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The concept of an 'electoral division" has been adopted as a means of providing for the electors from each of
the nominated representative organizations within the commercial and industrial constituencies to return their own representative, rather
to elect jointly, two representatives which could result in both coming from organization. It is also designed, 28 io the case of the labour constituency, to enable the result of an election to be determined on the basis of absolute majority, a procedure about which I shall be saying more in a few moments.
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The concept of A "substantial connexion" has been introduced to help achieve one of the main purposes of having functional constituencies, namely, that candidates for election to the Legislative Council are properly qualified, that is to say, competent by virtue of their own personal experience, to represent the interests of the particular constituencies in which they stand but with the ultimate purpose, of course of serving the interests of the community as a whole.
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Part II of the Bill sets out the general provisions relating to the holding of elections and the establishment of constituencies. It provides for the first elections to be held in 1985 and in every third year thereafter, or otherwise within three months of a dissolution of the Legislative Council; for the actual establishment of electoral college and functional
constituencies and the number of seats; for the tenure of
office of members; for the circumstances in which an elected member's seat shall become vacant; and for the declaration of
casual vacancies and the holding of elections
vacancies. In Part
Part II it
II it is also provided that an elected member who fails to attend sittings of the Legislative Council for a period of three consecutive months shall cease
shall cease to hold office unless his absence has been excused by the Governor.
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