Australian Politics and Policy - Senior, 2019a

Australian Politics and Policy
Parliament
Number of
Members
Voting system Term Sovereign’s
representative
or other
constituting
part of
parliament
Legislative
Council
40 Eight multi-member
electorates, known as
regions, each of
which returns five
members. Single
transferable vote.
Proportional
representation.
Fixed four-year
terms.
Qld
Governor
Legislative
Assembly
93 Single-member
constituencies.
Preferential voting.
Fixed four-year
terms.
WA
Governor
Legislative
Assembly
Legislative
Council
59 Single-member
constituencies.
Preferential voting.
36 Multi-member
constituencies.
Proportional
representation.
Fixed four-year
terms.
Fixed four-year
terms.
Tas.
Governor
House of
Assembly
25 Hare-Clark voting
systemofmultimember
proportional
representation. Five
members elected
from each of the five
divisions.
Up to four
years.
74