Election held on 5 April 1930
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 | 102,194 | 48.64 | +0.65 | 30 | 4 | 65.22 |
Liberal Party | 74,930 | 35.66 | * | 13 | 0 | 28.26 |
Country Party | 14,555 | 6.93 | * | 2 | 0 | 4.35 |
Independent Labor | 5,944 | 2.83 | * | 0 | ||
Independents | 4,876 | 2.32 | -2.14 | 0 | ||
Independent Protestant Labor Party | 4,132 | 1.97 | -0.11 | 0 | ||
Single Tax Party | 2,777 | 1.32 | * | 1 | 0 | 2.17 |
Votes for other than listed parties | 696 | 0.33 | +0.33 | |||
Totals | 210,104 | 100.00 | 46 | 4 | 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).