up and the Cons down after the first round votes are counted. The only way the NDP or Conservatives could win is if the Liberals come in third.
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