Federal Electoral Boundaries (2022)

Abstract The Parliament consists of the King (represented by the Governor-General) and two Houses (the Senate and the House of Representatives). The House of Representatives reviews, debates and votes on proposed laws. Each member elected to the House of Representatives represents a single electoral division, also known as an electorate, which does not cross state or territory borders. Each of the six states, the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory gains representation in the House of Representatives in proportion to their population, and there are a similar number of electors in each electoral division within a given state or territory. The names and boundaries of electoral divisions within a state or territory are reviewed periodically and may be adjusted. This process is known as a redistribution of federal electoral divisions. The Federal Electoral Boundaries dataset contains the geographic boundaries of the federal electoral divisions in Australia. The Senate is also often referred to as the ‘state’s house’ or the ‘house of review’. The Senate's law-making powers are equal to those of the House of Representatives except that it cannot introduce or amend proposed laws that authorise expenditure for the ordinary annual services of the government or that impose taxation. Those elected to the Senate are called ‘Senator’. Senators represent all of one of the six states, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory. There are 12 senators for each of the six states and there are two senators each for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. These boundaries are provided in vector format with Electoral Divisions represented by polygons. Currency Date modified: 2 August 2021 Modification frequency: As needed Data extent Spatial extent North: -9.115517° South: -43.740510° East: 167.998035° West: 96.816941° Source information The data is downloadable from the AEC website. Further information can be found on the AEC's GIS page. Lineage statement The data was downloaded from the AEC website on the 6th February 2023 by the Digital Atlas of Australia team. For the purposes of web viewing, the data was reprojected to EPSG:3857 - Web Mercator. Some fields were removed because they were empty or outdated. Contact Geoscience Australia, [e-mail]摘要 澳大利亚议会由君主（由总督代表）与两院组成，即参议院与众议院。众议院负责对拟议法案开展审议、辩论与表决。每一位当选众议院议员代表单一选举分区（electoral division，亦称为选举区（electorate）），该分区不得跨越州或领地边界。澳大利亚六个州、澳大利亚首都领地与北领地的众议院席位按人口比例分配，且同一州或领地内的各选举分区选民人数大致相当。州或领地内的选举分区名称与边界会定期审查并可能调整，这一过程称为联邦选举分区重划（redistribution of federal electoral divisions）。 联邦选举边界数据集包含澳大利亚联邦选举分区的地理边界。 参议院亦常被称为“州院”或“审查院”。参议院的立法权与众议院完全平等，但不得提出或修正用于拨付政府日常年度开支或征税的法案。当选参议院的议员称为“参议员”，参议员代表六个州、澳大利亚首都领地或北领地其中之一的全体选民。六个州各设12名参议员，澳大利亚首都领地与北领地各设2名参议员。 上述选举分区边界以矢量格式提供，以多边形（polygon）表示。 数据更新日期：2021年8月2日 更新频率：按需调整 数据空间范围：最北纬度-9.115517°，最南纬度-43.740510°，最东经度167.998035°，最西经度96.816941° 来源信息：本数据集可从澳大利亚选举委员会（Australian Electoral Commission, AEC）官网下载，更多相关信息可查阅AEC的地理信息系统（Geographic Information System, GIS）页面。 数据谱系说明：本数据由澳大利亚数字地图集团队于2023年2月6日从AEC官网下载。为适配网页浏览需求，数据已重投影至EPSG:3857——Web墨卡托投影（Web Mercator）坐标系。部分字段因存在空值或已过时已被移除。 联系方式：澳大利亚地球科学局（Geoscience Australia），客户服务邮箱：[e-mail]