Searching for the word election in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word election
- appears in 5.5% of speeches
- appears 12253 times in 5947 speeches
- was spoken on 705 sitting days by 233 different people
- appears in speeches on 2439 different topics
Top speakers:
- PRESIDENT, The (594 uses)
- WHITLAM, Gough (578 uses)
- DALY, Fred (430 uses)
- YOUNG, Mick (326 uses)
- HAYDEN, Bill (301 uses)
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Top days:
- 10 April 1975 (165 uses)
- 6 August 1974 (95 uses)
- 17 February 1977 (93 uses)
- 25 November 1974 (90 uses)
- 13 February 1975 (89 uses)
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Top topics:
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (453 uses)
- ADJOURNMENT (327 uses)
- GRIEVANCE DEBATE (147 uses)
- GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (125 uses)
- ELECTORAL LAWS AMENDMENT BILL 1974 [No. 2] (119 uses)
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Associated words:
- election campaign (1291 appearances)
- last election (1018 appearances)
- next election (644 appearances)
- senate election (469 appearances)
- federal election (415 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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We will hold those five seats at the next election because we are a united team determined to do something for Tasmania and in particular to restore our State from the damage caused to it during the Whitlam years of 1972-75.
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The Constitution provides that if the Senate in certain circumstances twice rejects Bills passed by the House of Representatives, the GovernorGeneral may dissolve the Parliament and new elections may be held.
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Debate on this Bill is long overdue: Is the reason why the Government does not bring this Bill on for debate because the Government wishes to continue with the present electoral set up in Australia which favours a system which elects to this Parliament 22 members of 1 Party which, at the last Federal election, across the length and breadth of the Commonwealth, polled less than 8 per cent of the total vote?
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Therefore, I shall say at the outset that I completely support the Bill to alter the Constitution so as to ensure that Senate elections are held at the same time as House of Representatives elections.
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He will recall the present Prime Minister guaranteeing in Hobart during the election campaign that Tasmania would not be disadvantaged in respect to shipping freights as compared with freight rates on the mainland.