Don't they sometimes, especially in Australia, name them after famous residents of the constituency/near-by area?
In the US, that would probably result in them being named for their current congresspeople...
(Quebec also does that sometimes, both federally and provincially. It's also worth pointing out that the em-dash is Canadian style; in Britain, they would use "and" instead.)
Yes (federally, state-wise they're all named after locations) - we name some after geographic locations and some after famous people.
http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Electoral_DPM/Guideline.htmhttp://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Electoral_DPM/Origin_Current_Division.htmhttp://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Electoral_DPM/Origin_Abolished_Division.htmThe famous people have to be dead in order to qualify. Sometimes they're named after an explorer through the area (eg. Leichardt, Bass, Cunningham), social workers (eg. Chisholm), Prime Ministers (very common), other famous politicians such as Premiers or Leaders of the Opposition, even poets (see the proposed new Queensland electorate announced today
in a disgusting gerrymander of Wright, named after poet Judith Wright).
