Votes and Proceedings
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Load more
Recommended publications
-
House of Representatives By-Elections 1901-2005
Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library RESEARCH BRIEF Information analysis and advice for the Parliament 16 August 2005, no. 1, 2005–06, ISSN 1832-2883 House of Representatives by-elections 1901–2005 The first part of this revised brief discusses the 141 by-elections for the House of Representatives since Federation, including the most recent for the New South Wales division of Werriwa. The brief’s appendices give a full set of by-election figures. Gerard Newman, Statistics Section Scott Bennett, Politics and Public Administration Section Contents Party abbreviations ................................................... 1 Executive summary ................................................... 2 Contests ......................................................... 2 Causes .......................................................... 2 Outcomes ........................................................ 2 The organisation of Commonwealth by-elections.............................. 3 The reasons why by-elections have been held .............................. 3 The timing of by-elections ............................................ 4 By-elections 1994–05 ............................................. 5 Vacancies for which no by-election was held 1901–2005 ................... 6 Number of nominations .............................................. 6 Candidates per by-election ......................................... 7 Voter turnout ..................................................... 7 Party performance ................................................... -
Proposed Redistribution of the New South Wales Into Electoral Divisions
Proposed redistribution of New South Wales into electoral divisions OCTOBER 2015 Report of the Redistribution Committee for New South Wales Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Feedback and enquiries Feedback on this report is welcome and should be directed to the contact officer. Contact officer National Redistributions Manager Roll Management Branch Australian Electoral Commission 50 Marcus Clarke Street Canberra ACT 2600 PO Box 6172 Kingston ACT 2604 Telephone: 02 6271 4411 Fax: 02 6215 9999 Email: [email protected] AEC website www.aec.gov.au Accessible services Visit the AEC website for telephone interpreter services in 18 languages. Readers who are deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment can contact the AEC through the National Relay Service (NRS): – TTY users phone 133 677 and ask for 13 23 26 – Speak and Listen users phone 1300 555 727 and ask for 13 23 26 – Internet relay users connect to the NRS and ask for 13 23 26 ISBN: 978-1-921427-38-1 © Commonwealth of Australia 2015 © State of New South Wales 2015 The report should be cited as Redistribution Committee for the New South Wales, Proposed redistribution of New South Wales into electoral divisions. 15_0526 The Redistribution Committee for New South Wales (the Committee) has completed its proposed redistribution of New South Wales into 47 electoral divisions. In developing and considering the impacts of the redistribution proposal, the Committee has satisfied itself that the proposed boundaries meet the requirements of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Electoral Act). The Committee unanimously agreed on the boundaries and names of the proposed electoral divisions, and recommends its redistribution proposal for New South Wales. -
The Impact of the 1949 Coal Strike on the Illawarra Community and Its Responses Alastair James Grant Buchan University of Wollongong
University of Wollongong Research Online University of Wollongong Thesis Collection University of Wollongong Thesis Collections 1998 The impact of the 1949 Coal Strike on the Illawarra community and its responses Alastair James Grant Buchan University of Wollongong Recommended Citation Buchan, Alastair James Grant, The impact of the 1949 Coal Strike on the Illawarra community and its responses, Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) thesis, Department of History and Politics, University of Wollongong, 1998. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/880 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: [email protected] The Impact of the 1949 Coal Strike on the Illawarra Community and its Responses. Alastair James Grant Buchan A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the award of the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from The University of Wollongong. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICS ’T998 This is to certify that the following work has not been previously submitted to any other University. Except for references acknowledged in footnotes, the work is wholly my own. 1 Acknowledgements. In completing this thesis I owe a debt of gratitude to a number of people, whose encouragement and assistance made it possible. I am especially grateful to my supervisor Dr. Ben Maddison for his assistance and suggestions on how to write a research thesis. I owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Henry Lee for his generous help and friendship and for the books I borrowed from him. I thank Michael Organ the Wollongong University archivist whose help was always promptly and cheerfully given when it was needed. -
Implications of the 2001 Federal Election for the 2003 New South Wales Election
NSW PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY RESEARCH SERVICE Implications of the 2001 Federal Election for the 2003 New South Wales Election by Antony Green Background Paper No 1/02 RELATED PUBLICATIONS C Antony Green, “1999 New South Wales Legislative Council Election”, NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, Background Paper No 2/2000 C Antony Green, “New South Wales Elections 1999”, NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, Background Paper No 4/1999 C Antony Green, “Implications of the 1998 Federal Election for the 1999 New South Wales Election”, NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, Background Paper No 5/1998 C Antony Green, “Electing the New South Wales Legislative Council 1978 to 1995: Past Results and Future Prospects”, NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, Background Paper No 2/1995 ISSN 1325-5142 ISBN 0 7313 1709 2 March 2002 8 2002 Except to the extent of the uses permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including information storage and retrieval systems, with the prior written consent from the Librarian, New South Wales Parliamentary Library, other than by Members of the New South Wales Parliament in the course of their official duties. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the New South Wales Parliamentary Library. NSW PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY RESEARCH SERVICE David Clune (MA, PhD, Dip Lib), Manager ............................................ (02) 9230 2484 Gareth Griffith (BSc (Econ) (Hons), LLB (Hons), PhD), Senior Research Officer, Politics and Government / Law......................... (02) 9230 2356 Rachel Callinan (BA, LLB), Research Officer, Law................................ -
Directions in Australian Electoral Reform
Directions in Australian Electoral Reform Professionalism and Partisanship in Electoral Management Directions in Australian Electoral Reform Professionalism and Partisanship in Electoral Management Norm Kelly Published by ANU E Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is also available online at http://epress.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Author: Kelly, Norm Title: Directions in Australian electoral reform : professionalism and partisanship in electoral management / Norm Kelly. ISBN: 9781921862878 (pbk.) 9781921862885 (ebook) Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Elections--Australia--History. Election law--Australia--History. Law reform--Australia--History. Voting--Australia--History. Representative government and representation--Australia--History. Australia--Politics and government. Dewey Number: 324.60994 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design and layout by ANU E Press Printed by Griffin Press This edition © 2012 ANU E Press Contents Abbreviations . vii 1 . Introduction . 1 2 . Australia’s Electoral Administration . 9 3 . The Independence of Australian Electoral Commissions . 27 4 . The Franchise . 51 5 . Enrolment, Turnout and Informal Voting . 61 6 . Registration of Political Parties . 83 7 . Political