In a proportional representation system, a candidate does not require absolute majority of votes to be elected. Instead they must obtain a quota of votes, which is calculated in accordance with a statutory formula.
The quota is calculated by dividing the total number of formal votes by one more than the number of vacancies to be filled in the ward or district, and then increasing the result by one vote.
The vote counting process in a proportional representation system is undertaken as follows:. The Victorian Electoral Commission has more information about the ways votes are counted.
The Election Manager will publicly declare results after the votes have been counted and scrutineers have had time to examine the record of the count. The declaration of the election may be delayed if the Election Manager decides to conduct a recount. Melbourne City Council elections are different. Separate provision for the capital city council's elections is laid down in the City of Melbourne Act And the City of Melbourne Electoral Regulations The Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor nominate as a team and are elected on a single ballot paper, using preferential voting.
Candidates for the other councillor positions may nominate to run in groups and the ballot paper used is similar to that of the Australian Senate and the Victorian Legislative Council. This includes provision for above-the-line voting for group tickets. These votes are counted using proportional representation. Similar to the practice with federal and state government elections, Victorian councils observe special arrangements during the period leading up to a general council election.
The special caretaker arrangements that apply to Victorian councils broadly aim to avoid the use of public resources in a way that may unduly affect the election result. They also minimise councils making certain types of decisions that may unduly limit the decision-making ability of the incoming council. This is a day period in Victorian local government elections. A council must have in place an election period policy which prohibits the following types of council decisions, either directly or by delegation, during an election period:.
There are district councils. District councils are responsible for local services such as rubbish collection, housing and planning applications. These include economic development, education, environmental health, highways management, housing, libraries, the Barbican Arts Centre, policing, social services, waste collection and town planning.
The Council of the Isles of Scilly is a unitary authority, but with some local government services being provided in conjunction with Cornwall Council. It also has its own water authority, airport authority and other powers, including running its own Sea Fisheries Committee.
There are also approximately 9, town or parish councils in England. These operate at a level below district councils and unitary authorities.
Because of their great diversity, parishes do not generally have statutory functions, although they are often responsible for smaller local services such as allotments, parks and community centres. They may provide other services with the agreement of the county or district council. For further information on town and parish councils see the National Association of Local Councils website. See details on how to set up a town or parish council.
A combined authority can be set up by two or more local authorities. The government devolves various powers and funding to an area so councils can work together to make collective decisions. A combined authority does not replace the existing local authorities. The Local Government Act sets out the governance models that must be operated by local authorities. These are:. Local people can have a say on the governance model adopted by their local authority via a referendum in certain circumstances.
The Panel will work with the community to review and recommend to the Minister which councils will need to change to new structures before the elections.
Large and small rural councils are eligible to be considered for single member, unsubdivided or uniform multi-member structures when being reviewed by the Electoral Representation Advisory Panel. Skip to content Skip to navigation. Past programs. Home Electoral structure changes for While there are clearly differences in the impact of each system, there are no "standard " circumstances that favour one method over the other.
Nor is one system or the other mandatory for particular types of municipalities. Jurisdictions in Alberta that have a ward system include municipal districts, counties, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Calgary, and Edmonton.
Although there are many exceptions, the move from an at-large to a ward system is usually driven at a certain population threshold. Generally, an at-large vote system is the most appropriate election method in municipalities where the population is small. Lethbridge has traditionally been considered "small". Today the population is over , However, there is no conventional benchmark to apply to indicate where a change is appropriate. For example, there are cities, such as Barrie, Ontario, that have wards with a population as small as 13,, and also cities, such as Calgary, that have wards with a population as large as , There are also cities with at-large systems, such as Vancouver, with populations as large as , For more information about Municipal Election.
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