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2159:Joseph Lyons
2141:Nationalist
2121:Walter Marks
2107:Walter Marks
2103:Nationalist
2083:John McNeill
2065:Nationalist
2049:Nationalist
1989:Nationalist
1955:Charles Marr
1951:Nationalist
1931:Billy Hughes
1917:Billy Hughes
1913:Nationalist
1875:Nationalist
1837:Nationalist
1830:Kennedy, Qld
1761:Nationalist
1723:Nationalist
1716:Fawkner, Vic
1689:John Perkins
1685:Nationalist
1665:Arthur Lewis
1647:Nationalist
1571:Nationalist
1533:Nationalist
1526:Bendigo, Vic
1495:Nationalist
1457:Nationalist
1346:
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1182:Popular vote
1145:Walter Marks
1133:North Sydney
1129:Billy Hughes
1085:
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1065:
1043:
1007:Independents
971:
966:
961:
956:
951:
933:
928:
923:
918:
913:
742:James Bayley
739:
723:
710:
703:Billy Hughes
695:
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661:Joseph Lyons
658:
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391:
379:Independents
363:
346:
326:Third party
287:
250:
229:
145:First party
49:
18:
2837:Referendums
2532:referendums
2399:|work=
2381:25 November
2304:|work=
2286:25 November
2134:Wilmot, Tas
2058:Wannon, Vic
2007:Albert Rowe
1993:Eric Bowden
1944:Parkes, NSW
1868:Martin, NSW
1792:Gwydir, NSW
1703:John Cusack
1651:John Lister
1564:Calare, NSW
1499:Syd Jackson
1387:Independent
1247:Independent
1208:Nationalist
1056:(estimated)
906:Nationalist
734:John Latham
707:Edward Mann
654:John Howard
615:Labor Party
604:Nationalist
466:Percentage
388:April 1926
284:Percentage
230:(lost seat)
2970:Categories
2452:6 December
2357:0522843670
2332:0522843670
2235:References
2224:Including
1640:Corio, Vic
1475:Moses Gabb
1424:Post-1929
1034:2,879,250
885:1,271,619
860:1,406,327
768:See also:
719:Earle Page
670:Background
578:Earle Page
105:3,539,120
102:Registered
54:1929-10-12
2528:elections
2446:The Argus
2401:ignored (
2391:cite book
2306:ignored (
2296:cite book
1513:Allan Guy
1488:Bass, Tas
1450:Angas, SA
1418:Pre-1929
1361:Coalition
1304:Coalition
1149:Wentworth
1143:, Vic.),
686:Newcastle
641:in 1931.
623:two years
611:Coalition
242:42 seats
239:31 seats
2526:Federal
2474:Archived
2253:Archived
2173:See also
2027:Country
1799:Country
1609:Country
1157:Franklin
1151:, NSW),
1135:, NSW),
1011:173,362
646:Flinders
461:173,362
430:4 seats
427:4 seats
419:1 seats
416:0 seats
225:Flinders
2259:31 July
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986:27,942
978:
952:295,640
944:Country
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914:975,979
902:
877:
852:
847:Change
764:Results
746:Speaker
652:, when
608:Country
458:27,942
355:Leader
334:
323:
292:43.30%
221:(Vic.)
172:Leader
153:
142:
118:Turnout
52: (
2424:
2354:
2329:
2163:Labor
2087:Labor
2011:Labor
1973:Labor
1897:Labor
1859:Labor
1821:Labor
1783:Labor
1707:Labor
1669:Labor
1631:Labor
1593:Labor
1555:Labor
1517:Labor
1479:Labor
1444:Party
1429:Party
1421:Swing
1369:32.00%
1356:61.33%
1312:43.30%
1299:56.70%
1229:10.27%
1216:33.90%
1203:48.84%
1108:−8.30
1105:43.30
1082:+8.30
1031:Total
1017:+2.61
992:–0.64
947:
909:
891:–5.40
888:44.16
866:+4.20
863:48.84
844:Seats
841:Swing
835:Votes
832:Party
804:
798:
792:
786:
780:
617:under
570:Senate
493:+2.61
485:–0.64
477:Swing
472:6.02%
469:0.97%
370:Party
313:8.30%
305:8.30%
297:Swing
288:56.70%
227:(Vic.)
187:Party
2190:Notes
2114:19.8
2111:11.5
2038:16.5
2000:13.4
1997:10.1
1962:15.2
1927:16.1
1924:32.3
1886:13.3
1772:10.9
1769:10.7
1737:11.4
1734:23.1
1658:14.5
1582:12.3
1579:10.7
1509:10.4
1506:13.5
1468:14.1
1415:Seat
1395:5.33%
1382:1.33%
1347:Labor
1290:Labor
1255:6.02%
1242:0.97%
1195:Labor
1122:Notes
1078:56.70
1067:Labor
1014:6.02
989:0.97
962:–0.20
957:10.27
924:–5.20
919:33.90
856:Labor
548:Labor
251:46 +
219:Yarra
191:Labor
129:1.21
112:2.74%
2955:2023
2950:2017
2945:1999
2940:1988
2935:1984
2930:1977
2925:1974
2920:1973
2915:1967
2910:1951
2905:1948
2900:1946
2895:1944
2890:1937
2885:1928
2880:1926
2875:1919
2870:1917
2865:1916
2860:1913
2855:1911
2850:1910
2845:1906
2827:1997
2805:Next
2799:2022
2794:2019
2789:2016
2784:2013
2779:2010
2774:2007
2769:2004
2764:2001
2759:1998
2754:1996
2749:1993
2744:1990
2739:1987
2734:1984
2729:1983
2724:1980
2719:1977
2714:1975
2709:1974
2704:1972
2699:1970
2694:1969
2689:1967
2684:1966
2679:1964
2674:1963
2669:1961
2664:1958
2659:1955
2654:1954
2649:1953
2644:1951
2639:1949
2634:1946
2629:1943
2624:1940
2619:1937
2614:1934
2609:1931
2604:1929
2599:1928
2594:1925
2589:1922
2584:1919
2579:1917
2574:1914
2569:1913
2564:1910
2559:1906
2554:1903
2549:1901
2530:and
2454:2018
2422:ISBN
2403:help
2383:2012
2352:ISBN
2327:ISBN
2308:help
2288:2012
2261:2012
2211:The
2155:2.9
2152:N/A
2149:4.6
2117:8.3
2079:2.0
2076:4.8
2073:2.8
2041:6.9
2035:9.6
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