The
Marquis
A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...
Pierre Guillaume Imperiali des Princes de Francavilla (17 May 1874 – 10 January 1940) was a
Belgian
Belgian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to, Belgium
* Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent
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*Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...
politician. As a member of the
Catholic Party, he served as a member of the parliament (1912–1919), and later senator. He is known as the creator of the
Imperiali quota
The Imperiali quota is a formula used to calculate the minimum number, or quota, of votes required to capture a seat in some forms of single transferable vote or largest remainder method party-list proportional representation voting systems. It i ...
voting method.
1874 births
1940 deaths
Belgian politicians
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