1928 Australian federal election

1928 Australian federal election

17 November 1928 (1928-11-17)

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
Registered3,444,769 4.32%
Turnout2,728,815 (93.64%)
(2.25 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Scullin Stanley Bruce Earle Page
Party Labor Nationalist Country
Leader since 26 April 1928 9 February 1923 5 April 1921
Leader's seat Yarra (Vic.) Flinders (Vic.) Cowper (NSW)
Last election 23 seats 37 seats 13 seats
Seats won 31 + NT 29 13
Seat change 8 8
Primary vote 1,158,505 1,014,522 271,686
Percentage 44.64% 39.09% 10.47%
Swing 0.40 3.37% 0.27%

Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.

Prime Minister before election

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

Subsequent Prime Minister

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

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.

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.