522:
1239:
2630:
30:
369:
158:
478:
1332:
591:
165:
2541:
the governor general pinioned under the cow's hoof won a
Walkley award. There was a memorable repeat performance at the Melbourne Cup later that year when Kerr, in an ill-fitting top hat and tails, struggled to remain upright as he awarded the cup to the owners of the winning horse. It was a sad sight of a public decline (now a much-watched YouTube clip called, "the Governor-General drunk at the Melbourne Cup").
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346:
318:
310:
271:
263:
126:
109:
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By 1977, Kerr's behaviour at public events was also becoming a liability. That was the year he landed face-down in the mud at the
Tamworth Show as he attempted to place the winning medallion around the prized cow "Lovedale Posh", all of it captured by a waiting photographer. The front-page images of
497:
The 1977 election was held a year earlier than required, partly to bring elections for the House and Senate back into line. A half-Senate election had to be held by July 1978, since the double dissolution election of 1975 had resulted in the terms of senators being backdated to 1 July 1975, as per
462:. While the Coalition suffered a five-seat swing, it still had a substantial 48-seat majority in the House. The Liberals retained an outright majority, with 67 seats. Although Fraser thus had no need for the support of the National Country Party, the Coalition was retained.
489:
The government offering tax cuts to voters and ran advertisements with the slogan "fistful of dollars". The tax cuts were never delivered; instead a "temporary surcharge" was imposed in 1978. The election coincided with the retirement of the
Governor-General, Sir
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74:
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calculated "notional" margins for the redistributed divisions by modelling the outcome of the previous election as if the new boundaries had been in place.
494:. Kerr had appeared drunk at the Melbourne Cup in November and the public outcry resulted in the cancellation of his appointment as Ambassador to UNESCO.
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3449:
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2392:
469:. He was unable to recover much of the ground Labor had lost in its severe defeat two years prior, and resigned as leader shortly after the election.
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3567:
2291:
1983:
205:
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3095:
2418:
210:
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The second Fraser
Government had the second-largest parliamentary majority in Australian history (at the time) after the majority it won in the
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3017:
2618:
2391:
This was the last
Australian federal election for the House of Representatives at which no women were elected, although there were a number of
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2353:
had resigned his seat to leave politics but was soon invited to lead the new party and decided to run as a senator for
Victoria. The party's
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499:
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3557:
3526:
3484:
3203:
1613:
809:
3891:
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2977:
2972:
2918:
3628:
3501:
3459:
2992:
2504:
The
Australian people will not accept a return to high taxes. The Government will bring taxes down further - not increase them.
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884:
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3362:
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429:
86:
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3597:
3372:
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2045:
1897:
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2656:
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54:
44:
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2796:
2786:
2756:
2438:
3685:
3573:
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3157:
3081:
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3511:
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3469:
3429:
3414:
3394:
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3125:
2604:
521:
3911:
3670:
3603:
3593:
2358:
859:
491:
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3646:
3140:
3130:
2314:
2269:
2149:
1933:
1264:
683:
547:
444:
385:
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3047:
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3027:
3022:
3007:
2997:
2987:
2982:
2967:
2962:
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2222:
2176:
2102:
2084:
2040:
2022:
1905:
1841:
1697:
1641:
1434:
1256:
834:
648:
539:
440:
3399:
3198:
3345:
2944:
2639:
1781:
1322:
1312:
373:
Results by division for the House of
Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
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3186:
3164:
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3750:
3675:
3387:
3191:
2635:
2296:
2251:
2214:
2194:
2131:
1978:
1960:
1557:
1474:
1288:
1279:
1243:
1002:
909:
759:
571:
562:
526:
455:
195:
3845:
3680:
3654:
3638:
3404:
3120:
3104:
1517:
1367:
1272:
1249:
970:
721:
623:
581:
555:
532:
447:
411:
396:
190:
3805:
3790:
3780:
3419:
3135:
2346:
2261:
2094:
1585:
1304:
784:
1238:
477:
8:
3785:
2306:
1970:
956:
326:
226:
2553:
3855:
3770:
3720:
3208:
2522:
2060:
1998:
220:
2518:"John Kerr's letters to the Queen's private secretary: 'A raw display of devastation'"
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3174:
3152:
2032:
1669:
1326:
585:
433:
95:
3865:
3815:
3795:
2186:
2141:
368:
130:
3730:
3660:
2585:
1955:
1834:
1753:
482:
2573:
157:
3860:
2384:. Gough Whitlam resigned as the leader of the ALP in 1978, and was replaced by
2228:
2017:
1910:
451:
407:
392:
175:
465:
Whitlam became the first and only person to contest four federal elections as
3880:
3820:
3765:
3740:
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2199:
2126:
459:
454:, in government since 1975, was elected to a second term over the opposition
180:
3775:
3755:
3725:
1938:
1295:
517:
3810:
3760:
2385:
2370:
2362:
1331:
164:
3073:
590:
3835:
2154:
2336:
Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
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2629:
2350:
3840:
2462:
Had become a notional Labor seat as a result of the redistribution.
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had resigned to contest a lower-house seat. Haines was, however,
428:
was held in
Australia on 10 December 1977. All 124 seats in the
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2414:
Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1977–1980
2369:
to recontest the seat. Don Chipp was elected in Victoria and
2345:
This election marks the effective parliamentary debut of the
2357:
had briefly inherited a South Australian Senate seat when
2395:. Women have been elected at every federal election from
2373:
in New South Wales (Haines returned to the Senate at the
2437:
For seats that were affected by the redistribution the
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was the renamed "Workers Party" from the 1975 election.
