1925 Australian federal election

1925 Australian federal election

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All 76[b] seats in the House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority in the House 22 (of the 36) seats in the Senate
Registered	3,302,016 10.79%
Turnout	2,987,200 (91.39%)[a] (32.03 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Stanley Bruce Matthew Charlton Earle Page Party Nationalist Labor Country Leader since 9 February 1923 16 May 1922 5 April 1921 Leader's seat Flinders (Vic.) Hunter (NSW) Cowper (NSW) Last election 26 seats 29 seats 14 seats Seats won 37 seats 23 seats + NT 13 seats Seat change 11 6 1 Primary  vote 1,238,397 1,313,627 313,363 Percentage 42.46% 45.04% 10.74% Swing 7.23% 2.74% 1.82%
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election Stanley Bruce Nationalist/Country coalition Subsequent Prime Minister Stanley Bruce Nationalist/Country coalition

The 1925 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 14 November 1925. All 75 seats in the

Compulsory voting for federal elections was introduced in 1924 and first used in the 1925 elections, where 91.4% of the electorate cast a vote, compared to 59.4% at the 1922 elections.

In 1924, Bruce and Page formulated an

The 1925 federal election was the first at which compulsory voting applied, following the passage of a private senator's bill introduced by Herbert Payne in 1924. Both the government and opposition supported Payne's bill, which had been introduced in response to a substantial decrease in voter turnout at the 1922 election.^[2]

The government made

Both Bruce and opposition leader Matthew Charlton reaffirmed their support for the White Australia policy during the election campaign. Bruce stated that "we intend to keep this country white and not allow its people to be faced with the problems that at present are practically insoluble in many parts of the world".^[5] Charlton called for "the development of our race in body, in mind and social status" and pledged "a continuance of the present embargo against the introduction of black grown sugar in Australia" to protect the status of Australia as "the only country in the world where cane sugar is produced by white labour".^[6]

For the first time since the inaugural federal election in 1901, no female candidates stood for either house of parliament.^[7]

House of Reps (IRV) – 1925–28 – Turnout 91.39% (CV) – Informal 2.36%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Nationalist–Country coalition		1,551,760	53.20	+5.41	51	+11
		Nationalist	1,238,397	42.46	+7.23	37	+11
		Country	313,363	10.74	–1.82	13	–1
	Labor		1,313,627	45.04	+2.74	24[c]	–6
	Independents		51,251	1.76	–2.80	2	+1
	Total		2,916,638			76
Two-party-preferred (estimated)
	Nationalist–Country coalition		Win	53.80	+2.60	51	+11
	Labor			46.20	−2.60	23	–6

Notes

• Independents: Percy Stewart (Wimmera, Vic.), William Watson (Fremantle, WA).
• Labor lost Kennedy, Qld., when the sitting member Charles McDonald died on the day before the election, leading to his opponent Grosvenor Francis being declared elected unopposed.^[8]

Senate (

BV) – 1925–28 – Turnout 91.31% (CV) – Informal 6.96%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held	Change
	Nationalist–Country coalition		1,537,282	54.81	N/A	22	28	N/A
		Nationalist	1,272,127	45.35	+9.12	18	24	0
		Country	265,155	9.45	–3.53	4	4	+4
	Labor		1,262,912	45.02	–0.67	0	8	–4
	Independents		4,808	0.17	–1.87	0	0	0
	Total		2,805,002			22	36

• Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
• *Figure is Nationalist versus Labor.

• Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1925
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1925–1928
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1926–1929