Australian federal election, 1925

14 November 1925 (1925-11-14)

All 75 seats in the Australian House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority in the House 22 (of the 36) seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	Stanley Bruce	Matthew Charlton
Party	Nationalist/Country coalition	Labor
Leader since	9 February 1923	16 May 1922
Leader's seat	Flinders	Hunter
Last election	40 seats	29 seats
Seats won	51 seats	23 seats
Seat change	11	6
Percentage	53.80%	46.20%
Swing	2.60	2.60

Prime Minister before election

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

Resulting Prime Minister

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

Federal elections were held in Australia on 14 November 1925. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 22 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce in power since 1922 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton.

Compulsory voting for Federal elections was introduced in 1924 and first used in the 1925 elections where 91% of the electorate cast a vote.

Results

House of Reps (IRV) — 1925–28—Turnout 91.39% (CV) — Informal 2.36%
	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change	Notes
Australian Labor Party	1,313,627	45.04	+2.74	23	−6
Nationalist Party of Australia	1,238,397	42.46	+7.23	37	+11	^{(1 elected} _unopposed)
Country Party	313,363	10.74	−1.82	13	−1
Independents/Other	51,251	1.76	−2.80	2	-4
Total	2,916,638			75
Nationalist/Country coalition	WIN	53.80	+2.60	51	+11
Australian Labor Party		46.20	−2.60	23	−6

Independent: Percy Stewart (Wimmera, Vic), William Watson (Fremantle, WA). Labor lost Kennedy when the sitting member Charles McDonald died on the day before the election, leading to his opponent Grosvenor Francis being declared elected unopposed.^[1]

Senate (P BV) — 1925–28—Turnout 91.31% (CV) — Informal 6.96%
	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held	Change
Nationalist Party of Australia	1,272,127	45.35	+9.12	18	25	+1
Australian Labor Party	1,262,912	45.02	−0.67	0	8	−4
Country Party	265,155	9.45	−3.53	4	3	+3
Independents	4,808	0.17	−1.87	0	0	0
Total	2,805,002			22	36

Seat	Pre-1925				Swing	Post-1925
Seat	Party		Member	Margin	Swing	Margin	Member	Party
Angas, SA		Labor	Moses Gabb	8.0	8.3	0.3	Walter Parsons	Nationalist
Balaclava, Vic		Liberal	William Watt	100.0	30.3	19.7	William Watt	Nationalist
Barker, SA		Liberal	Malcolm Cameron	2.3	9.3	11.6	Malcolm Cameron	Nationalist
Barton, NSW		Labor	Frederick McDonald	7.6	8.6	1.0	Thomas Ley	Nationalist
Boothby, SA		Liberal	Jack Duncan-Hughes	4.7	2.9	7.6	Jack Duncan-Hughes	Nationalist
Darwin, Tas		Country	Joshua Whitsitt	0.4	10.9	10.5*	George Bell	Nationalist
Denison, Tas		Labor	David O'Keefe	0.4	2.6	2.2	John Gellibrand	Nationalist
Gwydir, NSW		Labor	Lou Cunningham	0.1	3.2	3.1	Aubrey Abbott	Country
Kennedy, Qld		Labor	Charles McDonald	N/A	100.0	100.0	Grosvenor Francis	Nationalist
Kooyong, Vic		Liberal	John Latham	0.6	18.3	17.7	John Latham	Nationalist
Wakefield, SA		Liberal	Richard Foster	5.3	9.5	14.8	Richard Foster	Nationalist
Wannon, Vic		Labor	John McNeill	0.8	4.8	4.0	Arthur Rodgers	Nationalist
Wimmera, Vic		Country	Percy Stewart	21.2	77.8	27.8	Percy Stewart	Independent

↑ "Kennedy Seat". Bribane Courier. 14 November 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 19 July 2010.

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