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Primary votes saw two Labor and two Liberal senators get elected, leaving the Liberal Party well ahead of the National Party, the Greens and former One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, who this election ran as an independent. Pauline Hanson attracted a lot of preferential votes, which meant that her former party was surprisingly excluded before ...
The system for counting Senate votes is complicated, and a final result is sometimes not known for several weeks. When the Senate vote is counted, a quota for election is determined. This is the number of valid votes cast, divided by the number of senators to be elected plus one.
The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of the Australian state of Queensland. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland , the Parliament consists of the King , represented by the governor , and the Legislative Assembly .
The following year Queensland became the last state to lift restrictions on people voting, based on indigenous descent. The Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory were directly administered by the federal government until 1974 and 1989 respectively. Both now have, like Queensland, unicameral parliaments.
The Governor may call an election earlier than scheduled if the Government does not maintain confidence, or the annual appropriation bill fails to pass. Issue of election writ – Tuesday 1 October 2024, by the Governor of Queensland. Candidate nominations period – Wednesday 2 October to Tuesday 8 October 2024 at 12pm, local time.
Queensland: South Australia: South Australia: Seats before 4 [c] 3 1 Seats won 1 0 0 Seats after 2 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 788,203 456,369 102,769 Percentage 5.40% 3.30% 0.64% Swing 1.12 1.37 0.64
The current partisan makeup of Queensland's House of Representatives delegation is 21 Liberal National, 5 Labor, 3 Greens and 1 Katter's Australian Party. The current partisan makeup of Queensland's Senate delegation is 5 Liberal National, 3 Labor, 2 One Nation and 2 Green.
This is a list of senators from the state of Queensland since Australian Federation in 1901. List ... Senate Election Senator (Party) Senator (Party) Senator (Party) ...