Australian federal electoral divisions

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Australian federal electoral divisions are geographically defined constituencies across Australia that each elect one member to the House of Representatives in the federal Parliament.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituency ⓘ
electoral district system ⓘ
administeredBy Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
ballotType secret ballot ⓘ
basisOfRepresentation population ⓘ
boundaryBasis geographic areas ⓘ
chamber Australian House of Representatives ⓘ
compulsoryVoting yes ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Australian Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Section 24 of the Australian Constitution ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
createdFor first federal election of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
currentTotalNumber approximately 151 ⓘ
dataUsedFor election result reporting ⓘ
electoral roll management ⓘ
electorEligibility Australian citizens enrolled to vote ⓘ
elects member of the Australian House of Representatives ⓘ
firstCreated 1901 ⓘ
governingLaw Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ⓘ
includeStates New South Wales ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
includeTerritories Australian Capital Territory ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Australia ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
mapsPublishedBy Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
minimumNumberOfDivisionsPerOriginalState 5 ⓘ
namesBasedOn geographic features ⓘ
localities ⓘ
prominent Australians ⓘ
numberOfMembersPerDivision 1 ⓘ
redistributionAuthority Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
redistributionFrequency approximately every seven years ⓘ
redistributionTrigger change in state or territory representation entitlement ⓘ
malapportionment ⓘ
relatedConcept state electoral districts in Australia ⓘ
representationFormula population-based quota per state and territory ⓘ
representationOfTerritories determined by federal law ⓘ
representationPrinciple one vote one value (as nearly as practicable) ⓘ
subdivisionOf Australian electoral system ⓘ
usedFor by-elections ⓘ
federal elections ⓘ
votingSystem instant-runoff voting ⓘ
preferential voting ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tenambit → electorateFederal → Australian federal electoral divisions ⓘ
Fenner → isDivisionOf → Australian Capital Territory federal divisions ⓘ
linked to: Australian federal electoral divisions
Farrer → category → New South Wales federal electoral divisions ⓘ
linked to: Australian federal electoral divisions
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 → establishes → Commonwealth electoral divisions ⓘ
linked to: Australian federal electoral divisions
Herbert → isPartOf → Commonwealth Electoral Divisions of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Australian federal electoral divisions
Division of Paterson → isPartOf → New South Wales federal electorates ⓘ
linked to: Australian federal electoral divisions
Division of Mallee → isPartOf → Commonwealth Electoral Divisions of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Australian federal electoral divisions
Division of Casey → isPartOf → Commonwealth Electoral Divisions of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Australian federal electoral divisions
Wide Bay → partOf → Commonwealth Electoral Divisions of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Australian federal electoral divisions