QUEENSLAND SENATE ELECTIONS 1964 |
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FIG. 2-B. AN EVENLY SPREAD VOTE
WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MORE PROPORTIONAL DIVISION OF SEATS. |
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THIS FIGURE SHOWS
THE RESULT IF THE VOTES FOR THE MAJOR PARTIES WERE EVENLY SPREAD AMONG
THEIR CANDIDATES: NAMELY, 3 TO 2 (3 LCP AND 2 ALP) |
Click here to compare to 2-A.
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Quota = 125,232
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IF THE VOTES OF THE MAJOR PARTIES WERE SPREAD EVENLY
OVER THEIR CANDIDATES, ALL OF THEM WOULD BE AHEAD OF THE DLP CANDIDATE. |
(EACH COLUMN REPRESENTS THE NO. OF VOTES RECEIVED BY THE
RESPECTIVE CANDIDATES) |
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AS THE CANDIDATE WITH THE LEAST
VOTES IS NOW THE DLP CANDIDATE, MR. GAIR, HE WOULD BE EXCLUDED, HIS PREFERENCES
THEN DETERMINING WHICH PARTY WOULD WIN THE 5TH SEAT. (SEE TEXT FOR FURTHER
DETAIL AND FOR REASONS WHY, IN THIS EXAMPLE, A 3-2 DIVISION OF SEATS WOULD
BE MORE EQUITABLE THAN A 2-2-1 RESULT). |
Report to Tasmanian Parliament
by
Dr George Howatt,
Hobart, 1979 |
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This Figure 4-A was digitized by the Proportional
Representation Society of Australia in 2003, from Dr Howatt's Report,
from a copy kindly obtained from the Library of the Parliament of Tasmania
by Hon. Neil Robson. |
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