Add to ORKGProportional representation was first used in 1840 for the Municipal Corporation of Adelaide election (the first municipality established in Australia). South Australia was the first colony to give women the vote in local government elections, in 1861. The first woman elected to local government in Australia was Susan Grace Berry, elected to Brighton Council in South Australia in 1919. These are among the findings of this research by Jade Bruss, formerly of the South Australian State Electoral Office
This is a study of certain territorial aspects of representation in the first Australian House of Re...
An Act to provide for the Election of Members to serve in the Parliament of the Province of South Au...
Although the Election Act of 1915 enabled non-Indigenous women as well as men to stand as candidates...
South Australians have been interested in electoral matters for a long time. South Australia introdu...
Although Australia was one of the first countries to grant women the right to vote, it was not until...
© 1996 Rhonda Lea CumberlandRecent reforms to local government in Victoria, Australia may have a ran...
In the pantheon of representative democracy, Australia has its name stamped on many of the major adv...
Generations of South Australians have proudly said that ours was the first Australian legislature to...
Abstract Just over 100 years ago, 5 pioneering women and 1 quite exceptional one became the first le...
This paper provides details on women elected to Australian parliaments since 1921, in chronological ...
3 vols. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Politics, 197
New South Wales has a rich history of parliamentary democracy. As the oldest of the Australian State...
This article examines the application of different views of representation in the electoral systems ...
To establish the Legislative Council of South Australia, and to provide for the election of members ...
tag=1 data=Seating arrangements. by Felicity Lewis tag=2 data=Lewis, Felicity tag=3 data=Arena, t...
This is a study of certain territorial aspects of representation in the first Australian House of Re...
An Act to provide for the Election of Members to serve in the Parliament of the Province of South Au...
Although the Election Act of 1915 enabled non-Indigenous women as well as men to stand as candidates...
South Australians have been interested in electoral matters for a long time. South Australia introdu...
Although Australia was one of the first countries to grant women the right to vote, it was not until...
© 1996 Rhonda Lea CumberlandRecent reforms to local government in Victoria, Australia may have a ran...
In the pantheon of representative democracy, Australia has its name stamped on many of the major adv...
Generations of South Australians have proudly said that ours was the first Australian legislature to...
Abstract Just over 100 years ago, 5 pioneering women and 1 quite exceptional one became the first le...
This paper provides details on women elected to Australian parliaments since 1921, in chronological ...
3 vols. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Politics, 197
New South Wales has a rich history of parliamentary democracy. As the oldest of the Australian State...
This article examines the application of different views of representation in the electoral systems ...
To establish the Legislative Council of South Australia, and to provide for the election of members ...
tag=1 data=Seating arrangements. by Felicity Lewis tag=2 data=Lewis, Felicity tag=3 data=Arena, t...
This is a study of certain territorial aspects of representation in the first Australian House of Re...
An Act to provide for the Election of Members to serve in the Parliament of the Province of South Au...
Although the Election Act of 1915 enabled non-Indigenous women as well as men to stand as candidates...