The Australian referendum of the (Redirected from 12th December) December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh 1531 - Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City 1719 - The first U.S. newspaper (the Boston Gazette) is... 12th December, 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). Events January 8 - Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 January 31 - Earthquake in Ecuador (8.6 in Richter scale) February 11 - Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos. February 15 - Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee... 1906 approved an amendment to the The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (in full, An Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia) is the primary constitutional text of the Commonwealth of Australia. The constitution was enacted as an Act of the United Kingdom parliament. It provided the new system of government for the new federation... Australian constitution related to the terms of office of federal senators. Technically it was a vote on the Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) Act, 1906, which after being approved in the A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may be the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a... referendum received the The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which a Sovereign or the Sovereigns representative in the United Kingdom and in Commonwealth Realms completes the process of the enactment of legislation by formally assenting to an Act of Parliament. While the power to withhold Royal Assent was... Royal Assent on the April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. Events 1559 - The Treaty of the Peace of Cateau_Cambrésis is signed. 1860 - The first successful Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California is started (completed... 3rd April, 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). Events January January 6 - Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome (Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo). January 14 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than a 1,000... 1907. The amendment moved the date of the beginning of the term of members of the Australian Senate chamber The Australian Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. The other one is the House of Representatives. See List of members of the Australian Senate, List of longest_serving members of the Australian Senate Origins and role The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution... Senate from (Redirected from 1st January) January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in which the months are displayed, January to December. The first day of the medieval Julian year was usually a day... 1st January to the (Redirected from 1st July) July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. Events 1000-1899 1097 - Battle of Dorylaeum Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Turkish army under Qilich Arslan I. 1690 - Battle of the Boyne... 1st July so that elections to the federal Australian House of Representatives chamber The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. The other is the Senate. The 150 members of the House are elected from single_member electorates (geographic districts, sometimes known as seats but officially known as Commonwealth Electoral Divisions... House of Representatives and the Senate could occur simultaneously.

The 1906 vote was the first referendum ever held in the Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. It also includes a number of secondary islands, the largest of which is Tasmania, an Australian State. Australia is... Commonwealth of Australia and concerned the first amendment made to the constitution since its enactment. Other than the amendment related to senatorial elections, no other referendum question was put to voters on the same day.

Overview

Prior to the amendment the constitution provided, in section 13, that Senate term would begin on 1st January (and end on 31st December). By 1906 it was felt to be unlikely that Senate terms would generally coincide with House of Representatives terms, and that for this reason a change would be beneficial. The proposed amendment provided for Senate terms to begin on 1st July (and end on the June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. Events 1600-1899 1651 - Battle of Beresteczko ends with Polish victory. 1805 - The U.S. Congress organizes Michigan Territory. 1864 - Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for public... 30th June). Odgers noted that the main reason for the change was to enable simultaneous elections to be held in March. The amendment was uncontroversial, dealing with the mechanical matter of how to rotate Senate terms, and Rt Hon Robert Menzies Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 – 14 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia. He had a rapid rise to power, but his first term as Prime Minister was a failure. He spent eight years in the... R. G. Menzies later observed that

as the average voter ... does not care how frequently a Senator rotates, the amendment was carried.

Although the amendment has not hindered the holding of simultaneous elections, it has had one unintended consequence. Because two-thirds of Commonwealth elections have been held in the months between September and December, there have been numerous instances of incoming Senators being required to wait many months before taking their seats. Those elected on 3rd October Organization is also the name of a Marxist terrorist group . October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). There are 89 days remaining in the year. Events 2400 BC - AD 1899 2333 BC - Legendary date of the establishment of the Kingdom of Chosun... 3rd October 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. Events January January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to... 1998, for instance, were required to wait 270 days before doing so.

Referendum results

Question: Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) 1906?

Changes to the text of the constitution

• Section 13 - Before (removed text in bold):

As soon as may be after the Senate first meets, and after each first meeting of the Senate following a dissolution thereof, the Senate shall divide the senators chosen for each State into two classes, as nearly equal in number as practicable; and the places of the senators of the first class shall become vacant at the expiration of the third year, and the places of those of the second class at the expiration of the sixth year, from the beginning of their term of service; and afterwards the places of senators shall be vacant at the expiration of six years from the beginning of their term of service.

The election to fill vacant places shall be made in the year at the expiration of which the places are to become vacant.

For the purpose of this section the term of service of a senator shall be taken to begin on the first day of January following the day of his election, except in the cases of the first election and of the election next after any dissolution of the Senate, when it shall be taken to begin on the first day of January preceding the day of his election.

• Section 13 - After (substituted text in bold):

As soon as may be after the Senate first meets, and after each first meeting of the Senate following a dissolution thereof, the Senate shall divide the senators chosen for each State into two classes, as nearly equal in number as practicable; and the places of the senators of the first class shall become vacant at the expiration of three years, and the places of those of the second class at the expiration of six years, from the beginning of their term of service; and afterwards the places of senators shall be vacant at the expiration of six years from the beginning of their term of service.

The election to fill vacant places shall be made within one year before the places are to become vacant.

For the purpose of this section the term of service of a senator shall be taken to begin on the first day of July following the day of his election, except in the cases of the first election and of the election next after any dissolution of the Senate, when it shall be taken to begin on the first day of July preceding the day of his election.

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