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Electoral district of Lyndhurst The Electoral district of Lyndhurst is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and is located in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Included within its boundaries are Bangholme and Lyndhurst and parts of other surrounding suburbs, such as Noble Park and Springvale.
Electoral district of Mackay The division of Mackay is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in Central Queensland, Australia, encompassing the inner suburbs of the city of Mackay. Outer suburbs of the city are included in the neighbouring electorates of Mirani and Whitsunday.
Electoral district of MacKillop MacKillop is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after Mary MacKillop, the only Australian Roman Catholic nun to be beatified, who served the local area, it is a 24,358.
Electoral district of Maroubra Maroubra is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Michael Daley of the Australian Labor Party, who won the division at a by-election in 2005 prompted by the resgination of fromer Premier Bob Carr.
Electoral district of Mawson The Electoral district of Mawson is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the outer southern suburbs of Woodcroft, Hackham, Hackham West, Huntfield Heights and Noarlunga Downs, as well as the regional shopping centre at Noarlunga as well as the southern wine region around McLaren Vale and Willunga.
Electoral district of Melbourne The Electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around the suburbs of Carlton, North Carlton, East Melbourne, West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Parkville, Newmarket, Kensington and Flemington, and also includes the Melbourne city centre and Melbourne University.
Electoral district of Mildura Mildura is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 27,162 km² rural electorate in the far-north-west of the state, encompassing the regional towns of Hopetoun, Mildura, Ouyen, Red Cliffs and Robinvale.
Electoral district of Moggill The electoral district of Moggill is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. The electorate is currently held by the leader of the Queensland state Liberal Party, Dr.
Electoral district of Mordialloc The Electoral district of Mordialloc is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly including the suburbs of Braeside, Dingley Village, Mordialloc and Parkdale; and parts of Cheltenham, Heatherton, Highett, Mentone and Springvale South. The current member is Janice Munt.
Electoral district of Morwell The Electoral district of Morwell is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the regional centres of Morwell and Traralgon as well as the surround rural areas in the middle of Gippsland.
Electoral district of Mount Waverley The Electoral District of Mount Waverley is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and contains the suburbs of Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley and Syndal.
Electoral district of Narre Warren North The Electoral district of Narre Warren North is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and includes the suburbs of Narre Warren, Harkaway, Narre Warren North, Endeavour Hills, Berwick, Hallam and Lysterfield South.
Electoral district of Nepean The Electoral district of Nepean is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the southern most part of the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Point Nepean which is contained within the electorate.
Electoral district of Nicklin The division of Nicklin is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, and stretches north to Yandina, south to Eudlo and west to Kenilworth
Electoral district of Noosa The division of Noosa is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on the shire of Noosa and stretches north to the southern border of Gympie, south to Peregian Springs and west to Eumundi.
Electoral district of North Toowoomba The Electoral District of North Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1950 redistribution and removed by the 1960 redistribution.
Electoral district of Oakleigh The Electoral district of Oakleigh is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the suburbs of Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Hughesdale, Oakleigh East, Oakleigh and parts of Chadstone, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Glenhuntly and Ormond.
Electoral district of Oatley Oatley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created at the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts largely the abolished district of Georges River. It will be contested for the first time in the 2007 general election.
Electoral district of Parramatta Parramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Tanya Gadiel of the Australian Labor Party, and is not to be confused with the federal Division of Parramatta, held by Labor MP Julie Owens.
Electoral district of Polwarth The Electoral district of Polwarth is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers much of the rural territory west of Geelong and includes the towns of Anglesea, Lorne, Lismore and Colac.
Electoral district of Prahran Prahran is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 12km² electorate in the inner south-east of Melbourne, taking in the suburbs of South Yarra, Prahran and Windsor, as well as parts of Balaclava, St Kilda, St Kilda East and Toorak.
Electoral district of Ramsay Ramsay is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Alexander Ramsay (1914-1978), who was General Manager of the South Australian Housing Trust for 25 years and devoted to the improvement of South Australian life.
Electoral district of Reynell Reynell is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after John Reynell, a leading force in the founding of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia and noted 19th century grape farmer and vineyard owner in the area.
Electoral district of Seymour The Electoral district of Seymour is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers rural territory just north of Melbourne, including the towns of Alexandra, Healesville, Healesville, Seymour and Yea.
Electoral district of Shellharbour Shellharbour is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The seat was created at the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts and takes in the majority of voters from the abolished Illawarra, as well as territory that previously belonged to Wollongong and Kiama.
Electoral district of South Barwon South Barwon is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. Located in a mixed urban and rural area south of the Barwon River, it covers an area of 621km², including the Geelong suburbs of Belmont and Grovedale, Waurn Ponds and part of Highton, the coastal centres of Torquay and Barwon Heads, and the rural towns of Barrabool, Bellbrae, Connewarre, Gnarwarre, Modewarre, Moriac and Mount Moriac.
Electoral district of South-West Coast The Electoral district of South-West Coast is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created prior to the 2002 election in order to replace the abolished seats of Portland and Warrnambool.
Electoral district of Stuart Stuart is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the northeast part of the state extending from just north of the Barossa Valley all the way to the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales borders, and extending west to include Port Augusta.
