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Appendix 11 - Electoral divisions—number at general elections

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Election year	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Total	Total with full voting rights *
1901	26	23	9	7	5	5			75	75
1903	26	23	9	7	5	5			75	75
1906	27	22	9	7	5	5			75	75
1910	27	22	9	7	5	5			75	75
1913	27	21	10	7	5	5			75	75
1914	27	21	10	7	5	5			75	75
1917	27	21	10	7	5	5			75	75
1919	27	21	10	7	5	5			75	75
1922	28	20	10	7	5	5	1		76	75
1925	28	20	10	7	5	5	1		76	75
1928	28	20	10	7	5	5	1		76	75
1929	28	20	10	7	5	5	1		76	75
1931	28	20	10	7	5	5	1		76	75
1934	28	20	10	6	5	5	1		75	74
1937	28	20	10	6	5	5	1		75	74
1940	28	20	10	6	5	5	1		75	74
1943	28	20	10	6	5	5	1		75	74
1946	28	20	10	6	5	5	1		75	74
1949	47	33	18	10	8	5	1	1	123	121
1951	47	33	18	10	8	5	1	1	123	121
1954	47	33	18	10	8	5	1	1	123	121
1955	46	33	18	11	9	5	1	1	124	122
1958	46	33	18	11	9	5	1	1	124	122
1961	46	33	18	11	9	5	1	1	124	122
1963	46	33	18	11	9	5	1	1	124	122
1966	46	33	18	11	9	5	1	1	124	123
1969	45	34	18	12	9	5	1	1	125	125
1972	45	34	18	12	9	5	1	1	125	125
1974	45	34	18	12	10	5	1	2	127	127
1975	45	34	18	12	10	5	1	2	127	127
1977	43	33	19	11	10	5	1	2	124	124
1980	43	33	19	11	11	5	1	2	125	125
1983	43	33	19	11	11	5	1	2	125	125
1984	51	39	24	13	13	5	1	2	148	148
1987	51	39	24	13	13	5	1	2	148	148
1990	51	38	24	13	14	5	1	2	148	148
1993	50	38	25	12	14	5	1	2	147	147
1996	50	37	26	12	14	5	1	3	148	148
1998	50	37	27	12	14	5	1	2	148	148
2001	50	37	27	12	15	5	2	2	150	150
2004	50	37	28	11	15	5	2	2	150	150
2007	49	37	29	11	15	5	2	2	150	150
2010	48	37	30	11	15	5	2	2	150	150

* The member for the Northern Territory had limited voting rights between 1922 and 1968. The member for the Australian Capital Territory had limited voting rights between 1949 and 1966.

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