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Parliament of South Australia
53rd Parliament
Coat of arms or logo
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Type
Type

Bicameral
Houses
House of Assembly
Legislative Council
Leadership
Queen of Australia

Elizabeth II
since 6 February 1952
Governor of South Australia

Hieu Van Le
since 1 September 2014
Speaker of the House of Assembly

Vincent Tarzia, Liberal
since 3 May 2018
President of the Legislative Council

Andrew McLachlan, Liberal
since 3 May 2018
Structure
Seats
69
47 MHA
22 MLC
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House of Assembly political groups

Government
     Liberal (25)

Opposition
     Labor (19)

Crossbench
     Independent (3)[a]
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Legislative Council political groups

Government
     Liberal (9)

Opposition
     Labor (8)

Crossbench
     SA-BEST (2)
     Greens (2)
     Advance SA (1)
Elections

House of Assembly voting system
Instant-runoff Vote

Legislative Council voting system
Single Transferable Vote
Last general election
17 March 2018
Next general election
19 March 2022
Meeting place
Adelaide parliament house.JPG

Parliament House,
Adelaide, South Australia,
Australia
Website
www.parliament.sa.gov.au

The Parliament of South Australia at Parliament House, Adelaide is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the 47-seat House of Assembly (lower house) and the 22-seat Legislative Council (upper house). All of the lower house and half of the upper house is filled at each election. It follows a Westminster system of parliamentary government.


The Queen is represented in the State by the Governor of South Australia. According to the South Australian Constitution, unlike the Federal Parliament, and the parliaments of the other states and territories of Australia, neither the Sovereign or the Governor is considered to be a part of the South Australian Parliament. However, the same role and powers are granted to them.[1]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 House of Assembly


  • 3 Legislative Council


  • 4 Location


  • 5 See also


  • 6 Notes


  • 7 External links


  • 8 References





History










Parliament House





Recreated lower and upper house booths, history, and voting procedures





SA Parliament Opening



The Parliament of South Australia began in 1857, when the colony was granted self-government. Women gained the right to vote and stand for election in 1895, taking effect at the 1896 election.[2][3]


South Australia became a state of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 following a vote to Federate with the other British colonies of Australia.


Elections were held every 3 years until 1985, when the parliament switched to 4 year terms, meaning 8 year terms for the upper house. Beginning in 2006, election dates have been fixed at the third Saturday in March of every fourth year.[4]



House of Assembly



The House of Assembly (or "lower house") is made up of 47 members who are each elected by the full-preference instant-runoff voting system in single-member electorates. Each of the 47 electoral districts (electorates) contains approximately the same number of voters.


Since 1975, the distribution of electoral boundaries has been set by the South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission.[4] Since 1991, boundaries have been redistributed after each election by the Electoral Commission of South Australia, an independent body. Previously they were redistributed after every third election.


Government is formed in the House of Assembly by the leader of the party or coalition who can demonstrate they have the support of the majority of the House, and is called upon by the Governor to form government. The leader of the government becomes the Premier.


While South Australia's total population is 1.7 million, Adelaide's population is 1.3 million − uniquely, over 75 percent of the state's population resides in the metropolitan area and has 72 percent of seats (34 of 47) alongside a lack of comparatively-sized rural population centres, therefore the metropolitan area tends to decide election outcomes. At the 2014 election for example, although the statewide two-party vote (2PP) was 47.0% Labor v 53.0% Liberal, the metropolitan area recorded a 2PP of 51.5% Labor v 48.5% Liberal.[5]



Legislative Council



The Legislative Council (or "upper house") is made up of 22 councillors (MLCs) who are elected for the entire state by the Proportional Representation single transferable voting system (with optional preferential voting) to serve for a term of 8 years. Elections for the Legislative Council are staggered so that 11 seats are up for re-election every 4 years, at the same time as House of Assembly elections.


The primary function of the Legislative Council is to review legislation which has been passed by the House of Assembly. This can cause tensions between the government and the Legislative Council, which may be viewed by the former as obstructionist if it rejects key legislation, as can happen at times when the electoral makeup of the two houses are different.



Location



The seat of the Parliament of South Australia is Parliament House in the state capital of Adelaide. Parliament House sits on the North-Western corner of the intersection of King William Street and North Terrace[6].



See also



  • South Australian state election, 2018

  • List of elections in South Australia

  • Parliaments of the Australian states and territories

  • Official openings by the monarch in Australia



Notes





  1. ^ Current independent MPs: Frances Bedford (Florey), Troy Bell (Mount Gambier) and Geoff Brock (Frome)




External links






  • Parliament of South Australia Homepage


References





  1. ^ "Constitution Act 1934". South Australia: Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1934. Retrieved 9 October 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Women’s Suffrage Petition 1894: parliament.sa.gov.au


  3. ^ "Women and Politics in South Australia". Parliament of South Australia. 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2015-04-17.


  4. ^ ab History of Redistributions, South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission


  5. ^ Metropolitan 2PP correctly calculated by adding raw metro 2PP vote numbers from the 34 metro seats, both Labor and Liberal, then dividing Labor's raw metro 2PP vote from the total, which revealed a Labor metropolitan 2PP of 51.54%. Obtained raw metro 2PP vote numbers from ECSA 2014 election statistics, ECSA 2014 Heysen election and ABC 2014 Fisher by-election.


  6. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2017-10-03.






Coordinates: 34°55′16″S 138°35′55″E / 34.92111°S 138.59861°E / -34.92111; 138.59861







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