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Playmander

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The Playmander was a pro-rural electoral malapportionment in the Australian state of South Australia, introduced by the incumbent Liberal and Country League (LCL) government, and in place for 32 years from 1936 to 1968. [1]

61 relations: Apportionment (politics), Australian federal election, 1974, Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Bjelkemander, Don Dunstan, Electoral district of Adelaide, Electoral district of Barossa, Electoral district of Chaffey, Electoral district of Frome, Electoral district of Glenelg (South Australia), Electoral district of Gumeracha, Electoral district of Mount Gambier, Electoral district of Murray (South Australia), Electoral district of Torrens, Electoral district of Unley, Electoral system of Australia, Emergency Committee of South Australia, Frank Walsh, Gerrymandering, John Bannon, John Olsen, Joint Sitting of the Australian Parliament of 1974, Liberal and Country League, Liberal Movement (Australia), Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), List of political controversies in Australia, Mick O'Halloran, Mike Rann, One vote, one value, Portmanteau, Premier of South Australia, Rann Government, Redistribution (Australia), Ren DeGaris, Richard Layton Butler, Robert Richards (Australian politician), South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission, South Australian state election, 1933, South Australian state election, 1938, South Australian state election, 1941, South Australian state election, 1944, South Australian state election, 1947, South Australian state election, 1950, South Australian state election, 1953, South Australian state election, 1956, South Australian state election, 1959, South Australian state election, 1962, South Australian state election, 1965, South Australian state election, 1968, ..., South Australian state election, 1970, South Australian state election, 1975, South Australian state election, 1977, South Australian state election, 1985, South Australian state election, 2006, South Australian state election, 2010, South Australian state election, 2014, South Australian state election, 2018, Steele Hall, Thomas Playford IV, Two-party-preferred vote. Expand index (11 more) »

Apportionment (politics)

Apportionment is the process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions entitled to representation.

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Australian federal election, 1974

Federal elections were held in Australia on 18 May 1974.

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Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)

The Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), commonly known as SA Labor, is the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party, originally formed in 1891 as the United Labor Party of South Australia.

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Bjelkemander

The Bjelkemander was the term given to a system of malapportionment in the Australian state of Queensland in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Don Dunstan

Donald Allan Dunstan, AC, QC (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was a South Australian politician.

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Electoral district of Adelaide

Adelaide is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Electoral district of Barossa

Barossa was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the colony (Australian state from 1901) of South Australia from 1857 to 1938 and again from 1956 to 1970.

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Electoral district of Chaffey

Chaffey, created in 1936, is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Electoral district of Frome

Frome is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Electoral district of Glenelg (South Australia)

Glenelg was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1985.

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Electoral district of Gumeracha

Gumeracha was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1857 to 1902 and again from 1938 to 1970.

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Electoral district of Mount Gambier

Mount Gambier is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Electoral district of Murray (South Australia)

Murray is a defunct electoral district that elected members to the House of Assembly, the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia.

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Electoral district of Torrens

Torrens is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Electoral district of Unley

Unley is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Electoral system of Australia

The Australian electoral system comprises the laws and processes used for the election of members of the Australian Parliament.

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Emergency Committee of South Australia

The Emergency Committee of South Australia was the major anti-Labor grouping in South Australia at the 1931 federal election.

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Frank Walsh

Francis Henry Walsh (6 July 1897 – 18 May 1968) was the 34th Premier of South Australia from 10 March 1965 to 1 June 1967, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.

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Gerrymandering

Gerrymandering is a practice intended to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries.

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John Bannon

John Charles Bannon (7 May 1943 – 13 December 2015) was an Australian politician.

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John Olsen

John Wayne Olsen, AO (born 7 June 1945) is a former politician, diplomat and lobbyist.

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Joint Sitting of the Australian Parliament of 1974

A joint sitting of the Australian parliament was convened in 1974, in which members of the Senate and House of Representatives sat together as a single legislative body.

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Liberal and Country League

The Liberal and Country League (LCL) was the major conservative party in South Australia from 1932 to 1974.

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Liberal Movement (Australia)

The Liberal Movement (LM) was a South Australian political party in the 1970s.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division)

The Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), commonly known as the SA Liberals, is the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, formed in 1974, succeeding the Liberal and Country League (LCL).

