Election held on 16 December 1922
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 % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Labor Party | 665,145 | 42.30 | -0.19 | 29 | 1 | 38.67 |
Nationalist Party (Nationalists) | 553,920 | 35.23 | -9.85 | 26 | 2 | 34.67 |
Country Party | 197,513 | 12.56 | +3.30 | 14 | 1 | 18.67 |
Liberal Party (SA, Vic) | 73,939 | 4.70 | * | 5 | 1 | 6.67 |
Independents | 71,674 | 4.56 | +3.09 | 1 | 0 | 1.33 |
Votes for other than listed parties | 10,323 | 0.66 | +0.66 | |||
Totals | 1,572,514 | 100.00 | 75 | 5 | 100.00 |
* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.
Government after election: In spite of lengthy negotiations, Hughes was unable to gain the support of the Country Party to form a coalition government after the election. Hughes resigned in favour of Bruce who became prime minister of a Nationalist Party and Country Party coalition government on 9 February 1923. For details, see the references below.
Colin A Hughes and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra; Australian National University Press, 1968 (SBN 708102700).
For information on the change of prime minister after the election, see Michelle Grattan (ed.), Australian Prime Ministers, Frenchs Forrest, NSW: New Holland Publishers, 2000 (ISBN 1 86436 6710), pp 121 and 130; Geoffrey Sawer, Australian Federal Politics and Law 1901-1929, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1956 (ISBN 0 522 84033 7), p.225.