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The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. It is the lower house, the upper house being the Senate. The House is presided over by the Speaker. The 150 members of the House are elected from single-member electorates (geographic districts, sometimes known as "seats" but officially known as "Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives"). Each electorate has between 59,000 and 120,000 voters. They are designed to be relatively equal... full article at wikipedia

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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by lukeschubert Aug 22, 2008

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