Australian federal election, 1913

31 May 1913 (1913-05-31)

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

Prime Minister before election

Andrew Fisher
Labor

Resulting Prime Minister

Joseph Cook
Commonwealth Liberal

Federal elections were held in Australia on Saturday, 31 May 1913, the first election that a federal election has been held on a Saturday. 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 Andrew Fisher was defeated by the opposition Commonwealth Liberal Party led by Joseph Cook, by a single seat. The new government also held a minority of seats in the Senate. The government would lose the double dissolution 15 months later at the 1914 election.

The 1913 election was held in conjunction with six referendum questions, none of which was carried.

Results

Labour: 37 seats

Commonwealth Liberal: 38 seats

House of Reps 1913–14 (FPTP) — Turnout 73.49% (Non-CV) — Informal 2.83%
	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change	Notes
Commonwealth Liberal Party	930,076	48.94	+3.85	38	+7	^{(1 elected} _unopposed)
Australian Labor Party	921,099	48.47	−1.50	37	−5	^{(2 elected} _unopposed)
Independents	49,194	2.59	−2.35	0	−2
Total	1,900,369			75
Commonwealth Liberal Party	WIN			38	+7
Australian Labor Party				37	−5

Senate 1913–14 (FPTP BV) — Turnout 73.66% (Non-CV) — Informal N/A
	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held	Change
Commonwealth Liberal Party	2,840,420	49.38	+3.83	7	7	−7
Australian Labor Party	2,802,259	48.72	−1.58	11	29	+7
Independents	48,699	0.85	−2.51	0	0	0
Other	60,819	1.06		0	0	0
Total	5,752,197			18	36

Seat	Pre-1913				Swing	Post-1913
Seat	Party		Member	Margin	Swing	Margin	Member	Party
Ballaarat, Vic		Commonwealth Liberal	Alfred Deakin	1.1	3.1	0.6	Charles McGrath	Labor
Bendigo, Vic		Commonwealth Liberal	John Quick	1.3	3.6	2.0	John Arthur	Labor
Boothby, SA		Commonwealth Liberal	David Gordon	7.1	10.8	3.0	George Dankel	Labor
Calare, NSW		Labor	Thomas Brown	3.6	5.9	2.1	Henry Pigott	Commonwealth Liberal
Corangamite, Vic		Labor	James Scullin	4.7	6.1	2.2	Chester Manifold	Commonwealth Liberal
Corio, Vic		Labor	Alfred Ozanne	4.4	5.1	1.8	William Kendell	Commonwealth Liberal
Fremantle, WA		Commonwealth Liberal	William Hedges	4.5	11.4	5.8	Reginald Burchell	Labor
Gippsland, Vic		Independent	George Wise	12.1	12.7	5.0	James Bennett	Commonwealth Liberal
Hume, NSW		Independent	William Lyne	16.4	16.2	0.7	Robert Patten	Commonwealth Liberal
Indi, Vic		Labor	Parker Moloney	3.1	3.2	2.2	Cornelius Ahern	Commonwealth Liberal
New England, NSW		Labor	Francis Foster	2.7	9.5	6.5	Percy Abbott	Commonwealth Liberal
Oxley, Qld		Commonwealth Liberal	Richard Edwards	12.2	N/A	4.4	James Sharpe	Labor
Riverina, NSW		Labor	John Chanter	7.0	8.6	1.0	Franc Falkiner	Commonwealth Liberal
Wannon, Vic		Labor	John McDougall	5.0	7.8	4.2	Arthur Rodgers	Commonwealth Liberal
Werriwa, NSW		Labor	Benjamin Bennett	0.8	6.5	5.9	Alfred Conroy	Commonwealth Liberal

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