Voting was compulsory for all eligible electors.

Voting is compulsory for all eligible electors.

Under the terms of the Act eligible electors were males who had reached the age of majority, which was 21 years of age at that time.

Introduced in 2009 the system draws information from various government department sources and enrolls eligible electors automatically onto the state roll, but not the federal roll.

It was established in the 1858 redistribution to be elected by graduates of the University of Sydney once there were 100 eligible electors.

What they did have in common, was a relatively poor organizational base among eligible electors and financial dependence on the leaders of industry and finance.

There are 919 eligible electors this year, the 49 living former winners and 870 writers and broadcasters, 145 in each of six geographic regions.

It replaced a system which required door-to-door enumeration of eligible electors for each electoral event.

During the election period, returning officers for each electoral district use the lists to revise information for eligible electors.

The following is a list of cardinal electors eligible to participate in the conclave but who did not attend.