Context: The Ginninderra electorate is one of the five electorates for the unicameral 25-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It elects five members, and is the smallest of the electorates in geographic area., Jonathan Donald "Jon" Stanhope, AO (born 29 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assembly from 1998 until 2011. He is the only ACT Chief Minister to have governed with a majority in the ACT Assembly. From 2012 to 2014 Stanhope was Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, which consists of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands., The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts). Under STV, an elector (voter) has a single vote that is initially allocated to their most preferred candidate and, as the count proceeds and candidates are either elected or eliminated, is transferred to other candidates according to the voter's stated preferences, in proportion to any surplus or discarded votes. The exact method of reapportioning votes can vary (see Counting methods)., Proportional representation ("PR") characterizes electoral systems by which divisions in an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. If "n"% of the electorate support a particular political party, then roughly "n"% of seats will be won by that party. The essence of such systems is that all votes contribute to the result: not just a plurality, or a bare majority, of them. Proportional representation requires the use of multiple-member voting districts (also called super-districts); it is not possible using single-member districts alone. In fact, the most proportional representation is achieved when just one super-district is used., The Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory is the head of government of the Australian Capital Territory. The leader of the party with the largest representation of seats in the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly usually takes on the role. Unlike other states and territories, the Chief Minister of the ACT is not nominally appointed by an administrator or viceroy, but elected directly by the Assembly. Since there are no local governments in the territory, the Chief Minister's role is not only roughly equivalent to that of the Premiers of the states of Australia, but also that of the mayor of a local council., Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday , 16 October 2004 . The incumbent Labor Party , led by Jon Stanhope , was challenged by the Liberal Party , led by Brendan Smyth . Candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single transferable vote method , known as the Hare - Clark system . The result was a clear majority of nine seats in the 17 - member unicameral Assembly were won by Labor . The result marked the first time in the history of ACT self - government that one party was able to win a majority in its own right . Stanhope was elected Chief Minister at the first sitting of the sixth Assembly on 4 November 2004 . The election was conducted by the ACT Electoral Commission and was the second time in Australia 's history that an electronic voting and counting system was used for some , but not all , polling places , expanding on the initial trial of the system at the 2001 ACT election ., Subject: australian capital territory general election, Relation: office_contested, Options: (A) chief minister (B) chief minister of the australian capital territory (C) member
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