510:
2409:Candidates of the 1977 Australian federal election
91:63 seats were needed for a majority in the House
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2458:
2456:
380:
2498:– via Museum of Australian Democracy at
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2612:
2453:
2419:Members of the Australian Senate, 1978–1981
500:Section 13 of the Constitution of Australia
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3082:
2619:
2605:
3103:
2588:election results in Australia since 1890
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2206:
2064:
2052:
2002:
1990:
1917:
1237:
955:
520:
476:
472:
2574:AustralianPolitics.com election details
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2431:
1848:
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3077:
2600:
2546:
2530:from the original on 14 February 2024
2490:from the original on 14 February 2024
2444:
13:
3388:State and Territory Shadow Cabinet
2516:Hocking, Jenny (26 October 2020).
1330:
589:
14:
3923:
3907:December 1977 events in Australia
2556:. Australian Electoral Commission
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2628:
511:House of Representatives results
426:1977 Australian federal election
367:
353:
352:
345:
344:
317:
316:
309:
308:
270:
269:
262:
261:
163:
156:
125:
124:
108:
107:
28:
22:1977 Australian federal election
2439:Australian Electoral Commission
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3892:Federal elections in Australia
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2476:
2349:. The former Liberal minister
432:and 34 of the 64 seats in the
1:
2469:
3378:Premiers and Chief Ministers
3373:Governors and Administrators
1325:) — 1977–80—Turnout 95.08% (
975:
584:) — 1977–80—Turnout 95.08% (
94:34 (of the 64) seats of the
7:
3887:1977 elections in Australia
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2158:
2122:
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2113:
2075:
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2069:
2049:
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1526:
1521:
1506:
1501:
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1481:
1463:
1458:
1453:
1448:
1443:
1438:
1423:
1418:
1413:
1408:
1403:
1398:
1387:
1384:
1381:
1378:
1375:
1372:
1018:
1015:
1012:
1009:
1006:
993:
988:
985:
980:
950:
945:
942:
939:
936:
925:
922:
919:
916:
913:
900:
897:
894:
891:
888:
875:
872:
869:
866:
863:
850:
847:
844:
841:
838:
825:
822:
819:
816:
813:
800:
797:
794:
791:
788:
775:
772:
769:
766:
763:
748:
743:
738:
733:
728:
710:
705:
700:
695:
690:
672:
667:
662:
657:
652:
639:
636:
633:
630:
627:
10:
3928:
3383:Parliaments and Assemblies
514:
505:
3709:
3627:
3542:
3438:
3361:
3217:
3148:Federal Executive Council
3111:
2943:
2928:Constitutional Convention
2927:
2647:
1891:
1876:
1871:
1868:
1861:
1858:
1855:
1808:
1780:
1752:
1724:
1696:
1668:
1640:
1612:
1584:
1556:
1396:Liberal–NCP joint ticket
1366:
1363:
1340:
1220:
1212:
1207:
1197:
1193:
1189:
1184:
1163:
1155:
1150:
1140:
1136:
1132:
1127:
1106:
1098:
1093:
1085:
1080:
1072:
1067:
1059:
1054:
1046:
1042:
1038:
1033:
1001:
968:
933:
908:
883:
858:
833:
808:
783:
758:
622:
619:
599:
403:Subsequent Prime Minister
378:
365:
137:
117:
101:
83:
65:
38:
26:
3170:House of Representatives
2424:
1128:Two-party-preferred vote
467:Leader of the Opposition
430:House of Representatives
87:House of Representatives
3831:Parliamentary secretary
3801:Independent politicians
2584:18 January 2015 at the
3851:Responsible government
3751:Contempt of parliament
3204:Statute of Westminster
2554:"National seat status"
1335:
1317:
594:
576:
486:
436:were up for election.
3105:Politics of Australia
2450:Margin is over Labor.
