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1913 Australian federal election

Election for the 5th Parliament of Australia

Field	Value
election_name	1913 Australian federal election
country	Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1910 Australian federal election
previous_year	1910
next_election	1914 Australian federal election
next_year	1914
outgoing_members	Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1910–1913
elected_members	Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1913–1914
registered	2,760,216 22.22%
turnout	1,955,723 (73.49%)
(10.69 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	Image:Joseph_Cook_-_Crown_Studios_03.jpg
image_size	190x190px
leader1	Joseph Cook
leader_since1	20 January 1913
party1	Liberal
colour1	8CB4D2
leaders_seat1	Parramatta (NSW)
swing1	3.85%
last_election1	31 seats
seats_needed1	7
seats1	38 seats
popular_vote1	930,076
percentage1	48.94%
seat_change1	7
image2	Image:Andrew Fisher 1912 (b&w).jpg
leader2	Andrew Fisher
leader_since2	[30 October 1907](1907-australian-labor-party-leadership-election)
party2	Australian Labor Party
leaders_seat2	Wide Bay (Qld)
swing2	1.50%
last_election2	42 seats
seats_needed2	0
seats2	37 seats
popular_vote2	921,099
percentage2	48.47%
seat_change2	5
map_image	1913 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	Andrew Fisher
before_party	Australian Labor Party
after_election	Joseph Cook
after_party	Commonwealth Liberal Party

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

The 1913 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 31 May 1913. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, was defeated by the opposition Commonwealth Liberal Party under Joseph Cook, marking the second time an Australian Prime Minister was defeated at an election. The new government had a majority of just a single seat, and held a minority of seats in the Senate. It would last only 15 months, suffering defeat at the 1914 election.

The 1913 election was held in conjunction with six referendum questions, none of which were carried. According to David Day, Andrew Fisher's biographer, "it was probably the timing of the referenda that was most responsible for the disappointing election result" for the Labor Party.

Results

House of Representatives

Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	930,076	48.94	+3.85	38
	Labor	921,099	48.47	−1.50	37
	Independents	49,194	2.59	−2.35	0
Total	1,900,369			75
	Liberal	Win			38
	Labor				37

Notes

Three members were elected unopposed – one Liberal and two Labor.

Senate

Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held	Change
	Liberal	946,807	49.38	+3.83	7	7
	Labor	934,176	48.72	−1.58	11	29
	Socialist Labor	20,183	1.05	+1.05	0	0
	Independents	16,233	0.85	−2.51	0	0
Total	1,917,399			18	36

Seats changing hands

Seat	Post-1913	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Ballaarat, Vic	Liberal	Alfred Deakin	1.1	3.1	0.6	Charles McGrath	Labor
Bendigo, Vic	Liberal	John Quick	1.3	3.6	2.0	John Arthur	Labor
Boothby, SA	Liberal	David Gordon	7.1	10.8	3.0	George Dankel	Labor
Calare, NSW	Labor	Thomas Brown	3.6	5.9	2.1	Henry Pigott	Liberal
Corangamite, Vic	Labor	James Scullin	4.7	6.1	2.2	Chester Manifold	Liberal
Corio, Vic	Labor	Alfred Ozanne	4.4	5.1	1.8	William Kendell	Liberal
Fremantle, WA	Liberal	William Hedges	4.5	11.4	5.8	Reginald Burchell	Labor
Gippsland, Vic	Independent	George Wise	12.1	12.7	5.0	James Bennett	Liberal
Hume, NSW	Independent	William Lyne	16.4	16.2	0.7	Robert Patten	Liberal
Indi, Vic	Labor	Parker Moloney	3.1	3.2	2.2	Cornelius Ahern	Liberal
New England, NSW	Labor	Frank Foster	2.7	9.5	6.5	Percy Abbott	Liberal
Oxley, Qld	Liberal	Richard Edwards	12.2	N/A	4.4	James Sharpe	Labor
Riverina, NSW	Labor	John Chanter	7.0	8.6	1.0	Franc Falkiner	Liberal
Wannon, Vic	Labor	John McDougall	5.0	7.8	4.2	Arthur Rodgers	Liberal
Werriwa, NSW	Labor	Benjamin Bennett	0.8	6.5	5.9	Alfred Conroy	Liberal

Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.

Post-election pendulum

Kalgoorlie (WA)	Charlie Frazer	ALP	unopposed

Notes

References

[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1913/1913senate1.txt Senate results, 1913 election]
David Day. (2008). "Andrew Fisher: Prime Minister of Australia". Fourth Estate.

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