The 1922 Australian federal election was 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, led by Prime Minister Billy Hughes lost its majority. However, the opposition Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton did not take office as the Nationalists sought a coalition with the fledgling Country Party led by Earle Page. The Country Party made Hughes's resignation the price for joining, and Hughes was replaced as Nationalist leader by Stanley Bruce.
Future Prime Minister Frank Forde and future opposition leader John Latham both entered parliament at this election.
At this election, Hughes as the sitting prime minister made his second seat transfer, in this case, from Bendigo to North Sydney. Hughes had held Bendigo since transferring there from West Sydney at the 1917 election also as the sitting prime minister.
Hughes remains the only sitting Prime Minister to transfer to another seat, not once but twice.
Aside from the 1917 and 1922 elections, all other elections have seen the sitting prime minister recontest the seat that they held prior to the election.
^The Northern Territory had one seat, but members for the territories did not have full voting rights until 1966 and did not count toward government formation.
^Hughes' seat prior to the election was Bendigo (Vic.). He ran for the New South Wales seat of North Sydney and won.
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The 1922 Australian federal election was 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 led by Prime Minister Billy Hughes lost its majority However the opposition Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton did not take office as the Nationalists sought a coalition with the fledgling Country Party led by Earle Page The Country Party made Hughes s resignation the price for joining and Hughes was replaced as Nationalist leader by Stanley Bruce 1922 Australian federal election 1919 16 December 1922 1922 12 16 1925 outgoing memberselected members All 76 b seats in the House of Representatives38 seats were needed for a majority in the House19 of the 36 seats in the SenateRegistered2 980 424 4 58 Turnout1 646 863 59 36 a 18 94 pp First party Second party Third party Leader Matthew Charlton Billy Hughes Earle Page Party Labor Nationalist Country Leader since 16 May 1922 14 November 1916 5 April 1921 Leader s seat Hunter NSW won North Sydney NSW c Cowper NSW Last election 26 seats 37 seats 11 seats Seats won 29 NT 26 14 seats Seat change 4 11 3 Popular vote 665 145 553 920 197 513 Percentage 48 80 51 20 Swing 2 90 2 90 Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party LU LIB Leader N A N A James Catts Party Liberal Union Liberal Majority Labor Leader since N A N A April 1922 Leader s seat N A N A Cook lost seat Last election Did not contest Did not exist Did not exist Seats before 0 seats 0 seats 1 seat Seats won 3 2 0 Seat change 3 2 1 Popular vote 37 904 32 167 10 303 Percentage 2 41 2 04 0 66 Swing 2 41 2 04 0 66Results by division for the House of Representatives shaded by winning party s margin of victory Prime Minister before election Billy Hughes Nationalist Subsequent Prime Minister Stanley Bruce Nationalist Country coalition Future Prime Minister Frank Forde and future opposition leader John Latham both entered parliament at this election At this election Hughes as the sitting prime minister made his second seat transfer in this case from Bendigo to North Sydney Hughes had held Bendigo since transferring there from West Sydney at the 1917 election also as the sitting prime minister Hughes remains the only sitting Prime Minister to transfer to another seat not once but twice Aside from the 1917 and 1922 elections all other elections have seen the sitting prime minister recontest the seat that they held prior to the election 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 1922 Australian federal election House of Representatives nbsp Labor 29 seats Nationalist 26 seats Country 14 seats Independent 1 seat Liberal 5 seats House of Reps IRV 1922 25 Turnout 59 36 Non CV Informal 4 51 nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats Change Labor 665 145 42 30 0 19 30 d nbsp 4 Nationalist 553 920 35 23 9 85 26 nbsp 11 Country 197 513 12 56 3 30 14 nbsp 3 Liberal Union 37 904 2 41 2 41 3 nbsp 3 Liberal 32 167 2 04 2 04 2 nbsp 2 Constitutionalist 11 812 0 75 0 75 0 nbsp Majority Labor 10 303 0 66 0 66 0 nbsp Industrial Labor 4 331 0 28 0 09 0 nbsp Protestant Labor 3 631 0 23 0 23 0 nbsp NT Representation League 362 0 02 0 02 0 nbsp Independents 51 538 3 28 1 86 1 nbsp Total 1 572 514 76 nbsp 1 Two party preferred estimated Nationalist Win 51 20 2 90 40 3 Labor 48 80 2 90 29 0 Notes Independents William Watson Fremantle WA Five members were elected unopposed one Labor two Nationalist one Country and one Liberal Popular vote Labor 42 30 Nationalist 35 23 Country 12 56 Liberal 4 70 Independent Others 5 22 Two party preferred vote Coalition 51 20 Labor 48 80 Parliament seats Coalition 53 33 Labor 38 67 Liberal 6 67 Independent 1 33 Senate edit Senate P BV 1922 1925 Turnout 57 99 Non CV Informal 9 44 nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats won Seats held Change Labor 715 219 45 70 2 86 11 12 11 Nationalist 567 084 36 23 10 16 8 24 11 Country 203 267 12 99 4 20 0 0 0 Liberal Union 43 706 2 79 2 79 0 0 0 Socialist Labor 8 551 0 55 0 55 0 0 0 Majority Labor 3 813 0 24 0 24 0 0 0 Independents 23 447 1 50 0 08 0 0 0 Total 1 565 087 19 36Seats changing hands editSeat Pre 1922 Swing Post 1922 Party Member Margin Margin Member Party Adelaide SA Nationalist Reginald Blundell 0 8 8 0 3 6 George 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 Union 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 Union 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 Union 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 listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election Alexander Hay contested his seat as an independentPost election pendulum editGovernment 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 Cameron NAT 02 0 Richmond NSW Roland Green CP 03 3 Oxley Qld James Bayley NAT 03 3 Bass Tas Syd 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 George Edwin Yates ALP 03 6 v LIB Grey SA Andrew Lacey ALP 03 7 Werriwa NSW Bert 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 ALPSee also editCandidates of the 1922 Australian federal election Members of the Australian House of Representatives 1922 1925 Members of the Australian Senate 1923 1926Notes edit Turnout in contested seats The Northern Territory had one seat but members for the territories did not have full voting rights until 1966 and did not count toward government formation Hughes seat prior to the election was Bendigo Vic He ran for the New South Wales seat of North Sydney and won Including Northern TerritoryReferences editExternal links editUniversity of WA election results in Australia since 1890 Two party preferred vote since 1919 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1922 Australian federal election amp oldid 1217775388, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
