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2397:Jack Beasley
2373:Max Falstein
2317:Independent
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1993:Labor (N-C)
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1975:Sol Rosevear
1955:Labor (N-C)
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2272:Wannon, Vic
2221:Joe Langtry
2207:Horace Nock
2183:Frank Baker
2143:Ben Chifley
2129:John Lawson
2105:Dan Mulcahy
2091:Dan Mulcahy
2027:Arthur Beck
1964:Dalley, NSW
1951:Tom Sheehan
1937:Tom Sheehan
1888:Calare, NSW
1875:H. V. Evatt
1861:Albert Lane
1850:Barton, NSW
1690:State Labor
1481:Seats held
1417:Independent
1264:State Labor
1180:John McEwen
1079:(estimated)
955:State Labor
640:independent
633:John Curtin
629:Labor Party
501:Percentage
279:Percentage
181:John Curtin
3186:Categories
2651:15 October
2625:15 October
2603:15 October
2581:15 October
2559:15 October
2535:References
2524:Including
2297:Don McLeod
2040:Henty, Vic
1913:John Breen
1824:Post-1940
1776:3,632,817
1638:1,363,072
1497:1,831,138
1478:Seats won
1404:Lang Labor
1251:Lang Labor
1057:3,876,986
909:1,556,941
808:1,703,185
696:Background
686:H.V. Evatt
655:Lang Labor
451:new party
437:(won seat)
328:TPP swing
105:4,239,346
102:Registered
2744:elections
2449:Allan Guy
2080:Lang, NSW
1926:Cook, NSW
1818:Pre-1940
1524:1,649,241
1377:Coalition
1333:Coalition
1110:−8
837:1,171,788
726:Churchill
707:world war
609:Coalition
390:Jack Lang
240:29 seats
237:44 seats
227:Fremantle
2742:Federal
2690:Archived
2468:See also
2203:Country
2163:Country
1895:Country
1666:274,861
1443:Senate (
1034:289,335
959:101,191
934:202,721
730:New Deal
619:and the
496:289,335
493:202,721
465:3 seats
454:3 seats
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1742:
1714:
1694:70,091
1686:
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1630:
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1567:181,897
1555:
1517:
1489:
1484:Change
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867:Country
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800:
795:Change
736:Results
623:led by
462:4 seat
386:Leader
365:
354:
318:49.70%
287:40.16%
223:(Vic.)
221:Kooyong
172:Leader
153:
142:
118:Turnout
2431:Labor
2401:100.0
2393:Labor
2377:Labor
2301:Labor
2241:Labor
2225:Labor
2187:Labor
2147:Labor
2087:Labor
2009:Labor
1971:Labor
1933:Labor
1917:Labor
1879:Labor
1844:Party
1829:Party
1821:Swing
1773:Total
1756:–1.07
1728:+0.26
1722:9,536
1700:+1.93
1672:+7.57
1641:37.52
1562:
1534:+16.72
1503:+3.70
1500:50.41
1475:Swing
1469:Votes
1466:Party
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1399:43.24%
1386:48.64%
1342:49.70%
1327:50.30%
1246:13.71%
1233:30.22%
1220:40.16%
1163:, Vic)
1128:+0.90
1125:50.30
1102:−0.90
1054:Total
1040:+1.90
1015:+0.21
1009:8,300
990:+0.40
965:+2.61
940:+5.23
912:40.16
870:
832:
814:–4.65
811:43.93
792:Seats
789:Swing
783:Votes
780:Party
631:under
605:Senate
528:+1.90
512:Swing
507:7.46%
504:+5.23
401:Party
322:50.30%
292:Swing
283:43.93%
187:Party
96:Senate
2490:Notes
2407:14.3
2404:64.3
2331:25.5
2328:23.6
2252:10.0
2136:10.2
2101:16.0
2098:13.4
2063:13.5
1982:14.9
1947:13.6
1944:33.9
1871:12.1
1868:13.9
1815:Seat
1798:Notes
1753:2.32
1725:0.26
1697:1.93
1669:7.57
1634:Labor
1529:45.40
1425:2.70%
1412:5.41%
1391:Labor
1319:Labor
1285:8.07%
1272:2.61%
1259:5.23%
1212:Labor
1153:Henty
1142:Notes
1119:Labor
1098:49.70
1037:7.46
1012:0.21
987:0.40
962:2.61
937:5.23
905:Labor
885:–1.84
880:13.71
847:–3.49
842:30.22
520:0.87
434:(NSW)
344:0.90
336:0.90
308:3.01
300:4.65
229:(WA)
196:Labor
129:1.31
112:3.90%
3171:2023
3166:2017
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3156:1988
3151:1984
3146:1977
3141:1974
3136:1973
3131:1967
3126:1951
3121:1948
3116:1946
3111:1944
3106:1937
3101:1928
3096:1926
3091:1919
3086:1917
3081:1916
3076:1913
3071:1911
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3061:1906
3043:1997
3021:Next
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2945:1983
2940:1980
2935:1977
2930:1975
2925:1974
2920:1972
2915:1970
2910:1969
2905:1967
2900:1966
2895:1964
2890:1963
2885:1961
2880:1958
2875:1955
2870:1954
2865:1953
2860:1951
2855:1949
2850:1946
2845:1943
2840:1940
2835:1937
2830:1934
2825:1931
2820:1929
2815:1928
2810:1925
2805:1922
2800:1919
2795:1917
2790:1914
2785:1913
2780:1910
2775:1906
2770:1903
2765:1901
2746:and
2653:2020
2627:2020
2605:2020
2583:2020
2561:2020
2511:The
2445:5.0
2442:5.2
2439:0.2
2369:2.0
2366:5.8
2363:3.8
2325:1.9
2293:3.7
2290:5.0
2287:1.3
2255:3.4
2249:6.7
2217:1.6
2214:8.8
2211:7.2
2179:1.6
2176:5.9
2173:4.3
2139:8.1
2133:2.1
2095:N/A
2060:3.2
2057:N/A
2023:1.1
2020:5.0
2017:3.9
1985:7.2
1979:N/A
1941:N/A
1909:3.4
1906:5.6
1903:2.2
1865:1.8
1572:5.01
1182:and
1166:The
688:and
671:1910
649:and
595:The
432:Reid
55:1943
45:1937
1788:36
1785:19
1653:+1
1650:17
1609:N/A
1604:N/A
1599:N/A
1585:–1
1582:15
1549:N/A
1544:N/A
1512:–1
1509:19
1506:16
1134:+3
1131:32
946:+4
921:+3
918:32
820:–8
817:36
762:IRV
442:N/A
422:N/A
395:N/A
378:IND
314:TPP
253:32
3188::
2643:.
2551:.
1765:0
1762:0
1759:0
1737:0
1734:0
1731:0
1709:0
1706:0
1703:0
1681:0
1678:0
1675:0
1647:3
1579:6
1539:10
1472:%
1452:CV
1448:BV
1106:36
1067:75
1046:0
1043:3
1021:0
1018:0
996:0
993:0
971:0
968:0
943:4
895:–3
890:13
857:–5
852:23
786:%
766:CV
681:.
645:,
478:4
274:3
266:8
249:36
131:pp
2728:e
2721:t
2714:v
1624:0
1619:4
1614:0
1445:P
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1151:(
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