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The Australian state of Queensland is divided into 30 electoral divisions for the purposes of electing the Australian House of Representatives. At the 2022 federal election, the Liberal National Party of Queensland won 21 seats, the Australian Labor Party won 5 seats, the Greens won 3 seats, Katter's Australian Party won 1 seat. [1]
The Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) is established under the Electoral Act 1992 as an independent statutory authority, responsible for the impartial conduct of state and local government elections in Queensland.
Electoral and Administrative Review Commission; Electoral Commission of Queensland; Q. 2007 Queensland local government area amalgamation plebiscites
The election is conducted by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. The party or coalition that wins the majority of seats (at least 47) forms the government. If no majority emerges, then the party or coalition that is able to command the confidence of the Legislative Assembly forms government as a minority government.
The 2028 Queensland local elections are scheduled to be held on 25 March 2028 to elect the mayors and councils of the 77 local government areas in Queensland, Australia. Electoral systems [ edit ]
Queensland is a conservative state federally (despite having an incumbent Labor government) and Labor has only won Queensland's two-party-preferred vote in three of the 21 federal elections since 1949: 1951, 1990 and 2007. [31] In 2007, the Labor Party had a leader from Queensland, Kevin Rudd. Labor did, however, increase both its first ...
Wide Bay, a region in Queensland from which the division takes its name. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. Wide Bay is located in south east Queensland and includes the cities of Maryborough, Gympie, Noosa, all of K'gari, and inland areas extending west ...
Each government department is led by a director-general or commissioner, who reports to the responsible minister. The minister has responsibility for instituting government policy and setting the department's priorities, whereas the director-general or commissioner leads the department operationally and is employed under the state's Public ...