1925 Australian Senate election
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The 1925 Australian Senate election was held on 14 November 1925 to elect 22 of the 36 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 1925 federal election. Each state elected three senators to serve a six-year term beginning on 1 July 1926. Due to casual vacancies, Victoria and Tasmania elected an extra senator, while New South Wales elected two extra senators.[1]
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14 November 1925
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22 of the 36 seats in the Senate 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election was the first to implement compulsory voting following the passing of the 1924 amendment to the Commonwealth Electoral Act. The introduction of compulsory voting raised turnout to over 91%, compared with a turnout of under 60% at the previous election.[2]
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| Party | Votes | % | ± | Seats | |||||
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Not up |
New total |
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| Nationalist | 1,272,127 | 45.35 | +9.12 | 18 | 6 | 24 |  | ||
| Country | 265,155 | 9.45 | â3.54 | 4 | 0 | 4 |  4 | ||
| Nationalist/Country Coalition | 1,537,282 | 54.81 | +5.59 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 4 | ||
| Labor | 1,262,912 | 45.02 | â0.68 | 0 | 8 | 8 |  4 | ||
| Independent | 4,808 | 0.17 | â1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | ||
| Total | 2,805,002 | 100.00 | â | 22 | 14 | 36 | â | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 209,951 | 6.96 | â2.48 | â | â | â | â | ||
| Turnout | 3,014,953 | 91.31 | +33.32 | â | â | â | â | ||
| Registered voters | 3,302,016 | â | â | â | â | â | â | ||
New South Wales
Following the death of Nationalist senator Edward Millen in September 1923, Nationalist Walter Massy-Greene was appointed by the Parliament of New South Wales to fill the casual vacancy.[4][5] Additionally, after the death of Labor senator Allan McDougall in October 1924, the vacancy was first filled by Jack Power and then by William Gibbs, both Labor members.[6][5] As a result, New South Wales elected five senators, with the fourth and fifth senators elected sitting the remainder of Millen and McDougall's term ending on 30 June 1929.[7]
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Victoria
Following the death of Labor senator Stephen Barker in June 1924, Labor member Joseph Hannan was appointed by the Parliament of Victoria to fill the casual vacancy.[5][9] As a result, Victoria elected four senators, with the fourth senator elected sitting the remainder of Barker's term ending on 30 June 1929.[10]
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Queensland
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Western Australia
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South Australia
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Tasmania
Following the death of Nationalist senator Thomas Bakhap in August 1923, Nationalist John Hayes was appointed by the Parliament of Tasmania to fill the casual vacancy.[5][18] As a result, Tasmania elected four senators, with the fourth senator elected sitting the remainder of Bakhap's term ending on 30 June 1929.[19]
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See also
Notes
- As there was no coalition before the previous election, this count is of seats held by the Nationalist Party.