22 November 1958 1961 → 75 seats 47 seats 2 2 | 23 September 1943 13 June 1951 77 seats 45 seats 54.10% 45.90% | |
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Federal elections were held in Australia on 22 November 1958. All 122 seats in the House of Representatives, and 32 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Herbert Evatt.
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Seats changing hands
History
The Coalition of the Liberal Party, led by Sir Robert Menzies, and the Country Party, had been in power since 1949. In spite of a major global downturn in early 1958, the Coalition was returned to power and there was a swing against the Australian Labor Party (ALP). This was due largely to support for the breakaway Democratic Labor Party. The ALP remained out of office at the national level until 1972.