The Electoral Pendulum is the most effective visual means of explaining electoral results.
The 1968 Federal Redistribution, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1969, pp. 125.
Australian General Elections, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, First Edition, February 1972; Second Edition, October 1972, pp. 284.
New South Wales Elections, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1973, pp. 209.
Elections 1975, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1975, pp. 314.
Elections 1980, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1980, pp. 355.
The Mackerras 1990 Federal Election Guide, AGPS, Canberra, 1989, pp. 177.
Australian Political Facts, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 234, (with Ian McAllister, Alvaro Ascui and Susan Moss).
The Mackerras 1993 Federal Election Guide, AGPS, Canberra, 1993, pp. 256.
The Mackerras 1996 Federal Election Guide, AGPS, Canberra, 1996, pp. 250.
Australian Political Facts: Second Edition, Macmillan, Melbourne, 1997, pp. 552, (with Ian McAllister and Carolyn Brown Boldiston).
Constitutional Politics: The Republic Referendum and the Future University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2002, pp. 280 (edited with John Warhurst).
The Australian Senate 1965–1967: Who Held Control?, APSA Monograph No. 9, Sydney, 1968, pp. 18.
DLP Preference Distribution 1958–1969, Occasional Monograph No. 3, Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Sydney, 1970, pp. 69.
A Supplement to ‘Australian General Elections’, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1973, pp. 34.
The State of Play, Reference Monographs I to VII, March 1970 to January 1974, (APSA).
Double Dissolution Election —May 18, 1974: Statistical Analysis, Department of Government, Faculty of Military Studies, University of New South Wales at Duntroon, Electoral Monograph No. 1, November 1974, pp. 51.
The State of Play, Reference Monograph VIII, July 1974 (APSA).
Double Dissolution Election—December 13, 1975: Statistical Analysis, Electoral Monograph No. 2, March 1976, pp. 38.
New South Wales Elections—November 17, 1973—May 1, 1976: Statistical Analysis, Electoral Monograph No. 3, July 1976, pp. 19.
Victorian Election—March 20, 1976: Statistical Analysis, Electoral Monograph No. 4, May 1977, pp. 72.
Australian General Election and Senate Election—December 10, 1977: Statistical Analysis, Electoral Monograph No. 5, February 1978, pp. 62.
The State of Play, Reference Monograph IX, March 1978 (APSA).
Victorian Elections, Electoral Monograph No. 6, May 1980, pp. 166.
Australian General Election and Senate Election—October 18, 1980: Statistical Analysis, Electoral Monograph No. 7, February 1981, pp. 42.
New South Wales Elections—October 7, 1978—September 19, 1981: Statistical Analysis, Electoral Monograph No. 8, May 1983, pp. 30.
Double Dissolution Election—March 5, 1983: Statistical Analysis, Electoral Monograph No. 9, November 1983, pp. 49.
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In Defence of the Present Australian Senate Electoral System, Public Policy Institute, Australian Catholic University, November 2013, pp. 13. Supplement, December 2013, pp. 2.
‘The Donkey Vote’, Australian Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 4, December 1968, pp. 89–92.
‘Preference Voting and the Donkey Vote’, Politics, Vol. V, No. 1, May 1970, pp. 69–76.
‘The New South Wales Election, February 1971’, Australian Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 2, June 1971, pp. 31–38.
‘Seats and Percentages’, Current Affairs Bulletin, Vol. 49, No. 5, October 1972, pp. 146–58.
‘City versus Country: Analysis of 1974 Election Results’, Politics, Vol. IX, No. 2, November 1974, pp. 195–199.
‘The Utility of Swing in the Analysis of General Elections in New Zealand’, Landfall, March 1975, pp. 56–68 (with Nigel S. Roberts).
‘Psephology Now’, Quadrant, Vol. XIX, No. 8, November 1975, pp. 66–69.
‘Uniform Swing: Analysis of the 1975 Election Results’ Politics, Vol. XI, No. 1, May 1976, pp. 41–46.
‘New South Wales Changes Government’, Politics, Vol. XII, No. 1, May 1977, pp. 158–162.
‘Do Women Candidates Lose Votes?’, Australian Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 3, September 1977, pp. 6–10.
‘No Change: Analysis of the 1977 Election’, Politics, Vol. XIII, No. 1, May 1978, pp. 131–138.
‘Two-Party Preferred Vote, Pendulums, Swing, Uniformity and Patterns of Electoral Behaviour’, Politics, Vol. XIII, No. 2, November 1978, pp. 334–344.
‘Considering the Kemp Thesis’, Quadrant, Vol. XXIII, Nos. 1–2 January-February 1979, pp. 57–60.
‘Do Women Candidates Lose Votes? Further Evidence’, Australian Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 4, Summer 1980, pp. 450–55.
‘Why Women Are Getting Elected’, Australian Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 4, Summer 1983, pp. 375–87.
‘The Early Dissolution of the House of Representatives’, Politics, Vol. 19, No. 1, May 1984, pp. 73–84.
‘A Better Electoral System for the ACT’, Policy, Autumn 1990, pp. 32–35.
‘A Revisionist Interpretation of the Impact of Queensland’s Electoral Scheme’, Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 25, No. 2, November 1990, pp. 339–349.
‘Rotation of Ballots: Minimizing the number of Rotations’, Electoral Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1, March 1993, pp. 77–82 (with Robert Darcy).
‘General Election, 13 March 1993: Statistical Analysis of the Results’, Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 29, Special Issue, 1994, pp. 158–184.
‘Reform of New Zealand’s Voting System, 1985-96’, Representation, Vol. 32, No. 2, 1994, pp. 36-40.
‘Designing Electoral Institutions: STV Systems and their Consequences’, Political Studies, Vol. 44, No. 1, March 1996, pp. 24-43 (with David Farrell and Ian McAllister).
‘Single Transferable Vote Systems in Australia’, Representation, Vol 34, No. 1, Winter 1996/7, pp. 62-69.
‘Preferential Voting in Australia, Malta and Ireland’, Griffith Law Review. Vol. 7, No. 2, 1998, pp. 225-48 (with William Maley).
‘Compulsory voting, party stability and electoral advantage in Australia’, Electoral Studies, Vol. 18, No. 2, June 1999, pp. 217-33 (with Ian McAllister).
‘Describing the results of the November 2007 Australian federal general election’, Australian Cultural History, Vol. 27, No. 2, October 2009, pp. 219-242.
‘Australian Capital Territory’, Australian Cultural History, Vol. 28, No.1, April 2010, pp.107-112.
‘Australia’, European Journal of Political Research: Political Data Yearbook 2009, Vol. 49, No.7-8, December 2010, pp. 868-79.
‘Australia’, European Journal of Political Research: Political Data Yearbook 2010, Vol. 50, No. 7-8, December 2011, pp. 888-900.
‘Australia’, European Journal of Political Research: Political Data Yearbook 2011, Vol. 51, No. 1, December 2012, pp. 24-35.
‘The Swing: Variability and Uniformity’, in Labor to Power, Henry Mayer (ed), Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1973, pp. 234–241.
‘The 1977 Election Results’, in The Pieces of Politics, Richard Lucy (ed), Macmillan, Melbourne, Second Edition, 1979, pp. 355–360.
‘No Change: Analysis of the 1977 Election’, in Australian Politics: A Fifth Reader, Mayer and Nelson (eds), Cheshire, Melbourne, 1980.
‘Election Results’, in Australia Votes: The 1987 Federal Election, Ian McAllister and John Warhurst (eds), Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 248–274.
‘Election Results’, in The Greening of Australian Politics: The 1990 Federal Election, Clive Bean, Ian McAllister and John Warhurst (eds), Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 181–206.
‘How Unfair is Queensland’s Electoral System?’ in Corruption and Reform: The Fitzgerald Vision, Scott Prasser, Rae Wear and John Nethercote (eds), University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1990, pp. 250–258.
‘Evaluation of the Electoral Reforms’, in Keeping Them Honest: Democratic Reform in Queensland, Andrew Hede, Scott Prasser and Mark Neylan (eds), University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1992, pp. 190–200.
‘The Case for the Hare-Clark Electoral System of Proportional Representation’, in The Australian Political System, D.W. Lovell, I. McAllister, W. Maley and C. Kukathas, Melbourne, Longman Cheshire, 1994, pp. 244-49.
‘The Operation and Significance of the Hare-Clark Electoral System’, in An Australian Democrat: The Life, Work and Consequences of Andrew Inglis Clark,, Marcus Haward and James Warden (eds), Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, University of Tasmania, 1995, pp. 163-80.
‘Elections and Party Performance’, in The Menzies Era; A Reappraisal of Government, Politics and Policy, Scott Prasser, J.R. Nethercote and John Warhurst (eds), Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1995, pp. 60-79.
‘Statistical analysis of the results’, in The Politics of Retribution: The 1996 Australian federal election, Clive Bean, Scott Bennett, Marian Simms and John Warhurst (eds), Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, 1997, pp. 207-227.
‘Thoughts on the 1949 Reform of the Senate’, Chapter Ten of Upholding the Australian Constitution, Vol 11, pp. 251-72. (This book is described as ‘Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference of the Samuel Griffith Society, Melbourne, July 1999’ and was published in 1999 by the Samuel Griffith Society, East Melbourne).
‘The Inner Metropolitan Republic’, Chapter Ten of Upholding the Australian Constitution, Vol 12, pp. 209-240 (This book is described as ‘Proceedings of the Twelfth Conference of the Samuel Griffith Society, Sydney, November 2000’ and was published in 2001 by the Samuel Griffith Society, East Melbourne).
‘Australian Capital Territory’, in Howard’s Agenda: The 1998 Australian Election, Marian Simms and John Warhurst (eds), University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2000, pp. 143-48.
