Australian federal election, 1931
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Federal elections were held in Australia on 19 December 1931. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia James Scullin was defeated by the newly-formed opposition United Australia Party (descended from the Nationalist Party of Australia) led by ex-Labor Joseph Lyons with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page.
[edit] Results
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
| United Australia Party | 1,145,083 | 36.10 | +2.20 | 34 | +20 | (1 elected unopposed) |
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| Australian Labor Party | 859,513 | 27.10 | -21.74 | 14 | -32 | ||
| Country Party | 388,544 | 12.25 | +1.98 | 16 | +6 | (3 elected unopposed) |
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| Lang Labor | 335,309 | 10.57 | * | 4 | +4 | ||
| Emergency Committee (SA) | 174,288 | 5.49 | * | 6 | +6 | ||
| Independents | 260,786 | 8.22 | +6.09 | 1 | -3 | ||
| Other | 8,511 | 0.27 | 0 | -1 | |||
| Total | 3,172,034 | 75 | |||||
| UAP/Country coalition | WIN | 50 | +26 | ||||
| Australian Labor Party | 14 | -32 |
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats Won | Seats Held | |
| UAP/Country (Joint Ticket) | 945,741 | 30.16 | * | 6 | ||
| Australian Labor Party | 917,218 | 29.25 | -19.70 | 3 | 10 | |
| United Australia Party | 791,870 | 25.26 | -14.02 | 9 | 21 | |
| Lang Labor | 379,870 | 12.12 | * | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of Australia | 29,443 | 0.94 | * | 0 | 0 | |
| Country Party | * | * | -11.18 | 0 | 5 | |
| Independents | 71,181 | 2.27 | +1.68 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3,135,323 | 18 | 36 |
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[edit] Issues
The election was dominated by the Great Depression in Australia, which was at its height. As the Labor Government had come to office two days before the Wall Street Crash of 1929, it was seen as being responsible for many of the economic and social problems Australia faced. Lang Labor also split from the Labor Party, the result was Labor's vote dropping to its lowest level since 1901.
[edit] References
- University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
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