Australian federal election, 1925

Australian federal election, 1925

14 November 1925 (1925-11-14)

All 75 seats in the Australian House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority in the House 22 (of the 36) seats in the Australian Senate   First party Second party   Leader Stanley Bruce Matthew Charlton Party Nationalist/Country coalition Labor Leader since 9 February 1923 16 May 1922 Leader's seat Flinders Hunter Last election 40 seats 29 seats Seats won 51 seats 23 seats Seat change 11 6 Percentage 53.80% 46.20% Swing 2.60 2.60

Prime Minister before election Stanley Bruce Nationalist/Country coalition Resulting 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 Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce in power since 1922 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton.

Compulsory voting for Federal elections was introduced in 1924 and first used in the 1925 elections where 91% of the electorate cast a vote.

Results

Independent: Percy Stewart (Wimmera, Vic), William Watson (Fremantle, WA). Labor lost Kennedy when the sitting member Charles McDonald died on the day before the election, leading to his opponent Grosvenor Francis being declared elected unopposed.^[1]

Seats changing hands

• 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

References

• University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
• Two-party-preferred vote since 1919
• Compulsory Voting in Australia

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