Australian federal election, 1922
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Federal elections were held in Australia on 16 December 1922. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist Party, led by Prime Minister Billy Hughes lost its majority. However, the opposition Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton did not take office as the Nationalists sought a coalition with the fledgling Country Party led by Earle Page. The Country Party made Hughes's resignation the price for joining, and Hughes was replaced as Nationalist leader by Stanley Bruce.
Future Prime Minister Frank Forde and future opposition leader John Latham both entered parliament at this election.
Results
House of Representatives
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
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Labor | 665,145 | 42.30 | −0.19 | 29 | +3 | |
Nationalist | 553,920 | 35.23 | −9.85 | 26 | −11 | |
Country | 197,513 | 12.56 | +3.30 | 14 | +3 | |
Liberal Union | 73,939 | 4.70 | +4.70 | 5 | +5 | |
Majority Labor | 10,303 | 0.66 | +0.66 | 0 | 0 | |
Industrial Socialist Labor | 4,331 | 0.28 | +0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
Protestant Labor | 3,631 | 0.23 | +0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 63,712 | 4.05 | +1.07 | 1 | −1 | |
Total | 1,572,514 | 75 | ||||
Two-party-preferred (estimated) | ||||||
Nationalist | WIN | 51.20 | −2.90 | 40 | +3 | |
Labor | 48.80 | +2.90 | 29 | 0 |
- Notes
- Independents: William Watson (Fremantle, WA)
- Four members were elected unopposed – one Labor, two Nationalist, one Country, and one Liberal.
Senate
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats Won | Seats Held | Change | |
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Labor | 715,219 | 45.70 | +2.86 | 11 | 12 | +11 | |
Nationalist | 567,084 | 36.23 | −10.16 | 8 | 24 | −11 | |
Country | 203,267 | 12.99 | +4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Liberal Union | 43,706 | 2.79 | +2.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Industrial Socialist Labor | 8,551 | 0.55 | +0.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Majority Labor | 3,813 | 0.24 | +0.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 23,447 | 1.50 | +0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1,565,087 | 19 | 36 |
Seats changing hands
- Members in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
- *Alexander Hay contested his seat as an independent
Post-election pendulum
See also
Notes
References
- University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
- Two-party-preferred vote since 1919
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