The 1913 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 31 May 1913. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, was defeated by the opposition Commonwealth Liberal Party under Joseph Cook, marking the second time an Australian Prime Minister was defeated at an election. The new government had a majority of just a single seat, and held a minority of seats in the Senate.[1] It would last only 15 months, suffering defeat at the 1914 election.
The 1913 election was held in conjunction with six referendum questions, none of which were carried. According to David Day, Andrew Fisher's biographer, "it was probably the timing of the referenda that was most responsible for the disappointing election result" for the Labor Party.[2]
^David Day (2008). Andrew Fisher: Prime Minister of Australia. Fourth Estate. p. 279.
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The 1913 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 31 May 1913 All 75 seats in the House of Representatives and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election The incumbent Labor Party led by Prime Minister Andrew Fisher was defeated by the opposition Commonwealth Liberal Party under Joseph Cook marking the second time an Australian Prime Minister was defeated at an election The new government had a majority of just a single seat and held a minority of seats in the Senate 1 It would last only 15 months suffering defeat at the 1914 election 1913 Australian federal election 1910 31 May 1913 1913 05 31 1914 outgoing memberselected members All 75 seats in the House of Representatives38 seats were needed for a majority in the House18 of the 36 seats in the SenateRegistered2 760 216 22 22 Turnout1 955 723 73 49 a 10 69 pp First party Second party Leader Joseph Cook Andrew Fisher Party Liberal Labor Leader since 20 January 1913 30 October 1907 Leader s seat Parramatta NSW Wide Bay Qld Last election 31 seats 42 seats Seats won 38 seats 37 seats Seat change 7 5 Popular vote 930 076 921 099 Percentage 48 94 48 47 Swing 3 85 1 50 Results by division for the House of Representatives shaded by winning party s margin of victory Prime Minister before election Andrew Fisher Labor Subsequent Prime Minister Joseph Cook Commonwealth Liberal The 1913 election was held in conjunction with six referendum questions none of which were carried According to David Day Andrew Fisher s biographer it was probably the timing of the referenda that was most responsible for the disappointing election result for the Labor Party 2 Contents 1 Results 1 1 House of Representatives 1 2 Senate 2 Seats changing hands 3 Post election pendulum 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksResults editHouse of Representatives edit See also Results of the 1913 Australian federal election House of Representatives nbsp Labour 37 seats Liberal 38 seats House of Reps 1913 14 FPTP Turnout 73 49 Non CV Informal 2 83 nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats Change Liberal 930 076 48 94 3 85 38 7 Labor 921 099 48 47 1 50 37 5 Independents 49 194 2 59 2 35 0 2 Total 1 900 369 75 Liberal Win 38 7 Labor 37 5 Notes Three members were elected unopposed one Liberal and two Labor Popular vote Liberal 48 94 Labor 48 47 Independent 2 59 Parliament seats Liberal 50 67 Labor 49 33 Senate edit Senate 1913 14 FPTP BV Turnout 73 66 Non CV Informal N A nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats won Seats held Change Liberal 946 807 49 38 3 83 7 7 7 Labor 934 176 48 72 1 58 11 29 7 Socialist Labor 20 183 1 05 1 05 0 0 0 Independents 16 233 0 85 2 51 0 0 0 Total 1 917 399 18 36Seats changing hands editSeat Pre 1913 Swing Post 1913 Party Member Margin Margin Member Party Ballaarat Vic Liberal Alfred Deakin 1 1 3 1 0 6 Charles McGrath Labor Bendigo Vic Liberal John Quick 1 3 3 6 2 0 John Arthur Labor Boothby SA 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 Liberal Corangamite Vic Labor James Scullin 4 7 6 1 2 2 Chester Manifold Liberal Corio Vic Labor Alfred Ozanne 4 