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See also politicians that have advocated PR-STV.
YEAR
THE
AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY
MAJOR PARTIES
OTHER THAN THE
AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY
1892
Introduced the 'contingent
vote' for elections to
Queensland's Legislative Assembly to
replace plurality
counting
1896
Introduced
the Hare-Clark PR-STV
system for two electoral districts in
each House, with Hobart electing 6 MLAs and 3
MLCs and Launceston electing 4 MLAs and 2
MLCs. See Section 102(3) of
The
Electoral Act 1896 (60 Vic, No.
49), which
provides for partial optional marking of
preferences, and its Schedule (Part 2). Other
districts still elected one member only, using
plurality
counting.
1907
Introduced the Hare-Clark PR-STV
system for all of Tasmania's House of
Assembly electoral districts
1915
Failed in
an attempt to
replace Tasmania's House of Assembly Hare-Clark
PR-STV system with a party-list
system
Successfully opposed Labor's
attempt to replace Tasmania's
House of Assembly Hare-Clark
PR-STV
system with a party-list
system
1917
Introduced countback
for filling casual vacancies in Tasmania's
House of Assembly
1918
Changed the
House of Representatives electoral system from plurality to transferable vote
1918
Introduced PR-STV (single
transferable vote proportional
representation) for New South Wales
Legislative Assembly elections
1919
Changed the
Senate system from multiple
plurality to multiple transferable vote
1926
Replaced
Single Transferable Vote proportional
representation for NSW Assembly polls with single-member
districts
1934
Replaced
optional preferential voting in Senate
elections with full
preferential voting
1937
The "Four A's" ploy
by Labor to exploit
Senate ballot-paper order rules succeeded.
1940
Responded to Labor's 1937 "Four A's" ploy
with a new
law for candidates to be grouped in
columns on Senate ballot-papers by mutual
consent and in an order they choose
1942
Replaced
Queensland's 'contingent
vote' for its Legislative Assembly
with a plurality
system
1948
Changed the
Senate system from multiple plurality to
PR-STV
(single
transferable vote proportional
representation)
Supported
the Senate's PR-STV, but failed in
its attempt
to replace full preferential voting with partial optional
preferential voting
1962
Replaced
Queensland's plurality
system in single-member electoral
districts with a transferable vote
system in single-member districts
1973
Replaced malapportioned
single vacancy polls for South Australia's Legislative
Council with a State-wide proportional system, but
a party-list
one rather than a PR-STV
system
1974
Failed in
its attempt to replace
full preferential Senate voting with partial optional
preferential voting
Opposed
attempt to replace
full preferential Senate voting with partial
optional preferential voting
1977
Supported
indirect appointment
by party nomination to fill Senate
casual vacancies, rather than using the
democratic option of countback
Initiated indirect appointment by party
nomination to fill Senate casual
vacancies, rather than using the democratic
option of countback
1978
Replaced
indirect election of the NSW Legislative Council
with direct election
by PR-STV
(single transferable vote proportional representation,
but only after the Coalition and PRSA
successfully opposed the Labor Party's original
party-list
proposal
Opposed
NSW Labor's proposed use of a party-list system
and succeeded in having PR-STV
(single transferable vote
proportional representation)
substituted for the originally
proposed party-list
system by delaring its intention to support the
overall change at the necessary referendum, but
only if that substitution was made
1979
Gave the support needed
for the private member's bill of Neil Robson MHA
(Liberal) to introduce Robson Rotation for
elections for both houses of Tasmania's
Parliament
Hon Neil
Robson MHA (Liberal) successfully introduced his
private member's bill to require the use of Robson Rotation
for elections for both houses of
Tasmania's Parliament.
1981
Changed South
Australia's Legislative
Council party-list system to a PR-STV
(single
transferable vote proportional
representation) system
1983
Introduced
Group Voting
Tickets (GVTs) for
Senate polls
Opposed Group Voting
Tickets for Senate polls
1987
Introduced PR-STV
(single transferable vote
proportional representation) for Western
Australia's Legislative Council
Opposed PR-STV
(single transferable vote proportional
representation) for
Western Australia's Legislative Council
1988
Introduced via
federal law the "Modified
d'Hondt" party-list electoral system for
ACT Legislative Assembly elections
1992
Campaigned
quite unsuccessfully for single-member electoral
districts rather than Hare-Clark at
the advisory poll on the electoral system
for the Australian Capital Territory to
replace its "Modified d'Hondt"
Campaigned
successfully for Hare-Clark
rather than single-member electoral
districts at the advisory poll
on the electoral system for the Australian
Capital Territory to replace
"Modified d'Hondt"
1993
Replaced
all the single vacancy elections for Tasmanian
municipal elections with PR-STV
(single
transferable vote proportional
representation)
in undivided
municipalities, with casual
vacancies filled by countback
In introducing concurrent popular
elections for Mayor and Deputy Mayor,
Tasmania's State MPs have recognized - as
mainland MPs have not - the important
principle that maintenance of the
Council's PR balance of voters' viewpoints
required that Mayors and Deputy Mayors have
to also stand for positions as
councillors, and be successful, if
they are to be eligible to also take those
presiding roles.
1995
Campaigned
unsuccessfully
against
the
legislative entrenchment of Hare-Clark
for the ACT at the referendum on this
reform
Campaigned
successfully for
the legislative
entrenchment of Hare-Clark for the
ACT at the referendum on this reform
1998
Introduced
Robson Rotation
for ballot-papers used for Tasmanian municipal
elections
Supported the
introduction of Robson Rotation for
ballot-papers used for Tasmanian municipal
elections
2003
Introduced PR-STV (single transferable vote
proportional representation) for Victoria's
Legislative Council, and as an option for
municipal polls, and discontinued
multiple majority-preferential voting for
municipal polls
Opposed PR-STV (single
transferable vote proportional
representation)
for Victoria's Legislative
Council
2009
Opposed the
replacement of PR-STV
(single transferable vote proportional
representation) with plurality
voting for WA municipal polls
Replaced PR-STV (single
transferable vote proportional
representation)
with plurality voting
for Western Australia's municipal
polls
2012
Replaced
multiple majority-preferential systems used in
Northern Territory municipal elections with PR-STV (single
transferable vote
proportional representation)
systems
Replaced
multiple majority-preferential systems used
in two-councillor wards in New South Wales
with PR-STV (single
transferable
vote
proportional
representation)
systems
2016
Opposed the
replacement of Senate full preferential
voting below-the-line with optional
preferential voting, and the
discontinuing of Group
Voting Tickets
Replaced
Senate full preferential voting below-the-line
with optional
preferential voting, and discontinued Group Voting Tickets
with support of all but Labor senators
2020
Passed
a new Local Government Act for Victoria,
which made single-councillor
wards the default
pattern for municipalities, contrary to
the law it introduced in 2003
Failed to oppose the
making of single-councillor wards the
default pattern for Victorian
municipalities
2022
Discontinued
Group Voting Tickets for Legislative
Council polls in Western Australia,
and introduced
partial optional preferential marking
for below-the-line ballots
Opposed
the discontinuing of Group
Voting Tickets for Legislative Council
polls in Western Australia, and the introduction of
partial optional preferential marking
for below-the-line ballots