Electoral district of Sydney Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created at the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts largely replacing the abolished district of Bligh. It will be contested for the first time in the 2007 general election.
Electoral district of Tarneit The Electoral district of Tarneit is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created before the 2002 election where it replaced the seat of Werribee but it was really only a renaming of the Werribee district.
Electoral district of Taylor Taylor is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Doris Irene Taylor MBE, a leading force in the founding of Meals on Wheels, and Australian Labor Party activist.
Electoral district of Toowoomba The Electoral District of Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in 1912 when the old seat of Drayton & Toowoomba split into Toowoomba, East Toowoomba and Drayton.
Electoral district of Toowoomba East The Electoral District of Toowoomba East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution.
Electoral district of Toowoomba West The Electoral District of Toowoomba West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution.
Electoral district of Torrens Torrens is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Located along the River Torrens, and named after Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th century Premier of South Australia, and also the founder of the "Torrens title" land registration system.
Electoral district of Townsville The electoral district of Townsville is an electorate in the Legislative Assembly of the state of Queensland, Australia. The seat is one of four within the Townsville-Thuringowa urban centre in North Queensland, it covers Eastern and Northern suburbs of the City of Townsville as well as Magnetic Island and Palm Island.
Electoral district of Victoria Park The electoral district of Victoria Park in Perth, Western Australia includes the suburbs of Burswood, Victoria Park, East Victoria Park, Lathlain, Carlisle, St James, Bentley, Wilson, Cannington and Queens Park. It covers 31 km^2.
Electoral district of Waite Waite is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after Peter Waite, a 19th entrepreneur and philantropist in the current area of the electorate, it is a 30.
Electoral district of Warrandyte The Electoral district of Warrandyte is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is an outer metropolitan electorate and contains Warrandyte, Warranwood as well as parts of Croydon and Ringwood.
Electoral district of Wentworthville Wentworthville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The elctorate covers 21,589 km², taking in suburbs from several local government areas including Girraween, Greystanes, Northmead, Pendle Hill, Toongabbie, Winston Hills, Wentworthville and part of Prospect.
Electoral district of Williamstown Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 33 km² urban electorate in the inner south-western suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Brooklyn, Newport, Spotswood and Williamstown.
Electoral district of Wollondilly Wollondilly is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created at the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts. It will be contested for the first time in the 2007 general election.
Electoral district of Yan Yean The Electoral district of Yan Yean is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located on the fringes of Melbourne's northern suburbs and contains the towns of Hurstbridge, Plenty, Whittlesea and Yan Yean.
Electoral district of Yuroke The Electoral district of Yuroke is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is situated in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne, starting from and including Melbourne Airport and heading north beyond the metropolitan boundary.
Electoral division of Araluen Araluen is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1983 with the enlargement of the Assembly and the abolishment of the Alice Springs electorate.
Electoral division of Arnhem Arnhem is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1974, and takes its name from Arnhem Land, the region encompassing much of the northern part of the Territory.
Electoral division of Blain Blain is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1997, and is named after Adair Blain, the second member for the federal Northern Territory electorate, and the only Australian sitting MP to ever become a prisoner of war.
Electoral division of Braitling Braitling is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 1983, when the Electoral division of Alice Springs was abolished as part of an enlargement of the Assembly.
Electoral division of Brennan Brennan is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, and derives its name from Harold "Tiger" Brennan, a former member of the Legislative Council and Mayor of Darwin.
Electoral division of Fannie Bay Fannie Bay is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It is located in the inner northern suburbs of Darwin, with its current boundaries including the suburbs of Fannie Bay (from which it derives its name), Parap, East Point, The Narrows, The Gardens and parts of Stuart Park.
Electoral division of Goyder Goyder is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, and is named after George Goyder, the South Australian surveyor responsible for carrying out the first freehold surveys in the area.
Electoral division of Greatorex Greatorex is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1987, replacing the abolished Sadadeen electorate, and is named after Tony Greatorex, the last President of the Legislative Council.
Electoral division of Johnston Johnston is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 2001, replacing the abolished Jingili electorate, and is named after Commodore Eric Johnston, a former Administrator of the Northern Territory.
Electoral division of Nelson (Northern Territory) Nelson is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, and was named after Harold Nelson, the first member for the federal Northern Territory electorate.
Electoral division of Pembroke The Electoral Division of Pembroke is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council or upper house. It is located on Hobart's Eastern Shore (east side of the Derwent River) and includes a number of suburbs; Risdon Vale, Geilston Bay, Rose Bay, Lindisfarne, Warrane, Mornington, Bellerive, Howrah and Tranmere.
Electoral division of Rumney The Electoral division of Rumney is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house). The division is located in Southern Tasmania to the east of the division of Pembroke.
Electoral division of Sanderson Sanderson is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1974, and derives its name from the name initially given to the area in 1879, before its division into suburbs.
Electoral division of Wanguri Wanguri is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1983, and deriving its name from the suburb of the same name, and replacing the abolished electorate of Leanyer.
Electoral division of Wellington The Electoral division of Wellington is one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates or seats. It covers Hobart suburbs of Battery Point, New Town, West Hobart, Moonah, Mt Stuart, Lutana and Lenah Valley.
