Neil Robson

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The Hon. Neil Maxwell Robson (born July 5, 1928 in Smithton, Tasmania) was a Tasmanian member of parliament from 1976 to 1992. He was a Liberal member in the division of Bass.

Robson is known for championing the introduction of a system of rotating names on ballot papers often known as the Robson Rotation.^[1]

On Australia Day of 26 January 2007, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to electoral reform through the voting system, to the Tasmanian Parliament, and to fishing and community organisations".^[2]

[edit] Publications

Tasmanian angler, 1970. ISBN 0959987304
Handbook for club treasurers and secretaries, 1998. [1]
Everybody counts: Tasmania's unique electoral system Hare-Clark with Robson Rotation, circa 2003. [2]
Tails of a Tasmanian angler, 2005. ISBN 0975736213