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First-preference votes

Index First-preference votes

In ranked-voting systems, a first-preference vote (or first preference, 1st preference, or primary vote) is the individual voter's first choice amongst (possibly) many. [1]

72 relations: Alan Fitzgerald (satirist), Andrea Mitchell (politician), Andrew Southcott, Anthony Byrne (politician), Anthony Trethowan, Arnold Cassola, Ascot state by-election, 1971, Australian federal election, 2016, Áine Collins, Balcatta state by-election, 1973, Barry Hodge, Batman by-election, 2018, Bennelong by-election, 2017, Bernie Masters, Bill Sewell (politician), Boulder state by-election, 1948, Braddon by-election, 2018, Carlow–Kilkenny by-election, 2015, Christian Solidarity Party, Christopher Pyne, Clarence Doust, Communist Party of Malta, Daithí Doolan, Darling Range state by-election, 2018, Dessie Ellis, Eben Allen, Geraldton state by-election, 1991, Gordon Atkinson (Australian politician), Green League leadership election, 2017, Greenough state by-election, 1975, Guildford-Midland state by-election, 1948, Harold Holt, Henry Brown (Australian politician), Issues affecting the single transferable vote, Jack Allen (politician), Jack Hall (politician), James Samuel Denton, Jens Spahn, Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign, 2015, John Halligan (politician), Josie Farrer, Ken Dunn, Kim Chance, Kris Hanna, Larissa Waters, Longman by-election, 2018, Malcolm Roberts (politician), Mayo by-election, 2018, Members of the 1922 Seanad, Michelle O'Neill, ..., Moray (UK Parliament constituency), National opinion polling for the Australian federal election, 2016, Next Australian federal election, Norbert Keenan, Olaf Tyaransen, Patrick O'Dowd, People Before Profit, Primary, Random ballot, Ray Owen (politician), Richard Lewis (Australian politician), Roebourne state by-election, 1932, Samuel Rocke, Single transferable vote, Steve Fielding, Subiaco state by-election, 1917, Thomas Draper, Tom Harrison (politician), Traditional Unionist Voice, Vince Catania, William Manning (Australian politician), 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis. Expand index (22 more) »

Alan Fitzgerald (satirist)

Alan John Fitzgerald (5 November 193531 March 2011) was an Australian author, journalist and satirist.

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Andrea Mitchell (politician)

Andrea Ruth Mitchell (born 27 February 1956) is an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2008 to 2017, representing the seat of Kingsley.

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Andrew Southcott

Andrew John Southcott (born 15 October 1967) is an Australian politician and medical practitioner.

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Anthony Byrne (politician)

Anthony Michael Byrne (born 1 December 1962) is an Australian politician and an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 1999, representing the Division of Holt, Victoria.

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Anthony Trethowan

Anthony Markham "Tony" Trethowan (19 December 1945 – 6 May 2015) was an Australian politician and Anglican minister who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1980 to 1986, representing the seat of East Melville.

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Arnold Cassola

Arnold Cassola is a Maltese politician, an Associate Professor in Comparative Literature at the University of Malta and the author and editor of various books and academic papers.

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Ascot state by-election, 1971

A by-election for the seat of Ascot in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 13 November 1971.

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Australian federal election, 2016

The 2016 Australian federal election was a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, after an extended eight-week official campaign period.

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Áine Collins

Áine Collins (born 9 September 1969) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-West constituency from 2011 to 2016.

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Balcatta state by-election, 1973

A by-election for the seat of Balcatta in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 28 July 1973.

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Barry Hodge

Barry James Hodge (born 16 February 1944) is a former Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1977 to 1989, representing the seat of Melville.

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Batman by-election, 2018

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Batman took place on 17 March 2018.

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Bennelong by-election, 2017

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Bennelong was held on 16 December 2017.

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Bernie Masters

Bernard Kent "Bernie" Masters (born 14 July 1950) is a former Australian member of parliament who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1996 to 2005, representing the seat of Vasse.

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Bill Sewell (politician)

William Hawkins "Bill" Sewell (7 February 1901 – 13 June 1980) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1950 to 1974, representing the seat of Geraldton.