Electoral divisions of the Northern Territory The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is made up of 25 single-member electoral divisions. These currently consist of approximately 4500 people, and are the smallest such electorates in Australia, due to the Territory's small population.
Electoral fraud Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an election. Acts of fraud tend to involve affecting vote counts to bring about a desired election outcome, whether by increasing the vote share of the favored candidate, depressing the vote share of the rival candidates, or both.
Electoral fusion Electoral fusion is an arrangement where two or more political parties support a common candidate, pooling the votes for all those parties. By holding out on endorsing a major party's candidate, minor parties can influence the candidate's platform.
Electoral Front United People The Electoral Front United People (Portuguese: Frente Eleitoral Povo Unido or FEPU), was an electoral front of the Portuguese Communist Party, the Portuguese Democratic Movement/Electoral Democratic Commissions and the People's Socialist Front formed in order to participate in the Portuguese local election of 1976. The FEPU got 737,586 votes (17.
Electoral power Electoral power is the power held by the electorate to decide the results of the elections as opposed to the power of the electorate to decide on policy. Thus the term refers to the voting in elections, not in direct democracy voting i.
Electoral reform Electoral reform projects seek to change the way that public desires are reflected in elections through electoral systems. Reform projects can include measures designed to reform political parties (typically changes to election laws); to redefine citizen eligibility to vote; to change the way candidates or political parties gain ballot access; to alter the methods for defining electoral constituencies and election district borders; to design or implement new ballot systems or new voting equipment; to tighten scrutineering (by the parties or other observers); to ensure safety of citizens voting; to limit the influence of bribes, coercion, and conflicts of interest; to regulate financing to candidates; to encourage participation and to provide alternative vote-counting procedures altering the rules by which the winners of legislature and executive offices are determined, e.
Electoral register The Electoral Register (or Electoral Roll) is a listing of all those registered to vote in a particular area. The register facilitates the process of voting, helps to prevent fraud and is used to select people for jury duty.
Electoral results of the Portuguese Communist Party This is a table of the electoral results of the Portuguese Communist Party. Despite the Party had been founded in 1921, the party experienced little time as a legal party, being forced into clandestinity after a military coup in 1926.
Electoral Reform Society The Electoral Reform Society is a pressure group based in the UK which promotes electoral reform. It was founded in January 1884 as the Proportional Representation Society by John Lubbock, the name was changed to Electoral Reform Society in 1958.
Electoral software Electoral software is, simply put, software which is used in connection with elections; it can be for the purpose of winning elections, as is polling day or GOTV software like EARS. It can be for the purpose of predicting elections, as in UK Elect, or for counting Proportional Representation elections.
Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories The legislatures of the Australian states and territories all follow the Westminster model described in the Australian electoral system. When the Australian colonies were granted responsible government in the nineteenth century, their constitutions provided for lower houses (Legislative Assemblies) elected by the people from single-member constituencies, with all adult males able to vote.
Electoral vote changes between presidential elections This article reconciles the electoral votes of the winning party of each presidential election and the immediate preceding election, tracking those states that changed their support between parties as well as changes due to other factors (such as reapportionment). Category:United States presidential elections
Electoralism Electoralism is a term first used by Terry Karl, professor of political science at Stanford University, to describe a "half-way" transition from authoritarian rule toward democratic rule. As a topic in the dominant party system political science literature, electoralism describe a situation where the transition out of hard-authoritarian rule is initiated and managed by the incumbent regime.
Electorate of Saxony The Electorate of Saxony () was an independent hereditary electorate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. It was the succesor state of the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg and was itself replaced by the Kingdom of Saxony.
Electorates in Australia Electorates in Australia are geographically-defined areas represented by a single elected Member of Parliament. Known officially as divisions at the federal level and electoral districts at the state and territory level, "electorates" are also commonly referred to as seats or constituencies.
Electra (star) Electra is one of the nine brightest stars in the Pleiades star cluster, in the constellation of Taurus. The most visible stars in this group are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Asterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Celaeno and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.
Electra (Sophocles) Electra or Elektra is a Greek tragic play by Sophocles. We do not know its date, but various stylistic similarities with the Philoctetes (409 BC) and the Oedipus at Colonus (401 BC) lead scholars to suppose that it was written towards the end of Sophocles' career.
Electra Bicycle Company Electra is a Carlsbad, California-based bicycle manufacturer, founded in 1993 by Benno Baenziger and Jeano Erforth. The company builds a wide range of modern cruiser bicycles and helped bring the cruiser bike back into popular use.
Electra Building, Vancouver The Electra Building in Vancouver British Columbia was originally built for the BC Hydro corporation (then known as BC Electric) in 1957. At 89 m (293 ft), promoters called it the tallest building in the Commonwealth, though this claim was untrue.
Electra complex The Electra complex is an ambiguous psychiatric concept which attempts to explain the maturation of the human female. Freud's research on female psychology, sexuality in particular, was limited by social conventions of gender and class; women were considered the 'second-sex' and many of his female patients were labeled 'degenerates.