4 5 1 1 8 William Kendell Liberal Fremantle WA 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 Liberal Hume NSW Independent William Lyne 16 4 16 2 0 7 Robert Patten Liberal Indi Vic Labor Parker Moloney 3 1 3 2 2 2 Cornelius Ahern Liberal New England NSW Labor Frank Foster 2 7 9 5 6 5 Percy Abbott Liberal Oxley Qld 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 Liberal Wannon Vic Labor John McDougall 5 0 7 8 4 2 Arthur Rodgers Liberal Werriwa NSW Labor Benjamin Bennett 0 8 6 5 5 9 Alfred Conroy Liberal Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election Post election pendulum editGovernment seats Commonwealth Liberal Party Marginal Hume NSW Robert Patten LIB 0 7 vs IND Riverina NSW Franc Falkiner LIB 1 0 Corio Vic William Kendell LIB 1 8 Calare NSW Henry Pigott LIB 2 1 Indi Vic Cornelius Ahern LIB 2 2 Corangamite Vic Chester Manifold LIB 2 2 Dampier WA Henry Gregory LIB 2 6 Perth WA James Fowler LIB 3 3 Wakefield SA Richard Foster LIB 3 7 Grampians Vic Hans Irvine LIB 3 9 Wannon Vic Arthur Rodgers LIB 4 2 Lilley Qld Jacob Stumm LIB 4 7 Swan WA John Forrest LIB 4 9 Gippsland Vic James Bennett LIB 5 0 vs IND Robertson NSW William Fleming LIB 5 3 Nepean NSW Richard Orchard LIB 5 6 Franklin Tas William McWilliams LIB 5 8 Werriwa NSW Alfred Conroy LIB 5 9 Fairly safe New England NSW Percy Abbott LIB 6 5 Lang NSW Elliot Johnson LIB 7 1 Flinders Vic William Irvine LIB 7 8 Eden Monaro NSW Austin Chapman LIB 8 7 Barker SA John Livingston LIB 9 0 Safe Darling Downs Qld Littleton Groom LIB 10 0 Moreton Qld Hugh Sinclair LIB 10 7 Echuca Vic Albert Palmer LIB 11 0 Wentworth NSW Willie Kelly LIB 11 7 Kooyong Vic Robert Best LIB 11 9 vs IND Parkes NSW Bruce Smith LIB 11 9 Wilmot Tas Llewellyn Atkinson LIB 12 6 Balaclava Vic Agar Wynne LIB 15 0 Henty Vic James Boyd LIB 17 1 Parramatta NSW Joseph Cook LIB 18 3 North Sydney NSW Granville Ryrie LIB 19 1 Richmond NSW Walter Massy Greene LIB 19 9 Very safe Wimmera Vic Sydney Sampson LIB 21 0 Cowper NSW John Thomson LIB 22 2 Angas SA Paddy Glynn LIB unopposed Non government seats Australian Labor Party Marginal Illawarra NSW George Burns ALP 0 2 Ballaarat Vic Charles McGrath ALP 0 6 Macquarie NSW Ernest Carr ALP 1 6 Grey SA Alexander Poynton ALP 2 0 Bendigo Vic John Arthur ALP 2 0 Darwin Tas King O Malley ALP 2 1 Gwydir NSW William Webster ALP 2 2 Bass Tas Jens Jensen ALP 2 4 Boothby SA George Dankel ALP 3 0 Denison Tas William Laird Smith ALP 3 3 Fawkner Vic Joseph Hannan ALP 3 3 Oxley Qld James Sharpe ALP 4 4 Hunter NSW Matthew Charlton ALP 4 5 Wide Bay Qld Andrew Fisher ALP 5 6 Fremantle WA Reginald Burchell ALP 5 8 Fairly safe East Sydney NSW John West ALP 6 1 Brisbane Qld William Finlayson ALP 6 9 Dalley NSW Robert Howe ALP 7 7 Herbert Qld Fred Bamford ALP 8 0 Cook NSW James Catts ALP 9 9 Safe Bourke Vic Frank Anstey ALP 10 0 Darling NSW William Spence ALP 10 5 Maribyrnong Vic James Fenton ALP 10 8 Capricornia Qld William Higgs ALP 14 1 Batman Vic Frank Brennan ALP 14 9 Maranoa Qld Jim Page ALP 15 0 South Sydney NSW Edward Riley ALP 15 0 Adelaide SA Ernest Roberts ALP 18 4 Very safe West Sydney NSW Billy Hughes ALP 21 3 Melbourne Vic William Maloney ALP 21 9 vs IND Newcastle NSW David Watkins ALP 23 8 Kennedy Qld Charles McDonald ALP 24 4 Yarra Vic Frank Tudor ALP 25 0 Barrier NSW Josiah Thomas ALP 26 8 Melbourne Ports Vic James Mathews ALP 29 2 Hindmarsh SA William Archibald ALP unopposed Kalgoorlie WA Charlie Frazer ALP unopposedSee also editCandidates of the 1913 Australian federal election Members of the Australian House of Representatives 1913 1914 Members of the Australian Senate 1913 1914Notes edit Turnout in contested seatsReferences edit Senate results 1913 election David Day 2008 Andrew Fisher Prime Minister of Australia Fourth Estate p 279 External links editUniversity of WA election results in Australia since 1890 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1913 Australian federal election amp oldid 1217775809, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
