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Prior to 1978,the members were elected by a joint sitting of the LA and LC rather than the LA alone

[edit] Correction of important error

The following information is incorrect:

In 1836, it was radically reformed, with the number of members increased to 54, with two-thirds of them being elected.

It appears to have been the result of a misinterpretation of the timeline on the Legislative Council history page [1], which is missing the date (1850) following the 1836 entry, and preceding the text "Australian Colonies Government Act passed, Council becomes 54 Members, 2/3rds elected". The aforementioned Act was passed in 1850, not 1836, and as such the figures given for the size of the Council are incorrect at that time. I have corrected the relevant section so that it contains accurate information, and will contact the administrator of the Legislative Council website with regards to correcting the oversight on their own web page also.

Penguin75 10:03, 22 December 2006 (UTC)