Commonwealth of Australia Constitution
Qualifications of members.
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Provision
- 34
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceUntil the Parliament otherwise provides, the qualifications of a member of the House of Representatives shall be as follows:— (i.) He must be of the full age of twenty-one years, and must be an elector entitled to vote at the election of members of the House of Representatives, or a person qualified to become such elector, and must have been for three years at the least a resident within the limits of the Commonwealth as existing at the time when he is chosen: (ii.) He must be a subject of the Queen, either natural-born or for at least five years naturalized under a law of the United Kingdom, or of a Colony which has become or becomes a State, or of the Commonwealth, or of a State.
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Commonwealth of Australia Constitution · legislation.gov.au · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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