Australian federal election, 1958

1955 ←

22 November 1958

→ 1961

All 122 seats of the Australian House of Representatives 62 seats were needed for a majority in the House 32 (of the 60) seats of the Australian Senate

	First party	Second party

Leader	Robert Menzies	H.V. Evatt
Party	Liberal/Country coalition	Labor
Leader since	23 September 1943	13 June 1951
Leader's seat	Kooyong	Barton
Last election	75 seats	47 seats
Seats won	77 seats	45 seats
Seat change	2	2
Percentage	54.10%	45.90%
Swing	0.10	0.10

Prime Minister before election

Robert Menzies
Liberal/Country coalition

Subsequent Prime Minister

Robert Menzies
Liberal/Country coalition

Federal elections were held in Australia on 22 November 1958. All 122 seats in the House of Representatives, and 32 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Herbert Evatt.

The Coalition of the Liberal Party, led by Sir Robert Menzies, and the Country Party, had been in power since 1949. In spite of a major global downturn in early 1958, the Coalition was returned to power and there was a swing against the Australian Labor Party (ALP). This was due largely to support for the breakaway Democratic Labor Party. The ALP remained out of office at the national level until 1972.

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