Electra Glide in Blue Electra Glide in Blue is a 1973 film starring Robert Blake as a motorcycle cop in Arizona and Billy Green Bush as his partner. The movie was filmed in Monument Valley, and was produced and directed by James William Guercio (who is best known as the producer of Chicago's first eleven albums).
Electra, Texas Electra ("Pump Jack Capital of Texas"Official Capital Designations, The Texas State Library and Archives) is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Electracy Electracy describes the kind of “literacy” or skill and facility necessary to exploit the full communicative potential of new electronic media such as multimedia, hypermedia, social software, and virtual worlds. According to theorist Gregory Ulmer, electracy “is to digital media what literacy is to print.
Electrafixion Electrafixion were an alternative rock band formed by former Echo and the Bunnymen members Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant in 1994. Featuring more of a 'rock' sound than their previous band, they released one album ('Burned') and four singles/ep's before splitting in 1996, due to the reformation of the Bunnymen.
Electrasoft ElectraSoft is a software house founded in 1993 by Jon Krahmer. ElectraSoft got its start by releasing one of the first Windows fax programs, Faxmail for windows in 1993 and later FaxMail Network for Windows in 1997.
Electrasy Electrasy are a British rock band formed in 1994. The band consisted of vocalist Ali McKinnell, guitarists Nigel Nisbet and Steve Atkins, bassist Alex Meadows, drummer Paul Pridmore and keyboardist Jim Hayden (who left in 2001).
Electrathon An electrathon is a three or four wheeled electric vehicle, somewhat similar in overall appearance to a Go-Kart, but powered by an electric motor which runs off batteries. Electrathons are raced under rules which specify matters such as length and width of the vehicles (12 feet long and 4 feet wide maximum) and total weight of batteries (64 pounds for lead-acid batteries, a few more for gel cell battereis), with the weight of the drivers being ballasted to 180 pounds..
Electret Electret (formed of elektr- from "electricity" and -et from "magnet") is a dielectric material that has a quasi-permanent electric charge or dipole polarisation. An electret generates internal and external electric fields, and is the electrostatic equivalent of a permanent magnet.
Electribal Memories Electribal Memories is the first and only album by electronic music group, Electribe 101. It was originally released in 1990, and re-released in 1998 to include three remixes of "Talking With Myself" which had gained popularity that year.
Electribe Electribe is the name given to a group of electronic musical instruments by Korg that essentially resemble the Roland TR-808 and TR-909 in appearance and in function. From its beginnings with the Electribe R to the ESX-1, this series includes both analogue modeling synthesizers and sampling drum machines that can be programmed the same as a drum machine.
Electric acoustic guitar An electric acoustic guitar is by design an acoustic guitar fitted with pickups. Contrast this to hollow body electric guitars, which are conceptually an electric guitar but with the addition of sound chambers within the body of the guitar.
Electric arc An electric arc is an electrical breakdown of a gas which produces an ongoing plasma discharge, similar to the instant spark, resulting from a current flowing through normally nonconductive media such as air. An archaic term is voltaic arc as used in the phrase "voltaic arc lamp".
Electric arc furnace An electric arc furnace is a system that heats charged material by means of an electric arc. Arc furnaces range in size from small units of approximately one ton capacity used in foundries for producing cast iron products, up to about 400 ton units used for secondary steelmaking (arc furnaces used in research laboratories and by dentists may have a capacity of only a few dozen grams).
Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo is mockumentary film by Primus lead-man Les Claypool, featuring himself as well as others using pseudonyms. The band Electric Apricot played occasional shows in 2004 and 2005, unannounced, in the California area for footage.
Electric Avenue Electric Avenue in Brixton, London, gets its name from being the first electrified shopping area in London. The street was built in the 1880s and now hosts Brixton Market, selling a mix of Caribbean, English, Portuguese and Chinese products.
Electric bicycle laws Different jurisdictions have varying laws that affect electric bicycles. Motorized bicycles have been around for many years and are considereded mopeds in most jurisdictions - particularly if they are powered by a gasoline motor.
Electric blues The electric blues is a type of blues music distinguished by the amplification of the guitar, the bass guitar , and/or the harmonica. Electric blues is performed in several regional subgenres, such as Chicago blues, Texas blues and Memphis blues.
Electric boogaloo Electric boogaloo is a style of funk dance and street dance closely related to popping. It became the signature style of the dance group started in 1977 called the Electric Boogaloos, a group that popularized popping and many of its related styles.
Electric Barbarella "Electric Barbarella" is the 29th single by Duran Duran, and the first official single from the album Medazzaland. In 1997, the single and album were released only in the United States; "Electric Barbarella" was not issued as a single in the UK until the 1998 release of the compilation Greatest.
Electric Boogaloos The Electric Boogaloos is a funk dance and street dance group focusing on a style called the electric boogaloo, a variant of popping. They are the reincarnation of a group called the Electronic Boogaloo Lockers that was founded in 1977 by Boogaloo Sam and Nate "Slide" Johnson in Fresno, California, after being inspired by one of the pioneer locking groups known as The Lockers.
Electric Brae The Electric Brae is a stretch of road in Ayrshire, Scotland where cars appear to be drawn uphill by some mysterious attraction. The Lowland Scots word brae means a hill-slope or brow (with which it is cognate), and the "electric" name was given when electricity was a new technology associated with strange forces.