1368:Liberal–NCP coalition
1334:
1241:
971:Liberal–NCP coalition
624:Liberal–NCP coalition
593:
524:
480:
473:Background and issues
412:Liberal/NCP coalition
397:Liberal/NCP coalition
191:Liberal/NCP coalition
85:All 124 seats of the
16:Election in Australia
3806:Kirribilli agreement
3791:Hardworking Families
3746:Chardonnay socialist
2500:Old Parliament House
2347:Australian Democrats
1849:Seats changing hands
3912:Landslide victories
3786:Group voting ticket
1337:
957:Two-party-preferred
596:
234:Last election
217:Leader's seat
23:
3856:Stolen Generations
3771:Double dissolution
3564:Northern Territory
2328:District abolished
2208:District abolished
2054:District abolished
1992:District abolished
1919:District abolished
1336:
1329:) — Informal 9.00%
1320:
1318:
595:
588:) — Informal 2.52%
579:
577:
487:
279:Popular vote
202:Leader since
121:8,127,762 (95.08%)
21:
3874:
3873:
3846:Quiet Australians
3614:Western Australia
3180:Opposition Leader
3158:Foreign relations
3144:
3071:
3070:
2649:Federal elections
2333:
2332:
1830:
1829:
1670:Call to Australia
1231:
1230:
1225:
1224:
1174:
1173:
1168:
1167:
1117:
1116:
1111:
1110:
1023:
1022:
422:
421:
418:
417:
361:
360:
258:Seat change
92:
61:
60:
3919:
3816:Leadership spill
3796:How-to-vote card
3781:Forgotten People
3651:Liberal National
3440:State/territory
3363:State/territory
3138:
3126:Governor-General
3098:
3091:
3084:
3075:
3074:
2633:
2632:
2621:
2614:
2607:
2598:
2597:
2579:University of WA
2566:
2565:
2563:
2561:
2550:
2544:
2543:
2537:
2535:
2513:
2507:
2506:
2497:
2495:
2484:"Malcolm Fraser"
2480:
2463:
2460:
2451:
2448:
2442:
2435:
2393:women candidates
2359:Liberal Movement
2315:National Country
2292:John FitzPatrick
2270:National Country
2150:National Country
1984:John FitzPatrick
1934:National Country
1926:Capricornia, Qld
1853:
1852:
1614:Democratic Labor
1479:
1475:National Country
1338:
1319:
1311:
1303:
1287:
1271:
1263:
1255:
1185:Parliament seats
1182:
1181:
1176:
1175:
1125:
1124:
1119:
1118:
1031:
1030:
1025:
1024:
961:
810:Democratic Labor
726:
688:
684:National Country
597:
578:
570:
554:
546:
538:
445:National Country
381:
371:
356:
355:
348:
347:
320:
319:
312:
311:
273:
272:
265:
264:
167:
160:
139:
138:
128:
127:
113:
111:
110:
90:
70:outgoing members
50:10 December 1977
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39:
33:
32:
31:
24:
20:
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3926:
3922:
3921:
3920:
3918:
3917:
3916:
3877:
3876:
3875:
3870:
3731:Branch stacking
3712:
3705:
3661:Centre Alliance
3655:Country Liberal
3630:
3623:
3584:South Australia
3554:New South Wales
3545:
3538:
3441:
3434:
3364:
3357:
3220:
3213:
3107:
3102:
3072:
3067:
2939:
2923:
2643:
2627:
2625:
2586:Wayback Machine
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2472:
2467:
2466:
2461:
2454:
2449:
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2436:
2432:
2427:
2405:
2367:not preselected
2343:
2215:Parramatta, NSW
1956:Doug Everingham
1865:
1851:
1835:Brian Harradine
1518:Country Liberal
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1316:
1309:
1308:
1301:
1300:
1293:
1292:
1285:
1284:
1277:
1276:
1269:
1268:
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1260:
1253:
1252:
1248:
1236:
1227:
1226:
1218:
1205:
1170:
1169:
1161:
1148:
1113:
1112:
1104:
1091:
1078:
1065:
1052:
959:
724:
722:Country Liberal
686:
580:House of Reps (
575:
568:
567:
560:
559:
552:
551:
544:
543:
536:
535:
531:
519:
513:
508:
483:Gallagher Index
475:
410:
405:
395:
390:
388:before election
379:
374:
366:
245:Seats won
211:8 February 1967
122:
106:
93:
89:
84:
79:
78:
75:elected members
72:
34:
29:
27:
17:
12:
11:
5:
3925:
3915:
3914:
3909:
3904:
3902:Malcolm Fraser
3899:
3894:
3889:
3872:
3871:
3869:
3868:
3863:
3861:Working Family
3858:
3853:
3848:
3843:
3838:
3833:
3828:
3823:
3818:
3813:
3808:
3803:
3798:
3793:
3788:
3783:
3778:
3773:
3768:
3763:
3758:
3753:
3748:
3743:
3738:
3736:Casual vacancy
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3728:
3723:
3717:
3715:
3707:
3706:
3704:
3703:
3698:
3693:
3688:
3683:
3678:
3673:
3668:
3663:
3658:
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3611:
3601:
3591:
3581:
3571:
3561:
