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Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories are broadly similar to the electoral system used in federal elections in Australia. When the Australian colonies were granted responsible government in the 19th century, the constitutions of each colony introduced bicameral parliaments, each of which was based on the contemporaneous version of the Westminster system. In these parliaments, a lower house (often known as the legislative assembly) was composed of multiple single-member, geographical constituencies. Suffrage was extended only to adult males, with some states including a property criterion. In Queensland and Western Australia the vote was specifically denied to people of indigenous Australian descent. Despite these forms of discrimination, the electorates of Australian l

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rdfs:label	Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories (en)
rdfs:comment	Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories are broadly similar to the electoral system used in federal elections in Australia. When the Australian colonies were granted responsible government in the 19th century, the constitutions of each colony introduced bicameral parliaments, each of which was based on the contemporaneous version of the Westminster system. In these parliaments, a lower house (often known as the legislative assembly) was composed of multiple single-member, geographical constituencies. Suffrage was extended only to adult males, with some states including a property criterion. In Queensland and Western Australia the vote was specifically denied to people of indigenous Australian descent. Despite these forms of discrimination, the electorates of Australian l (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Property qualification Queensland Electoral system of Australia Hare-Clark electoral system 2008 Western Australian state election Bicameral Elections in Australia Unicameralism Victorian Electoral Commission Victorian Legislative Assembly Victorian Legislative Council Instant-runoff voting Issues affecting the Single Transferable Vote 1913 Australian federal election 1995 Australian Capital Territory general election Counting single transferable votes Lower house Optional preferential voting Redistricting Suffrage in Australia One vote one value Electoral Commission of Queensland Electoral Commission of South Australia Contingent vote 2018 South Australian state election Legislative Assembly of Queensland Single transferable vote States and territories of Australia Steve Bracks Full-preferential voting 2006 Victorian state election Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Australian Senate Western Australia Western Australian Legislative Assembly Western Australian Legislative Council Western Metropolitan Region Western Victoria Region 2016 Australian Capital Territory general election 2016 Australian federal election Eastern Metropolitan Region Eastern Victoria Region Northern Metropolitan Region Northern Territory Northern Territory Electoral Commission Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Northern Victoria Region Parliaments of the Australian states and territories Governor History and use of instant-runoff voting Proportional representation Representative democracy Group voting ticket Tasmania Tasmanian House of Assembly Tasmanian Legislative Council History and use of the Single Transferable Vote Westminster system Ranked voting system By-election South Australia South Australian House of Assembly South Australian Legislative Council South Eastern Metropolitan Region Southern Metropolitan Region Landholder Indigenous Australians Neville Wran New South Wales New South Wales Electoral Commission New South Wales Legislative Assembly New South Wales Legislative Council Electoral systems by country Casual vacancy Ranked voting systems Suffrage Responsible government Upper house Victoria, Australia Tasmanian Electoral Commission Western Australian Electoral Commission Indigenous Australian Electoral Commission Constituency Proportional voting Single Transferable Vote Legislative Council of Queensland Australian Federation Australian colonies Legislative Council of Western Australia dbr:Wikt:electorate
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au

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