1922 Australian Senate election

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1922 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 before351
Seats won811
Seats after2412
Seat changeDecrease2.svg11Increase2.svg11
Popular vote567,084715,219
Percentage36.2345.70
SwingDecrease2.svg10.17Increase2.svg2.86

The 1922 Australian Senate election was held on 16 December 1922 to elect 19 of the 36 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 1922 federal election. Each state elected three senators to serve a six-year term beginning on 1 July 1923, except for Queensland, who elected an extra senator to fill a casual vacancy. [1]

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The election saw the Nationalist Party retain its majority in the Senate. However, Labor saw better results than the previous election, winning the popular vote and 11 of the 19 contested seats.

Australia

1922 Australian federal election: Senate, National [1] [2]
1922 Australian Senate.svg
PartyVotes %±Seats
Seats
won		Not
up		New
total		Seat
change
  Labor 715,21945.70+2.8611112Increase2.svg 11
  Nationalist 567,08436.23−10.1781624Decrease2.svg 11
  Country 203,26712.99+12.99000Steady2.svg
  Liberal Union 43,7062.79+2.79000Steady2.svg
  Independents 23,4471.50+0.08000Steady2.svg
  Socialist Labor 8,5510.55−0.02000Steady2.svg
  Majority Labor 3,8130.24+0.24000Steady2.svg
Total1,565,087100.00–191736–
Invalid/blank votes163,1379.44+0.83––––
Turnout1,728,22457.99−13.34––––
Registered voters2,980,424––––––

New South Wales

1922 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor 1. Allan McDougall (elected 1)
2. James Dunn
3. John Grant (elected 3)		246,41144.00+0.74
Nationalist 1. Edward Millen (re-elected 2)
2. Henry Garling (defeated)
3. Josiah Thomas (defeated)		218,86239.08+1.82
Country 1. Percy Abbott
2. John Crapp
3. William Hedges 		82,44314.72+14.72
Socialist Labor Arthur Rae 8,5511.53−0.09
Majority Labor John Powell3,8130.68+0.68
Total formal votes560,08090.00−0.63
Informal votes62,25510.00+0.63
Turnout 622,33554.49−11.99
 
#SenatorParty
1 Allan McDougall  Labor
2 Edward Millen  Nationalist
3 John Grant  Labor

Victoria

1922 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria [2] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor 1. Stephen Barker (elected 1)
2. Edward Findley (elected 3)
3. John Barnes (elected 2)		221,94848.98+6.26
Nationalist 1. George Swinburne
2. William Bolton (defeated)
3. William Plain (defeated)		154,86134.17−14.50
Country/Liberal joint ticket1. David Andrew (CP)
2. Charles Merrett (Lib)
3. Andrew White (CP)		73,38516.19+16.19
Independent John Foran2,9820.66+0.66
Total formal votes453,17692.07−0.16
Informal votes39,0447.93+0.16
Turnout 492,22056.23−19.97
 
#SenatorParty
1 Stephen Barker  Labor
2 John Barnes  Labor
3 Edward Findley  Labor

Queensland

Following the death of Nationalist senator John Adamson in May 1922, Labor member John MacDonald was appointed by the Legislative Assembly of Queensland to fill the casual vacancy. [7] [8] As a result, Queensland elected four senators, with the fourth senator elected sitting the remainder of Adamson's term ending on 30 June 1926. [9]

1922 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland [2] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor 1. John MacDonald (defeated)
2. Harry Bruce
3. Harald Jensen
4. George Martens 		131,88044.01−1.72
Nationalist 1. Thomas Crawford (re-elected 1)
2. Harry Foll (re-elected 2)
3. Matthew Reid (re-elected 3)
4. William Thompson (elected 4)		126,92542.35−11.92
Country 1. John Austin
2. William Fielding		33,40011.15+11.15
Independent James Petersen10,5473.52+3.52
Independent Herbert Yeates 7,4682.49+2.49
Total formal votes299,67389.25−2.74
Informal votes36,10810.75+2.74
Turnout 335,78182.66−2.19
 
#SenatorParty
1 Thomas Crawford  Nationalist
2 Harry Foll  Nationalist
3 Matthew Reid  Nationalist
4 William Thompson  Nationalist

Western Australia

1922 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia [2] [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist 1. Joseph Allen
2. James Rogers
3. Walter Kingsmill (elected 2)
4. Richard Buzacott (defeated)
5. Emanuel Lazarus
6. Hugh de Largie (defeated)
7. George Henderson (defeated)		30,08542.09−5.84
Labor 1. Ted Needham (elected 1)
2. Charles Graham (elected 3)
3. Charles Williams 		29,75541.63+2.18
Country 1. William Carroll
2. Archibald Sanderson
3. Leonard Darlot 		10,96915.35+2.73
Independent Patrick Stone 6670.93+0.93
Total formal votes71,47690.76−0.22
Informal votes7,2819.24+0.22
Turnout 78,75747.27−15.85
 
#SenatorParty
1 Ted Needham  Labor
2 Walter Kingsmill  Nationalist
3 Charles Graham  Labor

South Australia

1922 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia [2] [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor 1. Bert Hoare (elected 1)
2. James O'Loghlin (elected 3)
3. Charles McHugh (elected 2)		65,09548.50+9.63
Liberal Union 1. Alexander McLachlan
2. Edward Vardon (defeated)
3. James Rowell (defeated)		43,70632.56+32.56
Nationalist 1. John Verran
2. Henry Chesson
3. William Senior (defeated)		23,31117.37−38.68
Independent Frederic Andrews2,1001.56+1.56
Total formal votes134,21290.74−0.20
Informal votes13,6999.26+0.20
Turnout 147,91153.22−13.17
 
#SenatorParty
1 Bert Hoare  Labor
2 Charles McHugh  Labor
3 James O'Loghlin  Labor

Tasmania

1922 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania [2] [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist 1. Herbert Hays (elected 2)
2. Thomas Bakhap (re-elected 3)
3. John Earle (defeated)
4. William Williams
5. John Keating (defeated)
6. Henry Goodluck		23,27050.08−4.81
Labor James Ogden (elected 1)20,13043.32+2.56
Country William Dixon 3,0706.61+6.61
Total formal votes46,47090.73+0.41
Informal votes4,7509.27−0.41
Turnout 51,22045.63−13.03
 
#SenatorParty
1 James Ogden  Labor
2 Herbert Hays  Nationalist
3 Thomas Bakhap  Nationalist

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Carr, Adam. "1922 Senate". Psephos. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Barber, Stephen; Johnson, Sue (17 July 2014). "Federal election results 1901–2014" (PDF). Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Carr, Adam. "1922 Senate NSW". Psephos. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "1922 Senators elected NSW". Parliamentary Handbook. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Carr, Adam. "1922 Senate VIC". Psephos. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "1922 Senators elected VIC". Parliamentary Handbook. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  7. ↑ Carr, Adam. "The Australian Election Archive Index of Senate appointments 1901-2003". Psephos. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  8. ↑ Sullivan, Rodney (2004). "MacDonald, John Valentine (1880–1937)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  9. 1 2 Carr, Adam. "1922 Senate QLD". Psephos. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "1922 Senators elected QLD". Parliamentary Handbook. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  11. ↑ Carr, Adam. "1922 Senate WA". Psephos. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "1922 Senators elected WA". Parliamentary Handbook. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  13. ↑ Carr, Adam. "1922 Senate SA". Psephos. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  14. ↑ "1922 Senators elected SA". Parliamentary Handbook. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  15. ↑ Carr, Adam. "1922 Senate TAS". Psephos. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "1922 Senators elected TAS". Parliamentary Handbook. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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