Electoral Districts Act Amendment Act 1975 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.

No. 63 of 1975.

AN ACT to amend the Electoral Districts Act,

1947-1965.

[Assented to 24th October, 1975.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral =Aran.

Districts Act Amendment Act, 1975.

(2) In this Act the Electoral Districts Act, 1947- (21. kitoeidtt,

1965 is referred to as the principal Act.	Reprinted
Acts.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act migly, Approved for

may be cited as the Electoral Districts Act, 1947- 1966.

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Section 3

amended. 2. Subsection (1) of section 3 of the principal

Act is amended

(a)	by deleting the passage "1965," in line three and substituting the passage "1975,";
(b)	by deleting the word "fifty-one" in line four of paragraph (a) and substituting the word "fifty-five"; and
(c)	by deleting the passage "existing at the date of the coming into operation of the Electoral Districts Act Amendment Act,

1965" in lines two, three and four of

paragraph (d).

Section 4

amended. 3. Section 4 of the principal Act is amended

(a) by deleting subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) and substituting the following sub- paragraph

(i) the Metropolitan Area as the area described in the Schedule to this Act; ;

(b)	by deleting the words "those final recom- mendations" in lines three and four of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) and substituting the passage "the final recom- mendations of the Commissioners published in the Government Gazette dated the fourteenth day of December, nineteen hundred and sixty-one";
(c)	by deleting the passage "subparagraph (i) of this paragraph" in the last two lines of clause (I) of subparagraph (ii) of para- graph (b) and substituting the words "this subparagraph"; and

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(d) by deleting subparagraph (iii) of para- graph (b) and substituting the following subparagraph

(iii) the Agricultural, Mining and Pas- toral Area as the whole of the State excluding the Metropolitan Area and the North-West - Murchison- Eyre Area as described in the preceding provisions of this para- graph. .

4.   Section 5 of the principal Act is repealed. ?giaol

5.    Section 6 of the principal Act is repealed and itteadea n d

re-enacted as follows— re- enacted.

6. The Commissioners shall	MetropolitanDivision of
Area and Agricultural,

(a) divide the Metropolitan Area into Mining and Pastoral

twenty-seven electoral districts;	Area into	districts,
and the
quota

(b) divide the Agricultural, Mining and therefor.

Pastoral Area into twenty-four elec-

toral districts,

and shall, for the purpose of dividing each such area into electoral districts, fix a quota of electors for the electoral districts for each such area as follows, namely, the total number of enrolled electors within each area shall be divided by the number of electoral districts into which the area is to be divided and the quotient shall be the quota of electors for each electoral district within the area. .

Section 7

6. The first proviso to subsection (1) of section 7 of the principal Act is amended by adding after the words "more or less" the passage "in the case of the division of the Metropolitan Area into electoral districts or to a greater extent than fifteen per centum more or less in the case of the division of the Agricultural, Mining and Pastoral Area into electoral districts". amended.

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Section 9

repealed and	7. Section 9 of the principal Act is repealed and re-enacted as follows-
re-enacted.
Electoral

Provinces. 9. Subject to subsection (2) of section seven of this Act, as from the date of the coming into operation of the Electoral Districts Act Amendment Act, 1975, the Commissioners shall divide the State into sixteen electoral provinces, and shall from time to time in accordance with this Act adjust the boundaries of the sixteen electoral provinces so referred to, having regard to their proposed division of the State into fifty-five electoral districts, so that

(a)	there shall be six electoral provinces in the Metropolitan Area as referred to in section four of this Act, each of which shall consist of four or five complete and contiguous electoral districts contained in that area;
(b)	there shall be eight electoral provinces in the Agricultural, Mining and Pas- toral Area referred to in section four of this Act, each of which shall

(i)    consist, as far as possible, of three complete and contiguous electoral districts contained in that area; and

(ii)    contain, to the extent considered practicable by the Commis- sioners, approximately the same area as it contained immediately prior to that date; and

(c) each of the two electoral provinces in the North-West - Murchison-Eyre Area as referred to in section four of this Act shall consist of two complete and contiguous electoral districts contained in the North-West - Murchison-Eyre Area in accordance with paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section seven of this Act. .

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8. Section 10 of the principal Act is repealed and re-enacted as follows—	re-enacted.
re-

10. (1) The Commissioners shall, on or be- Report and

fore the first day of June, nineteen hundred gl„,g and seventy-six, forward to the Minister to 81°nera' whom the administration of the Electoral Act,

1907 is for the time being committed, their final report upon and final recommendations for the division of the State into electoral dis- tricts and electoral provinces, with the name and boundaries of each proposed district and province, and the number of electors in each, respectively, as nearly as can be ascertained, together with a map signed by the Commis- sioners showing the boundaries aforesaid and at the preparation of such final report and final recommendations for signature by the Commissioners, all three Commissioners shall be present.