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3548:
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3529:
3524:
3519:
3514:
3509:
3504:
3499:
3494:
3488:
3487:
3482:
3477:
3472:
3467:
3462:
3457:
3452:
3446:
3444:
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3432:
3427:
3422:
3417:
3412:
3407:
3402:
3397:
3391:
3390:
3385:
3380:
3375:
3369:
3367:
3359:
3358:
3356:
3355:
3349:
3348:
3343:
3338:
3331:
3326:
3321:
3316:
3311:
3306:
3301:
3296:
3291:
3286:
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3276:
3271:
3266:
3261:
3256:
3251:
3246:
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3211:
3206:
3201:
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3194:
3189:
3183:
3182:
3177:
3172:
3167:
3161:
3160:
3155:
3150:
3145:
3141:Shadow Cabinet
3133:
3131:Prime Minister
3128:
3123:
3117:
3115:
3109:
3108:
3101:
3100:
3093:
3086:
3078:
3069:
3068:
3066:
3065:
3060:
3055:
3050:
3045:
3040:
3035:
3030:
3025:
3020:
3015:
3010:
3005:
3000:
2995:
2990:
2985:
2980:
2975:
2970:
2965:
2960:
2955:
2949:
2947:
2941:
2940:
2938:
2937:
2931:
2929:
2925:
2924:
2922:
2921:
2916:
2909:
2904:
2899:
2894:
2889:
2884:
2879:
2874:
2869:
2864:
2859:
2854:
2849:
2844:
2839:
2834:
2829:
2824:
2819:
2814:
2809:
2804:
2799:
2794:
2789:
2784:
2779:
2774:
2769:
2764:
2759:
2754:
2749:
2744:
2739:
2734:
2729:
2724:
2719:
2714:
2709:
2704:
2699:
2694:
2689:
2684:
2679:
2674:
2669:
2664:
2659:
2653:
2651:
2645:
2644:
2624:
2623:
2616:
2609:
2601:
2595:
2594:
2589:
2576:
2568:
2567:
2545:
2508:
2474:
2473:
2471:
2468:
2465:
2464:
2452:
2443:
2429:
2428:
2426:
2423:
2422:
2421:
2416:
2411:
2404:
2401:
2342:
2339:
2338:
2337:
2331:
2330:
2325:
2322:
2317:
2312:
2309:
2303:
2302:
2299:
2294:
2289:
2286:
2283:
2280:
2277:
2272:
2267:
2264:
2258:
2257:
2254:
2249:
2244:
2241:
2238:
2235:
2232:
2229:Philip Ruddock
2225:
2220:
2217:
2211:
2210:
2205:
2202:
2197:
2192:
2189:
2183:
2182:
2179:
2174:
2169:
2166:
2163:
2160:
2157:
2152:
2147:
2144:
2138:
2137:
2134:
2129:
2124:
2121:
2118:
2115:
2112:
2105:
2100:
2097:
2091:
2090:
2087:
2082:
2077:
2074:
2071:
2068:
2063:
2057:
2056:
2051:
2048:
2043:
2038:
2035:
2029:
2028:
2025:
2020:
2018:Philip Ruddock
2015:
2012:
2009:
2006:
2001:
1995:
1994:
1989:
1986:
1981:
1976:
1973:
1967:
1966:
1963:
1958:
1953:
1950:
1947:
1944:
1941:
1936:
1931:
1928:
1922:
1921:
1916:
1913:
1911:Geoffrey Giles
1908:
1903:
1900:
1894:
1893:
1890:
1887:
1884:
1881:
1878:
1874:
1873:
1870:
1867:
1866:margin
1860:
1857:
1850:
1847:
1846:
1845:
1842:Progress Party
1838:
1828:
1827:
1825:
1822:
1819:
1816:
1813:
1810:
1807:
1803:
1802:
1799:
1796:
1793:
1790:
1787:
1784:
1779:
1775:
1774:
1771:
1768:
1765:
1762:
1759:
1756:
1751:
1747:
1746:
1743:
1740:
1737:
1734:
1731:
1728:
1723:
1719:
1718:
1715:
1712:
1709:
1706:
1703:
1700:
1695:
1691:
1690:
1687:
1684:
1681:
1678:
1675:
1672:
1667:
1663:
1662:
1659:
1656:
1653:
1650:
1647:
1644:
1639:
1635:
1634:
1631:
1628:
1625:
1622:
1619:
1616:
1611:
1607:
1606:
1603:
1600:
1597:
1594:
1591:
1588:
1583:
1579:
1578:
1575:
1572:
1569:
1566:
1563:
1560:
1555:
1551:
1550:
1545:
1540:
1535:
1530:
1525:
1520:
1515:
1511:
1510:
1505:
1500:
1495:
1490:
1485:
1480:
1472:
1468:
1467:
1462:
1457:
1452:
1447:
1442:
1437:
1432:
1428:
1427:
1422:
1417:
1412:
1407:
1402:
1397:
1394:
1390:
1389:
1386:
1383:
1380:
1377:
1374:
1371:
1365:
1361:
1360:
1357:
1354:
1351:
1348:
1345:
1342:
1235:
1234:Senate results
1232:
1229:
1228:
1223:
1222:
1219:
1216:
1214:
1210:
1209:
1206:
1203:
1201:
1195:
1194:
1192:
1190:
1187:
1186:
1180:
1179:
1172:
1171:
1166:
1165:
1162:
1159:
1157:
1153:
1152:
1149:
1146:
1144:
1138:
1137:
1135:
1133:
1130:
1129:
1123:
1122:
1115:
1114:
1109:
1108:
1105:
1102:
1100:
1096:
1095:
1092:
1089:
1087:
1083:
1082:
1079:
1076:
1074:
1070:
1069:
1066:
1063:
1061:
1057:
1056:
1053:
1050:
1048:
1044:
1043:
1041:
1039:
1036:
1035:
1029:
1028:
1021:
1020:
1017:
1014:
1011:
1008:
1005:
1000:
996:
995:
992:
987:
984:
979:
974:
967:
963:
962:
953:
952:
949:
944:
941:
938:
935:
932:
928:
927:
924:
921:
918:
915:
912:
907:
903:
902:
899:
896:
893:
890:
887:
882:
878:
877:
874:
871:
868:
865:
862:
857:
853:
852:
849:
846:
843:
840:
837:
832:
828:
827:
824:
821:
818:
815:
812:
807:
803:
