1922 Australian federal election

1922 Australian federal election
16 December 1922 (1922-12-16)
All 76 seats in the House of Representatives
38 seats were needed for a majority in the House
19 (of the 36) seats in the Senate
Registered2,980,424 4.58%
Turnout1,646,863 (59.36%)
(18.94 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Matthew Charlton Billy Hughes Earle Page
Party Labor Nationalist Country
Leader since 16 May 1922 14 November 1916 5 April 1921
Leader's seat Hunter (NSW) won North Sydney (NSW) Cowper (NSW)
Last election 26 seats 37 seats 11 seats
Seats won 29 + NT 26 14 seats
Seat change 4 11 3
First preference vote 665,145 553,920 197,513
Percentage 42.30% 35.23% 12.56%
Swing 0.19% 9.85% 3.30%
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election

Billy Hughes
Nationalist

Subsequent Prime Minister

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

The 1922 Australian federal election was held on 16 December 1922 to elect members to the Parliament of Australia. All 76 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist Party government failed to win a majority and instead formed a coalition with the Country Party, with S. M. Bruce replacing Billy Hughes as Nationalist leader and prime minister.

The election was held following a period of parliamentary instability, with the Nationalists governing in minority. The main issue of the campaign was Hughes' leadership, which had become increasingly divisive and led to anti-Hughes factions running against endorsed Nationalists. The opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Matthew Charlton, emerged as the largest single party in the House but with no reasonable prospect of forming government. Page and the Country Party strengthened their parliamentary position and won a clear balance of power, which they used to force Hughes' resignation. A new government was not formed until February 1923, with Bruce as prime minister and Page as deputy prime minister.

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