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Appendix A: Petitions 1973-2009

 

 

 

House

% Number of                               Ministerial        Ministerial

Year             Petitions        Signatures       responses        responses

 

Senate

 

Number of petitions

1973                1677

119

1974                 883

477

1975                2043

677

1976                1987

558

1977                1420

470

1978                1340

578

1979                2366

742

1980                1923

701

1981                2900

669

1982                2094

1014

1983                1885

860

1984                2315

870

1985                2955

1093

1986                5528

1262

1987                3622

1291

1988                1289

780

1989                1690

882

1990                 564

404

1991                 824

779

1992                 843               365155                 3                  0.4%

607

1993                 547               734785                 0                  0.0%

539

1994                 540               360462                 0                  0.0%

464

1995                 431               456923                 3                  0.7%

589

1996                 430               283163                 5                  1.2%

464

1997                 633               322085                 1                  0.2%

476

1998                 336               251466                 0                  0.0%

218

1999                 232               139741                 0                  0.0%

194

2000                 289              1411278                0                  0.0%

102

 

 

House

% Number of                               Ministerial        Ministerial

Year             Petitions        Signatures       responses        responses

 

Senate

 

Number of petitions

2001                 250               168226                 0                  0.0%

103

2002                 319               362599                 0                  0.0%

99

2003                 369               381083                 1                  0.3%

129

2004                 471               214315                 0                  0.0%

180

2005                 235               230190                 1                  0.4%

86

2006                 276               250091                 0                  0.0%

161

2007                 250               118596                 1                  0.4%

77

2008                 109                96769                 56                51.4%

53

2009                 120               259477                87                72.5%

41

 

Source          Chamber Research Office, Department of the House of Representatives,

29 October 2009

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