Australian federal election, 1922

1919 ←

16 December 1922 (1922-12-16)

→ 1925

All 75 seats in the Australian House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority in the House 19 (of the 36) seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	Billy Hughes	Matthew Charlton
Party	Nationalist/Country coalition	Labor
Leader since	14 November 1916	16 May 1922
Leader's seat	Bendigo	Hunter
Last election	37 seats	26 seats
Seats won	40 seats	29 seats
Seat change	3	3
Swing	6.55	0.19

Prime Minister before election

Billy Hughes
Nationalist/Country coalition

Resulting Prime Minister

Billy Hughes
Nationalist/Country coalition

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 of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes lost its majority. However, the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton did not take office as the Nationalists sought a coalition with the Country Party led by Earle Page, but the Country Party made Hughes's resignation the price for joining. Hughes was replaced by Stanley Bruce.

**House of Reps (IRV) — 1922–25—Turnout 59.36% (Non-CV) — Informal 4.51%**
Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
Australian Labor Party	665,145	42.30	−0.19	29	+3	^{(1 elected} _unopposed)
Nationalist Party of Australia	553,920	35.23	−9.85	26	−11	^{(2 elected} _unopposed)
Country Party	197,513	12.56	+3.30	14	+3	^{(1 elected} _unopposed)
Liberal Party (SA, VIC)	73,939	4.70	*	5	+5	^{(1 elected} _unopposed)
Independents	71,674	4.56	+3.09	1	−1
Other	10,323	0.66		0	0
Total	1,572,514			75
Nationalist/Country coalition	WIN			40	+3
Australian Labor Party				29	0

Independents: William Watson (Fremantle, WA)

**Senate (P BV) — 1922–25—Turnout 57.99% (Non-CV) — Informal 9.44%**
Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held
Australian Labor Party	715,219	45.70	+2.86	11	12
Nationalist Party of Australia	567,084	36.23	−10.16	8	24
Country Party	203,267	12.99	+4.20	0	0
Liberal Party (SA)	43,706	2.79	*	0	0
Independents	31,998	2.04	+0.53	0	0
Other	3,813	0.24		0	0
Total	1,565,087			19	36

1 Seats changing hands
2 Post-election pendulum
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References

Seats changing hands

Seat	Pre-1922				Swing	Post-1922
Seat	Party		Member	Margin	Swing	Margin	Member	Party
Adelaide, SA		Nationalist	Reginald Blundell	0.8	8.0	3.6	Edwin Yates	Labor
Balaclava, Vic		Nationalist	William Watt	N/A	100.0	100.0	William Watt	Liberal
Barker, SA		Nationalist	John Livingston	N/A	N/A	2.3	Malcolm Cameron	Liberal
Barton, NSW		Nationalist	notional - new seat	N/A	13.8	7.6	Frederick McDonald	Labor
Boothby, SA		Nationalist	William Story	N/A	N/A	4.7	Jack Duncan-Hughes	Liberal
Calare, NSW		Labor	Thomas Lavelle	2.3	8.5	5.3	Neville Howse	Nationalist
Darwin, Tas		Nationalist	George Bell	4.0	N/A	0.4	Joshua Whitsitt	Country
Denison, Tas		Nationalist	William Laird Smith	3.9	4.3	0.4	David O'Keefe	Labor
Fremantle, WA		Nationalist	Reginald Burchell	N/A	56.9	6.9	William Watson	Independent
Gippsland, Vic		Nationalist	George Wise	5.2	18.1	12.9	Thomas Paterson	Country
Grey, SA		Nationalist	Alexander Poynton	1.8	5.5	3.7	Andrew Lacey	Labor
Henty, Vic		Independent	Frederick Francis	2.9	8.7	5.8	Frederick Francis	Nationalist
Kalgoorlie, WA		Nationalist	George Foley	1.4	7.1	7.4	Albert Green	Labor
Kooyong, Vic		Nationalist	Robert Best	14.3	14.9	0.6	John Latham	Liberal
Macquarie, NSW		Labor	Samuel Nicholls	3.2	0.6	0.2	Arthur Manning	Nationalist
New England, NSW		Nationalist	Alexander Hay*	7.3	N/A	8.5	Victor Thompson	Country
Northern Territory, NT		new division				0.4	H. G. Nelson	Labor
Richmond, NSW		Nationalist	Walter Massy-Greene	22.5	24.0	3.3	Roland Green	Country
Riverina, NSW		Nationalist	John Chanter	N/A	54.3	4.3	William Killen	Country
Wakefield, SA		Nationalist	Richard Foster	N/A	N/A	5.3	Richard Foster	Liberal
Wannon, Vic		Nationalist	Arthur Rodgers	4.1	4.9	0.8	John McNeill	Labor
Wilmot, Tas		Nationalist	Llewellyn Atkinson	10.2	N/A	11.2	Llewellyn Atkinson	Country

Members in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
*Alexander Hay contested his seat as an independent

