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This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1949 federal election.
May 4, 2023 · 1949: Election of the Menzies government – the longest serving in Australian history. Election of Robert Menzies 3:00. In the 1949 federal election the Liberal Party, under the leadership of Robert Menzies, defeated Labor in a campaign targeting what it considered to be undue government intervention in the economy and society.
This Research paper updates the Parliamentary Library’s Federal Election Results 1901–2014 paper published in 2014. It contains a summary of the federal elections—House of Representatives and Senate—held from 1901 to the latest in 2016.
Jul 20, 2022 · For each federal election since 1949 the full distribution of preferences in each state has been expressed in terms of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Coalition.
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The election hinged on the policies of the Federal Labor Government, especially bank nationalisation. Prime Minister Chifley intended to bring all of the banks under Government control, a socialist policy which the Coalition argued was not in the country's interest. The Coalition promised to end unpopular wartime rationing. The election took place ...
As of this election, single transferable vote with proportional representation became the method for electing the Senate. This was to try to prevent the Senate from being dominated by one party, which had often occurred previously. For example, coming into this election the ALP held 33 of the 36 Senate seats, whilst the conservatives at the 1919 el...
The Chifley Government was defeated, ending the longest period of Labor Federal Government in Australian history up to that date (1941–49). Labor would not return to office until 1972. Robert Menzies became Prime Minister for the second time, and the Liberal Party of Australia won government federally for the first time.
Sep 21, 2007 · The orthodox interpretation is that Chifley's defeat in 1949 was to do with the issues of ‘bank nationalisation’ and ‘communism’. In this article, I offer a reinterpretation of the connection between political issues and voting behaviour in the 1949 election.
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The 1949 election saw R. G. Menzies lead the Liberal Party, in close cooperation with the Country Party, to victory. The House of Representatives had been enlarged from 74 to 121
