Election held on 5 May 1917
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'
Party Name | First preference vote n | First preference vote share % | Change from previous election % | Seats won n | Uncontested seats held n | Seat share % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist Party (Nationalists) | 94,568 | 58.67 | * | 6 | 0 | 85.71 |
Australian Labor Party | 66,611 | 41.33 | -15.90 | 1 | 1 | 14.29 |
Votes for other than listed parties | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
Totals | 161,179 | 100.00 | 7 | 1 | 100.00 |
* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.
Colin A Hughes and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968, SBN 708102700).