Malcolm Mackerras
Biographic Data
| ID | 693201 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Malcolm Mackerras |
| GIVEN NAMES | Malcolm |
| FAMILY NAME | Mackerras |
| SIGNATURE | MACKERRAS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 149 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 43 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
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Australian Capital Territory
The results in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) reflected very much the status quo. However, controversy persists as to whether the ACT should continue to have two seats in the House of Representatives or whether that number should be increased to three
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Describing the results
The defeat of the Howard government on 24 November 2007 was widely seen as a landslide loss. Although the land did slide, the result is better seen as a respectable loss by the Liberal Party. In John Howard's own seat of Bennelong, however, his defeat must be seen as very humiliating
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Political data in 2005
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Compulsory voting, party stability and electoral advantage in Australia
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Single transferable vote systems in Australia
Designing Electoral Institutions: STV Systems and Their Consequences
Although championed by advocates of proportional representation, the single transferable vote form of PR has been used consistently in only a small number of countries – principally Australia, Ireland and Malta. This paper examines the origins and development of STV and its implications for the political systems that use it. The results show that STV varies so widely in its form and application, differing on no less than five major characteristic…
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A change occurred on 21 December 1994 when Senator John Devereux (Tasmania) resigned from the Labor Party and became an Independent. The issue on which he resigned was Labor’s environmental policies, which he believed to be too weak. From that point onwards, the Senate numbers were: Labor 29, Liberal 30, National 6, Democrats 7, Greens 2, Independents 2
Australia
Compulsory voting, party stability and electoral advantage in Australia
Designing Electoral Institutions: STV Systems and Their Consequences
Although championed by advocates of proportional representation, the single transferable vote form of PR has been used consistently in only a small number of countries – principally Australia, Ireland and Malta. This paper examines the origins and development of STV and its implications for the political systems that use it. The results show that STV varies so widely in its form and application, differing on no less than five major characteristic…
Rotation of ballots: Minimizing the number of rotations
Preference voting and the “donkey vote”
Political data in 2005
Reform of New Zealand's voting system, 1985–1996
Following our previous report on the results of the New Zealand electoral reform referendum and general election by Paul Harris, Australian academic Malcolm Mackerras argues strongly that as a consequence of an uninformed debate New Zealand has chosen an unsuitable electoral system
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General Election, 13 March 1993: Statistical Analysis of the Results
Labor won its fifth successive general election for the House of Representatives on 13 March 1993, the first with Paul Keating as prime minister. Indeed there was a swing to Labor of 1.5% in the two-party preferred vote and Labor's majority increased from nine seats in 1990 to 15 in 1993. There were, however, marked variations in the swing between states with Tasmania showing most gains for Labor and South Australia most for the Liberal Party. Th…
On Elaine Thompson and Tom wheelwright
Rejoinder to Campbell Sharman
A revisionist interpretation of the impact of Queensland's electoral scheme
In December 1989 Queensland voters changed their government from National Party to Labor Party. Labor had been out of office since August 1957, a record period of opposition for a major party. How is that very lengthy Labor period in the wilderness to be explained? The orthodox interpretation is that there has been a gerrymander in Queensland. This article argues, however, that Queensland's electoral system is the same as that of other mainland s…
Uniform swing: Analysis of the 1975 election
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Single transferable vote systems in Australia
On elections, voting and participation: The origins of the South Australian DLP: A documentary note
To summarise, there were five interesting features of the election: (i) the size of the first preference movement from the major parties to the Australian Democrats; (ii) the unexpected lack of any significant swing to Labor in the two‐party preferred vote; (iii) the notable uniformity of the results from state to state; (iv) such swing to Labor as did occur was mainly in seats already held by Labor and in urban areas; and (v) the results demonst…
A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964
Preference voting and the “donkey vote”
The swing: Variability and uniformity
City vs country: Analysis of 1974 election results
(1974). City vs country: Analysis of 1974 election results. Politics: Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 195-199
Uniform swing: Analysis of the 1975 election
New South Wales changes government
On Elaine Thompson and Tom wheelwright
Rejoinder to Campbell Sharman
On elections, voting and participation: The origins of the South Australian DLP: A documentary note
To summarise, there were five interesting features of the election: (i) the size of the first preference movement from the major parties to the Australian Democrats; (ii) the unexpected lack of any significant swing to Labor in the two‐party preferred vote; (iii) the notable uniformity of the results from state to state; (iv) such swing to Labor as did occur was mainly in seats already held by Labor and in urban areas; and (v) the results demonst…
The early dissolution of the house of representatives
An early election is likely: (a) when the elections for the two houses are out of kilter, (b) when the Parliament has met the technical conditions of section 57, and (c) when the government is in its first term of office. In other circumstances a parliament is likely to run its full term. In terms of likelihood of winning an early election a prime minister would be well advised to call a synchronising early election if his government is in its fi…
A revisionist interpretation of the impact of Queensland's electoral scheme
In December 1989 Queensland voters changed their government from National Party to Labor Party. Labor had been out of office since August 1957, a record period of opposition for a major party. How is that very lengthy Labor period in the wilderness to be explained? The orthodox interpretation is that there has been a gerrymander in Queensland. This article argues, however, that Queensland's electoral system is the same as that of other mainland s…
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Australian politics
David Black (ed.), The House on the Hill: A History of the Parliament of Western Australia 1832–1990 (Perth: Parliament of Western Australia, 1991) pp.558. $n.p. ISBN 0 7309 3983 9. D.H. Borchardt, Commissions of Inquiry in Australia: A Brief Surrey (Melbourne: La Trobe University Press, 1991) pp.107. $24.95 ISBN 1 86324 011X. John Connell and Richard Howitt (eds), Mining and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia (Sydney: Sydney University Press in a…
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Rotation of ballots: Minimizing the number of rotations
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Reform of New Zealand's voting system, 1985–1996
Following our previous report on the results of the New Zealand electoral reform referendum and general election by Paul Harris, Australian academic Malcolm Mackerras argues strongly that as a consequence of an uninformed debate New Zealand has chosen an unsuitable electoral system
General Election, 13 March 1993: Statistical Analysis of the Results
Labor won its fifth successive general election for the House of Representatives on 13 March 1993, the first with Paul Keating as prime minister. Indeed there was a swing to Labor of 1.5% in the two-party preferred vote and Labor's majority increased from nine seats in 1990 to 15 in 1993. There were, however, marked variations in the swing between states with Tasmania showing most gains for Labor and South Australia most for the Liberal Party. Th…
Australia
A change occurred on 21 December 1994 when Senator John Devereux (Tasmania) resigned from the Labor Party and became an Independent. The issue on which he resigned was Labor’s environmental policies, which he believed to be too weak. From that point onwards, the Senate numbers were: Labor 29, Liberal 30, National 6, Democrats 7, Greens 2, Independents 2
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Single transferable vote systems in Australia
Designing Electoral Institutions: STV Systems and Their Consequences
Although championed by advocates of proportional representation, the single transferable vote form of PR has been used consistently in only a small number of countries – principally Australia, Ireland and Malta. This paper examines the origins and development of STV and its implications for the political systems that use it. The results show that STV varies so widely in its form and application, differing on no less than five major characteristic…
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