1928 Australian federal election

The 1928 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 17 November 1928. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist–Country coalition, led by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce won a record fifth consecutive election defeating the opposition Labor Party led by James Scullin.

1928 Australian federal election
17 November 1928 (1928-11-17)
All 75 seats in the House of Representatives
38 seats were needed for a majority in the House
19 (of the 36) seats in the Senate
  First party Second party
 
Leader Stanley Bruce James Scullin
Party Nationalist/Country coalition Labor
Leader since 9 February 1923 26 April 1928
Leader's seat Flinders (Vic.) Yarra (Vic.)
Last election 51 seats 23 seats
Seats won 42 seats 31 seats
Seat change 9 8
Percentage 51.60% 48.40%
Swing 2.20% 2.20
Popular vote by state with graphs indicating the number of seats won. As this is an IRV election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote by state but instead via results in each electorate.
Prime Minister before election

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

The election was held in conjunction with a referendum on Commonwealth–State relations, which was carried.

Future Prime Ministers John Curtin and Ben Chifley both entered parliament at this election. Both then lost their seats in the 1931 election and did not re-enter parliament until 1934 and 1940 respectively.

Results
  Nationalist: 29 seats
  Labor: 31 seats
  Country: 13 seats
  Country Progressive: 1 seat
  Independent: 1 seat

House of Representatives
House of Reps (IRV) — 1928–29—Turnout 93.64% (CV) — Informal 4.90%
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Nationalist–Country coalition 1,286,208 49.56 –3.64 42 –8
  Nationalist  1,014,522 39.09 –3.37 29 –8
  Country  271,686 10.47 –0.27 13 0
  Labor 1,158,505 44.64 –0.40 31 +8
  Country Progressive 41,713 1.61 +1.61 1 +1
  Protestant Labor 20,212 0.78 +0.78 0 0
  Independents 88,447 3.41 +1.65 1 –1
  Total 2,595,085     75
Two-party-preferred (estimated)
  Nationalist–Country coalition WIN 51.60 −2.20 42 –8
  Labor 48.40 +2.20 31 +8
Notes
  • Independent: William McWilliams (Franklin, Tas.).
  • Twelve members were elected unopposed – three Labor, five Nationalist, and four Country.
Popular Vote
Labor
 
 44.64%
Nationalist
 
 39.09%
Country
 
 10.47%
Country Progressive
 
 1.61%
Independent/Other
 
 4.19%
Two Party Preferred Vote
Coalition
 
 51.60%
Labor
 
 48.40%
Parliament Seats
Coalition
 
 56.00%
Labor
 
 41.33%
Country Progressive
 
 1.33%
Independent
 
 1.33%

Senate
Senate (P BV) — 1928–31—Turnout 93.61% (CV) — Informal 9.88%
Party Votes % Swing Seats Won Seats Held Change
  Nationalist–Country coalition 1,466,323 50.46 –4.35 12 29 +1
  Nationalist  1,141,405 39.28 –6.07 10 24 0
  Country  324,918 11.18 +1.73 2 5 +1
  Labor 1,422,418 48.95 +3.93 7 7 –1
  Independents 17,092 0.59 +0.42 0 0 0
  Total 2,905,833     19 36

Seats changing hands
Seat Pre-1928 Swing Post-1928
Party Member Margin Margin Member Party
Barton, NSW   Nationalist Thomas Ley 1.0 7.3 6.3 James Tully Labor  
Boothby, SA   Nationalist Jack Duncan-Hughes 7.6 7.7 0.1 John Price Labor  
Denison, Tas   Nationalist John Gellibrand 2.2 2.5 0.3 Charles Culley Labor  
Franklin, Tas   Nationalist Alfred Seabrook N/A 7.2 1.6 William McWilliams Independent  
Fremantle, WA   Independent William Watson 8.1 1.2 2.1 John Curtin Labor  
Herbert, Qld   Nationalist Lewis Nott 0.3 0.5 0.2 George Martens Labor  
Indi, Vic   Country Robert Cook 6.7 N/A (Unopposed) Paul Jones Labor  
Lang, NSW   Nationalist Elliot Johnson 5.9 9.4 3.5 William Long Labor  
Macquarie, NSW   Nationalist Arthur Manning 1.3 6.2 4.9 Ben Chifley Labor  
Wakefield, SA   Nationalist Richard Foster 14.8 24.4 9.6 Maurice Collins Country  
Wilmot, Tas   Country Llewellyn Atkinson 7.0 N/A 4.6 Llewellyn Atkinson Nationalist  
  • Members in italics did not contest their seat at this election.

In the Division of Indi, the sitting candidate Robert Cook lost his seat after forgetting to file nomination papers, resulting in Labor candidate Paul Jones winning the seat unopposed.

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