‘The Pendulum Revisited’, in Howard’s Agenda: The 1998 Australian Election, Marian Simms and John Warhurst (eds), University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2000, pp. 212-31.
‘Australian Capital Territory’ in 2001: The Centenary Election, John Warhurst and Marian Simms (eds), University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2002, pp. 223-8.
‘Results’ in 2001: The Centenary Election, John Warhurst and Marian Simms (eds), University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2002, pp. 287-315.
‘Australian Capital Territory’ in Mortgage Nation: The 2004 Australian Election, Marian Simms and John Warhurst (eds), API Network, Perth, 2005, pp. 235-239.
‘The Pendulum’ in Mortgage Nation: The 2004 Australian Election, Marian Simms and John Warhurst (eds), API Network, Perth, 2005, pp. 289-317.
‘Sir Eric Archibald Willis’ in The Premiers of New South Wales, Volume 2, 1901-2005, The Federation Press, Sydney, 2006, pp.386-399.
‘Monarchism’ in The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (eds), Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, 2007, pp.345-47.
‘Pendulum’ in The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (eds), Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, 2007, pp.396-99.
‘Australian Capital Territory’ in Julia 2010: The Caretaker Election, Marian Simms and John Wanna (eds), ANU E Press, Canberra, 2012, pp. 211-215.
‘The Results and the Pendulum’ in Julia 2010: The Caretaker Election, Marian Simms and John Wanna (eds), ANU E Press, Canberra, 2012, pp.315-340.
‘Victories, Defeats and Electoral Politics’ in The Whitlam Legacy, Troy Bramston (ed), The Federation Press, Sydney, 2013, pp. 64-82.
‘How Many Times do we need to say Sorry?’ in The Forgotten People: Liberal and Conservative Approaches to Recognising Indigenous Peoples, Damien Freeman and Shireen Morris (eds), Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 2016, pp 126-39.
Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform of the Commonwealth Parliament, July 1983, pp. 24.
Submission to the High Court in Court of Disputed Returns Registry (No. C3 of 1988 Questions pursuant to section 377 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 re Senator Robert Wood), pp. 11.
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters of the Commonwealth Parliament, August 1989, pp. 29. (This was in relation to the ACT electoral system).
Submission to the Joint Select Committee (of the New South Wales Parliament) on Fixed Term Parliaments, December 1991, pp. 7.
Report regarding the Hammond Case before the South Australian Court of Disputed Returns, May 2002, pp. 16. [The technical title of the case is Number 481 of 2002 between Barry James Featherston, Petitioner, and Steven Hunter Tully, Respondent. The judgment was handed down in October 2002 with the title Featherston v. Tully (No 2) ].
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters of the Commonwealth Parliament, December 2013, pp. 10. (This was in relation to proposed reform of the electoral system for the Australian Senate.)
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters of the Victorian Parliament, June 2015, pp. 7. (This was a proposal to reform the electoral system for the Victorian Legislative Council.)
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters of the Commonwealth Parliament, February 2016, pp.47 (This was in relation to the proposed reform of the electoral system for the Australian Senate. It was recorded on the JSCEM website as Submission Number 106.)
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters of the Commonwealth Parliament, February 2017, pp. 49. (This was in relation to the fact that the proposed reform, mentioned above, in fact became the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Act 2016 and applied at Australia’s 8th Senate general election for which polling day was 2 July 2016. This was recorded on the JSCEM website as Submission Number 139.)
Papers delivered at conferences include:
‘The 1986 Report of the New Zealand Royal Commission on the Electoral System’, ANZAAS Centenary Congress, Sydney, May 1988.
‘Fair Elections and Stable Government: Two Australian Cases Considered’, Australasian Political Studies Association Anniversary Conference 1959–89, Sydney, September 1989.
‘Electoral Systems in Australia’, Canadian Political Science Association, Annual General Meeting, Kingston, Ontario, June 1991.
‘Compulsory Voting, Party Stability and Electoral Bias in Australia’, American Political Science Association Annual General Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 1996. (This was a joint paper with Ian McAllister.)
‘The Operation and Significance of the Hare-Clark Electoral System’, delivered at A Tasmanian Democrat: The Life and Legacy of Andrew Inglis Clark, University of Tasmania, Hobart, September 1991. (This was later re-written as a chapter in the book edited by Marcus Haward and James Warden.)
‘Three October 1996 Week-end Elections’, Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 1997, Flinders University of South Australia, October 1997. (This was a joint paper with Ross Smiley.)
‘Prospects for Electoral Reform in New Zealand’, Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 1998, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, September 1998.
‘Federalism and the Crisis in Election Administration in the United States’, Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association Twentieth Biennial Conference, Geelong, Victoria, July 2002.
‘The Australian “Instant Runoff” Voting System’, American Political Science Association 98th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2002.
‘Howard’s Strategy for Senate Control’, Conference at the Australian National University, Canberra, on ‘John Howard’s Decade’, March 2006.
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