Andrew Inglis Clark (24 February 1848 – 14 November 1907) was an Australian founding father and co-author of the Australian Constitution; he was also an engineer, barrister, politician, electoral reformer and jurist. He initially qualified as an engineer, but he re-trained as a barrister to effectively fight for social causes which deeply concerned him. After a long political career, mostly spent as Attorney-General and briefly as Opposition Leader, he was appointed a Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Despite being acknowledged as the leading expert on the Australian Constitution, he was never appointed to the High Court of Australia. He popularised the Hare-Clark voting system, and introduced it to Tasmania. In addition Clark was a prolific author, though most of his writings were never published, rather they were circulated privately. Clark was also Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania. Thro his life, Clark was a progressive. He championed the rights of workers to organise through trades unions, universal
Andrew Inglis Clark (24 de febrero de 1848 – 14 de noviembre de 1907) fue un padre fundador australiano y coautor de la Constitución australiana; fue también un ingeniero, barrister, político, reformador electoral y jurista. Inicialmente se calificó como ingeniero, pero se re-entrenó como barrister para luchar eficazmente por causas sociales que le preocupaban profundamente. Después de una larga carrera política, principalmente gastado como Fiscal General y brevemente como Líder de la Oposición, fue nombrado juez senior de la Corte Suprema de Tasmania. A pesar de ser reconocido como el principal experto en la Constitución australiana, nunca fue nombrado a la Corte Suprema de Australia. Heis popularizó el sistema de voto Hare-Clark, y lo introdujo a Tasmania. Además Clark fue un autor prolífico, aunque la mayoría de sus escritos nunca fueron publicados, sino que se difundieron en privado. Clark también fue vicepresidente de la Universidad de Tasmania.