Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter II. The commonwealth of Australia

Collection:: Economics Books

960 THE FEDERATIONS AND THE UNION [PART IV original draft each division was to return three or more members, unless for special reason in case of sparsely popu- lated regions the number might be reduced by the commis- sion. In defining the divisions the commission would be guided by the quota obtained by dividing the total number of voters in each province as settled at the last registration by the number of members of the Assembly to be elected in that province, and would divide the districts so that the number of voters in each division should be a multiple of the quota, and the number of members to be elected should be equal to the multiple. At the Bloemfontein Conference the principle was adopted of single-member constituencies, and the divisions will contain as nearly as may be the quota. The commission could, however, pay attention to (a) com- munity and diversity of interests, (6) means of communica- tion, (c) physical features, (d) existing electoral boundaries, (e) sparsity or density of population, and may vary the quota to as much as 15 per cent. either way. The number of members to be elected in the first case is fixed at fifty-one for the Cape, thirty-six for the Transvaal, and seventeen each for Natal and the Orange Free State Province. These numbers shall in no case be diminished unless the total number of members of the Assembly chosen for the four original Colonies reaches 150 or ten years have elapsed from the Union, whichever is later. Provision is made for the increase of the number of members on the result of the census of 1911 and of each quinquennial census thereafter. The quota of the Union will be fixed by dividing the total number of male European adults in the Union as ascertained by the census of 1904 and as specified in the Act itself by the total number of the members of the Assembly as constituted under the Act, and each province will be entitled to an additional member or members if its population has increased since the census of 1904 by a number equal to the quota or a multiple thereof. No additional member shall, however, be allotted to any province until the total number of European adults in such Province exceeds the quota of the Union multiplied by the number of members

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