(2) For the purposes of carrying out their duties under this section the Commissioners shall use the rolls in the form in which they are made up on the thirtieth day of September, nineteen hundred and seventy-five. .

Section 12

Subsection (2a) of section 12 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words "sections five and six" in lines three and four of paragraph (c) and substituting the words "section six".	amended.
Schedule

9.

The principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule added.

10.

SCHEDULE. 8. 4.

Metropolitan Area.

All that portion of land bounded by lines starting from a point on the Low Water Mark of the Indian Ocean situate in prolongation westerly of the southern boundary of Lot M1722 of Swan Location 1370 and extending easterly to and along the last mentioned boundary and the southernmost boundary of State Forest Number 69 and onwards to the centre line of Okely Road; thence generally south-easterly

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along that centre line to the centre line of Mullaloo Drive; thence generally north-easterly and generally south-easterly along that centre line and onwards to the centre line of Wanneroo Road; thence generally south-easterly along that centre line to the prolongation westerly of the centre line of Gnangara Road; thence easterly to and easterly, generally north-easterly, again easterly, again generally north- easterly, again easterly, again generally north-easterly and again easterly along that centre line to a western boundary of the Municipality of the Shire of Swan; thence southerly along that boundary to the northern boundary of Location I; thence easterly along that boundary to the north-eastern corner of Lot 109 of Location I as shown on Land Titles Office Plan 4948; thence southerly along the eastern boundaries of that lot and Lots 110 to 112 inclusive and onwards to the centre line of Road Number 809; thence generally easterly along that centre line and onwards to the centre line of West Swan Road; thence generally southerly along that centre line to the prolonga- tion westerly of the centre line of Middle Swan Road; thence easterly to and generally easterly along that centre line and onwards to the centre line of the Great Northern Highway; thence northerly along that centre line to the centre line of Jane Brook; thence generally easterly upward along that centre line to the centre line of Toodyay Road; thence generally north-easterly along that centre line to its intersection with the northern boundary of Swan Location 1253; thence easterly along that boundary to a north-western corner of the Municipality of the Shire of Mundaring; thence southerly and generally south-westerly along boundaries of that Shire to the prolongation westerly of the centre line of Tunnel Road; thence easterly to and along that centre line to the centre line of Viveash Road; thence southerly along that centre line and onwards to the centre line of Morrison Road; thence westerly along that centre line to the prolongation northerly of the centre line of Stirling Road; thence southerly to and along that centre line to the northern boundary of Class 'A' Reserve 25313 (Greenmount National Park); thence westerly and southerly along boundaries of that Reserve to the prolonga- tion easterly of the northern side of Frederic Street; thence westerly along that prolongation to the centre line of Scott Street; thence generally southerly along that centre line and onwards to the centre line of Clayton Street; thence generally easterly along that centre line to the prolon- gation northerly of the centre line of Ridge Hill Road; thence southerly to and generally southerly and generally south-westerly along that centre line to the prolongation northerly of the centre line of Watsonia Road; thence southerly to and generally southerly along that centre line and onwards to the centre line of Mead Road; thence generally south-westerly along that centre line and onwards to the centre line of Kalamunda Road; thence north-westerly along that centre line to the prolongation

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northerly of the centre line of Albina Road; thence southerly to and along that centre line to the prolongation easterly of the centre line of Norwood Road; thence westerly to and along that centre line to the prolongation northerly of the centre line of Holmes Road; thence southerly to and generally southerly along that centre line and onwards to the northern boundary of Swan Location 1148; thence easterly along that boundary and onwards to its intersection with the centre line of Panoramic Terrace; thence south- westerly along that centre line to its intersection with the centre line of Lewis Road; thence southerly, north-westerly and generally south-westerly along that centre line and onwards to the centre line of Welshpool Road; thence easterly along that centre line to its intersection with the north-western boundary of Canning Location 706; thence south-westerly along that boundary to the western corner of that location, a present northern corner of the Munici- pality of the Town of Gosnells; thence generally south- easterly, generally southerly and generally westerly along boundaries of that Town to the centre line of the Perth- Armadale Railway Reserve; thence generally southerly along that centre line to the prolongation westerly of the centre line of Forrest Road; thence westerly to and generally westerly along that centre line to its intersection with an eastern boundary of the Municipality of the Town of Cockburn; thence generally southerly along that boundary to the northernmost north-eastern corner of the Munici- pality of the Shire of Kwinana; thence generally southerly and generally westerly along eastern and southern boun- daries of that Shire to the Low Water Mark of the Indian Ocean and thence generally northerly along that mark to the starting point. Including Rottnest Island.