„Legislative Assembly of Queensland“ – Versionsunterschied

Queensland, from [[1948]] until the reforms following the end of the [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen|Bjelke-Petersen]] era, had a system of electoral zoning that could be used by the government of the day to maximise its own voter support at the expense of the opposition. It has been called a form of [[gerrymander]], however it is more accurately referred to as an [[Australian_electoral_systemAustralian electoral system#Gerrymandering_and_malapportionmentGerrymandering and malapportionment|electoral malapportionment]]. In a classic gerrymander, electoral boundaries are drawn to take advantage of known pockets of supporters and to isolate areas of opposition voters so as to maximise the number of seats for the government for a given number of votes and to cause opposition support to be "wasted" by concentrating their supporters in relatively fewer electorates.