§ 76. Mr. Teelingasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many of Her Majesty's Colonies use proportional representation in their elections; in which Colonies this has been suggested by his Department and in which only agreed at the request of the Colony in question; and what was his Department's reason in each case either for the suggestion or for the agreement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe only Legislatures at present elected by proportional representation are those of Malta and Gibraltar. The re-adoption of that system in Malta was recommended in 1946 both by a National Assembly, constituted by the Maltese people themselves, and by the Constitutional Commissioner and the then Secretary of State saw no valid reason to reject it. In Gibraltar the initiative came from the Governor after local discussions, and here too the Secretary of State of the day saw no reason to object.