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Boulder state by-election, 1948

A by-election for the seat of Boulder in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 4 December 1948.

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Braddon by-election, 2018

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Braddon is scheduled to occur on Saturday 28 July 2018, following the resignation of incumbent Labor MP Justine Keay.

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Carlow–Kilkenny by-election, 2015

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Carlow–Kilkenny constituency in Ireland on 22 May 2015, to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) Phil Hogan on his appointment as European Commissioner.

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Christian Solidarity Party

The Christian Solidarity Party (Comhar Críostaí) is an unregistered minor political party in the Republic of Ireland.

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Christopher Pyne

Christopher Maurice Pyne (born 13 August 1967) is an Australian politician who has been the Liberal member for the House of Representatives seat of Sturt since the 1993 election. Upon the ascendancy of the Abbott Government at the 2013 election, Pyne entered the Cabinet of Australia and became Leader of the House and Minister for Education, renamed Minister for Education and Training from December 2014. Upon the ascendancy of the Turnbull Government at the 2015 Liberal leadership ballot, Pyne remained Leader of the House and became Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. With the reelection of the Government in 2016, Pyne became the Minister for Defence Industry.

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Clarence Doust

Clarence Isaac Doust (3 August 1885 – 19 April 1961) was an Australian farmer and politician who was an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1936 to 1939, representing the seat of Nelson.

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Communist Party of Malta

Communist Party of Malta (Partit Komunista Malti) is a communist party in Malta.

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Daithí Doolan

Daithi Doolan (born 13 May 1968, Cork) is an Irish politician.

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Darling Range state by-election, 2018

A Darling Range state by-election for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Darling Range was held on 23 June 2018 following the resignation of Barry Urban on 8 May.

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Dessie Ellis

Desmond Alan Ellis (born 23 September 1953) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency since the 2011 general election.

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Eben Allen

Ebenezer "Eben" Allen (15 November 1868 – 20 May 1931) was an Australian businessman and politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1911 to 1917, representing the seat of West Perth.

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Geraldton state by-election, 1991

A by-election for the seat of Geraldton in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 20 July 1991.

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Gordon Atkinson (Australian politician)

William Gordon Atkinson (14 April 1941 – 4 August 1984) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1983 until his death.

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Green League leadership election, 2017

The Finnish Green League leadership election, 2017 was held on in 2017 to elect the new chair of the Green League.

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Greenough state by-election, 1975

A by-election for the seat of Greenough in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 1 November 1975.

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Guildford-Midland state by-election, 1948

A by-election for the seat of Guildford-Midland in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 13 March 1948.

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Harold Holt

Harold Edward Holt, (5 August 190817 December 1967), was an Australian politician who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1966 until his presumed drowning death in 1967.

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Henry Brown (Australian politician)

Henry James Brown (25 December 1865 – 11 February 1933) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1924 to 1933, representing the seat of Pingelly.

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Issues affecting the single transferable vote

There are a number of complications and issues surrounding the application and use of single transferable vote proportional representation that form the basis of discussions between its advocates and detractors.

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Jack Allen (politician)

Jack Allen is a former politician in Northern Ireland.

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Jack Hall (politician)

Jack Hall (21 March 1910 – 5 May 1970) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1956 to 1970, representing the seat of Albany.

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James Samuel Denton

James Samuel Denton, DSO (11 December 1875 – 3 June 1963) was an Australian Army officer and politician.

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Jens Spahn

Jens Spahn (born 16 May 1980, in Ahaus-Ottenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician currently serving as Federal Minister of Health in the fourth Merkel cabinet.

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Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign, 2015

Jeremy Corbyn, the Member of Parliament for Islington North, stood as a candidate in the 2015 British Labour Party leadership election, in a successful campaign that made him the leader of the Labour Party.

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John Halligan (politician)

John Halligan (born 18 January 1955) is an Irish Independent politician who has served as Minister of State for Training and Skills since May 2016.

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Josie Farrer

Josephine Farrer (born 24 September 1947) is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia since 2013, representing the seat of Kimberley.

