Election held on 21 August 1943
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 | 2,058,578 | 49.94 | +9.78 | 49 | 1 | 66.22 |
United Australia Party | 661,750 | 16.05 | -14.17 | 12 | 0 | 16.22 |
Independents | 501,054 | 12.15 | +4.08 | 1 | 0 | 1.35 |
Country Party | 287,000 | 6.96 | -6.74 | 7 | 0 | 9.46 |
Country - National Party (Qld) | 166,419 | 4.04 | * | 3 | 0 | 4.05 |
Liberal Country Party (Vic) | 145,665 | 3.53 | * | 1 | 0 | 1.35 |
One Parliament for Australia | 87,112 | 2.11 | * | 0 | ||
Queensland Country Party | 61,196 | 1.48 | * | 1 | 0 | 1.35 |
State Labor Party (NSW) | 29,752 | 0.72 | -1.89 | 0 | ||
Votes for other than listed parties | 123,965 | 3.01 | +3.01 | |||
Totals | 4,122,491 | 100.00 | 74 | 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.
Government in office at election: Fadden became prime minister of a Country Party UAP minority coalition government on 29 August 1941, dependent on the support of Independent Arthur Coles (electoral district of Henty) and Alexander Wilson who had been elected as a member of the Victorian United Country Party against the endorsed official Country Party candidate (electoral district of Wimmera). These two members voted to defeat the Fadden government on a financial measure in the House of Representatives on 7 October 1941. Fadden resigned and Curtin was commissioned as Prime Minister of an Australian Labor Party minority government.
Colin A Hughes and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968, SBN 708102700).