- Source: 1995 Australian Capital Territory electoral system referendum
The 1995 Australian Capital Territory electoral system referendum was a referendum held on 18 February 1995, asking voters in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) whether to entrench their current electoral system. The referendum took place alongside the 1995 ACT election.
At a referendum in 1992, voters were asked to choose between the proportional Hare–Clark system or single-member electorates (using preferential voting). By a comfortable margin, voters chose Hare–Clark, which came into effect for the 1995 election.
The 1995 referendum asked voters whether they approved entrenching the principles of Hare–Clark. The "Yes" vote received 65% of the vote and the referendum was passed.
Background
On 8 December 1994, the Proportional Representation (Hare–Clark) Entrenchment Bill was passed by the ACT Legislative Assembly. If passed by voters at the 1995 referendum, it would entrench the principles of Hare–Clark − meaning that elements of the system would only be able to be changed if a majority of voters supported a change at a future referendum, or if a two-thirds majority in the Legislative Assembly voted in favour of a change.
Result
With 65% of the "Yes" vote (just 0.3% less than what Hare–Clark received in 1992), the referendum was passed.
For a referendum to pass, it needed 50% of support of enrolled voters, which meant that informal votes and non-voters essentially counted as votes against, meaning around 58% of formal votes were usually needed for a proposal to pass. The result was assured on 19 February 1995 when the 97,695th vote for Hare–Clark was counted.
The referendum, like the election, was conducted by Elections ACT.
= Result by electorate
=Endorsements
= Yes campaign
=Political parties
ACT Labor Party
ACT Liberal Party
Individuals
Ted Mack (federal independent MP)
Malcolm Mackerras (psephologist)
Bob Brown (former Tasmanian Greens leader)
Organisations
Proportional Representation Society of Australia
= No campaign
=Political parties
Abolish Self Government Coalition
Opinion polling
= Voting intention
== Results by party affiliation
=References
External links
Official referendum booklet (archived on 11 July 2024)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 1995 Australian Capital Territory electoral system referendum
- 1992 Australian Capital Territory electoral system referendum
- 1995 Australian Capital Territory election
- Referendums in Australia
- Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories
- Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- Australian Capital Territory
- Australian Electoral Commission
- 1992 Australian Capital Territory election
- 1999 Australian republic referendum
