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A Guide to New South Wales State Archives relating to Responsible Government
Records of the Electoral Districts Commission, 1919
The Electoral Districts Commissioners were H MontgomerieHamilton, E B Harkness and H A Smith.
CGS 906,
[4/980.1-.2]
This consists of copies of the first and final reports of the
Commissioners. The first report, published in the Government
Gazette of 9 May 1919, gives notice of the proposed 24 new
electoral districts to be constituted under the provisions of the
Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Acts, 1912-1918, and
notifies that objections to the proposed distribution of Electoral
Districts can be made to the Commissioners, in writing, within
14 days of publication of the notice in a local newspaper. The final
report, published in the Government Gazette of 27 June 1919,
gives notification of the 24 new Electoral Districts into which the
State has been distributed.
The names of the 24 Electoral Districts and descriptions of their
boundaries are included in both of the reports.
Premier's Department
Letters received
CGS 12060
File 58/442: Constitution (Legislative Council Elections)
Amendment Bill, 1945-61
CGS 12060,
File 58/442 in
[12/8552]
Mainly comprises papers relating to the provision of facilities to
assist blind or incapacitated Members in casting their votes at
Legislative Council elections, including passing the necessary
legislative amendments.
Prior to the 1944 State elections the Parliamentary Electorates and
Elections Act was amended, in a new Section 108 (1), to allow
someone to assist an elector with impaired sight or physical
incapacitation in voting. Subsequently, approval was given at the
Cabinet meeting of 1 May 1945 for the preparation of a Bill to
amend the Constitution (Legislative Council Elections) Act to allow
for similar provisions for blind or incapacitated Members of
Parliament.
Includes correspondence; representations from Members of
Parliament; Cabinet minutes; drafts of the Constitution
(Legislative Council Elections) Amendment Act, 1945; comments
on the constitutional implications of the proposed amendment
(that "legislation of the character proposed cannot validly be
assented to by His Majesty unless at a referendum held for the
purpose a majority of the electors approve the Bill in accordance
with Section 7A of the Constitution Act, 1902, as amended");
extracts from Hansard; other amendments relating to the readings
of the Writs; copy of the draft Bill; copy of the Constitution
(Legislative Council Elections) Amendment Bill, 1960; and the
draft first and second reading speeches for the Bill.
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State Records Authority of New South Wales
