Future Prime Ministers John Curtin and Ben Chifley both entered parliament at this election. Both then lost their seats in the 1931 election and did not re-enter parliament until 1934 and 1940 respectively.
Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
In the Division of Indi, the sitting candidate Robert Cook lost his seat after forgetting to file nomination papers, resulting in Labor candidate Paul Jones winning the seat unopposed.
^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.
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1928, australian, federal, election, held, australia, november, 1928, seats, house, representatives, seats, senate, were, election, incumbent, nationalist, country, coalition, prime, minister, stanley, bruce, record, fifth, consecutive, election, defeating, op. The 1928 Australian federal election was 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 Country coalition led by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce won a record fifth consecutive election defeating the opposition Labor Party led by James Scullin 1928 Australian federal election 1925 17 November 1928 1928 11 17 1929 outgoing memberselected members All 76 a seats in the House of Representatives38 seats were needed for a majority in the House19 of the 36 seats in the SenateRegistered3 444 769 4 32 Turnout2 728 815 93 64 b 2 25 pp First party Second party Leader Stanley Bruce James ScullinParty Nationalist Country coalition LaborLeader since 9 February 1923 26 April 1928Leader s seat Flinders Vic Yarra Vic Last election 51 seats 23 seatsSeats won 42 31 NTSeat change 9 8Percentage 51 60 48 40 Swing 2 20 2 20Results by division for the House of Representatives shaded by winning party s margin of victory Prime Minister before electionStanley BruceNationalist Country coalition Subsequent Prime Minister Stanley BruceNationalist Country coalitionThe election was held in conjunction with a referendum on Commonwealth State relations which was carried Future Prime Ministers John Curtin and Ben Chifley both entered parliament at this election Both then lost their seats in the 1931 election and did not re enter parliament until 1934 and 1940 respectively Contents 1 Results 1 1 House of Representatives 1 2 Senate 2 Seats changing hands 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksResults Edit nbsp Nationalist 29 seats Labor 31 seats Country 13 seats Country Progressive 1 seat Independent 1 seatHouse of Representatives Edit See also Results of the Australian federal election 1928 House of Representatives House of Reps IRV 1928 29 Turnout 93 64 CV Informal 4 90 nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats Change Nationalist Country coalition 1 286 208 49 56 3 64 42 8 Nationalist 1 014 522 39 09 3 37 29 8 Country 271 686 10 47 0 27 13 0 Labor 1 158 505 44 64 0 40 32 c 8 Country Progressive 41 713 1 61 1 61 1 1 Protestant Labor 20 212 0 78 0 78 0 0 Independents 88 447 3 41 1 65 1 1 Total 2 595 085 76Two party preferred estimated Nationalist Country coalition Win 51 60 2 20 42 8 Labor 48 40 2 20 31 8NotesIndependent William McWilliams Franklin Tas Twelve members were elected unopposed three Labor five Nationalist and four Country Popular voteLabor 44 64 Nationalist 39 09 Country 10 47 Country Progressive 1 61 Independent Other 4 19 Two party preferred voteCoalition 51 60 Labor 48 40 Parliament seatsCoalition 56 00 Labor 41 33 Country Progressive 1 33 Independent 1 33 Senate Edit Senate P BV 1928 31 Turnout 93 61 CV Informal 9 88 nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats won Seats held Change Nationalist Country coalition 1 466 323 50 46 4 35 12 29 1 Nationalist 1 141 405 39 28 6 07 10 24 0 Country 324 918 11 18 1 73 2 5 1 Labor 1 422 418 48 95 3 93 7 7 1 Independents 17 092 0 59 0 42 0 0 0 Total 2 905 833 19 36Seats changing hands EditSeat Pre 1928 Swing Post 1928Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyBarton NSW Nationalist Thomas Ley 1 0 7 3 6 3 James Tully Labor Boothby SA Nationalist Jack Duncan Hughes 7 6 7 7 0 1 John Price Labor Denison Tas Nationalist John Gellibrand 2 2 2 5 0 3 Charles Culley Labor Franklin Tas Nationalist Alfred Seabrook N A 7 2 1 6 William McWilliams Independent Fremantle WA Independent William Watson 8 1 1 2 2 1 John Curtin Labor Herbert Qld Nationalist Lewis Nott 0 3 0 5 0 2 George Martens Labor Indi Vic Country Robert Cook 6 7 N A Unopposed Paul Jones Labor Lang NSW Nationalist Elliot Johnson 5 9 9 4 3 5 William Long Labor Macquarie NSW Nationalist Arthur Manning 1 3 6 2 4 9 Ben Chifley Labor Wakefield SA Nationalist Richard Foster 14 8 24 4 9 6 Maurice Collins Country Wilmot Tas Country Llewellyn Atkinson 7 0 N A 4 6 Llewellyn Atkinson Nationalist Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election In the Division of Indi the sitting candidate Robert Cook lost his seat after forgetting to file nomination papers resulting in Labor candidate Paul Jones winning the seat unopposed See also EditCandidates of the 1928 Australian federal election Members of the Australian House of Representatives 1928 1929 Members of the Australian Senate 1929 1932Notes Edit 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 Turnout in contested seats Including Northern TerritoryReferences EditExternal links EditUniversity of WA Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine election results in Australia since 1890 Two party preferred vote since 1919 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1928 Australian federal election amp oldid 1159961335, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
