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  Appendix A: Petitions
    1973-2009
   
 
 
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  House 
  %
  Number of                               Ministerial        Ministerial 
  Year             Petitions        Signatures       responses        responses 
   | 
  
     
  Senate 
    
  Number of petitions 
   | 
 
 
  | 
   1973                1677 
   | 
  
   119 
   | 
 
 
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   1974                 883 
   | 
  
   477 
   | 
 
 
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   1975                2043 
   | 
  
   677 
   | 
 
 
  | 
   1976                1987 
   | 
  
   558 
   | 
 
 
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   1977                1420 
   | 
  
   470 
   | 
 
 
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   1978                1340 
   | 
  
   578 
   | 
 
 
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   1979                2366 
   | 
  
   742 
   | 
 
 
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   1980                1923 
   | 
  
   701 
   | 
 
 
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   1981                2900 
   | 
  
   669 
   | 
 
 
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   1982                2094 
   | 
  
   1014 
   | 
 
 
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   1983                1885 
   | 
  
   860 
   | 
 
 
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   1984                2315 
   | 
  
   870 
   | 
 
 
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   1985                2955 
   | 
  
   1093 
   | 
 
 
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   1986                5528 
   | 
  
   1262 
   | 
 
 
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   1987                3622 
   | 
  
   1291 
   | 
 
 
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   1988                1289 
   | 
  
   780 
   | 
 
 
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   1989                1690 
   | 
  
   882 
   | 
 
 
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   1990                 564 
   | 
  
   404 
   | 
 
 
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   1991                 824 
   | 
  
   779 
   | 
 
 
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   1992                 843               365155                 3                  0.4% 
   | 
  
   607 
   | 
 
 
  | 
   1993                 547               734785                 0                  0.0% 
   | 
  
   539 
   | 
 
 
  | 
   1994                 540               360462                 0                  0.0% 
   | 
  
   464 
   | 
 
 
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   1995                 431               456923                 3                  0.7% 
   | 
  
   589 
   | 
 
 
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   1996                 430               283163                 5                  1.2% 
   | 
  
   464 
   | 
 
 
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   1997                 633               322085                 1                  0.2% 
   | 
  
   476 
   | 
 
 
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   1998                 336               251466                 0                  0.0% 
   | 
  
   218 
   | 
 
 
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   1999                 232               139741                 0                  0.0% 
   | 
  
   194 
   | 
 
 
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   2000                 289              1411278                0                  0.0% 
   | 
  
   102 
   | 
 
 
 
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  House 
  %
  Number of                               Ministerial        Ministerial 
  Year             Petitions        Signatures       responses        responses 
   | 
  
     
  Senate 
    
  Number of petitions 
   | 
 
 
  | 
   2001                 250               168226                 0                  0.0% 
   | 
  
   103 
   | 
 
 
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   2002                 319               362599                 0                  0.0% 
   | 
  
   99 
   | 
 
 
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   2003                 369               381083                 1                  0.3% 
   | 
  
   129 
   | 
 
 
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   2004                 471               214315                 0                  0.0% 
   | 
  
   180 
   | 
 
 
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   2005                 235               230190                 1                  0.4% 
   | 
  
   86 
   | 
 
 
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   2006                 276               250091                 0                  0.0% 
   | 
  
   161 
   | 
 
 
  | 
   2007                 250               118596                 1                  0.4% 
   | 
  
   77 
   | 
 
 
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   2008                 109                96769                 56                51.4% 
   | 
  
   53 
   | 
 
 
  | 
   2009                 120               259477                87                72.5% 
   | 
  
   41 
   | 
 
 
Source          Chamber
Research Office, Department of the House of Representatives,
29 October 2009
 
                
                
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