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Wilfrid Simmonds
Wilfrid Mylchreest Simmonds, (19 December 1889 – 2 January 1967) was an Australian butcher, auctioneer, sugar farmer and politician, briefly a Senator for Queensland. Born in Cairns, Queensland, Cairns, Queensland, he was educated at Gordonvale, Queensland, Mulgrave before becoming a sugar cane grower. After serving in the military 1917–1919, he sat on City of Cairns, Mulgrave Shire Council. He was an unsuccessful National Party of Australia, Country Party candidate for the division of Kennedy at the Results of the 1940 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)#Kennedy, 1940 and Results of the 1943 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)#Kennedy, 1943 elections. At the 1949 Australian federal election, , the first to use a single transferable vote under a Proportional representation, proportional voting system, he was fourth on the Coalition (Australia), coalition senate ticket and was elected to a short term seat. His term began on 22 February 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives (Australia), House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. There are a total of 76 senators: 12 are elected from each of the six states and territories of Australia, Australian states regardless of population and 2 from each of the two autonomous internal states and territories of Australia, Australian territories (the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory). Senators are popularly elected under the single transferable vote system of proportional representation. Unlike upper houses in other Westminster system, Westminster-style parliamentary systems, the Senate is vested with significant powers, including the capacity to reject all bills, including budget and appropriation bills, initiated by the government in the House of Representatives, maki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
