Members of Western ment to vacate seats 3. Constitution Act Amendment. WHEN any Member of either House of the Parliament of Western Australia is elected a Member of either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, he shall vacate his seat in the Parliament of Western Australia on taking his seat in the Parliament of the Commonwealth. In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent By Authority: RICHARD PETHER, Government Printer, Perth. W. A. 1900, Page 169. 64 Vict., No. 6.-Superseded by division made under No. 19 of 1902 (Commonwealth). for each Division. [Assented to, 5th December, 1900.] WHEREAS by Part III. of Chapter I. of the Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, called The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, it is amongst other things provided that, until the Parliament of the Commonwealth otherwise provides, the Parliament of any State may make laws for determining the Divisions in each State for which Members of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Commonwealth may be chosen by such State, and the number of Members to be chosen for each Division: And whereas the Colony of Western Australia is an original State in the Commonwealth of Australia: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Preamble. 63 & 64 Vict., cap. s. 29. Members of Western ment to vacate seats 3. Constitution Act-Amendment. WHEN any Member of either House of the Parliament of Western Australia is elected a Member of either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, he shall vacate his seat in the Parliament of Western Australia on taking his seat in the Parliament of the Commonwealth. In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent By Authority: RICHARD PETHER, Government Printer, Perth. W. A. Western Australia. ANNO SEXAGESIMO QUARTO VICTORIE REGINE. No. VI. AN ACT for determining the Divisions in Western Australia for which Members of the Federal House of Representatives shall be chosen, and the Number of Members for each Division. [Assented to, 5th December, 1900.] Preamble. 8. 29. HEREAS by Part III. of Chapter I. of the Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, called The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, it is amongst other 63& 64 Vict., cap. things provided that, until the Parliament of the Commonwealth otherwise provides, the Parliament of any State may make laws for determining the Divisions in each State for which Members of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Commonwealth may be chosen by such State, and the number of Members to be chosen for each Division: And whereas the Colony of Western Australia is an original State in the Commonwealth of Australia: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Short title and commencement. Meaning of "elec toral district" and "division." Nos. 1075, 1427. Division of Western Federal House of Representatives W.A. Electorates. Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows (that is to say): 1. THIS Act may be cited as the Federal House of Representatives Western Australian Electorates Act, 1900, and shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1901. 2. IN this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,"Electoral District" means Electoral District for the Legislative Assembly as described in The Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1899; Minister" means the Minister administering this Act. 3. FOR the purpose of the election of Members of the House Australia into elec. of Representatives of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of torates for Federal Australia, Western Australia shall be and the same is hereby divided into five Federal Electorates. Each of such Federal Electorates shall choose one Member for the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Commonwealth. House of Representatives. Boundaries, sub divisions, and names of electorates. Schedule. Application of the laws of Western elections. 4. THE names of the said Federal Electorates shall be those set forth in column one of the Schedule to this Act, and each Federal Electorate shall consist of the Electoral Districts set forth in column two of the said Schedule opposite to the names of the said Federal Electorates respectively. 5. EXCEPT that no elector shall vote more than once at the election of representatives, the Laws in force for the time being Australia relating to relating to the conduct of elections for the Legislative Assembly, the persons entitled to vote at such election, the proceedings before, at, and subsequent to such elections and to all incidental matters shall, so far as the same are applicable, and so far as this Act does not otherwise prescribe, apply mutatis mutandis to elections held. under this Act. Voters to be ques voted before. 6. THE Presiding Officer may challenge a voter as to his right tioned as to having to vote by requiring an answer to the questions numbered (1), (3), and (4), contained in the one hundred and fifth section of the Electoral Act, 1899, and is hereby required to put to every voter the following question: See Commonwealth, etc., Act, s. 30. Have you already voted, either here or in any other Electorate in Western Australia, at this election of members for the Federal House of Representatives? and, unless the answer is in the negative, the Returning Officer shall reject the vote. Every |