1922 Australian federal election

1922 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 19 (of the 36) seats in the Senate
Registered	2,980,424 4.58%
Turnout	1,646,863 (59.36%)[a] (18.94 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Matthew Charlton Billy Hughes Earle Page Party Labor Nationalist Country Leader since 16 May 1922 14 November 1916 5 April 1921 Leader's seat Hunter (NSW) won North Sydney (NSW)[c] Cowper (NSW) Last election 26 seats 37 seats 11 seats Seats won 29 + NT 26 14 seats Seat change 4 11 3 Popular vote 665,145 553,920 197,513 Percentage 48.80% 51.20% Swing 2.90% 2.90%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   LU LIB Leader N/A N/A James Catts Party Liberal Union Liberal Majority Labor Leader since N/A N/A April 1922 Leader's seat N/A N/A Cook (lost seat) Last election Did not contest Did not exist Did not exist Seats before 0 seats 0 seats 1 seat Seats won 3 2 0 Seat change 3 2 1 Popular vote 37,904 32,167 10,303 Percentage 2.41% 2.04% 0.66% Swing 2.41 2.04 0.66
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election Billy Hughes Nationalist Subsequent Prime Minister Stanley Bruce Nationalist/Country coalition

The 1922 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 16 December 1922. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist Party, led by Prime Minister Billy Hughes lost its majority. However, the opposition Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton did not take office as the Nationalists sought a coalition with the fledgling Country Party led by Earle Page. The Country Party made Hughes's resignation the price for joining, and Hughes was replaced as Nationalist leader by Stanley Bruce.

Future Prime Minister Frank Forde and future opposition leader John Latham both entered parliament at this election.

At this election, Hughes as the sitting prime minister made his second seat transfer, in this case, from Bendigo to North Sydney. Hughes had held Bendigo since transferring there from West Sydney at the 1917 election also as the sitting prime minister.

Hughes remains the only sitting Prime Minister to transfer to another seat, not once but twice.

Aside from the 1917 and 1922 elections, all other elections have seen the sitting prime minister recontest the seat that they held prior to the election.
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