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Barry Williams 19 Kinkead St EVAIT
Sitthiphone Saysitthideth 1 LomatiaPl RIVEIT
Nigel Grime 15 Winton PI HOLDER
Canberra Party
Jim Weston 28 Lindrum Cres HOLT
Peter Burrows 4 Vela PI GIRALANG
Glen Smith 3 Phillip Ave WATSON
Tony Urbancik 5 Glass PI KAMBAH
Lee Judd 4 Melbourne Ave DEAKIN
Bernie Clough 59 Petterd St PAGE
Canberra Unity Party
MarionLe 269 Kingsford Smith Dr SPENCE
Barry Reid 41 McEachern Cres MELBA
Don Allan Block27 Sundown Village NARRABUNDAH
Debbie Ellis 12 McManus PI CAL WELL
Ross Stuart 30 Daley Cres FRASER
New Conservatives
Robyn Nolan 30 Cruikshank St WANNIASSA
Fran James 39 Cumpston PI MACGREGOR
Wendy Carlton 2 Tarana St NARRABUNDAH
Rita Cameron 45 Tullaroop St DUFFY
Residents Rally
Bernard Collaery 5 Brockman St NARRABUNDAH
Norm Jensen 29 Harbison Cres WANNIASSA
Chris Donohue 36 Watson St TURNER
David Evans 1 Winstanley St CHAPMAN
Lisa Middlebrook 2/37 Totterdell St BELCONNEN
Jack Kershaw 9 WilsonSt CURTIN
Silva Cengic 25 Phillip Ave WATSON
Noel Haberecht 232Duffy St AINSLIE
Australian Labo:r Party
Rosemary Follett 177 Atherton St DOWNER
Wayne Berry 46 Spofforth St HOLT
Bill Wood 29 Fairfax St O'CONNOR
Roberta McRae 38 Bindaga St ARANDA
Terry Connolly 103 Caley Cres NARRABUNDAH
Annette Ellis 14 Amherst St KAMBAH
David Lamont 7 Sharwood Cres EVAIT
Ellnor Grassby 7 Mountbatten Park Musgrave St YARRALUMLA
David Wedgwood 12 Waterfield PI CHARNWOOD
Marion Reilly 29 Wittenoom Cres STIRLING
Anne Higgins 110 Caley Cres NARRABUNDAH
Independent Candidates
EmileBrunoro 3 Phillip Ave WATSON
Tony Scott 12 Challinor Cres FLOREY
Tony Spagnolo 16 Angas St AINSLIE
Ron Hamilton 91 Dixon Drive DUFFY
Lara Pullin 3 Hancock St SPENCE
Derek Rosborough 8 Pimpampa Close ISABELLA PLAINS
Published for the information of persons interested in the Australian electoral process by the 1Australian Electoral Commission, PO Box E201 Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes, ACT 2600, Ph 06 271 4431, Fax 06 2714558. No. 23, Jan 992
1992 ACT Election and Referendum
Modifi d'Hondt The voting system used in the 1992 ACT Legislative
Assembly election was first used in Australia in the ACT in 1989. It is a heavily modified versionofthed'Hondtsystem, a form oflist proportional representation used for elections in several Western democracies.
Voting
The ballot paper is divided horizontally by a line. The names ofparties and independent candidates appear above the line; the names of party candidates appear below the line.
To vote correctly you must write the number 1 in any box on the ballot paper - in the box next to the party or candidate of your choice.
Then, if you wish, you may show as many further preferences as you like. You cando that by writing numbers from 2 onwards in any ofthe other boxes on the ballot paper. You do not have to number all the boxes.
Party voting tickets
Parties have the option oflodging party voting tickets.
If you vote either above or below the line for a party that has lodged a party voting ticket, and that party is excluded at Stage 3 ofthe count (see below), your vote may be counted towards a continuing party or independent candidate as indicated on that party's voting ticket.
To have your vote treated as a ticket vote in this way, you may show as many preferences for candidates of that one party as you wish, in any order, or vote above the line in the party box; so long as you do not show preferences for any other party or independent candidate.
Copies of the party voting ticket are displayed in all polling places.
Counting the Votes
While voting is easy, the scrutiny, or count, for elections under this system in extremely complicated, and it will take some weeks before a fmal result is known.
83 candidates contestACT poll
Eighty-three candidates will contest the 15 February election for the ACT Legislative Assembly.
At the close of nominations on 24 January, 83 candidates had nominated, representing 11 parties and six independent candidates.
In 1989, 22 parties and nine independent candidates stood for election and there were a total of117 candidates.
Details of the candidates who have nominated for the 17 member Legislative Assembly begin on page 3.
The contest for seats is, in the first instance, between parties and independent candidates. Parties can win seats; so can independent candidates. Party candidates, however, can win seats only as a consequence oftheir parties having won seats.
The counting procedure has eight steps:
Step 1 Ballot papers are checked and informal ones excluded.
Step 2 First preference votes are counted. Ifa ballot paper has the number 1 in the box beside a party or independent candidate this will be counted as a first preference vote for that party or candidate.
Ifthe ballot paper shows a number 1 for a particular party candidate that will be counted as a first preference for that candidate's party.
Step 3 Parties and independent candidates who do not receive a quota (approximately 5.56%) of first preference votes are excluded from further counting. Their preferences are transferred to the remaining parties and candidates. The quota is calculated by dividing the total number of first
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preferences for. all parties and independent candidates by one more than the number of vacancies being filled and adding one to the result.
