With Robson Rotation, names do not appear in a fixed order in party columns. All endorsed candidates appear in the best places on the same number of ballot-papers. Good candidates are not removed from the Parliament through factional or other preselection manoeuvres. There are no by-elections to distract governments. If a casual vacancy occurs, the outgoing member's quota is re-examined to see whom those voters wanted most as the replacement.
Parties therefore nominate more candidates than they can hope to see elected.
Representation of all Opinions by Terry Newman, in a good library. I always said that I thought that was not important. What was important was that I not be the last woman to have the opportunity to gain a seat in the Senate.