Australian federal election, 1925

Australian federal election, 1925

1922 ← 16 December 1925 (1925-12-16) → 1928

All 75 seats in the Australian House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority in the House 22 (of the 36) seats in the Australian Senate   First party Second party   Leader Stanley Bruce Matthew Charlton Party Nationalist/Country coalition Labor Leader since 9 February 1923 16 May 1922 Leader's seat Flinders Hunter Last election 40 seats 29 seats Seats won 51 seats 23 seats Seat change 11 6 Swing 5.41 2.74

Prime Minister before election Stanley Bruce Nationalist/Country coalition Resulting Prime Minister Stanley Bruce Nationalist/Country coalition

Federal elections were held in Australia on 14 November 1925. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 22 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce in power since 1922 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton.

Compulsory voting for Federal elections was introduced in 1924 and first used in the 1925 elections where 91% of the electorate cast a vote.

House of Reps (IRV) — 1925–28—Turnout 91.39% (CV) — Informal 2.36%

	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	1,313,627	45.04	+2.74	23	−6
	Nationalist Party of Australia	1,238,397	42.46	+7.23	37	+11	(1 elected unopposed)
	Country Party	313,363	10.74	−1.82	13	−1
	Independents/Other	51,251	1.76	−2.80	2	-4
	Total	2,916,638			75
	Nationalist/Country coalition	WIN			51	+11
	Australian Labor Party				23	−6

Independent: Percy Stewart (Wimmera, Vic), William Watson (Fremantle, WA). Labor lost Kennedy when the sitting member Charles McDonald died on the day before the election, leading to his opponent Grosvenor Francis being declared elected unopposed.

Senate (P BV) — 1925–28—Turnout 91.31% (CV) — Informal 6.96%

	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held
	Nationalist Party of Australia	1,272,127	45.35	+9.12	18	25
	Australian Labor Party	1,262,912	45.02	−0.67	0	8
	Country Party	265,155	9.45	−3.53	4	3
	Independents	4,808	0.17	−1.87	0	0
	Total	2,805,002			22	36

Seats changing hands

Seat	Pre-1925				Swing	Post-1925
	Party		Member	Margin		Margin	Member	Party
Angas, SA		Labor	Moses Gabb	8.0	8.3	0.3	Walter Parsons	Nationalist
Balaclava, Vic		Liberal	William Watt	100.0	30.3	19.7	William Watt	Nationalist
Barker, SA		Liberal	Malcolm Cameron	2.3	9.3	11.6	Malcolm Cameron	Nationalist
Barton, NSW		Labor	Frederick McDonald	7.6	8.6	1.0	Thomas Ley	Nationalist
Boothby, SA		Liberal	Jack Duncan-Hughes	4.7	2.9	7.6	Jack Duncan-Hughes	Nationalist
Darwin, Tas		Country	Joshua Whitsitt	0.4	10.9	10.5*	George Bell	Nationalist
Denison, Tas		Labor	David O'Keefe	0.4	2.6	2.2	John Gellibrand	Nationalist
Gwydir, NSW		Labor	Lou Cunningham	0.1	3.2	3.1	Aubrey Abbott	Country
Kennedy, Qld		Labor	Charles McDonald	N/A	100.0	100.0	Grosvenor Francis	Nationalist
Kooyong, Vic		Liberal	John Latham	0.6	18.3	17.7	John Latham	Nationalist
Wakefield, SA		Liberal	Richard Foster	5.3	9.5	14.8	Richard Foster	Nationalist
Wannon, Vic		Labor	John McNeill	0.8	4.8	4.0	Arthur Rodgers	Nationalist
Wimmera, Vic		Country	Percy Stewart	21.2	77.8	27.8	Percy Stewart	Independent

• Members in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
• *Figure is Nationalist versus Labor.

See also

• Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1925
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1925–1928
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1926–1929

References

• University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
• Compulsory Voting in Australia