802:
799:
796:
793:
790:
787:
782:
778:
777:
774:
771:
768:
765:
762:
757:
753:
752:
747:
742:
737:
732:
727:
719:
715:
714:
709:
704:
699:
694:
689:
681:
677:
676:
671:
666:
661:
656:
651:
646:
642:
641:
638:
635:
632:
629:
626:
621:
617:
616:
613:
610:
607:
604:
601:
515:Main article:
512:
509:
507:
504:
474:
471:
452:Malcolm Fraser
439:The incumbent
420:
419:
416:
415:
408:Malcolm Fraser
400:
393:Malcolm Fraser
386:Prime Minister
376:
375:
372:
363:
362:
359:
358:
350:
342:
338:
337:
334:
329:
323:
322:
314:
306:
302:
301:
298:
293:
289:
288:
285:
280:
276:
275:
267:
259:
255:
254:
251:
246:
242:
241:
238:
235:
231:
230:
224:
218:
214:
213:
208:
203:
199:
198:
193:
188:
184:
183:
178:
176:Malcolm Fraser
173:
169:
168:
161:
154:
150:
149:
146:
143:
135:
134:
119:
115:
114:
103:
99:
98:
81:
80:
73:
67:
66:
63:
62:
59:
58:
52:
47:
36:
35:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3924:
3913:
3910:
3908:
3905:
3903:
3900:
3898:
3897:Gough Whitlam
3895:
3893:
3890:
3888:
3885:
3884:
3882:
3867:
3864:
3862:
3859:
3857:
3854:
3852:
3849:
3847:
3844:
3842:
3839:
3837:
3834:
3832:
3829:
3827:
3824:
3822:
3821:Mortgage belt
3819:
3817:
3814:
3812:
3809:
3807:
3804:
3802:
3799:
3797:
3794:
3792:
3789:
3787:
3784:
3782:
3779:
3777:
3774:
3772:
3769:
3767:
3766:Dorothy Dixer
3764:
3762:
3759:
3757:
3754:
3752:
3749:
3747:
3744:
3742:
3741:Caucus revolt
3739:
3737:
3734:
3732:
3729:
3727:
3724:
3722:
3719:
3718:
3716:
3714:
3708:
3702:
3699:
3697:
3696:Other parties
3694:
3692:
3689:
3687:
3684:
3682:
3679:
3677:
3674:
3672:
3669:
3667:
3664:
3662:
3659:
3656:
3652:
3648:
3644:
3640:
3637:
3636:
3634:
3632:
3626:
3619:
3615:
3612:
3609:
3605:
3602:
3599:
3595:
3592:
3589:
3585:
3582:
3579:
3575:
3572:
3569:
3565:
3562:
3559:
3555:
3552:
3551:
3549:
3547:
3541:
3535:
3532:
3531:
3528:
3525:
3523:
3520:
3518:
3515:
3513:
3510:
3508:
3505:
3503:
3500:
3498:
3495:
3493:
3490:
3489:
3486:
3483:
3481:
3478:
3476:
3473:
3471:
3468:
3466:
3463:
3461:
3458:
3456:
3453:
3451:
3448:
3447:
3445:
3443:
3437:
3431:
3428:
3426:
3423:
3421:
3418:
3416:
3413:
3411:
3408:
3406:
3403:
3401:
3398:
3396:
3393:
3392:
3389:
3386:
3384:
3381:
3379:
3376:
3374:
3371:
3370:
3368:
3366:
3360:
3354:
3351:
3350:
3347:
3344:
3342:
3339:
3337:
3336:
3332:
3330:
3327:
3325:
3322:
3320:
3317:
3315:
3312:
3310:
3307:
3305:
3302:
3300:
3297:
3295:
3292:
3290:
3287:
3285:
3282:
3280:
3277:
3275:
3272:
3270:
3267:
3265:
3262:
3260:
3257:
3255:
3252:
3250:
3247:
3245:
3242:
3240:
3237:
3235:
3232:
3230:
3227:
3226:
3224:
3222:
3216:
3210:
3209:Australia Act
3207:
3205:
3202:
3200:
3197:
3196:
3193:
3190:
3188:
3185:
3184:
3181:
3178:
3176:
3173:
3171:
3168:
3166:
3163:
3162:
3159:
3156:
3154:
3151:
3149:
3146:
3142:
3137:
3134:
3132:
3129:
3127:
3124:
3122:
3119:
3118:
3116:
3114:
3110:
3106:
3099:
3094:
3092:
3087:
3085:
3080:
3079:
3076:
3064:
3061:
3059:
3056:
3054:
3051:
3049:
3046:
3044:
3041:
3039:
3036:
3034:
3031:
3029:
3026:
3024:
3021:
3019:
3016:
3014:
3011:
3009:
3006:
3004:
3001:
2999:
2996:
2994:
2991:
2989:
2986:
2984:
2981:
2979:
2976:
2974:
2971:
2969:
2966:
2964:
2961:
2959:
2956:
2954:
2951:
2950:
2948:
2946:
2942:
2936:
2933:
2932:
2930:
2926:
2920:
2917:
2915:
2914:
2910:
2908:
2905:
2903:
2900:
2898:
2895:
2893:
2890:
2888:
2885:
2883:
2880:
2878:
2875:
2873:
2870:
2868:
2865:
2863:
2860:
2858:
2855:
2853:
2850:
2848:
2845:
2843:
2840:
2838:
2835:
2833:
2830:
2828:
2825:
2823:
2820:
2818:
2815:
2813:
2810:
2808:
2805:
2803:
2800:
2798:
2795:
2793:
2790:
2788:
2785:
2783:
2780:
2778:
2775:
2773:
2770:
2768:
2765:
2763:
2760:
2758:
2755:
2753:
2750:
2748:
2745:
2743:
2740:
2738:
2735:
2733:
2730:
2728:
2725:
2723:
2720:
2718:
2715:
2713:
2710:
2708:
2705:
2703:
2700:
2698:
2695:
2693:
2690:
2688:
2685:
2683:
2680:
2678:
2675:
2673:
2670:
2668:
2665:
2663:
2660:
2658:
2655:
2654:
2652:
2650:
2646:
2641:
2637:
2631:
2622:
2617:
2615:
2610:
2608:
2603:
2602:
2599:
2593:
2590:
2587:
2583:
2580:
2577:
2575:
2572:
2571:
2555:
2549:
2542:
2529:
2525:
2524:
2519:
2512:
2505:
2501:
2489:
2485:
2479:
2475:
2459:
2457:
2447:
2440:
2434:
2430:
2420:
2417:
2415:
2412:
2410:
2407:
2406:
2400:
2398:
2394:
2389:
2387:
2383:
2382:1975 election
2378:
2376:
