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.

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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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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