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13 December 1919
In his first federal election after holding his seat in five successive State elections, Joseph Lyons stood unsuccessfully as Labor candidate for the House of Representatives seat of Darwin. The Nationalist government of WM Hughes was returned with 37 seats, though 8 seats were lost to the 11 new members who formed the Country Party, and 4 were lost to give Labor 26 seats. There was 1 ‘Independent National Party’ and 1 Independent.
12 October 1929
Lyons won the seat of Wilmot in this ‘landslide’ victory for Labor in the House of Representatives. Labor won 46 seats, to 14 Nationalist and 10 Country Party seats, with 3 ‘Independent National Party’ and 1 Independent. James Scullin became Prime Minister.
19 December 1931
Lyons’ new United Australia Party swept into government winning 34 seats in the House of Representatives to 16 Country Party, 14 Labor and 4 Lang Labor. There were also 6 South Australia ‘Emergency Committee’ seats and 1 Independent. In the Senate, the United Australia Party won 15 seats and Labor 3. This was the first federal election contested by the Communist Party. Dubbed the ‘radio election’, both James Scullin and Joseph Lyons made use of the medium to broadcast their messages to voters.
15 September 1934
The United Australia Party won 28 seats to Labor’s 18, Lang Labor’s 9, and the Country Party’s 14, with 5 seats won by South Australia’s Liberal and Country League. The United Australia Party won 16 Senate seats, and the Country Party 2.
23 October 1937
The Lyons government was returned with 28 seats plus 1 ‘Independent UAP’ seat. The Country Party won 16 seats and the Labor Party, led by John Curtin, won 29 seats in the House of Representatives. Labor also made gains in the Senate winning 16 seats, while the United Australia Party won only 3. Lyons was returned for Wilmot in this, his fifth and final, federal election.
These brief election results relate only to this Prime Minister. They are drawn from the online sources below, where further information can be found.
Australian Electoral Commission:
University of Western Australia:
Australian Government and Politics Database