Legislative Council

The upper house, or Legislative Council, has 42 members who (since 1978) are directly elected at large by preferential voting and proportional representation. The members are elected to serve during two sessions of Parliament and thus serve for a maximum of eight years in their first term. The cabinet…

…single-member electoral districts, and a Legislative Council of 22 (originally 18) members, who are elected at large in the state. Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, uses a preferential system, and is compulsory. Legislation requires the assent of both houses.

…its lower house and a Legislative Council as its upper house, the latter a largely nonpartisan body. The system of elections for the House of Assembly is proportional representation by the single transferable vote; for the Legislative Council the preferential system is used. Voting is compulsory for citizens aged 18…

…Legislative Assembly (lower) and the Legislative Council (upper). The leader of the majority party or alliance of parties in the Legislative Assembly is requested to form a government by the governor, the titular representative of the British monarch. The premier-elect (chief minister-elect) submits names of proposed ministers to the governor…

…up two houses of Parliament—a Legislative Council of 34 members, elected on a limited property franchise, and a Legislative Assembly, elected on a wider property and income franchise. The Legislative Council remained the stronghold of the wealthy conservative landowners and the main obstacle to land reform. But in the 1860s…

…a bicameral body comprising a Legislative Council as its upper house and a Legislative Assembly as its lower house, constitutes the legislature of the state. Executive government is based on the cabinet system, led by a premier who represents the majority party (or coalition) in the legislature. A third tier,…