Electoral System
Until 1918 and for the 1919 by-election, in elections to fill a single seat, the first past the post system applied.
In two-member elections before 1918, the bloc voting system was used. Voters could cast a vote for one or two candidates, as they chose. The two candidates with the largest number of votes were elected.
In 1918 and for all elections since 1921, the members were elected by the single transferable vote system of proportional representation.
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“Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)