Ditchburn v Divisional Returning Officer (Qld)

[1999] HCA 41
Judgment date
Case number
B50/1998
Before
Hayne J
Catchwords

Elections – House of Representatives – Court of Disputed Returns – Petition disputing validity of House of Representatives election – Whether preferential voting system constitutes plural voting – Whether members "directly chosen by the people".

The Constitution, ss 7, 24, 30.

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth), ss 240, 274.