Australian federal election, 1929
- Australian federal election, 1929
Federal elections were held in
Australia on12 October 1929 . All 75 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, with no Senate seats up for election, as a result ofBilly Hughes and other rebel backbencherscrossing the floor overindustrial relations legislation, depriving the Bruce government of a lower house majority. In the resulting election, the incumbentNationalist Party of Australia led byPrime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce in power since 1923 with coalition partner the Country Party led byEarle Page was defeated by the oppositionAustralian Labor Party led byJames Scullin . Labor won with its then largest-ever majority in the federal parliament.It was the only federal election in Australia's history at which no sitting members retired. It also saw the defeat of the Prime Minister Stanley Bruce in his own seat of Flinders; this was the first time that a serving Prime Minister has lost his own seat at an election.
See
Australian federal election, 1928 for Senate composition.__TOC__
References
* [http://elections.uwa.edu.au/ University of WA] election results in Australia since 1890
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