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43rd Parliamentary Handbook
- Preface
- Part 1 - National Symbols
-
Part 2 - The Forty-third Parliament
- The Australian Parliament
- The Sovereign
- The Governor-General
- Senate
- House of Representatives
- The Ministry
- The Shadow Ministry*
- Parliamentary committees*
- Statistical information as at 1.7.2011
- Officers of the departments of the Parliament*
- Part 3 - Elections
- Part 4 - The Constitution
- Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites
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Part 6 - Historical information on the Australian Parliament
- Governors-General
- Chronology of Parliaments
- Party representation in Parliament
- Members of the Senate since 1901
- Members of the House of Representatives since 1901
- Members who have served in both chambers
- Longest serving members
- Women in Parliament
- Number of women in Parliament
- Prime Ministers
- Leaders of the Opposition
- Ministries and Cabinets
- Shadow Ministries - LIB-NPA Coalition Shadow Ministry 11.3.1983 - 11.3.1996
- Shadow Ministries - ALP Shadow Ministry 19.3.1996 - 3.12.2007
- Shadow Ministries - LIB-NP Coalition Shadow Ministry from 3.12.2007
- Presidents, Deputy Presidents, Speakers and Deputy Speakers
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Part 3 - Elections - Introduction - House of Representatives electorates
House of Representatives electorates
The number of electorates in each State and Territory is determined by population. There were 150 electorates contested in the 2010 election, with the entitlement for each State and Territory as follows:
|
NSW |
Vic |
Qld |
WA |
SA |
Tas |
ACT |
NT |
|
48 |
37 |
30 |
15 |
11 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
The election was held on 21 August 2010. This was two years, eight months and 23 days after the 2007 election.