Electoral district of Mackay The division of Mackay is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in Central Queensland, Australia, encompassing the inner suburbs of the city of Mackay. Outer suburbs of the city are included in the neighbouring electorates of Mirani and Whitsunday.
Electoral district of MacKillop MacKillop is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after Mary MacKillop, the only Australian Roman Catholic nun to be beatified, who served the local area, it is a 24,358.
Electoral district of Maroubra Maroubra is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Michael Daley of the Australian Labor Party, who won the division at a by-election in 2005 prompted by the resgination of fromer Premier Bob Carr.
Electoral district of Mawson The Electoral district of Mawson is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the outer southern suburbs of Woodcroft, Hackham, Hackham West, Huntfield Heights and Noarlunga Downs, as well as the regional shopping centre at Noarlunga as well as the southern wine region around McLaren Vale and Willunga.
Electoral district of Melbourne The Electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around the suburbs of Carlton, North Carlton, East Melbourne, West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Parkville, Newmarket, Kensington and Flemington, and also includes the Melbourne city centre and Melbourne University.
Electoral district of Mildura Mildura is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 27,162 km² rural electorate in the far-north-west of the state, encompassing the regional towns of Hopetoun, Mildura, Ouyen, Red Cliffs and Robinvale.
Electoral district of Moggill The electoral district of Moggill is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. The electorate is currently held by the leader of the Queensland state Liberal Party, Dr.
Electoral district of Mordialloc The Electoral district of Mordialloc is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly including the suburbs of Braeside, Dingley Village, Mordialloc and Parkdale; and parts of Cheltenham, Heatherton, Highett, Mentone and Springvale South. The current member is Janice Munt.
Electoral district of Morwell The Electoral district of Morwell is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the regional centres of Morwell and Traralgon as well as the surround rural areas in the middle of Gippsland.
Electoral district of Mount Waverley The Electoral District of Mount Waverley is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and contains the suburbs of Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley and Syndal.
Electoral district of Narre Warren North The Electoral district of Narre Warren North is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and includes the suburbs of Narre Warren, Harkaway, Narre Warren North, Endeavour Hills, Berwick, Hallam and Lysterfield South.
Electoral district of Nepean The Electoral district of Nepean is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the southern most part of the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Point Nepean which is contained within the electorate.
Electoral district of Nicklin The division of Nicklin is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, and stretches north to Yandina, south to Eudlo and west to Kenilworth
Electoral district of Noosa The division of Noosa is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on the shire of Noosa and stretches north to the southern border of Gympie, south to Peregian Springs and west to Eumundi.
Electoral district of North Toowoomba The Electoral District of North Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1950 redistribution and removed by the 1960 redistribution.
Electoral district of Oakleigh The Electoral district of Oakleigh is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the suburbs of Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Hughesdale, Oakleigh East, Oakleigh and parts of Chadstone, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Glenhuntly and Ormond.
Electoral district of Oatley Oatley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created at the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts largely the abolished district of Georges River. It will be contested for the first time in the 2007 general election.
Electoral district of Parramatta Parramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Tanya Gadiel of the Australian Labor Party, and is not to be confused with the federal Division of Parramatta, held by Labor MP Julie Owens.
Electoral district of Polwarth The Electoral district of Polwarth is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers much of the rural territory west of Geelong and includes the towns of Anglesea, Lorne, Lismore and Colac.
Electoral district of Prahran Prahran is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 12km² electorate in the inner south-east of Melbourne, taking in the suburbs of South Yarra, Prahran and Windsor, as well as parts of Balaclava, St Kilda, St Kilda East and Toorak.
Electoral district of Ramsay Ramsay is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Alexander Ramsay (1914-1978), who was General Manager of the South Australian Housing Trust for 25 years and devoted to the improvement of South Australian life.
Electoral district of Reynell Reynell is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after John Reynell, a leading force in the founding of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia and noted 19th century grape farmer and vineyard owner in the area.
Electoral district of Seymour The Electoral district of Seymour is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers rural territory just north of Melbourne, including the towns of Alexandra, Healesville, Healesville, Seymour and Yea.
Electoral district of Shellharbour Shellharbour is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The seat was created at the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts and takes in the majority of voters from the abolished Illawarra, as well as territory that previously belonged to Wollongong and Kiama.
Electoral district of South Barwon South Barwon is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. Located in a mixed urban and rural area south of the Barwon River, it covers an area of 621km², including the Geelong suburbs of Belmont and Grovedale, Waurn Ponds and part of Highton, the coastal centres of Torquay and Barwon Heads, and the rural towns of Barrabool, Bellbrae, Connewarre, Gnarwarre, Modewarre, Moriac and Mount Moriac.
Electoral district of South-West Coast The Electoral district of South-West Coast is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created prior to the 2002 election in order to replace the abolished seats of Portland and Warrnambool.
Electoral district of Stuart Stuart is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the northeast part of the state extending from just north of the Barossa Valley all the way to the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales borders, and extending west to include Port Augusta.
Electoral district of Sydney Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created at the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts largely replacing the abolished district of Bligh. It will be contested for the first time in the 2007 general election.
