Australian federal election, 1929
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Federal elections were held in Australia on 12 October 1929. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, with no Senate seats up for election, as a result of Billy Hughes and other rebel backbenchers crossing the floor over industrial relations legislation, depriving the Bruce government of a lower house majority. In the resulting election, the incumbent Nationalist Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce in power since 1923 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party led by James Scullin. Labor won with its then largest-ever majority in the federal parliament.
It was the only federal election in Australia's history at which no sitting members retired. It also saw the defeat of the Prime Minister Stanley Bruce in his own seat of Flinders; this was the first time that a serving Prime Minister has lost his own seat at an election.
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
| Australian Labor Party | 1,406,327 | 48.84 | +4.20 | 46 | +15 | (6 elected unopposed) |
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| Nationalist Party of Australia | 975,979 | 33.90 | -5.20 | 14 | -15 | ||
| Country Party | 295,640 | 10.27 | -0.20 | 10 | -3 | (3 elected unopposed) |
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| Independent Nationalist | 112,108 | 3.89 | * | 3 | +3 | ||
| Country Progressives Party | 27,942 | 0.97 | -0.64 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Independent | 61,254 | 2.13 | -2.06 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2,879,250 | 75 | |||||
| Australian Labor Party | WIN | 46 | +15 | ||||
| Nationalist/Country coalition | 24 | -18 |
See Australian federal election, 1928 for Senate composition.
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- University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
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