1922 Australian federal election

1922 Australian federal election
← 1919 16 December 1922 (1922-12-16) 1925 →
All 76[b] seats in the House of Representatives
38 seats were needed for a majority in the House
19 (of the 36) seats in the Senate
Registered2,980,424 Increase4.58%
Turnout1,646,863 (59.36%)[a]
(Decrease18.94 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Matthew Charlton Billy Hughes Earle Page
Party Labor Nationalist Country
Leader since 16 May 1922 14 November 1916 5 April 1921
Leader's seat Hunter (NSW) won North Sydney (NSW)[c] Cowper (NSW)
Last election 26 seats 37 seats 11 seats
Seats won 29 + NT 26 14 seats
Seat change Increase4 Decrease11 Increase 3
Popular vote 665,145 553,920 197,513
Percentage 48.80% 51.20%
Swing Increase2.90% Decrease2.90%
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election

Billy Hughes
Nationalist

Subsequent Prime Minister

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

The 1922 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 16 December 1922. 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, led by Prime Minister Billy Hughes lost its majority. However, the opposition Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton did not take office as the Nationalists sought a coalition with the fledgling Country Party led by Earle Page. The Country Party made Hughes's resignation the price for joining, and Hughes was replaced as Nationalist leader by Stanley Bruce.

Future Prime Minister Frank Forde and future opposition leader John Latham both entered parliament at this election.

At this election, Hughes as the sitting prime minister made his second seat transfer, in this case, from Bendigo to North Sydney. Hughes had held Bendigo since transferring there from West Sydney at the 1917 election also as the sitting prime minister.

Hughes remains the only sitting Prime Minister to transfer to another seat, not once but twice.

Aside from the 1917 and 1922 elections, all other elections have seen the sitting prime minister recontest the seat that they held prior to the election.
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