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Kōrero: Electoral systems

The members of Royal Commission on the Electoral System

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The members of Royal Commission on the Electoral System

The members of the Royal Commission on the Electoral System hear submissions in 1986. From left: Richard Mulgan, Ken Keith, Justice John Wallace (chair), John Darwin and Whetu Wereta. The commission favoured the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system and recommended an increase in the number of MPs to 120.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1985/3549

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Nigel S. Roberts, Electoral systems – The call for electoral reform, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/35679/the-members-of-royal-commission-on-the-electoral-system (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nigel S. Roberts, i tāngia i te 14 June 2012, updated 1 February 2015.