Australian federal election, 1928

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17 November 1928 (1928-11-17)

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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

Leader	Stanley Bruce	James Scullin
Party	Nationalist/Country coalition	Labor
Leader since	9 February 1923	26 April 1928
Leader's seat	Flinders	Yarra
Last election	51 seats	23 seats
Seats won	42 seats	31 seats
Seat change	9	8
Percentage	51.60%	48.40%
Swing	2.20	2.20

Prime Minister before election

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

Resulting Prime Minister

Stanley Bruce
Nationalist/Country coalition

Federal elections were held in Australia on 17 November 1928. 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 Stanley Bruce in power since 1922 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by James Scullin.

The election was held in conjunction with a referendum, which was carried.

Independent: William McWilliams (Franklin, Tas)

In the Division of Indi, the sitting candidate Robert Cook lost his seat after forgetting to file nomination papers, resulting in Labor candidate Paul Jones winning the seat unopposed.

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