The Secretary, Department of Home Affairs asks to be advised whether a person otherwise qualified, within the meaning of sections 16, 34, 43 and 44 of the Commonwealth Constitution Act, to be elected as a senator or a member of the House

of Representatives, is capable of being chosen or of sitting in either capacity on behalf of a State, or Division thereof, of the Commonwealth other than that in which he resides and for which he is enrolled.

Yes. A person qualified to be elected as a member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives is so qualified for every State and for every Division. See Constitution, sections 16, 34; Quick & Garran, p. 477.

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