Australian federal election, 1910
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Federal elections were held in Australia on 13 April 1910. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Commonwealth Liberal Party (the result of a merger between the Protectionist Party and the Free Trade Party) led by Prime Minister of Australia Alfred Deakin was defeated by the opposition Australian Labour Party led by Andrew Fisher.
The election represented a number of firsts: it was Australia's first federal majority government; Australia's first Senate majority; the world's first Labour Party majority government; the first time the Labour Party had controlled any house of a legislature; and the first time it controlled both houses of a bicameral legislature. It was also the only election in Australia's federal parliamentary history to have taken place following dissolution of the previous parliament by the 'effluxion of time'. [1]
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
| Australian Labour Party | 660,864 | 49.97 | +13.33 | 43 | +17 | (2 elected unopposed) |
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| Commonwealth Liberal Party | 596,350 | 45.09 | * | 31 | * | (2 elected unopposed) |
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| Independents | 65,368 | 4.94 | +3.36 | 1 | +1 | ||
| Total | 1,322,582 | 75 | |||||
| Australian Labour Party | WIN | 43 | +1 | ||||
| Commonwealth Liberal Party | 31 | +4 |
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats Won | Seats Held | |
| Australian Labour Party | 2,021,090 | 50.30 | +11.57 | 18 | 22 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal Party | 1,830,353 | 45.55 | * | 0 | 14 | |
| Independents | 134,976 | 3.36 | +2.46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 31,700 | 0.79 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4,018,119 | 18 | 36 |
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[edit] References
- University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
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