1919 Australian Senate election

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1919 Australian Senate election
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19 of the 36 seats in the Senate
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Edward Davis Millen (cropped).jpg Albert Gardiner.jpg
Leader Edward Millen Albert Gardiner
Party Nationalist Labor
Leader's seat New South Wales New South Wales
Seats before2412
Seats won181
Seats after351
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg11
Popular vote861,990795,858
Percentage46.40%42.84
SwingDecrease2.svg8.97Decrease2.svg0.88

The 1919 Australian Senate election was held on 13 December 1919 to elect 19 of the 36 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 1919 federal election. Each state elected three senators to serve a six-year term beginning on 1 July 1920, except for Tasmania, who elected an extra senator to fill a casual vacancy. [1]

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The election was the first to use preferential block voting following the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 . [2] The Nationalist Party won 18 of the 19 contested seats to expand their majority in the Senate. This left Albert Gardiner as the only remaining Labor and non-government senator.

Australia

1919 Australian federal election: Senate, National [1] [3]
1919 Australian Senate.svg
PartyVotes %±Seats
Seats
won		Not
up		New
total		Seat
change
  Nationalist 861,99046.40−8.97181735Increase2.svg 11
  Labor 795,85842.84−0.88101Decrease2.svg 11
  Farmers' and Settlers' 100,6205.42+5.42000Steady2.svg
  Victorian Farmers' Union 50,6202.72+2.72000Steady2.svg
  Independents 26,3741.42+1.03000Steady2.svg
  Country Party of Western Australia 11,8530.64+0.64000Steady2.svg
  Socialist Labor 10,5080.57+0.06000Steady2.svg
Total1,857,823100.00–191736–
Invalid/blank votes175,1148.61+4.71––––
Turnout2,032,93771.33–6.36––––
Registered voters2,849,862––––––

New South Wales

1919 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor 1. Albert Gardiner (re-elected 3)
2. Allan McDougall (defeated)
3. John Grant (defeated)		281,31543.26−0.25
Nationalist 1. Charles Cox (elected 1)
2. Walter Duncan (elected 2)
3. Henry Garling 		242,33637.26−17.77
Farmers and Settlers Franc Falkiner 100,62015.47+15.47
Independent Alfred Conroy 15,5592.39+2.39
Socialist Labor 1. Ernie Judd
2. William Corcoran
3. Mary McMahon		10,5081.62+0.16
Total formal votes650,33890.63−5.54
Informal votes67,2279.37+5.54
Turnout 717,56566.48−4.18
 
#SenatorParty
1 Charles Cox  Nationalist
2 Walter Duncan  Nationalist
3 Albert Gardiner  Labor

Victoria

1919 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria [3] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist 1. Harold Elliott (elected 1)
2. James Guthrie (elected 2)
3. Edward Russell (re-elected 3)		286,44048.67−6.2
Labor 1. Stephen Barker (defeated)
2. Edward Findley
3. John Barnes (defeated)		251,43342.72−2.02
Victorian Farmers 1. Thomas Paterson
2. Richard Rees
3. Edwin Reseigh		50,6208.60+8.60
Total formal votes588,49392.23−4.56
Informal votes49,6057.77+4.56
Turnout 638,09876.20−7.72
 
#SenatorParty
1 Harold Elliott  Nationalist
2 James Guthrie  Nationalist
3 Edward Russell  Nationalist

Queensland

1919 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland [3] [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist 1. John Adamson (elected 1)
2. Thomas Givens (re-elected 2)
3. William Glasgow (elected 3)		164,84454.27+3.36
Labor 1. Myles Ferricks (defeated)
2. Harry Turley
3. William Maughan (defeated)		138,91945.73−2.24
Total formal votes303,76391.99−3.25
Informal votes26,4688.01+3.25
Turnout 330,23184.85−4.17
 
#SenatorParty
1 John Adamson  Nationalist
2 Thomas Givens  Nationalist
3 William Glasgow  Nationalist

Western Australia

1919 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia [3] [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist 1. George Pearce (re-elected 1)
2. Patrick Lynch (re-elected 2)
3. Edmund Drake-Brockman (elected 3)		45,01247.93−20.23
Labor 1. Ted Needham (defeated)
2. Thomas Gorman
3. William Graham		37,05539.45+7.61
Country 1. James Crawford
2. Victor Riseley		11,85312.62+12.62
Total formal votes93,92090.98−3.86
Informal votes9,3159.02+3.86
Turnout 103,23563.12−14.65
 
#SenatorParty
1 George Pearce  Nationalist
2 Patrick Lynch  Nationalist
3 Edmund Drake-Brockman  Nationalist

South Australia

1919 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia [3] [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist 1. Benjamin Benny (elected 1)
2. John Newland (re-elected 2)
3. Victor Wilson (elected 3)		90,78156.05−1.05
Labor 1. Thomas Grealy
2. James O'Loghlin (defeated)
3. Frank Lundie 		62,94638.87−4.03
Independent Edward Craigie 8,2305.08+5.08
Total formal votes161,95790.94−4.62
Informal votes16,1359.06+4.62
Turnout 178,09266.39−5.54
 
#SenatorParty
1 Benjamin Benny  Nationalist
2 John Newland  Nationalist
3 Victor Wilson  Nationalist

Tasmania

Following the resignation of Labor senator James Long in December 1918, Nationalist Edward Mulcahy was appointed by the Parliament of Tasmania to fill the casual vacancy. [14] As a result, Tasmania elected four senators, with the fourth senator elected sitting the remainder of Long's term ending on 30 June 1920. [15]

1919 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania [3] [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist 1. John Millen (elected 1)
2. George Foster (elected 2)
3. Herbert Payne (elected 3)
4. Edward Mulcahy (elected 4)		32,57754.89−2.07
Labor 1. David O'Keefe (defeated)
2. James Guy (defeated)
3. Walter Woods 		24,19040.76+0.28
Independent Cyril Cameron 1,7712.98−3.03
Independent David Blanshard8141.37+1.37
Total formal votes59,35290.32−5.96
Informal votes6,3649.68+5.96
Turnout 65,71658.66−17.35
 
#SenatorParty
1 John Millen  Nationalist
2 George Foster  Nationalist
3 Herbert Payne  Nationalist
4 Edward Mulcahy  Nationalist

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