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2004 Dubbo State By-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly district of Dubbo on 20 November 2004. It was triggered by the death of Tony McGrane (). The by-election saw McGrane succeeded by another independent in Dawn Fardell. Background On 15 September 2004, the independent sitting member Tony McGrane for Dubbo died after a battle with liver cancer. McGrane was first elected at the 1999 state election and re-elected at the 2003 state election. His death triggered a by-election for the vacant seat. The by-election presented the with an opportunity to regain the seat they had held for 18 years from 1981 before losing it to McGrane in 1999. However, the seat was won instead by another independent, Dubbo deputy mayor Dawn Fardell. The by-election was not contested by the , the party in government at the time. Nor was it contested by the opposition , who deferred to their junior coalition partner the National Party, as is typical in regional districts. Dates Results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House, Sydney, Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly has 93 members, elected by Constituency, single-member constituency, which are commonly known as seats. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting, optional Instant-runoff voting, preferential system. Members of the Legislative Assembly have the post-nominals Member of the Legislative Assembly#Australia, MP after their names. From the creation of the assembly up to about 1990, the post-nominals "MLA" (Member of the Legislative Assembly) were used. The Assembly is often called ''the bearpit'' on the basis of the house's reputation for confro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly, New South Wales's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is Greg Piper, who was elected on 9 May 2023. Role The Speaker presides over the House's debates, determining which members may speak. The Speaker is also responsible for maintaining order during debate, and may punish members who break the rules of the House. Conventionally, the Speaker remains non-partisan, and renounces all affiliation with their former political party when taking office. The Speaker does not take part in debate nor vote (except to break ties, and even then, subject to conventions that maintain their non-partisan status), although the Speaker is still able to speak. Aside from duties relating to presiding over the House, the Speaker also performs administrative and procedural functions, and remains a constituency Member of Parliament (MP). The office of the Speaker is recognised in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Elections In Australia
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of New South Wales State By-elections
This is a list of by-elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons. These are referred to as casual vacancies. *Brackets around a date (D/M/Y) indicate that the candidate was unopposed when nominations closed or that, as a result of an appeal against an election result, the sitting member was replaced by the appellant. These candidates were declared "elected unopposed" with effect from the date of the closing of nominations or appeal decision, and there was no need to hold a by-election. *By-elections which resulted in a change in party representation are highlighted as: Gains for the New South Wales Labor Party, Labor Party and its splinter groups in ; for the New South Wales Liberal Party, Liberal Party and its predecessors in ; for the New South Wales National Party, National Party and its predecessors in ; for independents and minor parties in ; for the Free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Results For The District Of Dubbo
An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary association and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Dubbo State By-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly district of Dubbo on 20 November 2004. It was triggered by the death of Tony McGrane (). The by-election saw McGrane succeeded by another independent in Dawn Fardell. Background On 15 September 2004, the independent sitting member Tony McGrane for Dubbo died after a battle with liver cancer. McGrane was first elected at the 1999 state election and re-elected at the 2003 state election. His death triggered a by-election for the vacant seat. The by-election presented the with an opportunity to regain the seat they had held for 18 years from 1981 before losing it to McGrane in 1999. However, the seat was won instead by another independent, Dubbo deputy mayor Dawn Fardell. The by-election was not contested by the , the party in government at the time. Nor was it contested by the opposition , who deferred to their junior coalition partner the National Party, as is typical in regional districts. Dates Results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales
The ''Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales'', also known as the ''New South Wales Government Gazette'', is the government gazette of the Government of New South Wales in Australia. The ''Gazette'' is managed by the New South Wales Parliamentary Counsel's Office. History The first ''Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales'' was published in 1832. Prior to the publication of the first issue of the ''Gazette'' on 7 March 1832, official notices were published in the '' Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser''. The articles in the ''Gazette'' include official notices from municipal councils and government departments about the naming of roads and the acquisition of land as well as changes to legislation and government departments in New South Wales. Government notices, regulations, forms and orders relating to the Port Phillip District were published in the ''Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales'' until Victoria separated from New So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Roll
An electoral roll (variously called an electoral register, voters roll, voters list, poll book or other description) is a compilation that lists persons who are entitled to vote for particular elections in a particular jurisdiction. The list is usually broken down by electoral districts, and is primarily prepared to assist election officials at polling places. Most jurisdictions maintain permanent electoral rolls, which are updated continuously or periodically (such as France which updates them annually), while some jurisdictions compile new electoral rolls before each election. Electoral rolls are the result of a process of voter registration. In most jurisdictions, voter registration (and being listed on an electoral roll) is a prerequisite for voting at an election. Some jurisdictions do not require voter registration, and do not use electoral rolls, such as the state of North Dakota in the United States. In those jurisdictions a voter must provide identification and proof of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writ Of Election
A writ of election is a writ issued ordering the holding of an election. In Commonwealth countries writs are the usual mechanism by which general elections are called and are issued by the head of state or their representative. In the United States, writs are more commonly used to call special elections for political offices. In some countries, especially in Canada,Haydn Watters"Many writs, no 'dropping': What the election call actually means" ''CBC News'', September 11, 2019 the process of issuing writs of election is referred to as "dropping the writ", likely derived from the phrase "drawing up the writ". In some parliamentary systems, the head of government (e.g. prime minister or premier) advises the head of state to issue writs of election (typically following the dissolution of parliament in order to hold general elections, but also for by-elections). The head of state usually reserves the right to refuse the request, in which case the head of government is required b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Dubbo
Dubbo is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Dugald Saunders of the National Party. Dubbo is a regional electorate covering three local government areas, including all of Dubbo Regional Council, Narromine Shire, and the majority of Mid-Western Regional Council. Its major population centres are Dubbo, Narromine, Wellington and Mudgee. History It was first created in 1894, abolished in 1904, and then recreated in 1930. Dubbo has been generally conservative-leaning throughout its history, with the Country/National and parties holding it for most of its lifetime. The conservative bent grew even stronger during the 1980s and 1990s, and the seat was widely seen as National Party heartland. This changed in 1999, when Dubbo became one of a number of key National Party seats to fall to rural independents, with the narrow victory of Tony McGrane. He was returned with a much larger majority at the 2003 ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Dubbo
The City of Dubbo was a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Orana, New South Wales, Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The former area is located adjacent to the Mitchell Highway, Mitchell, Newell Highway, Newell, and the Golden Highway, Golden highways, the Main Western railway line, New South Wales, Main Western railway line, and the Macquarie River. A Local government areas of New South Wales#Reviews of local government areas, 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the City of Dubbo merge with the Wellington Council to form a new council with an area of and support a population of approximately . Following an independent review, on 12 May 2016 the Minister for Local Government (New South Wales), Minister for Local Government announced the dissolution of the Dubbo City Council and the Wellington Council, together with the establishment of the Western Plains Regional Council with immediate effect. The last mayor of the Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 New South Wales State Election
The 2003 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 22 March 2003. All seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council, Legislative Council were up for election. The Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party led by Bob Carr won a third four-year term against the Coalition (Australia), Liberal–National Coalition led by John Brogden (politician), John Brogden. Future New South Wales premiers, Gladys Berejiklian and Kristina Keneally, entered parliament at this election. This election saw the New South Wales division of the New South Wales Liberal Party, Liberal Party record its lowest ever primary vote at a state election. Background In the 18 months following the 1999 New South Wales state election, 1999 election politics was swamped by the Olympics. The only problem in this period was an administrative disaster in organising the ballot to purchase tickets. Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
