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1951 Australian federal election

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Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction. Therefore, the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of
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A few months later, the Senate rejected the Commonwealth Bank Bill 1950, in which the Coalition government aimed to establish a "Commonwealth Bank Board", which Labor believed would be filled with private banking interests. This finally gave Menzies an excuse to call a double dissolution. While the
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Although the Coalition had won a comfortable majority in the House in 1949, Labor still had a four-seat majority in the Senate. Chifley thus made it his business to obstruct Menzies's agenda at every opportunity. Realizing this, Menzies sought to call a double dissolution at the first opportunity
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with a modestly reduced majority, and secured a majority in the Senate. This was the last time the Labor party ever held a Senate majority. Chifley died just over a month after the election. This was the sixth and last federal election prior to the death of
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Coalition lost five House seats to Labor, it still had a solid mandate. More importantly, it picked up six Senate seats, giving it control over both chambers.
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each had one seat, but members for the territories did not have full voting rights until 1966 and did not count toward government formation.
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Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
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in hopes of gaining control of both houses. He thought he had his chance in 1950, when he
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called after the Senate rejected the Commonwealth Bank Bill. The incumbent
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Results of the 1951 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
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Three members were elected unopposed – two Labor and one Liberal.
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1951–1954
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was held in Australia on 28 April 1951. All 121 seats in the
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Vol. 92, no. 28, 589. 2143:Odgers' Australian Senate Practice 1733: 1088: 555: 14: 2938: 2248:"Gallup Poll Gives It To Menzies" 1505:Australian Capital Territory, ACT 2461: 2016: 1994: 1972: 445:1951 Australian federal election 386: 372: 371: 364: 363: 336: 335: 328: 327: 289: 288: 281: 280: 170: 163: 132: 131: 115: 114: 28: 22:1951 Australian federal election 2165:"1951 House of Representatives" 1748: Liberal–Country Coalition 455:were up for election, due to a 2927:April 1951 events in Australia 2917:Federal elections in Australia 2272: 2207: 2182: 2105: 2088: 2079: 1: 2397:National Library of Australia 2125: 1153:Liberal–Country joint ticket 2117:Australian Capital Territory 2100:Australian Capital Territory 1083:) — 1951–53—Turnout 95.99% ( 550:) — 1951–54—Turnout 96.00% ( 7: 2922:1951 elections in Australia 2050: 1456: 1453: 1450: 1447: 1444: 1441: 1430: 1427: 1424: 1421: 1418: 1415: 1402: 1399: 1396: 1393: 1390: 1387: 1374: 1371: 1368: 1365: 1362: 1359: 1346: 1343: 1340: 1337: 1334: 1331: 1318: 1315: 1312: 1309: 1306: 1303: 1290: 1287: 1284: 1281: 1278: 1275: 1260: 1255: 1250: 1245: 1240: 1235: 1220: 1215: 1210: 1205: 1200: 1195: 1180: 1175: 1170: 1165: 1160: 1155: 1144: 1141: 1138: 1135: 1132: 1129: 605: 602: 599: 596: 593: 10: 2943: 2085:Turnout in contested seats 513: 504: 495:Australian Communist Party 2776: 2761:Constitutional Convention 2760: 2480: 2223:. 23 June 1950. p. 1 2195:. 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Index

1949
1954
outgoing members
elected members
House of Representatives
Senate
Opinion polls
pp


Robert Menzies
Ben Chifley
Liberal
Coalition
Labor
21 February 1945
13 July 1945
Kooyong
Macquarie
NT
ACT
TPP

Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Liberal/Country coalition
Robert Menzies
Liberal/Country coalition
House of Representatives
Senate

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