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The 1929 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 12 October 1929. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, ...
The election was held on 12 October 1929. There was no election for the Senate. ... 1928–1929; Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1929–1931;
Australian federal election, 12 October 1929 [1] House of Representatives << 1928–1931 >>. Enrolled voters 3,539,120 Votes cast 2,957,549 Turnout: 94.85 +1.21 Informal votes
Centenary of Western Australia; 4 April – 1929 Tasmanian floods: A dam on the Cascade River in Tasmania collapses. The subsequent torrent floods the town of Derby, killing fourteen people. [1] 3 June – Fremantle, Western Australia is proclaimed a city. [2] 12 October – A federal election is held.
This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 12th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1929 election on 12 October 1929. 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 ...
This article summarises results for the general elections to the Australian House of Representatives and ... 12 October 1929 election: 48.8% 44.2% 7.0% 56.7% 43.3% 46 ...
In 1929, Lyons resigned from state parliament to enter federal politics, winning the seat of Wilmot in Labor's landslide victory at the 1929 election. He was immediately appointed to cabinet by the new prime minister James Scullin, becoming Postmaster-General of Australia and Minister for Works and Railways.
The Scullin ministry was the 19th ministry of the Government of Australia.It was led by the country's 9th Prime Minister, James Scullin.The Scullin ministry succeeded the Third Bruce ministry, which dissolved on 22 October 1929 following the federal election that took place on 12 October which saw Labor defeat Stanley Bruce's Nationalist–Country Coalition.