Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist (died 1891)

Thomas Hare was a British lawyer and supporter of electoral reform. He is credited with inventing the single transferable vote system of proportional representation which he was a proponent and defender, now used in national elections in Ireland and Malta, in Australian Senate and state elections, in local elections in Northern Ireland, and several cities in the U.S., New Zealand and Scotland.

March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 278 days remain until the end of the year.