Searching for the word votes in Senate within the 1970s…
The word votes
- appears in 1.1% of speeches
- appears 2106 times in 1068 speeches
- was spoken on 465 sitting days by 110 different people
- appears in speeches on 591 different topics
Top speakers:
- PRESIDENT, The (147 uses)
- MCLAREN, Geoffrey (121 uses)
- WITHERS, Reg (121 uses)
- CAVANAGH, James (86 uses)
- MCCLELLAND, Douglas (83 uses)
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Top days:
- 6 August 1974 (82 uses)
- 8 October 1975 (69 uses)
- 16 April 1975 (66 uses)
- 14 May 1975 (53 uses)
- 16 July 1974 (46 uses)
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Top topics:
- COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL BILL (No. 2) 1973: Second Reading (101 uses)
- ELECTORAL LAWS AMENDMENT BILL 1974 [No. 2] (1975) (93 uses)
- ELECTORAL RE-DISTRIBUTION (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) BILL 1975 [No. 2]: Second Reading (69 uses)
- ELECTORAL LAWS AMENDMENT BILL 1974 [No. 2] (1975): Second Reading (64 uses)
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (58 uses)
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Associated words:
- postal votes (91 appearances)
- informal votes (63 appearances)
- votes cast (47 appearances)
- buy votes (28 appearances)
- preference votes (27 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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New South Wales and Victoria between them could command 79 of the 127 votes in the House of Representatives.
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But such senators called for a division because they wanted their votes recorded.
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It will be found that the total number of votes cast for the 128 Government candidates who stood at the last election exceeded the total number of votes cast for the 174 Opposition candidates who stood for election.
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At present, a period of ten day’s grace after polling day is allowed for the receipt of postal votes by the relevant Returning Officer.
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On the matter of the value of the vote, let us assume for a moment that Labor gets this legislation passed and that all our votes are equal.