1925 Australian federal election

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All 76[a] seats in the House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority in the House 22 (of the 36) seats in the Senate
Registered	3,302,016 10.79%
Turnout	2,987,200 (91.39%)[b] (32.03 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Stanley Bruce Matthew Charlton Party Nationalist Labor Alliance Nationalist–Country — Leader since 9 February 1923 16 May 1922 Leader's seat Flinders (Vic.) Hunter (NSW) Last election 26 seats[c] 29 seats Seats won 51 seats[d] 23 + NT Seat change 11[e] 6 Popular vote 1,551,760 1,313,627 Percentage 53.80% 46.20% Swing 2.60% 2.60%
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election Stanley Bruce Nationalist/Country coalition Subsequent Prime Minister Stanley Bruce Nationalist/Country coalition

The 1925 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 14 November 1925. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives and 22 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist–Country coalition, led by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce, defeated the opposition Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton in a landslide. This was the first time any party had won a fourth consecutive federal election.

Compulsory voting for federal elections was introduced in 1924 and first used in the 1925 elections, where 91.4% of the electorate cast a vote, compared to 59.4% at the 1922 elections.

Campaign

Prime Minister Stanley Bruce was a supporter of the White Australia Policy, and made it an issue in his campaign for the 1925 Australian Federal election.^[1]

It is necessary that we should determine what are the ideals towards which every Australian would desire to strive. I think those ideals might well be stated as being to secure our national safety, and to ensure the maintenance of our White Australia Policy to continue as an integral portion of the British Empire.^[1] We intend to keep this country white and not allow its people to be faced with the problems that at present are practically insoluble in many parts of the world.^[2]

Results

House of Representatives

House of Reps (IRV) – 1925–28 – Turnout 91.39% (CV) – Informal 2.36%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Nationalist–Country coalition		1,551,760	53.20	+5.41	51	+11
		Nationalist	1,238,397	42.46	+7.23	37	+11
		Country	313,363	10.74	–1.82	13	–1
	Labor		1,313,627	45.04	+2.74	24[f]	–6
	Independents		51,251	1.76	–2.80	2	+1
	Total		2,916,638			76
Two-party-preferred (estimated)
	Nationalist–Country coalition		Win	53.80	+2.60	51	+11
	Labor			46.20	−2.60	23	–6

Notes

• Independents: Percy Stewart (Wimmera, Vic.), William Watson (Fremantle, WA).
• Labor lost Kennedy, Qld., when the sitting member Charles McDonald died on the day before the election, leading to his opponent Grosvenor Francis being declared elected unopposed.^[3]

Senate

Senate (P BV) – 1925–28 – Turnout 91.31% (CV) – Informal 6.96%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held	Change
	Nationalist–Country coalition		1,537,282	54.81	N/A	22	28	N/A
		Nationalist	1,272,127	45.35	+9.12	18	24	0
		Country	265,155	9.45	–3.53	4	4	+4
	Labor		1,262,912	45.02	–0.67	0	8	–4
	Independents		4,808	0.17	–1.87	0	0	0
	Total		2,805,002			22	36

Seats changing hands

• Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
• *Figure is Nationalist versus Labor.