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1906 Australian senate elections referendum

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Prior to the amendment the constitution provided, in section 13, that Senate term would begin on 1 January and end on 31 December. By 1906 it was felt to be unlikely that Senate terms would generally coincide with House of Representatives terms, and that for this reason a change would be beneficial.
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noted that the main reason for the change was to enable simultaneous elections to be held in March, which at the time was considered the most likely period in which Federal elections would be held. The amendment was uncontroversial, dealing with the mechanical matter of how to rotate Senate terms,
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As soon as may be after the Senate first meets and after each first meeting of the Senate following a dissolution thereof, the Senate shall divide the senators chosen for each State into two classes, as nearly equal in number as practicable and the places of the senators of the first class shall
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following the day of his election, except in the cases of the first election and of the election next after any dissolution of the Senate, when it shall be taken to begin on the first day of
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Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) 1906'?
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and concerned the first amendment proposed to the constitution since its enactment. The referendum was held in conjunction with the
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Central Power in the Australian Commonwealth. An examination of the growth of Commonwealth power in the Australian Federation
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For the purpose of this section the term of service of a senator shall be taken to begin on the first day of
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The proposed amendment provided for Senate terms to begin on 1 July and end on 30 June. Odger's
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as the average voter ... does not care how frequently a Senator rotates, the amendment was carried
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Although the amendment has not hindered the holding of simultaneous elections, it has had one
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on 3 April 1907. The amendment moved the date of the beginning of the term of members of the
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related to the terms of office of federal senators. Technically it was a vote on the
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Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled —
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Obtained majority in all 6 States and an overall majority of 581,541 votes.
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The Australian referendum of 12 December 1906 approved an amendment to the
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Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (24 March 1997).
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Section 13 - (removed text stricken through; substituted text in bold):
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from 1 January to 1 July so that elections to the federal
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Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997
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Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia: The Legislature
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Chapter II of the Constitution of Australia: The Executive
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The 1906 vote was the first referendum ever held in the
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Australian Constitution (Public Record Copy) Act 1990
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Chapter III of the constitution of Australia: Courts
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Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) Bill 1906
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Index

1906 Australian referendum
Australian constitution
referendum
royal assent
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Australia
1906 federal election
Robert Menzies
unintended consequence
Referendums in Australia
Politics of Australia
History of Australia
"Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) Act 1906"
Menzies, R
Central Power in the Australian Commonwealth. An examination of the growth of Commonwealth power in the Australian Federation
14
OCLC
953109626
"Part 2 - History of Australian Referendums"
Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997
ISBN
0644484101
"Result of the Referendum"
"Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results"
Parliamentary Library of Australia
"Notification of the receipt of a Writ for a Referendum"
"Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment"
Parliamentary Library of Australia
Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present

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