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It should be noted that this was the first federal election to employ the system of
preferential voting which had been introduced ... Under preferential voting a
candidate is declared elected without more ado if he obtains an absolute majority
of all valid first preference votes cast. ... The second preferences of the remaining
candidate with the lowest total vote are then distributed and so on until the
candidate ...
It should be noted that this was the first federal election to employ the system of
preferential voting which had been introduced ... Under preferential voting a
candidate is declared elected without more ado if he obtains an absolute majority
of all valid first preference votes cast. ... The second preferences of the remaining
candidate with the lowest total vote are then distributed and so on until the
candidate ...
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PARTIES 1901 1903 1906 1910 1913 % total valid vote Seats % total valid vote
Seats % total valid vote Seats % total valid vote Seats % total valid vote Seats
Labor (A L P.) 18.72 14 30 96 23 36 64 26 49-97 43 48 47 37 Protectionist
Liberal ...
PARTIES 1901 1903 1906 1910 1913 % total valid vote Seats % total valid vote
Seats % total valid vote Seats % total valid vote Seats % total valid vote Seats
Labor (A L P.) 18.72 14 30 96 23 36 64 26 49-97 43 48 47 37 Protectionist
Liberal ...
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Contents
ANATIONFOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
Arrival of the New Baby | 19 |
Legislation and White Australia | 29 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The history of Australia: the twentieth century, 1901-1975 |
| Author | Russel Braddock Ward |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Heinemann Educational Books, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0435329995, 9780435329990 |
| Length | 515 pages |
| Subjects | › Australia History / Australia & New Zealand History / Oceania |
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