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At this election, Hughes had abandoned West Sydney, which he won with 75.3% of the vote as the Labor candidate at the previous election in 1914, and moved to Bendigo instead, winning it as the Nationalist candidate: unlike 1922, Hughes made his seat transfer in 1917 by defeating that seat’s incumbent
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This is the first of two elections (the other in 1922 also with Hughes as the incumbent Prime Minister), in which the incumbent Prime Minister, Hughes, had successfully transferred to another seat.
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Except for the 1917 and 1922 elections, all other elections have seen the incumbent Prime Minister recontest the seat that they held prior to the election.
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member, Alfred Hampson, for re-election, the only time that an incumbent Prime Minister has defeated another MP for his seat.
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Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
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had led Hughes and 24 other pro-conscription Labor MPs to split off as the
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Results of the 1917 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
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Hughes, at the time a member of the ALP, had become prime minister when
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Ten members were elected unopposed – seven Nationalist and three Labor.
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Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
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The changes recorded for the Nationalist Party are with regard to the
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The changes recorded for the Nationalist Party are with regard to the
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1917–1919
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was held in Australia on 5 May 1917. All 75 seats in the
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2809: 2805: 2800: 2787: 2782: 2781:Wimmera (Vic) 2778: 2769: 2764: 2760: 2751: 2746: 2742: 2733: 2728: 2724: 2715: 2710: 2709:Kooyong (Vic) 2706: 2697: 2692: 2688: 2679: 2674: 2670: 2661: 2656: 2652: 2643: 2638: 2634: 2625: 2620: 2616: 2607: 2606:Henry Gregory 2602: 2598: 2589: 2584: 2580: 2576: 2571: 2562: 2557: 2553: 2544: 2539: 2535: 2526: 2521: 2517: 2508: 2503: 2499: 2490: 2485: 2481: 2472: 2471:William Story 2467: 2463: 2454: 2449: 2445: 2436: 2431: 2427: 2418: 2417:George Mackay 2413: 2409: 2400: 2395: 2391: 2382: 2381:Albert Palmer 2377: 2373: 2364: 2359: 2355: 2346: 2341: 2337: 2328: 2323: 2319: 2315: 2310: 2301: 2296: 2292: 2283: 2278: 2274: 2265: 2260: 2256: 2247: 2242: 2238: 2229: 2224: 2223:Bendigo (Vic) 2220: 2211: 2206: 2202: 2193: 2188: 2184: 2175: 2170: 2166: 2157: 2152: 2148: 2139: 2134: 2133:Denison (Tas) 2130: 2121: 2116: 2112: 2103: 2098: 2094: 2085: 2080: 2076: 2067: 2062: 2058: 2054: 2049: 2040: 2035: 2031: 2022: 2017: 2013: 2004: 2003:Hector Lamond 1999: 1995: 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Billy Hughes
Frank Tudor
Nationalist
Labor
West Sydney
Bendigo
Yarra

Prime Minister
Billy Hughes
Nationalist
Billy Hughes
Nationalist
House of Representatives
Senate
Nationalist Party
Billy Hughes
Labor Party
Frank Tudor
Andrew Fisher
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