STV legislation and background

Read the legislation relevant to the introduction of STV for local authority elections in New Zealand, or get a brief background to STV.

Legislation

• Local Electoral Act 2001
• New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
• Local Government Act 2002
• Local Electoral Amendment Act 2002

Background

Until 2004, local authority elections were conducted using the First Past the Post (FPP) electoral system.

STV was used by 10 councils for the 2004 local body elections. The same 10 councils will be using STV in the October 2006 elections.

STV was also used for elections to the Christchurch City Council in 1917, 1929, 1931 and 1933, and for Woolston Borough Council in 1917 and 1919.

In the private sector, Fonterra used STV for their Board of Directors and Shareholders' Council elections in 2002.

Overseas, STV has been around since the 1850s.

STV elections are currently held in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Malta and parts of Australia and the United States of America.

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