1913 Australian federal election

Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates 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. It would last only 15 months, suffering defeat at the 1914 election.

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.

Results

House of Representatives

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  Labour: 37 seats

  Liberal: 38 seats

House of Reps 1913–14 (FPTP) — Turnout 73.49% (Non-CV) — Informal 2.83%

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Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
Template:Australian party style |	Liberal	930,076	48.94	+3.85	38	+7
Template:Australian party style |	Labor	921,099	48.47	−1.50	37	−5
Template:Australian party style |	Independents	49,194	2.59	−2.35	0	−2
	Total	1,900,369			75
Template:Australian party style|	Liberal	Win			38	+7
Template:Australian party style|	Labor				37	−5

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Notes

• Three members were elected unopposed – one Liberal and two Labor.

Popular vote Liberal   48.94% Labor   48.47% Independent   2.59%

Parliament seats Liberal   50.67% Labor   49.33%

Senate

Senate 1913–14 (FPTP BV) — Turnout 73.66% (Non-CV) — Informal N/A

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Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held	Change
Template:Australian party style |	Liberal	946,807	49.38	+3.83	7	7	−7
Template:Australian party style|	Labor	934,176	48.72	−1.58	11	29	+7
Template:Australian party style|	Socialist Labor	20,183	1.05	+1.05	0	0	0
Template:Australian party style|	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
	Party		Member	Margin		Margin	Member	Party
Ballaarat, Vic	Template:Australian party style|	Liberal	Alfred Deakin	1.1	3.1	0.6	Charles McGrath	Labor	Template:Australian party style|
Bendigo, Vic	Template:Australian party style|	Liberal	John Quick	1.3	3.6	2.0	John Arthur	Labor	Template:Australian party style|
Boothby, SA	Template:Australian party style|	Liberal	David Gordon	7.1	10.8	3.0	George Dankel	Labor	Template:Australian party style|
Calare, NSW	Template:Australian party style|	Labor	Thomas Brown	3.6	5.9	2.1	Henry Pigott	Liberal	Template:Australian party style|
Corangamite, Vic	Template:Australian party style|	Labor	James Scullin	4.7	6.1	2.2	Chester Manifold	Liberal	Template:Australian party style|
Corio, Vic	Template:Australian party style|	Labor	Alfred Ozanne	4.4	5.1	1.8	William Kendell	Liberal	Template:Australian party style|
Fremantle, WA	Template:Australian party style|	Liberal	William Hedges	4.5	11.4	5.8	Reginald Burchell	Labor	Template:Australian party style|
Gippsland, Vic	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	George Wise	12.1	12.7	5.0	James Bennett	Liberal	Template:Australian party style|
Hume, NSW	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	William Lyne	16.4	16.2	0.7	Robert Patten	Liberal	Template:Australian party style|
Indi, Vic	Template:Australian party style|	Labor	Parker Moloney	3.1	3.2	2.2	Cornelius Ahern	Liberal	Template:Australian party style|
New England, NSW	Template:Australian party style|	Labor	Frank Foster	2.7	9.5	6.5	Percy Abbott	Liberal	Template:Australian party style|
Oxley, Qld	Template:Australian party style|	Liberal	Richard Edwards	12.2	N/A	4.4	James Sharpe	Labor	Template:Australian party style|
Riverina, NSW	Template:Australian party style|	Labor	John Chanter	7.0	8.6	1.0	Franc Falkiner	Liberal	Template:Australian party style|
Wannon, Vic	Template:Australian party style|	Labor	John McDougall	5.0	7.8	4.2	Arthur Rodgers	Liberal	Template:Australian party style|
Werriwa, NSW	Template:Australian party style|	Labor	Benjamin Bennett	0.8	6.5	5.9	Alfred Conroy	Liberal	Template:Australian party style|

• Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.

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

External links

• University of WA election results in Australia since 1890