Total first preference vote + 1 = Quota 17 +1
Step 4 A d'Hondt scrutiny takes place. The new vote totals for each party{mdependentcandidate are used to draw up a table (see below) to provisionally allocate seats. These totals are divided progressively by 1,2,3,4 etc and the results are used for the provisional allocation ofseats. The first seat goes to the party or independent candidate with the highest number on this table, the second goes to the party or independent candidate with the next highest, and so on until all 17 seats have been provisionally allocated. If a party is provisionally allocated as many seats as it has candidates, then all those candidates are provisionally elected. Each independent candidate provisionally allocated a seat is also provisionally elected.
Step 5 When a party is provisionally allocated fewer seats than it has candidates, the Senate system of proportionalrepresentationis used to distribute preferences amongst its candidates to determine which ofthem will be provisionally elected. A separate Senate-style scrutiny takes place within each party in this situation.
Step 6 Preferences from votes for candidates not provisionally elected at Step 5 are then distributed.
Step 7 Following the transfer of preferences in Step 6, the final allocation of seats takes place, using the same formula as in Step 4. At this stage any independent candidate allocated a seat is elected.
Step 8 If there are still parties which have won fewer seats than they have candidates, the procedure is Step 5 is repeated to determine which oftheir candidates are elected.
More Information
An extended description ofthe operation ofthe modifled d 'Hondtelectoral system is available from the Australian Electoral Commission.
More detailed information on the Acrelectoral system can be found in the Australian Capital Territory (SelfGoverrunent) Act 1988, and the Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) Act 1988. Much of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 also applies to ACf elections.
Copies of these Acts are available from Commonwealth Bookshops.
d 'Hondt Table: distribution of seats - parties and independents Party
A Party
B Party
c Ind. A Ind. Y
Base numbers of votes cast 12,000 8,000 5,000 2,800 2,200
1st rank: base numbers divided by 1 12,000 1st
seat 8,000 2nd seat 5,000 4th
seat 2,800 8th seat 2,200 12th
seat
2nd rank: base numbers divided by 2 6,000 3rd
seat 4,000 5th seat 2,500 10th
seat 1,400 ~see note
below) 1,100
3rd rank: base numbers divided by 3 4,000 6th
seat 2,666 9th seat 1,666 16th
seat 933 ~see note
below) 733
4th rank: base numbers divided by 4 3,000 7th
seat 2,000 13th seat 1,250 700 550
5th rank: base numbers divided by 5 2,400 11th
seat 1,600 17th seat 1,000 560 444
6th rank: base numbers divided by 6 2,000 14th
seat 1,333 833 466 366
7th rank: base numbers divided by 7 1,714 15th
seat 1,142 714 400 314
7 seats 5 seats 3 seats 1 seat 1 seat
Note: Independent A can only receive 1 seat, so the quotients on the 2nd and 3rd rank are disregarded.
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1 · lative Assembly Nominations Candidates are listed in ballot paper order.
Liberal Party
Trevor Kaine 16 Walton St ISAACS
Tony de Domenico 29 Kingsbury St GOWRIE
Greg Cornwell 34 Tompson St GARRAN
Kate Carnell 27 Dalrymple St NARRABUNDAH
Gary Humphries 22 LycettSt WESTON
Lou Westende 107 Mugga Way RED HILL
Kaarina Sutinen 5 Clermont St FISHER
Bill Stefaniak 43 Gungurra Cres RIVETT
Roger Dace 3 Rolfe Pl CHAPMAN
LynJohnson 1 Sheaffe St HOLDER
The Better Management An Independent Team
Harold Hird 46 Clarey Cres SPENCE
Bev Cains 37 Brereton St GARRAN
Alan Fitzgerald 19 Rule St ISAACS
Jim O'Neill 1/32 Archer St DICKSON
lain Caiman 24 James St CURTIN
Christine McGibbon 21 AhernPl MONASH
KenEwan 29 Harrison St SCULLIN
Marc Sadil 12 Powlett St KALEEN
Michael Moore Independent Group
Michael Moore 32 Booroondara St REID
Helen Szuty 1 Barber Cres FLYNN
Tina VanRaay 15 Dutton St DICKSON
Stephen Mugford 10 Booth Cres COOK
Australian Democrats
Julie McCarron-Benson 9 Keira St NARRABUNDAH
Graeme Evans 66 Bindaga St ARANDA
Domenic Mico 45 Mackay Cres KAMBAH
Heinrich Stefanik 16 Jarman Pl KAMBAH
Jim Coates 15 Gatton St FARRER
Ian Buchanan 44 Debenham St MAWSON
Tony Coles 1/14 Currie Cres KINGSTON
Abolish Self-Government Coalition
Dennis Stevenson 29 Wakefield Ave DICKSON
Graeme Orchiston 6 CraferPl KAMBAH
Angela Brown 2 Melrose Gardens Corinna St LYONS
Mike Trevethan 43 Adinda St WARAMANGA
Ute Ernst 14 Cowcher Pl STIRLING
Andy Stodulka 38 Sidaway St CHAPMAN
Geoff Doepel 78 Darwinia Tee CHAPMAN
Patricia Colquhoun 75 Strathgordon Crt LYONS
Fred Corlett 119 StarkeSt HOLT
Hare-Clark Independence Party
Craig Duby 22 Hancock St SPENCE
Fiona Patten 34 Gingana St ARANDA
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