The 1946 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 28 September 1946. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party led by Prime Minister Ben Chifley defeated the opposition Liberal–Country coalition, led by Robert Menzies. It was the Liberal Party's first federal election since its creation. This was the first time the Labor party had won a second consecutive election. This was also the last time the Labor party would win a federal election until the 1972 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.
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1946, australian, federal, election, held, australia, september, 1946, seats, house, representatives, seats, senate, were, election, incumbent, labor, party, prime, minister, chifley, defeated, opposition, liberal, country, coalition, robert, menzies, liberal,. The 1946 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 28 September 1946 All 74 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election The incumbent Labor Party led by Prime Minister Ben Chifley defeated the opposition Liberal Country coalition led by Robert Menzies It was the Liberal Party s first federal election since its creation This was the first time the Labor party had won a second consecutive election This was also the last time the Labor party would win a federal election until the 1972 election 1946 Australian federal election 1943 28 September 1946 1949 outgoing memberselected members All 75 a seats of the House of Representatives38 seats were needed for a majority in the House19 of the 36 seats of the SenateRegistered4 739 853 6 12 Turnout4 453 941 93 97 2 35 pp First party Second party Third party Leader Ben Chifley Robert Menzies Jack LangParty Labor Liberal Country coalition Lang LaborLeader since 13 July 1945 23 September 1943Leader s seat Macquarie NSW Kooyong Vic Reid NSW won seat Last election 49 seats 19 seats 0 seatsSeats won 43 seats 29 seats 1 seatSeat change 6 10 1Popular vote 2 159 953 1 896 349 69 138Percentage 49 71 43 65 1 59 Swing 0 22 13 20 0 87TPP 54 10 45 90 TPP swing 4 10 4 10Results by division for the House of Representatives shaded by winning party s margin of victory Prime Minister before electionBen ChifleyLabor Subsequent Prime Minister Ben ChifleyLaborThe election was held in conjunction with three referendum questions one of which was carried Contents 1 Results 1 1 House of Representatives 1 2 Senate 2 Seats changing hands 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesResults EditHouse of Representatives Edit nbsp Labor 43 seats Liberal 18 seats Country 11 seats Lang Labor 1 seat Independent 1 seatHouse of Reps IRV 1946 49 Turnout 93 97 CV Informal 2 45 nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats Change Labor 2 159 953 49 71 0 22 43 6 Liberal Country coalition 1 896 349 43 65 13 20 29 6 Liberal 1 431 682 32 95 11 05 18 4 Country 464 667 10 70 2 16 11 2 Lang Labor 69 138 1 59 0 87 1 1 Communist 64 811 1 49 1 49 0 0 Services 55 140 1 27 1 27 0 0 Protestant People s 20 111 0 46 0 46 0 0 Independents 79 040 1 82 10 34 2 b 1 Total 4 344 542 75Two party preferred estimated Labor Win 54 10 4 10 43 6 Liberal Country coalition 45 90 4 10 29 6NotesIndependent Doris Blackburn Bourke Vic In South Australia the Liberal Party was known as the Liberal and Country League Popular voteLabor 49 71 Liberal 32 95 Country 10 70 Lang Labor 1 59 Independent Other 1 83 Two party preferred voteLabor 54 10 Coalition 45 90 Parliament seatsLabor 58 11 Coalition 35 14 Senate Edit Senate P BV 1946 49 Turnout 93 97 CV Informal 8 01 nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats won Seats held Change Labor 2 133 272 52 06 3 02 16 33 11 Liberal Country coalition 1 775 022 43 33 5 18 3 3 11 Liberal Country joint ticket 1 561 718 38 12 N A 3 N A N A Liberal 213 304 5 21 N A 0 2 10 Country N A N A N A 0 1 1 Protestant People s 123 541 3 02 3 02 0 0 0 Services 37 724 0 92 0 92 0 0 0 Independents 27 767 0 68 3 83 0 0 0 Total 4 097 326 19 36NotesOf the three senators elected on Liberal Country joint tickets two were Liberal Party members and one was a Country Party member Seats changing hands EditSeat Pre 1946 Swing Post 1946Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyBourke Vic Labor Bill Bryson 3 6 4 7 1 1 Doris Blackburn Independent Calare NSW Labor John Breen 9 9 11 7 1 8 John Howse Liberal Capricornia Qld Labor Frank Forde 5 9 8 8 2 9 Charles Davidson Liberal Franklin Tas Labor Charles Frost 9 9 10 0 0 1 Bill Falkinder Liberal Henty Vic Independent Arthur Coles 5 5 9 8 4 3 Jo Gullett Liberal Reid NSW Labor Charles Morgan N A 7 4 4 2 Jack Lang Lang Labor Swan WA Labor Don Mountjoy 3 0 3 2 0 2 Len Hamilton Country Wakefield SA Labor Albert Smith 1 2 3 9 2 7 Philip McBride Liberal Wilmot Tas Liberal Allan Guy 1 7 3 4 1 7 Gil Duthie Labor Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election See also EditCandidates of the 1946 Australian federal election Members of the Australian House of Representatives 1946 1949 Members of the Australian Senate 1947 1950Notes 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 Including Northern TerritoryReferences EditUniversity of WA Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine election results in Australia since 1890 Two party preferred vote since 1937 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1946 Australian federal election amp oldid 1159966599, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