2372:
2368:
2364:
2360:
2356:
2355:Janine Haines
2352:
2348:
2335:
2334:
2329:
2321:
2318:
2316:
2313:
2310:
2308:
2305:
2304:
2300:
2298:
2295:
2293:
2290:
2276:
2275:John Sullivan
2273:
2271:
2268:
2265:
2263:
2262:Riverina, NSW
2260:
2259:
2255:
2253:
2250:
2248:
2245:
2231:
2230:
2226:
2224:
2221:
2218:
2216:
2213:
2212:
2209:
2201:
2200:Frank Stewart
2198:
2196:
2193:
2190:
2188:
2185:
2184:
2180:
2178:
2175:
2173:
2170:
2156:
2153:
2151:
2148:
2145:
2143:
2140:
2139:
2135:
2133:
2130:
2128:
2127:Ben Humphreys
2125:
2111:
2110:
2106:
2104:
2101:
2098:
2096:
2095:Griffith, Qld
2093:
2092:
2088:
2086:
2083:
2081:
2078:
2067:
2062:
2059:
2058:
2055:
2047:
2044:
2042:
2039:
2036:
2034:
2031:
2030:
2026:
2024:
2021:
2019:
2016:
2005:
2000:
1997:
1996:
1993:
1985:
1982:
1980:
1977:
1974:
1972:
1969:
1968:
1964:
1962:
1959:
1957:
1954:
1940:
1937:
1935:
1932:
1929:
1927:
1924:
1923:
1920:
1912:
1909:
1907:
1904:
1901:
1899:
1896:
1895:
1888:
1885:
1882:
1879:
1875:
1864:
1854:
1843:
1839:
1836:
1833:Independent:
1832:
1831:
1805:
1804:
1783:
1777:
1776:
1755:
1749:
1748:
1727:
1721:
1720:
1699:
1693:
1692:
1671:
1665:
1664:
1643:
1637:
1636:
1615:
1609:
1608:
1587:
1581:
1580:
1559:
1553:
1552:
1549:
1544:
1539:
1534:
1529:
1524:
1519:
1516:
1513:
1512:
1509:
1504:
1499:
1494:
1489:
1484:
1476:
1473:
1470:
1469:
1466:
1461:
1456:
1451:
1446:
1441:
1436:
1433:
1430:
1429:
1426:
1421:
1416:
1411:
1406:
1401:
1395:
1392:
1391:
1369:
1362:
1358:
1355:
1352:
1349:
1346:
1343:
1339:
1333:
1328:
1324:
1314:
1306:
1299:
1297:
1290:
1283:
1281:
1274:
1266:
1258:
1251:
1247:
1245:
1240:
1215:
1211:
1202:
1200:
1196:
1191:
1188:
1183:
1178:
1177:
1158:
1154:
1145:
1143:
1139:
1134:
1131:
1126:
1121:
1120:
1101:
1097:
1088:
1084:
1075:
1071:
1062:
1058:
1049:
1045:
1040:
1037:
1032:
1027:
1026:
1004:
998:
997:
991:
983:
978:
973:
972:
965:
964:
958:
954:
948:
930:
929:
911:
905:
904:
886:
880:
879:
861:
855:
854:
836:
830:
829:
811:
805:
804:
786:
780:
779:
761:
755:
754:
751:
746:
741:
736:
731:
723:
720:
717:
716:
713:
708:
703:
698:
693:
685:
682:
679:
678:
675:
670:
665:
660:
655:
650:
647:
644:
643:
625:
618:
614:
611:
608:
605:
602:
598:
592:
587:
583:
573:
566:
564:
557:
549:
541:
534:
530:
528:
523:
518:
503:
501:
495:
493:
485:result: 15.16
484:
479:
470:
468:
463:
461:
460:Gough Whitlam
457:
453:
449:
446:
442:
437:
435:
431:
427:
414:
413:
409:
404:
401:
399:
398:
394:
389:
387:
383:
382:
377:
370:
364:
351:
343:
340:
339:
335:
333:
330:
328:
325:
324:
315:
307:
304:
303:
299:
297:
294:
291:
290:
286:
284:
281:
278:
277:
268:
260:
257:
256:
252:
250:
247:
244:
243:
239:
236:
233:
232:
228:
225:
222:
219:
216:
215:
212:
209:
207:
206:21 March 1975
204:
201:
200:
197:
194:
192:
189:
186:
185:
182:
181:Gough Whitlam
179:
177:
174:
171:
170:
166:
162:
159:
155:
152:
151:
148:Second party
147:
144:
141:
140:
136:
132:
120:
116:
104:
100:
97:
88:
82:
77: →
76:
71:
68:←
64:
57: →
56:
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51:
48:
46:
43:←
42:
41:
37:
25:
19:
3776:Faceless men
3756:Despatch box
3726:Bjelkemander
3341:By-elections
3333:
3248:
3199:Constitution
3192:Lower Courts
3113:Commonwealth
2919:by-elections
2912:
2826:
2642:in Australia
2592:AEC 2PP vote
2558:. Retrieved
2548:
2539:
2532:. Retrieved
2523:The Guardian
2521:
2511:
2503:
2492:. Retrieved
2478:
2446:
2433:
2390:
2379:
2344:
2341:Significance
2327:
2307:Wimmera, Vic
2282:–2.4
2237:–2.5
2227:
2207:
2172:Ewen Cameron
2159:17.2
2107:
2066:New district
2065:
2053:
2004:New district
2003:
1991:
1971:Darling, NSW
1939:Colin Carige
1918:
1782:Independents
1547:
1542:
1537:
1532:
1527:
1522:
1507:
1502:
1497:
1492:
1487:
1482:
1464:
1459:
1454:
1449:
1444:
1439:
1424:
1419:
1414:
1409:
1404:
1399:
1294:
1278:
1242:
1198:
1141:
1034:Popular vote
989:
981:
976:
969:
946:
910:Independents
749:
744:
739:
734:
729:
711:
706:
701:
696:
691:
673:
668:
663:
658:
653:
561:
525:
496:
488:
464:
438:
425:
423:
406:
402:
391:
384:
331:
295:
282:
248:
145:First party
49:
18:
3826:Nationalism
3811:Langer vote
3761:Donkey vote
3713:terminology
3365:governments
3346:Referendums
2945:Referendums
2640:referendums
2534:14 February
2494:14 February
2386:Bill Hayden
2377:election.)
