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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
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.
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There are systems that combine constituent representation with proportional (or roughly proportional) results...
Mixed Member Proportional (which I think is what you're talking about actually) would give us one MLA per constituent, with top-up MLAs to reflect the popular vote.
Single Transferable Vote uses large constituencies and an instant run-off system within those constituencies that each have more than one MLA. So not only would you have an MLA respresenting your constituency, you'd likely have one from the party you supported.
Either system would be miles better than First Past The Post (the current system) or Instant Runoff Voting (which is actually a great system, but only for single position elections like the mayoral one).