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Chris Watson, first federal Labour Party leader as of two months after the election, and would later be Prime Minister in 1904.. The parties contesting the election were the Protectionist Party, led by Prime Minister of Australia Edmund Barton, and the Free Trade Party, unofficially led by former New South Wales Premier George Reid.
The current federal government structure was established in 1901 by the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1901. The first three national elections resulted in minority governments. The world’s first ever Labor Party Prime Minister took office in Australia in 1904, though Labor governed in minority.
Australian federal election, 29–30 March 1901 [1] House of Representatives –1903 >> Enrolled voters 977,993 Votes cast 502,556 Turnout: 51.39 Informal votes 8,469 Informal 1.69 Summary of votes by party Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change Protectionist: 135,996 27.52% * 27 * Free Trade: 164,085 33.21% * 25 * Labour: 90,174 18.25% * 15 *
This article provides a timeline of elections in Australia, including all the colonial, state, territorial and federal elections. The information starts from when each state or territory held its first election, and continues through to the present day.
Of the 65 federal electoral divisions first contested at the 1901 election, 33 are still in existence without ever being abolished.These are referred to as Federation Divisions, with the Australian Electoral Commission's redistribution guidelines stating that "Every effort should be made to retain the names of original federation divisions".
To date, the election is the most decisive result at any Australian state or federal election since Federation, in terms of both percentage of lower house seats controlled by the governing party (89.8%) and two-party preferred margin. [35] [36] Map displaying Labor's landslide victory at the 2021 Western Australian state election.
At least 33 days must elapse between the issue by the Speaker of a writ and the date of a by-election, and the Speaker cannot issue the writ until receipt of a formal letter of resignation. A by-election must take place on a Saturday. A supplementary election is held in an electorate following a scheduled general election if the election is not ...
The Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 (Cth) was an Act of the Parliament of Australia which set out who was entitled to vote in Australian federal elections.The Act established, in time for the 1903 Australian federal election, suffrage for federal elections for those who were British subjects over 21 years of age who had lived in Australia for six months.