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Tel +613 9589 1802 |
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BEAUMARIS VIC 3193 |
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Anglican
Synods’ Electoral Systems Click
on a blue hyperlink of interest. |
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The Synod of the Diocese of Melbourne
is the only Australian Synod that elects its Committees – including its
Diocesan Council – using a quota-preferential proportional representation
system (Single Transferable Vote or STV) to count the votes,
similar to Tasmania’s Hare-Clark system. The
General Synod of the Church
of England in Britain has used STV PR since 1920, but the General
Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia still uses the unsound multiple
first-past-the-post system
for group elections (See Chapter 9 Rule III),
where a minority bloc of voters can succeed in electing all the candidates
elected. The
synods of the 22 other dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia
still use that unsound multiple first-past-the-post electoral system,
which was abandoned for Senate elections in 1917, because of the defects
above. The
Proportional Representation Society of Australia assisted the Melbourne Synod
when it deliberated on PR, as is recorded in the following articles in the
PRSA newsletter, Quota
Notes. |
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December
1989 |
Melbourne Synod Reviews its “Points System” in
response to concerns over its fairness |
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December
1989 |
Diocese of Melbourne’s Regulation of Elections Act 1980, including its old
“Points” electoral system, as at 1989 |
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June 1991 |
Melbourne Synod Initiates PR Bill to replace
its “Points System” |
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September
1991 |
Assistance of Mr Colin Ball, former Chief Electoral
Officer for Tasmania, re method of filling casual vacancies |
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December
1991 |
Melbourne Synod Adopts a PR Electoral System to replace its
“Points System” |
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October
1992 |
Diocese of Melbourne’s Regulation of Elections Act 1980,
including its new PR electoral system, as at 1992 |
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December
2003 |
Synod’s Annual Review Led to Review of PR Law: The Annual Review required by Section 33 of
the Regulation of Elections Act 1980 found PR
should continue, as a 2010 ballot-paper
shows. See Act on diocesan website. |
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See other past assistance that the PRSA has given
the Melbourne Synod with its elections. * * * * * * * |