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Australian federal election, 1925





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All 75 seats in the House of Representatives
38 seats were needed for a majority in the House
22 (of the 36) seats in the Senate


































 
First party
Second party
 

StanleyBruce2.jpg

Matthew Charlton 1925.jpg
Leader

Stanley Bruce

Matthew Charlton
Party

Nationalist/Country coalition

Labor
Leader since
9 February 1923
16 May 1922
Leader's seat

Flinders (Vic.)

Hunter (NSW)
Last election
40 seats
29 seats
Seats won

51 seats
23 seats
Seat change

Increase11

Decrease6
Percentage

53.80%
46.20%
Swing

Increase2.60%

Decrease2.60%





Prime Minister before election

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition



Subsequent Prime Minister

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition


Federal elections were held in Australia on 14 November 1925. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives and 22 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist–Country coalition, led by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce, defeated the opposition Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton.


Compulsory voting for federal elections was introduced in 1924 and first used in the 1925 elections, where 91.4% of the electorate cast a vote, compared to 59.4% at the 1922 elections.




Contents





  • 1 Campaign


  • 2 Results

    • 2.1 House of Representatives


    • 2.2 Senate



  • 3 Seats changing hands


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 References




Campaign


Prime Minister Stanley Bruce was a supporter of the White Australia Policy, and made it an issue in his campaign for the 1925 Australian Federal election.[1]


It is necessary that we should determine what are the ideals towards which every Australian would desire to strive. I think those ideals might well be stated as being to secure our national safety, and to ensure the maintenance of our White Australia Policy to continue as an integral portion of the British Empire.[1] We intend to keep this country white and not allow its people to be faced with the problems that at present are practically insoluble in many parts of the world.[2]



Results






  Labor: 23 seats

  Nationalist: 37 seats

  Country : 13 seats

  Independent: 2 seats




House of Representatives


































































House of Reps (IRV) — 1925–28 — Turnout 91.39% (CV) — Informal 2.36%
Party
Votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
 

Nationalist–Country coalition
1,551,760
53.20
N/A
50
N/A
 

Nationalist 

1,238,397

42.46

+7.23

37

+11
 

Country 

313,363

10.74

–1.82

13

–1
 

Labor
1,313,627
45.04
+2.74
23
–6
 

Independents
51,251
1.76
–2.80
2
+1
 
Total
2,916,638
 
 

75


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(estimated)
 

Nationalist–Country coalition

WIN

53.80
N/A

51
N/A
 

Labor

46.20
−2.60
23
–6

Notes
  • Independents: Percy Stewart (Wimmera, Vic.), William Watson (Fremantle, WA).

  • Labor lost Kennedy, Qld., when the sitting member Charles McDonald died on the day before the election, leading to his opponent Grosvenor Francis being declared elected unopposed.[3]




















Popular Vote
Labor
45.04%
Nationalist
42.46%
Country
10.74%
Others
1.76%














Two Party Preferred Vote
Coalition
53.80%
Labor
46.20%

















Parliament Seats
Coalition
68.00%
Labor
30.67%
Others
2.67%


Senate


























































Senate (P BV) — 1925–28 — Turnout 91.31% (CV) — Informal 6.96%
Party
Votes
%
Swing
Seats Won
Seats Held
Change
 

Nationalist–Country coalition
1,537,282
54.81
N/A
22
28
N/A
 

Nationalist 

1,272,127

45.35

+9.12

18

24

0
 

Country 

265,155

9.45

–3.53

4

4

+4
 

Labor
1,262,912
45.02
–0.67
0
8
–4
 

Independents
4,808
0.17
–1.87
0
0
0
 
Total
2,805,002
 
 
22
36


Seats changing hands














































































































































Seat
Pre-1925
Swing
Post-1925
Party
Member
Margin
Margin
Member
Party

Angas, SA
 
Labor

Moses Gabb
8.0
8.3
0.3

Walter Parsons
Nationalist
 

Balaclava, Vic
 
Liberal

William Watt
100.0
30.3
19.7

William Watt
Nationalist
 

Barker, SA
 
Liberal

Malcolm Cameron
2.3
9.3
11.6

Malcolm Cameron
Nationalist
 

Barton, NSW
 
Labor

Frederick McDonald
7.6
8.6
1.0

Thomas Ley
Nationalist
 

Boothby, SA
 
Liberal

Jack Duncan-Hughes
4.7
2.9
7.6

Jack Duncan-Hughes
Nationalist
 

Darwin, Tas
 
Country

Joshua Whitsitt
0.4
10.9
10.5*

George Bell
Nationalist
 

Denison, Tas
 
Labor

David O'Keefe
0.4
2.6
2.2

John Gellibrand
Nationalist
 

Gwydir, NSW
 
Labor

Lou Cunningham
0.1
3.2
3.1

Aubrey Abbott
Country
 

Kennedy, Qld
 
Labor

Charles McDonald
N/A
100.0
100.0

Grosvenor Francis
Nationalist
 

Kooyong, Vic
 
Liberal

John Latham
0.6
18.3
17.7

John Latham
Nationalist
 

Wakefield, SA
 
Liberal

Richard Foster
5.3
9.5
14.8

Richard Foster
Nationalist
 

Wannon, Vic
 
Labor

John McNeill
0.8
4.8
4.0

Arthur Rodgers
Nationalist
 

Wimmera, Vic
 
Country

Percy Stewart
21.2
77.8
27.8

Percy Stewart
Independent
 
  • Members in italics did not contest their seat at this election.

  • *Figure is Nationalist versus Labor.


See also


  • Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1925

  • Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1925–1928

  • Members of the Australian Senate, 1926–1929


Notes




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  2. ^ Bowen, James; Bowen, Margarita (2002). The Great Barrier Reef: History, Science, Heritage. Cambridge University Press. p. 301. ISBN 0-521-82430-3. Retrieved 24 January 2008.


  3. ^ "Kennedy Seat". Brisbane Courier. 14 November 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 19 July 2010.



References



  • University of WA election results in Australia since 1890

  • Two-party-preferred vote since 1919

  • Compulsory Voting in Australia







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