Electoral district of Tarneit The Electoral district of Tarneit is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created before the 2002 election where it replaced the seat of Werribee but it was really only a renaming of the Werribee district.
Electoral district of Taylor Taylor is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Doris Irene Taylor MBE, a leading force in the founding of Meals on Wheels, and Australian Labor Party activist.
Electoral district of Toowoomba The Electoral District of Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in 1912 when the old seat of Drayton & Toowoomba split into Toowoomba, East Toowoomba and Drayton.
Electoral district of Toowoomba East The Electoral District of Toowoomba East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution.
Electoral district of Toowoomba West The Electoral District of Toowoomba West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution.
Electoral district of Torrens Torrens is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Located along the River Torrens, and named after Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th century Premier of South Australia, and also the founder of the "Torrens title" land registration system.
Electoral district of Townsville The electoral district of Townsville is an electorate in the Legislative Assembly of the state of Queensland, Australia. The seat is one of four within the Townsville-Thuringowa urban centre in North Queensland, it covers Eastern and Northern suburbs of the City of Townsville as well as Magnetic Island and Palm Island.
Electoral district of Victoria Park The electoral district of Victoria Park in Perth, Western Australia includes the suburbs of Burswood, Victoria Park, East Victoria Park, Lathlain, Carlisle, St James, Bentley, Wilson, Cannington and Queens Park. It covers 31 km^2.
Electoral district of Waite Waite is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after Peter Waite, a 19th entrepreneur and philantropist in the current area of the electorate, it is a 30.
Electoral district of Warrandyte The Electoral district of Warrandyte is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is an outer metropolitan electorate and contains Warrandyte, Warranwood as well as parts of Croydon and Ringwood.
Electoral district of Wentworthville Wentworthville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The elctorate covers 21,589 km², taking in suburbs from several local government areas including Girraween, Greystanes, Northmead, Pendle Hill, Toongabbie, Winston Hills, Wentworthville and part of Prospect.
Electoral district of Williamstown Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 33 km² urban electorate in the inner south-western suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Brooklyn, Newport, Spotswood and Williamstown.
Electoral district of Wollondilly Wollondilly is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created at the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts. It will be contested for the first time in the 2007 general election.
Electoral district of Yan Yean The Electoral district of Yan Yean is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located on the fringes of Melbourne's northern suburbs and contains the towns of Hurstbridge, Plenty, Whittlesea and Yan Yean.
Electoral district of Yuroke The Electoral district of Yuroke is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is situated in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne, starting from and including Melbourne Airport and heading north beyond the metropolitan boundary.
Electoral division of Araluen Araluen is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1983 with the enlargement of the Assembly and the abolishment of the Alice Springs electorate.
Electoral division of Arnhem Arnhem is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1974, and takes its name from Arnhem Land, the region encompassing much of the northern part of the Territory.
Electoral division of Blain Blain is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1997, and is named after Adair Blain, the second member for the federal Northern Territory electorate, and the only Australian sitting MP to ever become a prisoner of war.
Electoral division of Braitling Braitling is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 1983, when the Electoral division of Alice Springs was abolished as part of an enlargement of the Assembly.
Electoral division of Brennan Brennan is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, and derives its name from Harold "Tiger" Brennan, a former member of the Legislative Council and Mayor of Darwin.
Electoral division of Fannie Bay Fannie Bay is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It is located in the inner northern suburbs of Darwin, with its current boundaries including the suburbs of Fannie Bay (from which it derives its name), Parap, East Point, The Narrows, The Gardens and parts of Stuart Park.
Electoral division of Goyder Goyder is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, and is named after George Goyder, the South Australian surveyor responsible for carrying out the first freehold surveys in the area.
Electoral division of Greatorex Greatorex is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1987, replacing the abolished Sadadeen electorate, and is named after Tony Greatorex, the last President of the Legislative Council.
Electoral division of Johnston Johnston is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 2001, replacing the abolished Jingili electorate, and is named after Commodore Eric Johnston, a former Administrator of the Northern Territory.
Electoral division of Nelson (Northern Territory) Nelson is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, and was named after Harold Nelson, the first member for the federal Northern Territory electorate.
Electoral division of Pembroke The Electoral Division of Pembroke is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council or upper house. It is located on Hobart's Eastern Shore (east side of the Derwent River) and includes a number of suburbs; Risdon Vale, Geilston Bay, Rose Bay, Lindisfarne, Warrane, Mornington, Bellerive, Howrah and Tranmere.
Electoral division of Rumney The Electoral division of Rumney is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house). The division is located in Southern Tasmania to the east of the division of Pembroke.
Electoral division of Sanderson Sanderson is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1974, and derives its name from the name initially given to the area in 1879, before its division into suburbs.
Electoral division of Wanguri Wanguri is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1983, and deriving its name from the suburb of the same name, and replacing the abolished electorate of Leanyer.
Electoral division of Wellington The Electoral division of Wellington is one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates or seats. It covers Hobart suburbs of Battery Point, New Town, West Hobart, Moonah, Mt Stuart, Lutana and Lenah Valley.