2371:Colin Mason
2363:Steele Hall
2320:Robert King
2109:Don Cameron
2080:Don Cameron
2061:Fadden, Qld
1999:Dundas, NSW
1356:Seats held
1313:Independent
960:(estimated)
456:Labor Party
292:Percentage
3881:Categories
3836:Playmander
3711:Political
3701:Historical
3686:One Nation
3629:Political
3574:Queensland
3546:government
3187:High Court
3165:Parliament
2470:References
2247:John Brown
2155:Mac Holten
2033:Evans, NSW
1837:(Tasmania)
1812:7,396,207
1562:2,718,876
1373:3,369,843
1353:Seats won
1296:Crossbench
1280:Opposition
1244:Government
937:7,922,854
764:3,141,051
628:3,811,340
563:Opposition
527:Government
341:TPP swing
287:3,141,051
105:8,548,779
102:Registered
3639:Coalition
3442:elections
3221:elections
2636:elections
2399:onwards.
2375:following
2351:Don Chipp
2187:Lang, NSW
2142:Indi, Vic
2046:John Abel
1898:Angas, SA
1754:Australia
1726:Socialist
1698:Marijuana
1586:Democrats
1400:2,533,882
1305:Democrats
1250:Coalition
1199:Coalition
1142:Coalition
1086:Democrats
885:Socialist
860:Communist
785:Democrats
654:3,017,896
533:Coalition
492:John Kerr
448:Coalition
283:3,811,340
253:38 seats
240:36 seats
237:91 seats
3841:Pub test
3721:Battlers
3647:National
3604:Victoria
3594:Tasmania
3534:Timeline
3522:Tas 2028
3517:NSW 2027
3512:Vic 2026
3497:Qld 2024
3492:ACT 2024
3480:Tas 2024
3475:NSW 2023
3470:Vic 2022
3455:Qld 2020
3450:ACT 2020
3353:Timeline
3229:Pre-1972
3219:Federal
3153:Ministry
2634:Federal
2582:Archived
2528:Archived
2488:Archived
2403:See also
2361:senator
1863:Notional
1786:127,850
1642:Progress
1618:123,192
1590:823,550
1370:(total)
1321:Senate (
1265:National
1073:National
835:Progress
814:113,271
789:743,365
249:86 seats
3643:Liberal
3631:parties
3527:NT 2028
3507:SA 2026
3502:WA 2025
3485:NT 2024
3465:SA 2022
3460:WA 2021
3136:Cabinet
3121:Monarch
2311:
2301:
2266:
2256:
2223:Liberal
2219:
2191:
2181:
2177:Liberal
2146:
2136:
2103:Liberal
2099:
2089:
2085:Liberal
2041:Liberal
2037:
2027:
2023:Liberal
1975:
1965:
1930:
1906:Liberal
1902:
1889:Member
1886:Margin
1883:Margin
1880:Member
1818:
1815:
1806:
1778:
1750:
1730:42,740
1722:
1702:44,276
1694:
1674:49,395
1666:
1646:88,203
1638:
1610:
1596:+11.13
1582:
1554:
1514:
1471:
1440:783,878
1435:Liberal
1431:
1393:
1364:
1359:Change
1257:Liberal
1217:
1204:
1160:
1147:
1103:
1090:
1077:
1064:
1060:Liberal
1051:
1007:
999:
966:
943:
940:
931:
914:50,267
906:
881:
864:14,098
856:
839:47,567
831:
806:
781:
756:
718:
692:776,982
680:
649:Liberal
645:
620:
615:Change
540:Liberal
506:Results
458:led by
450:led by
441:Liberal
336:45.40%
300:39.65%
227:Werriwa
223:(Vic.)
