Australian federal election, 1922

1919 ←

16 December 1922 (1922-12-16)

→ 1925

All 75 seats in the Australian House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority in the House 19 (of the 36) seats in the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Billy Hughes	Matthew Charlton	Earle Page
Party	Nationalist	Labor	Country
Leader since	14 November 1916	16 May 1922	5 April 1921
Leader's seat	Contesting North Sydney	Hunter	Cowper
Last election	37 seats	26 seats	11 seats
Seats won	26 seats	29 seats	14 seats
Seat change	11	3	3
Percentage	51.20%	48.80%
Swing	2.90%	2.90%

Prime Minister before election

Billy Hughes
Nationalist

Resulting Prime Minister

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

Federal elections were 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 of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes lost its majority. However, the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton did not take office as the Nationalists sought a coalition with the Country Party led by Earle Page, but the Country Party made Hughes's resignation the price for joining. Hughes was replaced by Stanley Bruce.