Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 65

             (1)  For the purposes of each redistribution of a State or the Australian Capital Territory, the Electoral Commissioner shall, by instrument in writing, determine, in accordance with subsection (2), the quota of electors for the State or Territory.

             (2)  As soon as practicable after the redistribution commences, the quota of electors for a State or the Australian Capital Territory shall be determined by the Electoral Commissioner by dividing the number, as nearly as can be ascertained by him or her, of electors enrolled in the State or Territory at the end of the day on which the redistribution commenced by the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in the State or Territory at a general election and:

                     (a)  if the number so obtained includes a fraction that is less than one‑half--reducing that number to the nearest whole number; or

                     (b)  if the number so obtained includes a fraction that is one‑half or more--increasing that number to the nearest whole number.