The new Act expired the Parliament on 31 March 1902, resulting in a full election for both houses of parliament. The new parliament would be smaller, with eighteen members of the Legislative Council and forty-two members in the House of Assembly.
Each electoral district would elect multiple members, but less than the sum of the members elected by the former electorates that had been merged, resulting in a smaller parliament overall. Legislative Councillors would serve for periods of a minimum of six years (three for half of the initial cohort), with half retiring at each election. Assembly terms were not changed. Elections for both houses would be held together.
The amendment also decreased the maximum size of the Cabinet from six to four and fixed a maximum salary for Cabinet members.[2]
The legislation saw numerous amendments in both houses of parliament. The initial proposal had been to reduce the membership of the House to 32 and the Council to 16; however, this was altered as opposition in the House would have defeated the bill.[3]
House of Assembly districtsedit
The thirteen districts to elect members of the House of Assembly were composed from the former assembly districts as follows:
^"THE NEW CONSTITUTION". Adelaide Observer. Vol. LVIII, no. 3, 143. South Australia. 28 December 1901. p. 28. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"THE ECONOMY BILL". The Narracoorte Herald. Vol. XXV, no. 2, 291. South Australia. 27 December 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
December 18, 2023
constitution, amendment, 1901, 1901, long, title, amend, constitution, which, amended, constitution, south, australia, effect, reduce, size, parliament, south, australia, following, federation, australia, constitution, been, created, constitution, 1856, later,. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1901 No 779 of 1901 long title An Act to amend the Constitution was an act which amended the Constitution of South Australia Its effect was to reduce the size of the Parliament of South Australia following the Federation of Australia 1 The Constitution had been created by the Constitution Act 1856 and later amended by the Constitution Act Further Amendment Act 1881 The new Act expired the Parliament on 31 March 1902 resulting in a full election for both houses of parliament The new parliament would be smaller with eighteen members of the Legislative Council and forty two members in the House of Assembly Each electoral district would elect multiple members but less than the sum of the members elected by the former electorates that had been merged resulting in a smaller parliament overall Legislative Councillors would serve for periods of a minimum of six years three for half of the initial cohort with half retiring at each election Assembly terms were not changed Elections for both houses would be held together The amendment also decreased the maximum size of the Cabinet from six to four and fixed a maximum salary for Cabinet members 2 The legislation saw numerous amendments in both houses of parliament The initial proposal had been to reduce the membership of the House to 32 and the Council to 16 however this was altered as opposition in the House would have defeated the bill 3 House of Assembly districts editThe thirteen districts to elect members of the House of Assembly were composed from the former assembly districts as follows Number Name Number of members Former districts comprised into the new districts1 Adelaide 4 East Adelaide West Adelaide North Adelaide2 Port Adelaide 3 Port Adelaide West Torrens3 Torrens 5 East Torrens Sturt4 Victoria and Albert 3 Victoria Albert5 Alexandra 4 Mount Barker Encounter Bay Noarlunga6 Murray 3 Onkaparinga Gumeracha7 Barossa 3 Barossa Yatala8 Wooroora 3 Light Wooroora9 Wallaroo 3 Wallaroo Yorke Peninsula10 Stanley 3 Gladstone Stanley11 Burra Burra 3 Frome Burra12 Flinders 3 Newcastle Flinders Northern Territory 2 Northern TerritoryLegislative Council districts editEach legislative council district comprised several divisions each derived from the Assembly districts Legislative Council district Number of members Assembly divisionsCentral District 6 Adelaide Port Adelaide TorrensSouthern District 4 Victoria and Albert Alexandra MurrayNorth Eastern District 4 Barossa Wooroora WallarooNorthern District 4 Stanley Burra Burra Flinders Northern TerritoryReferences edit The Constitution Act Amendment Act SA THE NEW CONSTITUTION Adelaide Observer Vol LVIII no 3 143 South Australia 28 December 1901 p 28 Retrieved 2 November 2018 via National Library of Australia THE ECONOMY BILL The Narracoorte Herald Vol XXV no 2 291 South Australia 27 December 1901 p 2 Retrieved 2 November 2018 via National Library of Australia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Constitution Act Amendment Act 1901 amp oldid 1162561590, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
