1913 Australian federal election
The 1913 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 31 May 1913. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, was defeated by the opposition Commonwealth Liberal Party under Joseph Cook, marking the second time an Australian Prime Minister was defeated at an election. The new government had a majority of just a single seat, and held a minority of seats in the Senate.[1] It would last only 15 months, suffering defeat at the 1914 election.
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All 75 seats in the House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority in the House 18 (of the 36) seats in the Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 2,760,216  22.22% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 1,955,723 (73.49%)[lower-alpha 1] ( 10.69 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1913 election was held in conjunction with six referendum questions, none of which were carried. According to David Day, Andrew Fisher's biographer, "it was probably the timing of the referenda that was most responsible for the disappointing election result" for the Labor Party.[2]
Results
House of Representatives
Labour: 37 seats
Liberal: 38 seats
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 930,076 | 48.94 | +3.85 | 38 | +7 | |
| Labor | 921,099 | 48.47 | −1.50 | 37 | −5 | |
| Independents | 49,194 | 2.59 | −2.35 | 0 | −2 | |
| Total | 1,900,369 | 75 | ||||
| Liberal | Win | 38 | +7 | |||
| Labor | 37 | −5 | ||||
- Notes
- Three members were elected unopposed – one Liberal and two Labor.
Senate
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 946,807 | 49.38 | +3.83 | 7 | 7 | −7 | |
| Labor | 934,176 | 48.72 | −1.58 | 11 | 29 | +7 | |
| Socialist Labor | 20,183 | 1.05 | +1.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 16,233 | 0.85 | −2.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,917,399 | 18 | 36 | ||||
Seats changing hands
| Seat | Pre-1913 | Swing | Post-1913 | ||||||
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| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
| Ballaarat, Vic | Liberal | Alfred Deakin | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.6 | Charles McGrath | Labor | ||
| Bendigo, Vic | Liberal | John Quick | 1.3 | 3.6 | 2.0 | John Arthur | Labor | ||
| Boothby, SA | Liberal | David Gordon | 7.1 | 10.8 | 3.0 | George Dankel | Labor | ||
| Calare, NSW | Labor | Thomas Brown | 3.6 | 5.9 | 2.1 | Henry Pigott | Liberal | ||
| Corangamite, Vic | Labor | James Scullin | 4.7 | 6.1 | 2.2 | Chester Manifold | Liberal | ||
| Corio, Vic | Labor | Alfred Ozanne | 4.4 | 5.1 | 1.8 | William Kendell | Liberal | ||
| Fremantle, WA | Liberal | William Hedges | 4.5 | 11.4 | 5.8 | Reginald Burchell | Labor | ||
| Gippsland, Vic | Independent | George Wise | 12.1 | 12.7 | 5.0 | James Bennett | Liberal | ||
| Hume, NSW | Independent | William Lyne | 16.4 | 16.2 | 0.7 | Robert Patten | Liberal | ||
| Indi, Vic | Labor | Parker Moloney | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.2 | Cornelius Ahern | Liberal | ||
| New England, NSW | Labor | Frank Foster | 2.7 | 9.5 | 6.5 | Percy Abbott | Liberal | ||
| Oxley, Qld | Liberal | Richard Edwards | 12.2 | N/A | 4.4 | James Sharpe | Labor | ||
| Riverina, NSW | Labor | John Chanter | 7.0 | 8.6 | 1.0 | Franc Falkiner | Liberal | ||
| Wannon, Vic | Labor | John McDougall | 5.0 | 7.8 | 4.2 | Arthur Rodgers | Liberal | ||
| Werriwa, NSW | Labor | Benjamin Bennett | 0.8 | 6.5 | 5.9 | Alfred Conroy | Liberal | ||
- Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
Post-election pendulum
| Government seats | |||
| Commonwealth Liberal Party | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Hume (NSW) | Robert Patten | LIB | 0.7 vs IND |
| Riverina (NSW) | Franc Falkiner | LIB | 1.0 |
| Corio (Vic) | William Kendell | LIB | 1.8 |
| Calare (NSW) | Henry Pigott | LIB | 2.1 |
| Indi (Vic) | Cornelius Ahern | LIB | 2.2 |
| Corangamite (Vic) | Chester Manifold | LIB | 2.2 |