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List of political controversies in Australia

This is a list of major political controversies in Australia.

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Mick O'Halloran

Michael Raphael O'Halloran (12 April 1893 – 22 September 1960) was an Australian politician, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.

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Mike Rann

Michael David Rann,, (born 5 January 1953) is an Australian former politician who was the 44th Premier of South Australia from 2002 to 2011.

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One vote, one value

In Australia, one vote, one value is a democratic principle widely valued in Australia and applied in electoral laws governing redistributions of electoral divisions of the House of Representatives whereby the divisions have the same number of enrolled voters, within a specified percentage of variance.

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Portmanteau

A portmanteau or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words,, p. 644 in which parts of multiple words or their phones (sounds) are combined into a new word, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, or motel, from motor and hotel.

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Premier of South Australia

The Premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia.

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Rann Government

The Rann Government was the state executive government of South Australia led by Premier of South Australia Mike Rann of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2002 to 2011.

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Redistribution (Australia)

In Australia, a redistribution is the process of redrawing the boundaries of electoral divisions of the House of Representatives, a process that in the United States is called redistricting.

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Ren DeGaris

Renfrey Curgenven DeGaris AM (12 October 1921 – 5 February 2007), generally known as "Ren DeGaris", was a businessman, pastoralist and politician in the State of South Australia.

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Richard Layton Butler

Sir Richard Layton Butler KCMG (31 March 1885 – 21 January 1966) was the 31st Premier of South Australia, serving two disjunct terms in office: from 1927 to 1930, and again from 1933 to 1938.

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Robert Richards (Australian politician)

Robert Stanley "Bob" Richards (31 May 1885 – 24 April 1967), generally referred to as "R.

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South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission

The South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission is responsible for the compulsory re-drawing of South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts before each South Australian election.

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South Australian state election, 1933

State elections were held in South Australia on 8 April 1933.

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South Australian state election, 1938

State elections were held in South Australia on 19 March 1938.

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South Australian state election, 1941

State elections were held in South Australia on 29 March 1941.

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South Australian state election, 1944

State elections were held in South Australia on 29 April 1944.

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South Australian state election, 1947

State elections were held in South Australia on 8 March 1947.

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South Australian state election, 1950

State elections were held in South Australia on 4 March 1950.

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South Australian state election, 1953

State elections were held in South Australia on 7 March 1953.

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South Australian state election, 1956

State elections were held in South Australia on 3 March 1956.

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South Australian state election, 1959

State elections were held in South Australia on 7 March 1959.

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South Australian state election, 1962

State elections were held in South Australia on 3 March 1962.

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South Australian state election, 1965

State elections were held in South Australia on 6 March 1965.

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South Australian state election, 1968

The 1968 South Australian State election was held in South Australia on 2 March 1968.

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South Australian state election, 1970

State elections were held in South Australia on 30 May 1970.

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South Australian state election, 1975

State elections were held in South Australia on 12 July 1975.

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South Australian state election, 1977

State elections were held in South Australia on 17 September 1977.

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South Australian state election, 1985

State elections were held in South Australia on 7 December 1985.

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South Australian state election, 2006

The state election for the 51st Parliament of South Australia was held in the Australian state of South Australia on 18 March 2006, and was conducted by the independent State Electoral Office.

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South Australian state election, 2010

The 2010 South Australian state election elected members to the 52nd Parliament of South Australia on 20 March 2010.

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South Australian state election, 2014

The 2014 South Australian state election elected members to the 53rd Parliament of South Australia on 15 March 2014, to fill all 47 seats in the House of Assembly (lower house) and 11 of 22 seats in the Legislative Council (upper house).

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South Australian state election, 2018

The 2018 South Australian state election to elect members to the 54th Parliament of South Australia was held on 17 March 2018.

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Steele Hall

Raymond Steele Hall (born 30 November 1928) was the 36th Premier of South Australia 1968-70, a senator for South Australia 1974-77, and federal member for the Division of Boothby 1981-96.

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Thomas Playford IV

Sir Thomas Playford (5 July 1896 – 16 June 1981) was a South Australian politician.

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Two-party-preferred vote

In Australian politics, the two-party-preferred vote (TPP or 2PP) is the result of an election or opinion poll after preferences have been distributed to the highest two candidates, who in some cases can be independents.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playmander

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