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Electoral Redistribution in Australia

Electoral Redistribution in Australia

Advice on legislation or legal policy issues contained in this paper is provided for use in parliamentary debate and for related parliamentary purposes. This paper is not professional legal opinion.
Commissioned Paper No. 05/1985 by Murray Goot

​This paper outlines the relevant legislation for Electoral Redistribution in Australia with reference to the Electoral Commissioners. Furthermore, it offers a comparative analysis of the overall aim, timing, factors for consideration, electoral divisions, and the objective of the distribution process of State and Territory jurisdictions. It also examines the changes to the size of the Lower Houses within Australian Parliaments and provides arguments for and against electoral weightings or zones, and increasing the number of MP's.