Legislative Assembly of Queensland

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The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the Parliament of Queensland, established under the provisions of the state constitution. Elections are held at fixed four-year intervals and are conducted by way of full preferential voting. The Assembly has 93 members, who are entitled to use the post-nominal letters MP (having been styled as MLAs prior to 2000). Under the principles of Westminster government and the fusion of powers, the executive (consisting of the premier and cabinet ministers) is drawn from the membership of the legislature. Government is formed by the party or coalition with a majority of seats in the Assembly, with the Governor of Queensland formally appointing officeholders. Each electorate has roughly the same population; however, this has not always been the case. A system of malapportionment dubbed the Bjelkemander (not, strictly speaking, a gerrymander) was in effect during the 1970s and 1980s. The Assembly first sat in May 1860 and produced Australia...

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