17 November 1928 (1928-11-17) 1929 → 51 seats 23 seats 9 8 | 9 February 1923 26 April 1928 42 seats 31 seats 51.60% 48.40% | |
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Federal elections were held in Australia on 17 November 1928. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 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 James Scullin.
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The election was held in conjunction with a referendum, which was carried.
Results
Independent: William McWilliams (Franklin, Tas)
Seats changing hands
In the Division of Indi, the sitting candidate Robert Cook lost his seat after forgetting to file nomination papers, resulting in Labor candidate Paul Jones winning the seat unopposed.
References
Australian federal election, 1928 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA