SCHEDULE (4) OF TASMANIAN ELECTORAL ACT, 1907
In this Schedule, unless the contrary intention appears—
"Returning Officer" means the Returning Officer for the District:
"Quota" means the number of votes sufficient to elect a candidate:
"Surplus" means the number of votes which a candidate has obtained, at any stage of the scrutiny, over and above the quota:
"First choice recorded for a candidate" means a voting-paper on which the number 1 is placed in the square opposite the name:
"Second choice recorded for a candidate" means a voting paper on which the number 2 is placed in the square opposite his name:
"Transfer value" means that portion of a vote which is unused by—
(a) an elected candidate who has obtained a surplus,
(b) a candidate excluded on account of his being lowest on the poll, and which is therefore transferred to the candidate next in the order of the voter's preference. The transfer value of all votes is either 1 or some fraction of 1.