Australian federal election, 1928
Australian federal election, 1928
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17 December 1928 (1928-12-17)
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Federal elections were held in Australia on 17 November 1928. 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 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.
Independent: William McWilliams (Franklin, Tas)
Seats changing hands
Seat |
Pre-1928 |
Swing |
Post-1928 |
Party |
Member |
Margin |
Margin |
Member |
Party |
Barton, NSW |
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Nationalist |
Thomas Ley |
1.0 |
7.3 |
6.3 |
James Tully |
Labor |
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Boothby, SA |
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Nationalist |
Jack Duncan-Hughes |
7.6 |
7.7 |
0.1 |
John Price |
Labor |
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Denison, Tas |
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Nationalist |
John Gellibrand |
2.2 |
2.5 |
0.3 |
Charles Culley |
Labor |
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Franklin, Tas |
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Nationalist |
Alfred Seabrook |
N/A |
7.2 |
1.6 |
William McWilliams |
Independent |
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Fremantle, WA |
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Independent |
William Watson |
8.1 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
John Curtin |
Labor |
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Herbert, Qld |
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Nationalist |
Lewis Nott |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
George Martens |
Labor |
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Indi, Vic |
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Country |
Robert Cook |
6.7 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Paul Jones |
Labor |
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Lang, NSW |
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Nationalist |
Elliot Johnson |
5.9 |
9.4 |
3.5 |
William Long |
Labor |
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Macquarie, NSW |
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Nationalist |
Arthur Manning |
1.3 |
6.2 |
4.9 |
Ben Chifley |
Labor |
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Wakefield, SA |
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Nationalist |
Richard Foster |
14.8 |
24.4 |
9.6 |
Maurice Collins |
Country |
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Wilmot, Tas |
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Country |
Llewellyn Atkinson |
7.0 |
N/A |
4.6 |
Llewellyn Atkinson |
Nationalist |
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- Members in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
See also
Notes
References
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Federal elections |
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Referendums |
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¹ Double dissolution election ² House of Representatives-only election ³ Senate-only election a One or more proposals carried
See also: Elections in Australian Capital Territory · New South Wales · Nothern Territory · Queensland · South Australia · Tasmania · Victoria · Western Australia
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