Casual vacancies are handled in different ways, depending on the house concerned.

Half the Senators retired as their terms expired, and there was one casual vacancy.

Robert Brown was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 3 May.

Questions on Senate casual vacancies, referendums and retirement of judges are passed.

Convention dictated that Senate casual vacancies were filled by persons from the same political party.

This page is about casual vacancies in the Australian Parliament.

The Commons has the right to fill casual vacancies by calling a by-election.

Casual vacancies have the effect of eliminating or reducing representation for the member's constituency.

It was the first casual vacancy to occur since the reform of the Legislative Council in 2006.

On the same day as the vote on the casual vacancies amendment, three other questions were also put to the electorate.

Casual vacancies are filled re-examining the ballot papers data from the previous election.

We assert our right to follow the same procedure should there be a casual vacancy from the Commission during its five-year mandate.

Ian West was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 1 November 2000.

It has the power to remove Officers, overturn its decisions, direct actions, and fill casual vacancies.

Further details are at Casual vacancies in the Australian Parliament.

Terry Cameron was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 13 September 1994.

Trevor Griffin was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 7 March 1978.

The phrase "casual vacancy" is not commonly used in the U.S.

Elections were no longer to be required to fill casual vacancies occurring in the membership of local councils and boards.

Ron Roberts was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 14 February 1989.

The casual vacancy caused by his resignation was filled by Chris Back.

One of the amendments requires that a senator appointed to fill a casual vacancy be from the same party as the former senator.

The casual vacancies amendment came about as part of the political fallout from the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975.

The casual vacancy created by his death was filled by Margaret Reid.

Bernice Pfitzner was appointed to the casual vacancy on 23 October 1990.