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1910 Australian federal election

Election for the 4th Parliament of Australia

Field	Value
election_name	1910 Australian federal election
country	Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1906 Australian federal election
previous_year	1906
next_election	1913 Australian federal election
next_year	1913
outgoing_members	Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1906–1910
elected_members	Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1910–1913
registered	2,267,482 7.49%
turnout	1,349,626 (59.52%)
(12.04 pp)
seats_for_election	All 75 seats in the House of Representatives
38 seats were needed for a majority in the House
18 (of the 36) seats in the Senate
election_date
image1	File:Andrew Fisher 1912 (b&w).jpg
image_size	190x190px
leader1	Andrew Fisher
leader_since1	[30 October 1907](1907-australian-labor-party-leadership-election)
party1	Labour
color1	DE3533
leaders_seat1	Wide Bay (Qld.)
swing1	13.33%
last_election1	26 seats
seats_before1	27 seats
seats1	42 seats
popular_vote1	649,538
percentage1	49.12%
seat_change1	15
image2	Image:AlfredDeakin.jpeg
leader2	Alfred Deakin
leader_since2	26 May 1909
party2	Liberal
colour2	8CB4D2
leaders_seat2	Ballaarat (Vic.)
swing2	8.01
last_election2	New party
seats_before2	42 seats
seats2	31 seats
popular_vote2	591,248
percentage2	44.71%
seat_change2	11
map_image	1910 Australian federal election.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Subsequent Prime Minister
before_election	Alfred Deakin
before_party	Liberal
after_election	Andrew Fisher
after_party	Labour

(12.04 pp) 38 seats were needed for a majority in the House 18 (of the 36) seats in the Senate

The 1910 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 13 April 1910. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party (formed by the fusion of the Protectionist Party and the Anti-Socialist Party in 1909) led by Prime Minister Alfred Deakin was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) led by Andrew Fisher.

The election represented a number of landmarks: it was Australia's first elected federal majority government; Australia's first elected Senate majority; the world's first labour party majority government at a national level; after the 1904 Chris Watson minority and Fisher's former minority government the world's third labour party government at a national level; the first time it controlled both houses of a bicameral legislature; and the first time that a prime minister, in this case Deakin, was defeated at an election. It also remains the only election in Australia's federal history to have occurred following expiration of a full three-year parliamentary term by the "effluxion of time". This was the first time the Labor Party won a federal election.

Two referendums to approve proposed amendments to the Constitution were held on the same day. The State Debts referendum was carried, but the Surplus Revenue referendum was not carried.

Future Prime Minister James Scullin and future opposition leader Matthew Charlton both entered parliament at this election. Scullin lost his seat at the subsequent 1913 election and did not re-enter parliament until 1922.

Background

After the 1906 election, the House of Representatives first met on 20 February 1907. Prime Minister Alfred Deakin allowed the parliament to run to its maximum permissible length under section 28 of the constitution (three years). Its final meeting ended on 8 December 1909, and it was then prorogued until 19 February 1910 at which point it expired by "effluxion of time". This remains the only occasion to date where the House has been allowed to expire, rather than being dissolved earlier by the Governor-General. The writs for the election were issued on 28 February, producing the longest gap between federal elections in Australian history.

Results

House of Representatives

Independent: 2 seats}}

Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	649,538	49.12	+12.48	42
	Liberal	591,248	44.71	−8.01	31
	Socialist Labor	628	0.05	+0.05	0
	Young Australia	590	0.04	+0.04	0
	Independent	80,478	6.09	−2.22	2
Total	1,322,482			75
	Labor	Win			42
	Liberal				31

Notes

Independents: William Lyne (Hume, NSW), George Wise (Gippsland, Vic)
Four members were elected unopposed: two Labor and two Liberal.

Senate

Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held	Change
	Labor	2,021,090	50.30	+11.57	18	22
	Liberal	1,830,353	45.55	N/A	0	14
	Independents	134,976	3.36	+2.46	0	0
Other	31,700	0.79		0	0
Total	4,018,119			18	36

Seats changing hands

Seat	Post-1910	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Bass, Tas	Liberal	David Storrer	12.3	56.8	6.8	Jens Jensen	Labor
Batman, Vic	Liberal	Jabez Coon	1.3	15.3	13.6	Henry Beard	Labor
Bendigo, Vic	Independent	John Quick	1.7	0.4	1.3	John Quick	Liberal
Bourke, Vic	Liberal	James Hume Cook	2.2	15.3	8.6	Frank Anstey	Labor
Brisbane, Qld	Liberal	Justin Foxton	11.3	12.5	1.2	William Finlayson	Labor
Capricornia, Qld	Liberal	Edward Archer	5.6	12.4	6.8	William Higgs	Labor
Corangamite, Vic	Liberal	Gratton Wilson	24.7	29.4	4.7	James Scullin	Labor
Corio, Vic	Liberal	Richard Crouch	100.0	54.4	4.4	Alfred Ozanne	Labor
Dalley, NSW	Liberal	William Wilks	2.7	9.3	6.6	Robert Howe	Labor
Denison, Tas	Liberal	Philip Fysh	6.5	18.6	8.1	William Laird Smith	Labor
East Sydney, NSW	Liberal	George Reid	4.9	12.0	7.1	John West	Labor
Gippsland, Vic	Liberal	George Wise	100.0	62.1	12.1	George Wise	Independent
Hume, NSW	Liberal	William Lyne	100.0	66.4	16.4	William Lyne	Independent
Hunter, NSW	Liberal	Frank Liddell	0.8	11.7	0.9	Matthew Charlton	Labor
Indi, Vic	Liberal	Joseph Brown	11.0	14.1	3.1	Parker Moloney	Labor
Maribyrnong, Vic	Liberal	Samuel Mauger	6.9	17.7	10.8	James Fenton	Labor
Nepean, NSW	Liberal	Eric Bowden	10.6	14.8	1.5	George Cann	Labor
Perth, WA	Labor	James Fowler	2.7	13.4	10.7	James Fowler	Liberal
Riverina, NSW	Liberal	John Chanter	100.0	57.0	7.0	John Chanter	Labor
Robertson, NSW	Liberal	Henry Willis	7.0	7.9	0.9	William Johnson	Labor

Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
Electorates listed as previously won by a margin of 100% were contested in 1906 as Anti-Socialists v Protectionists (Echuca and Hume) or by two Protectionists (Corio and Gippsland): these parties merged to form the Commonwealth Liberal Party on 26 May 1909.

Post-election pendulum

Hindmarsh (SA)	William Archibald	ALP	unopposed

Hume (NSW)	William Lyne	IND	16.4 vs LIB

Notes

Notes Citations

References

University of WA election results in Australia since 1890

References

[http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/guide/glossary.htm Dissolution]
(2016). "A Parliament". Parliament of Australia.

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