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Ken Dunn

Kenneth Wathen "Ken" Dunn (17 May 1912 – 30 July 1976) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1962 to 1971, representing the seat of Darling Range.

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Kim Chance

Kimberley Maurice "Kim" Chance (16 November 1946 – 22 February 2017) was an Australian farmer and politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1992 to 2009, representing Agricultural Region.

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Kris Hanna

Kris Hanna (born 1962) is an Australian politician, and former member for Mitchell in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1997 until 2010.

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Larissa Waters

Larissa Joy Waters (born 8 February 1977) is an Australian former politician.

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Longman by-election, 2018

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Longman is scheduled to occur on Saturday 28 July 2018, following the resignation of incumbent Labor MP Susan Lamb.

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Malcolm Roberts (politician)

Malcolm Ieuan Roberts (born 3 May 1955 in India) is an Australian politician and a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation.

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Mayo by-election, 2018

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Mayo is scheduled to occur on Saturday 28 July 2018, following the resignation of incumbent Centre Alliance MP Rebekha Sharkie.

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Members of the 1922 Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 1922 Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State.

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Michelle O'Neill

Michelle Mary O'Neill (née Doris; born 10 January 1977) is an Irish politician who has served as Vice President of Sinn Féin since February 2018, and Leader of Sinn Féin in the Northern Ireland Assembly since January 2017.

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Moray (UK Parliament constituency)

Moray is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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National opinion polling for the Australian federal election, 2016

Several research and polling firms conducted polls during the parliamentary term and prior to the 2016 Australian federal election on 2 July in relation to voting intention for the Australian House of Representatives (lower house) and leader ratings.

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Next Australian federal election

The next Australian federal election will elect members of the 46th Parliament of Australia.

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Norbert Keenan

Sir Norbert Michael Keenan KC (30 January 1864 – 24 April 1954) was an Australian lawyer and politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1905 to 1911 and again from 1930 to 1950.

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Olaf Tyaransen

Olaf Tyaransen (born 10 February 1971 in Dublin) is an Irish journalist and a former contributing editor with Dublin's Hot Press magazine.

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Patrick O'Dowd

Patrick Joseph O'Dowd (1892 - 1968) was an Irish politician and medical practitioner.

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People Before Profit

People Before Profit (PBP) is a socialist, and Eurosceptic political party formed in October 2005.

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Primary

Primary may refer to.

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Random ballot

The random ballot, single stochastic vote, or lottery voting is an electoral system in which an election is decided on the basis of a single randomly selected ballot.

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Ray Owen (politician)

Raymond Cecil "Ray" Owen (1 March 1905 – 16 January 2003) was an Australian agricultural scientist and politician.

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Richard Lewis (Australian politician)

Kennon Richard Lewis (born 4 September 1939) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1986 to 1996, representing the seats of East Melville (1986 to 1989) and Applecross (1989 to 1996).

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Roebourne state by-election, 1932

A by-election for the seat of Roebourne in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 6 February 1932.

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Samuel Rocke

Samuel Matthew Rocke (7 September 1874 – 3 June 1963) was an Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1917 to 1921, representing the seat of South Fremantle.

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Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts).

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Steve Fielding

Steven Fielding (born 17 October 1960) is a former Australian senator for the state of Victoria and the former federal parliamentary leader of the Family First Party.

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Subiaco state by-election, 1917

A by-election for the seat of Subiaco in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 10 November 1917.

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Thomas Draper

Thomas Percy Draper CBE KC (29 December 1864 – 11 July 1946) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge.

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Tom Harrison (politician)

Thomas Hamlet "Tom" Harrison (2 April 1864 – 20 June 1944) was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1914 to 1924.

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Traditional Unionist Voice

Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Vince Catania

Vincent Alexander Catania (born 23 February 1977) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia since 2008.

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William Manning (Australian politician)

William Alan "Will" Manning (13 April 1903 – 1 October 1986) was an Australian businessman and politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1956 to 1974, representing the seat of Narrogin.

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2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis

In 2017, the eligibility of a number of Australian members of Parliament to be elected to the Parliament of Australia was called into question.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-preference_votes

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