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The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is an Act of the Australian Parliament which continues to be the core legislation governing the conduct of elections in Australia, having been amended on numerous occasions since 1918. The Act was introduced by the Nationalist Party of Billy Hughes, the main purpose of which was to replace first-past-the-post voting with instant-runoff voting ("preferential voting") for the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Labor Party opposed the introduction of preferential voting. The Act has been amended on several occasions since.

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rdfs:label	Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (en)
rdfs:comment	The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is an Act of the Australian Parliament which continues to be the core legislation governing the conduct of elections in Australia, having been amended on numerous occasions since 1918. The Act was introduced by the Nationalist Party of Billy Hughes, the main purpose of which was to replace first-past-the-post voting with instant-runoff voting ("preferential voting") for the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Labor Party opposed the introduction of preferential voting. The Act has been amended on several occasions since. (en)
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dcterms:subject	Election legislation 1918 in Australian law Acts of the Parliament of Australia
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Electoral roll Electoral system of Australia Menzies government (1949–1966) 1918 Swan by-election Billy Hughes Vote Indigenous peoples Instant-runoff voting Postal voting Voting age Australian citizenship 1922 Australian federal election 1925 Australian federal election Court of Disputed Returns (Australia) Women's suffrage Elections in Australia Frank Forde Māori language 1949 Australian federal election Election legislation Single transferable vote States and territories of Australia Sue v Hill 1918 in Australian law Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 Compulsory voting Australian Capital Territory Australian House of Representatives Australian Labor Party Australian Senate Australian nationality law British subject Minor Party Alliance 2016 Australian federal election Northern Territory Parliament of Australia Group voting ticket Hawke Government Herbert Payne High Court of Australia Acts of the Parliament of Australia Chifley Government Australian Electoral Commission Indigenous Australians National Party of Australia Nationalist Party (Australia) Casual vacancies in the Australian Parliament Voter turnout First-past-the-post voting Australian Parliament Political funding in Australia Section 13 of the Constitution of Australia Whitlam Government First-past-the-post voting Nationalist Party of Australia Electoral register Proportional voting system Private senator's bill Section 44 of the Australian Constitution
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C1918A00027
sameAs	Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
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related legislation	Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902, Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902 (en)
legislature	Parliament of Australia
long title	An Act to Consolidate and Amend the (en) Law relating to Parliamentary Elections (en) and for other purposes (en)
short title	Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (en)
has abstract	The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is an Act of the Australian Parliament which continues to be the core legislation governing the conduct of elections in Australia, having been amended on numerous occasions since 1918. The Act was introduced by the Nationalist Party of Billy Hughes, the main purpose of which was to replace first-past-the-post voting with instant-runoff voting ("preferential voting") for the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Labor Party opposed the introduction of preferential voting. The Act has been amended on several occasions since. (en)
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