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From 1857 to 1933, the number of districts varied between 12 (1912–1915) and 27 (1890–1901). Each district returned from 1-6 members. Since 1938, the South Australian House of Assembly has had single-member electoral districts. From 1938 to 1968 there were 39 districts. Since 1970 there have been 47 electoral districts.
The Commission was established in 1975 under an amendment to the South Australian Constitution to carry out periodic redistributions of the electoral boundaries of the State’s lower house, the House of Assembly in the Parliament of South Australia. Originally, these redistributions were to take place after five or more years had elapsed ...
Former electoral districts of South Australia (85 P) Pages in category "Electoral districts of South Australia" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total.
The lower houses of the parliaments of the states and territories of Australia are divided into electoral districts.Most electoral districts (except the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania, which have multi-member electorates using a proportional voting method) send a single member to a state or territory's parliament using the preferential method of voting.
12 districts: Australia: Federal 6 states: New South Wales: 58 shires: wards (electoral unit) suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] 28 cities: 28 councils: 8 regional councils: 6 municipalities: 2 unincorporated areas: Queensland: 30 regions: 28 shires: 12 aboriginal shires: 7 cities: 1 town: South Australia: 25 district councils: 21 cities ...
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.
At the 2022 Australian federal election, based on the 2021 apportionment, there were 151 divisions: 47 in New South Wales, 39 in Victoria, 30 in Queensland, 15 in Western Australia, 10 in South Australia, 5 in Tasmania, 3 in the ACT and 2 in Northern Territory.
Local government area Council seat Year est. Land area Population [3] Notes Map km 2 sq mi Density (2022) [3] 2021 2022 City of Adelaide: Adelaide: 1840: 16 6 1677: 25,551