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The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. The Parliament of Tasmania consists of the Governor of Tasmania, the Tasmanian Legislative Council and the Tasmanian House of Assembly. ...
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of Tasmania in Australia. ...
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ...
The Assembly has 25 members, five members each coming from one of the five electorates. These are intended to represent approximately the same population in each electorate. Voting is by a form of proportional representation using the single-transferable vote (STV), known as the Hare-Clark system. This STV ballot for the Australian Senate illustrates group voting tickets. ...
The number of seats was reduced from 35 (seven members from each of five electorates) for the 1998 state election. This was criticised by the minor parties, the Greens in particular, as reducing the minor parties' representation in parliament. The Tasmanian Greens are a political party who developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the building of the Franklin Dam. ...
Most legislation is initiated in the House of Assembly. The party or coalition with the most seats in the lower house is invited by the Governor to form government. The leader of that party subsequently becomes Premier of Tasmania, and their senior colleagues become ministers responsible for various portfolios. As Australian political parties traditionally vote along party lines, most legislation introduced by the governing party will pass through the House of Assembly. Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Tasmania. ...
The Tasmanian House of Assembly elections will be held on Saturday the 18th March 2006.
Electorates
The Electoral division of Bass is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly or lower house. ...
The Division of Braddon, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. ...
The Division of Denison, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly or lower house. ...
The Division of Franklin, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. ...
The Division of Lyons, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly or lower house. ...
Current distribution of seats The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ...
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ...
The Tasmanian Greens are a political party who developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the building of the Franklin Dam. ...
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