Post-election pendulum

GOVERNMENT SEATS
Nationalist/Country coalition
Marginal
Macquarie (NSW)	Neville Howse	NAT	00.2
Darwin (Tas)	Joshua Whitsitt	CP	00.4 v NAT
Corio (Vic)	John Lister	NAT	00.8
Bendigo (Vic)	Geoffry Hurry	NAT	01.7
Herbert (Qld)	Fred Bamford	NAT	01.7
Brisbane (Qld)	Donald Charles Cameron	NAT	02.0
Richmond (NSW)	Roland Green	CP	03.3
Oxley (Qld)	James Bayley	NAT	03.3
Bass (Tas)	David Jackson	NAT	03.6
Corangamite (Vic)	William Gibson	CP	03.9
Riverina (NSW)	William Killen	CP	04.3
Lang (NSW)	Elliot Johnson	NAT	04.4
Maranoa (Qld)	James Hunter	CP	04.4
Calare (NSW)	Neville Howse	NAT	05.3
Flinders (Vic)	Stanley Bruce	NAT	05.6 v LIB
Henty (Vic)	Frederick Francis	NAT	05.8 v NAT
Fairly safe
Franklin (Tas)	Alfred Seabrook	NAT	06.3
Fawkner (Vic)	George Maxwell	NAT	08.0
North Sydney (NSW)	Billy Hughes	NAT	08.2 v Const.
New England (NSW)	Victor Thompson	CP	08.5
Darling Downs (Qld)	Littleton Groom	NAT	08.6
Perth (WA)	Edward Mann	NAT	08.9
Moreton (Qld)	Josiah Francis	NAT	09.5
Safe
Wide Bay (Qld)	Edward Corser	NAT	10.5
Eden-Monaro (NSW)	Austin Chapman	NAT	11.1
Wilmot (Tas)	Llewellyn Atkinson	CP	11.2
Robertson (NSW)	Sydney Gardner	NAT	11.8
Parkes (NSW)	Charles Marr	NAT	11.8
Wentworth (NSW)	Walter Marks	NAT	11.9
Gippsland (Vic)	Thomas Paterson	CP	12.9 v NAT
Indi (Vic)	Robert Cook	CP	13.2
Lilley (Qld)	George Mackay	NAT	15.2 v IND
Parramatta (NSW)	Eric Bowden	NAT	15.4
Cowper (NSW)	Earle Page	CP	17.3 v NAT
Very safe
Echuca (Vic)	William Hill	CP	20.3 v NAT
Wimmera (Vic)	Percy Stewart	CP	21.2 v IND
Forrest (WA)	John Prowse	CP	29.5 v NAT
Martin (NSW)	Herbert Pratten	NAT	unopposed
Swan (WA)	Henry Gregory	CP	unopposed
Warringah (NSW)	Granville Ryrie	NAT	unopposed

NON-GOVERNMENT SEATS
Australian Labor Party and Liberal Party
Marginal
Gwydir (NSW)	Lou Cunningham	ALP	00.1 v CP
Northern Territory (NT)	H. G. Nelson	ALP	00.4 v IND
Denison (Tas)	David O'Keefe	ALP	00.4
Kooyong (Vic)	John Latham	LIB	00.6 v NAT
Wannon (Vic)	John McNeill	ALP	00.8
Ballaarat (Vic)	Charles McGrath	ALP	01.7
Barker (SA)	Malcolm Cameron	LIB	02.3 v ALP
Capricornia (Qld)	Frank Forde	ALP	02.5
Batman (Vic)	Frank Brennan	ALP	03.3
Adelaide (SA)	Edwin Yates	ALP	03.6 v LIB
Grey (SA)	Andrew Lacey	ALP	03.7
Werriwa (NSW)	Hubert Lazzarini	ALP	03.9
Boothby (SA)	Jack Duncan-Hughes	LIB	04.7 v ALP
Hume (NSW)	Parker Moloney	ALP	04.9
Wakefield (SA)	Richard Foster	LIB	05.3 v ALP
Fairly safe
Kalgoorlie (WA)	Albert Green	ALP	07.4
Barton (NSW)	Frederick McDonald	ALP	07.6
Angas (SA)	Moses Gabb	ALP	08.0 v LIB
Reid (NSW)	Percy Coleman	ALP	08.6
East Sydney (NSW)	John West	ALP	09.1
Safe
Kennedy (Qld)	Charles McDonald	ALP	11.6
South Sydney (NSW)	Edward Riley	ALP	11.7
Maribyrnong (Vic)	James Fenton	ALP	13.2
Darling (NSW)	Arthur Blakeley	ALP	15.1
Hindmarsh (SA)	Norman Makin	ALP	18.6
Newcastle (NSW)	David Watkins	ALP	19.4
Very safe
Bourke (Vic)	Frank Anstey	ALP	20.1
Dalley (NSW)	William Mahony	ALP	20.9
Melbourne Ports (Vic)	James Mathews	ALP	23.1
Cook (NSW)	Edward Charles Riley	ALP	24.9
West Sydney (NSW)	William Lambert	ALP	25.4 v IND
Melbourne (Vic)	William Maloney	ALP	27.2
Yarra (Vic)	James Scullin	ALP	28.0
Balaclava (Vic)	William Watt	LIB	unopposed
Hunter (NSW)	Matthew Charlton	ALP	unopposed
Independents
Fremantle (WA)	William Watson	IND	06.9 v ALP

Notes

References

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Australian federal election, 1922

Contents

Seats changing hands

Post-election pendulum

See also

Notes

References