| Dampier (WA) | Henry Gregory | LIB | 2.6 |
| Perth (WA) | James Fowler | LIB | 3.3 |
| Wakefield (SA) | Richard Foster | LIB | 3.7 |
| Grampians (Vic) | Hans Irvine | LIB | 3.9 |
| Wannon (Vic) | Arthur Rodgers | LIB | 4.2 |
| Lilley (Qld) | Jacob Stumm | LIB | 4.7 |
| Swan (WA) | John Forrest | LIB | 4.9 |
| Gippsland (Vic) | James Bennett | LIB | 5.0 vs IND |
| Robertson (NSW) | William Fleming | LIB | 5.3 |
| Nepean (NSW) | Richard Orchard | LIB | 5.6 |
| Franklin (Tas) | William McWilliams | LIB | 5.8 |
| Werriwa (NSW) | Alfred Conroy | LIB | 5.9 |
| Fairly safe | |||
| New England (NSW) | Percy Abbott | LIB | 6.5 |
| Lang (NSW) | Elliot Johnson | LIB | 7.1 |
| Flinders (Vic) | William Irvine | LIB | 7.8 |
| Eden-Monaro (NSW) | Austin Chapman | LIB | 8.7 |
| Barker (SA) | John Livingston | LIB | 9.0 |
| Safe | |||
| Darling Downs (Qld) | Littleton Groom | LIB | 10.0 |
| Moreton (Qld) | Hugh Sinclair | LIB | 10.7 |
| Echuca (Vic) | Albert Palmer | LIB | 11.0 |
| Wentworth (NSW) | Willie Kelly | LIB | 11.7 |
| Kooyong (Vic) | Robert Best | LIB | 11.9 vs IND |
| Parkes (NSW) | Bruce Smith | LIB | 11.9 |
| Wilmot (Tas) | Llewellyn Atkinson | LIB | 12.6 |
| Balaclava (Vic) | Agar Wynne | LIB | 15.0 |
| Henty (Vic) | James Boyd | LIB | 17.1 |
| Parramatta (NSW) | Joseph Cook | LIB | 18.3 |
| North Sydney (NSW) | Granville Ryrie | LIB | 19.1 |
| Richmond (NSW) | Walter Massy-Greene | LIB | 19.9 |
| Very safe | |||
| Wimmera (Vic) | Sydney Sampson | LIB | 21.0 |
| Cowper (NSW) | John Thomson | LIB | 22.2 |
| Angas (SA) | Paddy Glynn | LIB | unopposed |
| Non-government seats | |||
| Australian Labor Party | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Illawarra (NSW) | George Burns | ALP | 0.2 |
| Ballaarat (Vic) | Charles McGrath | ALP | 0.6 |
| Macquarie (NSW) | Ernest Carr | ALP | 1.6 |
| Grey (SA) | Alexander Poynton | ALP | 2.0 |
| Bendigo (Vic) | John Arthur | ALP | 2.0 |
| Darwin (Tas) | King O'Malley | ALP | 2.1 |
| Gwydir (NSW) | William Webster | ALP | 2.2 |
| Bass (Tas) | Jens Jensen | ALP | 2.4 |
| Boothby (SA) | George Dankel | ALP | 3.0 |
| Denison (Tas) | William Laird Smith | ALP | 3.3 |
| Fawkner (Vic) | Joseph Hannan | ALP | 3.3 |
| Oxley (Qld) | James Sharpe | ALP | 4.4 |
| Hunter (NSW) | Matthew Charlton | ALP | 4.5 |
| Wide Bay (Qld) | Andrew Fisher | ALP | 5.6 |
| Fremantle (WA) | Reginald Burchell | ALP | 5.8 |
| Fairly safe | |||
| East Sydney (NSW) | John West | ALP | 6.1 |
| Brisbane (Qld) | William Finlayson | ALP | 6.9 |
| Dalley (NSW) | Robert Howe | ALP | 7.7 |
| Herbert (Qld) | Fred Bamford | ALP | 8.0 |
| Cook (NSW) | James Catts | ALP | 9.9 |
| Safe | |||
| Bourke (Vic) | Frank Anstey | ALP | 10.0 |
| Darling (NSW) | William Spence | ALP | 10.5 |
| Maribyrnong (Vic)) | James Fenton | ALP | 10.8 |
| Capricornia (Qld) | William Higgs | ALP | 14.1 |
| Batman (Vic) | Frank Brennan | ALP | 14.9 |
| Maranoa (Qld) | Jim Page | ALP | 15.0 |
| South Sydney (NSW) | Edward Riley | ALP | 15.0 |
| Adelaide (SA) | Ernest Roberts | ALP | 18.4 |
| Very safe | |||
| West Sydney (NSW) | Billy Hughes | ALP | 21.3 |
| Melbourne (Vic) | William Maloney | ALP | 21.9 vs IND |
| Newcastle (NSW) | David Watkins | ALP | 23.8 |
| Kennedy (Qld) | Charles McDonald | ALP | 24.4 |
| Yarra (Vic) | Frank Tudor | ALP | 25.0 |
| Barrier (NSW) | Josiah Thomas | ALP | 26.8 |
| Melbourne Ports (Vic) | James Mathews | ALP | 29.2 |
| Hindmarsh (SA) | William Archibald | ALP | unopposed |
| Kalgoorlie (WA) | Charlie Frazer | ALP | unopposed |
See also
- Candidates of the 1913 Australian federal election
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1913–1914
- Members of the Australian Senate, 1913–1914
Notes
- Turnout in contested seats
References
- Senate results, 1913 election
- David Day (2008). Andrew Fisher: Prime Minister of Australia. Fourth Estate. p. 279.
External links
- University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
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