Talk:Bjelkemander

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I've quickly written this article, which essentially is a summary of the chapter in Hugh Lunn's 1978 biography of Joh Bjelke-Petersen, along with some additional material I've snarfed up from the Web. I'm not going to pretend that it's terribly complete, but it is intended to show that the Bjelkemander was actually a more democratic refinement of the 1949 Labor malapportionment, using the figures given by Lunn.

There is certainly great scope for pulling in figures from more official sources.

This is my first article for Wikipedia, written in haste, and I shall refine and revise it as I get time. Skyring 23:42, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

And a good job first up although suggesting the Bjelkemander is an improvement in terms of democratic refinement is like saying Stalin was more democratic than Hitler since he held elections. There probably should be more on the late 70s early 80s as Joh kept reshaping boundaries so the Nationals could rule alone. Also there could be more details on how it all worked. Joh also gerrymandered on occasion. Also some stuff on how boundaries were changed. Yeah a lot I know and given some time I'll make some additions myself!! 20:26 1 Nov 06 (Tigerman2005)