Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Schedule 4.2
clause 8 is amended by inserting before “votes” in each place
where it occurs —
“ primary ”.
(2) After
Schedule 4.2 clause 8 the following clause is inserted —
“
8A. In clause 8 —
"primary vote" received by a person on his or her
election means —
(a) in
relation to an election in which there are only 2 candidates to fill one
office of councillor, a vote cast by an elector that indicates the person whom
the elector wishes to be elected; or
(b) in
any other case, a vote cast by an elector that indicates that the person ranks
highest in the order of the elector’s preference for the candidates.
”.