172:Leader
153:
142:
118:Turnout
3681:Lambie
3671:Katter
3666:Greens
3544:Local
3175:Senate
2560:13 May
1892:Party
1877:Party
1869:Swing
1809:Total
1792:+0.13
1764:–0.37
1758:8,283
1736:+0.57
1708:+0.60
1680:+1.12
1652:+0.32
1624:–1.00
1593:11.13
1568:−4.15
1565:36.76
1523:15,463
1483:36,619
1478:
1379:–5.18
1376:45.56
1350:Swing
1344:Votes
1341:Party
1310:
1302:
1286:
1270:
1262:
1254:
1221:30.65%
1208:69.35%
1164:45.40%
1151:54.60%
1081:10.01%
1068:38.09%
1055:39.65%
1013:+1.10
1010:45.40
986:−1.10
934:Total
920:–0.19
895:+0.02
889:1,895
870:+0.06
845:–0.18
820:+0.11
795:+9.38
770:−3.20
767:39.65
730:16,462
725:
687:
634:–4.95
631:48.11
612:Seats
609:Swing
603:Votes
600:Party
569:
553:
545:
537:
434:Senate
332:54.60%
305:Swing
296:48.11%
229:(NSW)
221:Wannon
187:Party
96:Senate
3676:Labor
2425:Notes
2324:14.2
2297:Labor
2285:–2.3
2279:11.8
2252:Labor
2240:+3.6
2195:Labor
2132:Labor
2120:+5.0
2073:–6.5
2070:12.5
2014:10.1
2011:+0.1
2008:10.0
1979:Labor
1961:Labor
1949:+2.7
1915:21.5
1872:1977
1859:1975
1856:Seat
1789:1.73
1761:0.11
1733:0.58
1705:0.60
1677:1.12
1649:1.19
1621:1.67
1558:Labor
1533:−0.01
1493:−0.04
1450:−0.48
1445:10.60
1410:−5.60
1405:34.26
1289:Labor
1213:Labor
1156:Labor
1107:2.87%
1099:Other
1094:9.38%
1047:Labor
1003:Labor
982:54.60
917:0.63
892:0.02
867:0.18
842:0.60
817:1.43
792:9.38
760:Labor
740:+0.00
702:−1.44
664:−3.71
659:38.09
572:Labor
357:1.10
349:1.10
321:3.20
313:4.95
196:Labor
129:0.31
112:3.47%
3866:Worm
3618:list
3608:list
3598:list
3588:list
3578:list
3568:list
3558:list
3335:Next
3329:2022
3324:2019
3319:2016
3314:2013
3309:2010
3304:2007
3299:2004
3294:2001
3289:1998
3284:1996
3279:1993
3274:1990
3269:1987
3264:1984
3259:1983
3254:1980
3249:1977
3244:1975
3239:1974
3234:1972
3063:2023
3058:2017
3053:1999
3048:1988
3043:1984
3038:1977
3033:1974
3028:1973
3023:1967
3018:1951
3013:1948
3008:1946
3003:1944
2998:1937
2993:1928
2988:1926
2983:1919
2978:1917
2973:1916
2968:1913
2963:1911
2958:1910
2953:1906
2935:1997
2913:Next
2907:2022
2902:2019
2897:2016
2892:2013
2887:2010
2882:2007
2877:2004
2872:2001
2867:1998
2862:1996
2857:1993
2852:1990
2847:1987
2842:1984
2837:1983
2832:1980
2827:1977
2822:1975
2817:1974
2812:1972
2807:1970
2802:1969
2797:1967
2792:1966
2787:1964
2782:1963
2777:1961
2772:1958
2767:1955
2762:1954
2757:1953
2752:1951
2747:1949
2742:1946
2737:1943
2732:1940
2727:1937
2722:1934
2717:1931
2712:1929
2707:1928
2702:1925
2697:1922
2692:1919
2687:1917
2682:1914
2677:1913
2672:1910
2667:1906
2662:1903
2657:1901
2638:and
2562:2019
2536:2024
2496:2024
2397:1980
2288:0.1
2243:6.1
2234:9.2
2204:7.4
2168:5.1
2165:N/A
2162:N/A
2123:3.5
2117:1.5
2114:8.0
2076:6.0
2050:2.0
1988:7.5
1952:1.2
1946:1.5
1943:0.1
1840:The
1528:0.21
1488:0.50
1291:(27)
1282:(27)
1259:(27)
1246:(34)
735:0.21
697:9.81
574:(38)
565:(38)
550:(18)
542:(67)
529:(86)
481:The
424:The
55:1980
45:1975
3691:UAP
3425:ACT
3420:Tas
3405:Qld
3400:Vic
3395:NSW
1824:64
1821:34
1605:+2
1574:27
1571:14
1388:–1
1385:34
1382:18
1323:STV
1315:(1)
1307:(2)
1298:(3)
1275:(1)
1273:CLP
1267:(6)
1019:+2
1016:38
994:–5
977:Win
951:−3
947:124
776:+2
773:38
640:–5
637:86
582:IRV
558:(1)
556:CLP
548:NCP
327:TPP
3883::
3653:,
3649:,
3645:,
3430:NT
3415:SA
3410:WA
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1686:0
1683:0
1661:0
1658:0
1655:0
1633:0
1630:0
1627:0
1602:2
1599:2
1577:0
1508:–2
1465:+1
1460:27
1455:10
1347:%
1327:CV
990:86
926:0
923:0
901:0
898:0
876:0
873:0
851:0
848:0
826:0
823:0
801:0
798:0
712:−4
707:18
674:−1
669:67
606:%
586:CV
502:.
274:2
266:5
131:pp
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1538:1
1503:6
1498:0
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750:0
745:1
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