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A short history of federal electoral reform in Australia

Australian Electoral Commission · 2026

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EstablishedAustralia's House of Representatives has used preferential voting since the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. At the Corangamite by-election on 14 December 1918 William Gibson overtook James Scullin, who led on first preferences, after preferences were distributed.EstablishedProportional representation using the single transferable vote was introduced for Australian Senate elections in 1948 and first used at the 1949 election.