Searching for the word votes in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word votes
- appears in 1.3% of speeches
- appears 2695 times in 1346 speeches
- was spoken on 510 sitting days by 182 different people
- appears in speeches on 765 different topics
Top speakers:
- DALY, Fred (234 uses)
- GARLAND, Ransley (174 uses)
- WHITLAM, Gough (140 uses)
- PRESIDENT, The (121 uses)
- YOUNG, Mick (69 uses)
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Top days:
- 10 April 1975 (177 uses)
- 25 November 1974 (88 uses)
- 15 October 1975 (83 uses)
- 6 August 1974 (81 uses)
- 14 October 1975 (74 uses)
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Top topics:
- ELECTORAL LAWS AMENDMENT BILL 1974 [No. 2] (132 uses)
- ELECTORAL LAWS AMENDMENT BILL 1974: Second Reading (108 uses)
- ADJOURNMENT (78 uses)
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (58 uses)
- QUESTION: COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT (No. 2) 1973 (57 uses)
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Associated words:
- postal votes (170 appearances)
- votes cast (93 appearances)
- informal votes (82 appearances)
- formal votes (46 appearances)
- primary votes (43 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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This clause provides that only postal votes received up to the close of the poll should be counted.
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This might be uncomfortable for departments and Ministers but it is good for the Parliament and good for the nation because it stops people padding votes in this area or that area in a manner that no Minister can really unravel and makes sure that the Parliament understands what is happening.
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Even the McMahon Government has had time to sort out its collective mind sufficiently to introduce votes for such citizens.
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Factors that allow a party which gains 8 per cent of the votes to enjoy 16 per cent of the parliamentary representation have no place in an Electoral Act that should enshrine the basic democratic principle of one vote one value.
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The point at issue is that the members of the Country Party in this Parliament get 10 per cent of the votes of the Australian people.