The 1955 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 10 December 1955. All 122 seats in the House of Representatives and 30 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. An early election was called to bring the House and Senate elections back in line; the previous election in 1954 had been House-only. The incumbent Liberal–Country coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies increased its majority over the opposition Labor Party, led by H. V. Evatt.
Ten members were elected unopposed – five Liberal and five Country. This would be the last federal election where any seat attracted only one candidate.
^The Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory each had one seat, but members for the territories did not have full voting rights until 1966 and did not count toward government formation.
University of WA 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine election results in Australia since 1890
AEC 2PP vote
Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction. Therefore, the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences.
January 01, 1970
1955, australian, federal, election, held, australia, december, 1955, seats, house, representatives, seats, senate, were, election, early, election, called, bring, house, senate, elections, back, line, previous, election, 1954, been, house, only, incumbent, li. The 1955 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 10 December 1955 All 122 seats in the House of Representatives and 30 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election An early election was called to bring the House and Senate elections back in line the previous election in 1954 had been House only The incumbent Liberal Country coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies increased its majority over the opposition Labor Party led by H V Evatt 1955 Australian federal election 1954 10 December 1955 1958 outgoing memberselected members All 124 b seats of the House of Representatives62 seats were needed for a majority in the House30 of the 60 seats of the SenateRegistered5 172 443 1 49 Turnout4 525 774 95 00 a 1 09 pp First party Second party Leader Robert Menzies H V Evatt Party Liberal Country coalition Labor Leader since 23 September 1943 13 June 1951 Leader s seat Kooyong Vic Barton NSW Last election 64 seats 57 seats Seats won 75 47 NT ACT Seat change 11 10 Popular vote 2 093 430 1 961 359 Percentage 47 67 44 65 Swing 0 10 5 42 TPP 54 20 45 80 TPP swing 4 90 4 90Results by division for the House of Representatives shaded by winning party s margin of victory Prime Minister before election Robert Menzies Liberal Country coalition Subsequent Prime Minister Robert Menzies Liberal Country coalition Future Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and future opposition leader Billy Snedden both entered parliament at this election 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 Main article Results of the 1955 Australian federal election House of Representatives nbsp Labor 47 seats Liberal 56 seats Country 18 seats House of Reps IRV 1955 58 Turnout 95 00 CV Informal 2 88 nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats Change Liberal Country coalition 2 093 430 47 67 0 10 75 11 Liberal 1 745 985 39 75 0 75 57 10 Country 347 445 7 91 0 66 18 1 Labor 1 961 359 44 65 5 42 49 c 10 Anti Communist Labor 227 083 5 17 5 17 0 0 Communist 51 001 1 16 0 09 0 0 Independents 60 042 1 37 0 26 0 0 Total 4 392 915 122 1 Two party preferred estimated Liberal Country coalition Win 54 20 4 90 75 11 Labor 45 80 4 90 49 10 Ten members were elected unopposed five Liberal and five Country This would be the last federal election where any seat attracted only one candidate Popular vote Labor 44 65 Liberal 39 75 Country 7 91 ALP AC 5 17 Independent 1 37 Communist 1 16 Two party preferred vote Coalition 54 20 Labor 45 80 Parliament seats Coalition 61 48 Labor 38 52 Senate edit Senate STV 1955 58 Turnout 95 01 CV Informal 9 63 nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats won Seats held Change Liberal Country coalition 2 161 460 48 68 4 25 17 30 1 Liberal Country joint ticket 1 748 878 39 38 12 93 8 N A N A Liberal 384 732 8 66 9 32 8 24 2 Country 27 850 0 63 0 63 1 6 1 Labor 1 803 335 40 61 10 00 12 28 1 Anti Communist Labor 271 067 6 10 6 10 1 2 2 Communist 161 869 3 64 0 59 0 0 0 Henry George Justice 3 366 0 08 0 22 0 0 0 Independents 39 928 0 90 0 36 0 0 0 Total 4 441 025 30 60Seats changing hands editSeat Pre 1955 Swing Post 1955 Party Member Margin Margin Member Party Ballaarat Vic Labor Bob Joshua 2 6 10 7 7 9 Dudley Erwin Liberal Hume NSW Labor Arthur Fuller 2 2 3 5 2 2 Charles Anderson Country Maribyrnong Vic Labor Arthur Drakeford 16 1 7 5 0 1 Philip Stokes Liberal Perth WA Labor Tom Burke 2 3 3 8 1 5 Fred Chaney Liberal Philip NSW Labor Joe Fitzgerald 8 9 5 7 1 1 William Aston Liberal St George NSW Labor Nelson Lemmon 2 7 5 8 3 4 Bill Graham Liberal Bob Joshua contested his seat as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party Anti Communist See also editCandidates of the 1955 Australian federal election Members of the Australian House of Representatives 1955 1958 Members of the Australian Senate 1956 1959Notes edit Turnout in contested seats The Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory each 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 Territory and Australian Capital TerritoryReferences editUniversity of WA Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine election results in Australia since 1890 AEC 2PP vote Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction Therefore the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1955 Australian federal election amp oldid 1220364092, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