Electoral divisions of the Northern Territory The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is made up of 25 single-member electoral divisions. These currently consist of approximately 4500 people, and are the smallest such electorates in Australia, due to the Territory's small population.
Electoral fraud Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an election. Acts of fraud tend to involve affecting vote counts to bring about a desired election outcome, whether by increasing the vote share of the favored candidate, depressing the vote share of the rival candidates, or both.
Electoral fusion Electoral fusion is an arrangement where two or more political parties support a common candidate, pooling the votes for all those parties. By holding out on endorsing a major party's candidate, minor parties can influence the candidate's platform.
Electoral Front United People The Electoral Front United People (Portuguese: Frente Eleitoral Povo Unido or FEPU), was an electoral front of the Portuguese Communist Party, the Portuguese Democratic Movement/Electoral Democratic Commissions and the People's Socialist Front formed in order to participate in the Portuguese local election of 1976. The FEPU got 737,586 votes (17.
Electoral power Electoral power is the power held by the electorate to decide the results of the elections as opposed to the power of the electorate to decide on policy. Thus the term refers to the voting in elections, not in direct democracy voting i.
Electoral reform Electoral reform projects seek to change the way that public desires are reflected in elections through electoral systems. Reform projects can include measures designed to reform political parties (typically changes to election laws); to redefine citizen eligibility to vote; to change the way candidates or political parties gain ballot access; to alter the methods for defining electoral constituencies and election district borders; to design or implement new ballot systems or new voting equipment; to tighten scrutineering (by the parties or other observers); to ensure safety of citizens voting; to limit the influence of bribes, coercion, and conflicts of interest; to regulate financing to candidates; to encourage participation and to provide alternative vote-counting procedures altering the rules by which the winners of legislature and executive offices are determined, e.
Electoral register The Electoral Register (or Electoral Roll) is a listing of all those registered to vote in a particular area. The register facilitates the process of voting, helps to prevent fraud and is used to select people for jury duty.
Electoral results of the Portuguese Communist Party This is a table of the electoral results of the Portuguese Communist Party. Despite the Party had been founded in 1921, the party experienced little time as a legal party, being forced into clandestinity after a military coup in 1926.
Electoral Reform Society The Electoral Reform Society is a pressure group based in the UK which promotes electoral reform. It was founded in January 1884 as the Proportional Representation Society by John Lubbock, the name was changed to Electoral Reform Society in 1958.
Electoral software Electoral software is, simply put, software which is used in connection with elections; it can be for the purpose of winning elections, as is polling day or GOTV software like EARS. It can be for the purpose of predicting elections, as in UK Elect, or for counting Proportional Representation elections.
Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories The legislatures of the Australian states and territories all follow the Westminster model described in the Australian electoral system. When the Australian colonies were granted responsible government in the nineteenth century, their constitutions provided for lower houses (Legislative Assemblies) elected by the people from single-member constituencies, with all adult males able to vote.
Electoral vote changes between presidential elections This article reconciles the electoral votes of the winning party of each presidential election and the immediate preceding election, tracking those states that changed their support between parties as well as changes due to other factors (such as reapportionment). Category:United States presidential elections
Electoralism Electoralism is a term first used by Terry Karl, professor of political science at Stanford University, to describe a "half-way" transition from authoritarian rule toward democratic rule. As a topic in the dominant party system political science literature, electoralism describe a situation where the transition out of hard-authoritarian rule is initiated and managed by the incumbent regime.
Electorate of Saxony The Electorate of Saxony () was an independent hereditary electorate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. It was the succesor state of the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg and was itself replaced by the Kingdom of Saxony.
Electorates in Australia Electorates in Australia are geographically-defined areas represented by a single elected Member of Parliament. Known officially as divisions at the federal level and electoral districts at the state and territory level, "electorates" are also commonly referred to as seats or constituencies.
Electra (star) Electra is one of the nine brightest stars in the Pleiades star cluster, in the constellation of Taurus. The most visible stars in this group are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Asterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Celaeno and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.
Electra (Sophocles) Electra or Elektra is a Greek tragic play by Sophocles. We do not know its date, but various stylistic similarities with the Philoctetes (409 BC) and the Oedipus at Colonus (401 BC) lead scholars to suppose that it was written towards the end of Sophocles' career.
Electra Bicycle Company Electra is a Carlsbad, California-based bicycle manufacturer, founded in 1993 by Benno Baenziger and Jeano Erforth. The company builds a wide range of modern cruiser bicycles and helped bring the cruiser bike back into popular use.
Electra Building, Vancouver The Electra Building in Vancouver British Columbia was originally built for the BC Hydro corporation (then known as BC Electric) in 1957. At 89 m (293 ft), promoters called it the tallest building in the Commonwealth, though this claim was untrue.
Electra complex The Electra complex is an ambiguous psychiatric concept which attempts to explain the maturation of the human female. Freud's research on female psychology, sexuality in particular, was limited by social conventions of gender and class; women were considered the 'second-sex' and many of his female patients were labeled 'degenerates.
Electra Glide in Blue Electra Glide in Blue is a 1973 film starring Robert Blake as a motorcycle cop in Arizona and Billy Green Bush as his partner. The movie was filmed in Monument Valley, and was produced and directed by James William Guercio (who is best known as the producer of Chicago's first eleven albums).
