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The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth. Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ...
Parliament House, Perth. ...
Perth is the capital city of Western Australia. ...
The Legislative Assembly today has 57 members, elected for four-year terms from single-member electoral districts. Members are elected using the preferential voting system. As with all other Australian states and territories, voting is compulsory for all those over the legal voting age of 18. The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 57 single-member electoral districts. ...
A how-to-vote card from the Australian federal election of 2004, showing voters how to fill in the squares on the ballot paper if they wish to vote for the Liberal Party of Australia. ...
Most legislation is initiated in the Legislative 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 Western Australia, 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. The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. ...
Western Australia uses a zonal electoral system for both its houses of parliament, and is the only Australian state or territory to do so. In short, this means that the vote of a person in Perth is worth less than a rural voter. Although the difference is less apparent in the Legislative Assembly than in the Legislative Council, city electorates are nevertheless artificially set to contain more voters than rural electorates. As a result, the 74% of the state's population who live in Perth only elect 60% of the Legislative Assembly. This also allows major disparities that would not be allowed to occur in other states - the largest city electorates may have up to four times as many voters as the smallest rural electorates. This may change in the near future, as the current government's "One Vote, One Value" legislation is currently before the High Court of Australia. High Court entrance The High Court of Australia is the court of last resort for the jurisdiction of Australia. ...
While the Liberal Party of Australia and Australian Labor Party are both advantaged and disadvantaged by this system, it strongly benefits the National Party of Australia. During the 1990s, Liberal Premier Richard Court considered changing the system along the lines of that in place in South Australia, but backed down in the face of National Party oppositon. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ...
The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ...
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ...
The 1990s refers to the years 1990 to 1999; the last decade of the 20th Century. ...
Richard Court was Liberal Party Premier of Western Australia between 1993 and 2001. ...
Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ...
The Legislative Assembly was the first elected legislature in Western Australia, having been created in 1891, when Western Australia gained self-government. It initially consisted of 30 members, all of who were elected, although only male landowners could vote. This replaced a system where the Governor was responsible for most legislative matters, with only the appointed Legislative Council to guide him. Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ...
1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. ...
Suffrage was extended to all adult males in 1893, although Indigenous Australians were specifically excluded. Women gained the right to vote in 1899, making Western Australia the second of the Australian colonies (behind South Australia) to do so. In 1921, Edith Cowan became the first woman to be elected to parliament anywhere in Australia when she won the Legislative Assembly seat of West Perth for the Nationalist Party. 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
A 19th century engraving of an indigenous Australian encampment. ...
1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ...
1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Edith Cowan in the 1920s Edith Dircksey Cowan, OBE (August 2, 1861 - June 9, 1932) was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected as a representative in an Australian parliament. ...
The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party formed in 1917 from a merger of pro-conscription members of the Labor Party (who had been operating under the banner National Labor after their earlier split with the Labor party) with the Commonwealth Liberal Party. ...
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The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 57 single-member electoral districts. ...
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. ...
The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia. ...
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2009: See also Western Australian legislative election, 2005 Category: ...
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