1919 Australian Senate election
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The 1919 Australian Senate election was held on 13 December 1919 to elect 19 of the 36 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 1919 federal election. Each state elected three senators to serve a six-year term beginning on 1 July 1920, except for Tasmania, who elected an extra senator to fill a casual vacancy.[1]
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13 December 1919
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The election was the first to use preferential block voting following the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.[2] The Nationalist Party won 18 of the 19 contested seats to expand their majority in the Senate. This left Albert Gardiner as the only remaining Labor and non-government senator.
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| Party | Votes | % | ± | Seats | ||||
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| Nationalist | 861,990 | 46.40 | â8.97 | 18 | 17 | 35 |  11 | |
| Labor | 795,858 | 42.84 | â0.88 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  11 | |
| Farmers' and Settlers' | 100,620 | 5.42 | +5.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | |
| Victorian Farmers' Union | 50,620 | 2.72 | +2.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Independents | 26,374 | 1.42 | +1.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Country Party of Western Australia | 11,853 | 0.64 | +0.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Socialist Labor | 10,508 | 0.57 | +0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Total | 1,857,823 | 100.00 | â | 19 | 17 | 36 | â | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 175,114 | 8.61 | +4.71 | â | â | â | â | |
| Turnout | 2,032,937 | 71.33 | â6.36 | â | â | â | â | |
| Registered voters | 2,849,862 | â | â | â | â | â | â | |
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Victoria
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Queensland
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Western Australia
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South Australia
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Tasmania
Following the resignation of Labor senator James Long in December 1918, Nationalist Edward Mulcahy was appointed by the Parliament of Tasmania to fill the casual vacancy.[14] As a result, Tasmania elected four senators, with the fourth senator elected sitting the remainder of Long's term ending on 30 June 1920.[15]
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