Electra, Texas Electra ("Pump Jack Capital of Texas"Official Capital Designations, The Texas State Library and Archives) is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Electracy Electracy describes the kind of “literacy” or skill and facility necessary to exploit the full communicative potential of new electronic media such as multimedia, hypermedia, social software, and virtual worlds. According to theorist Gregory Ulmer, electracy “is to digital media what literacy is to print.
Electrafixion Electrafixion were an alternative rock band formed by former Echo and the Bunnymen members Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant in 1994. Featuring more of a 'rock' sound than their previous band, they released one album ('Burned') and four singles/ep's before splitting in 1996, due to the reformation of the Bunnymen.
Electrasoft ElectraSoft is a software house founded in 1993 by Jon Krahmer. ElectraSoft got its start by releasing one of the first Windows fax programs, Faxmail for windows in 1993 and later FaxMail Network for Windows in 1997.
Electrasy Electrasy are a British rock band formed in 1994. The band consisted of vocalist Ali McKinnell, guitarists Nigel Nisbet and Steve Atkins, bassist Alex Meadows, drummer Paul Pridmore and keyboardist Jim Hayden (who left in 2001).
Electrathon An electrathon is a three or four wheeled electric vehicle, somewhat similar in overall appearance to a Go-Kart, but powered by an electric motor which runs off batteries. Electrathons are raced under rules which specify matters such as length and width of the vehicles (12 feet long and 4 feet wide maximum) and total weight of batteries (64 pounds for lead-acid batteries, a few more for gel cell battereis), with the weight of the drivers being ballasted to 180 pounds..
Electret Electret (formed of elektr- from "electricity" and -et from "magnet") is a dielectric material that has a quasi-permanent electric charge or dipole polarisation. An electret generates internal and external electric fields, and is the electrostatic equivalent of a permanent magnet.
Electribal Memories Electribal Memories is the first and only album by electronic music group, Electribe 101. It was originally released in 1990, and re-released in 1998 to include three remixes of "Talking With Myself" which had gained popularity that year.
Electribe Electribe is the name given to a group of electronic musical instruments by Korg that essentially resemble the Roland TR-808 and TR-909 in appearance and in function. From its beginnings with the Electribe R to the ESX-1, this series includes both analogue modeling synthesizers and sampling drum machines that can be programmed the same as a drum machine.
Electric acoustic guitar An electric acoustic guitar is by design an acoustic guitar fitted with pickups. Contrast this to hollow body electric guitars, which are conceptually an electric guitar but with the addition of sound chambers within the body of the guitar.
Electric arc An electric arc is an electrical breakdown of a gas which produces an ongoing plasma discharge, similar to the instant spark, resulting from a current flowing through normally nonconductive media such as air. An archaic term is voltaic arc as used in the phrase "voltaic arc lamp".
Electric arc furnace An electric arc furnace is a system that heats charged material by means of an electric arc. Arc furnaces range in size from small units of approximately one ton capacity used in foundries for producing cast iron products, up to about 400 ton units used for secondary steelmaking (arc furnaces used in research laboratories and by dentists may have a capacity of only a few dozen grams).
Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo is mockumentary film by Primus lead-man Les Claypool, featuring himself as well as others using pseudonyms. The band Electric Apricot played occasional shows in 2004 and 2005, unannounced, in the California area for footage.
Electric Avenue Electric Avenue in Brixton, London, gets its name from being the first electrified shopping area in London. The street was built in the 1880s and now hosts Brixton Market, selling a mix of Caribbean, English, Portuguese and Chinese products.
Electric bicycle laws Different jurisdictions have varying laws that affect electric bicycles. Motorized bicycles have been around for many years and are considereded mopeds in most jurisdictions - particularly if they are powered by a gasoline motor.
Electric blues The electric blues is a type of blues music distinguished by the amplification of the guitar, the bass guitar , and/or the harmonica. Electric blues is performed in several regional subgenres, such as Chicago blues, Texas blues and Memphis blues.
Electric boogaloo Electric boogaloo is a style of funk dance and street dance closely related to popping. It became the signature style of the dance group started in 1977 called the Electric Boogaloos, a group that popularized popping and many of its related styles.
Electric Barbarella "Electric Barbarella" is the 29th single by Duran Duran, and the first official single from the album Medazzaland. In 1997, the single and album were released only in the United States; "Electric Barbarella" was not issued as a single in the UK until the 1998 release of the compilation Greatest.
Electric Boogaloos The Electric Boogaloos is a funk dance and street dance group focusing on a style called the electric boogaloo, a variant of popping. They are the reincarnation of a group called the Electronic Boogaloo Lockers that was founded in 1977 by Boogaloo Sam and Nate "Slide" Johnson in Fresno, California, after being inspired by one of the pioneer locking groups known as The Lockers.
Electric Brae The Electric Brae is a stretch of road in Ayrshire, Scotland where cars appear to be drawn uphill by some mysterious attraction. The Lowland Scots word brae means a hill-slope or brow (with which it is cognate), and the "electric" name was given when electricity was a new technology associated with strange forces.
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