The 1922 Australian Senate election was held on 16 December 1922 to elect 19 of the 36 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 1922 federal election. Each state elected three senators to serve a six-year term beginning on 1 July 1923, except for Queensland, who elected an extra senator to fill a casual vacancy.
The election saw the Nationalist Party retain its majority in the Senate. However, Labor saw better results than the previous election, winning the popular vote and 11 of the 19 contested seats.
Australia
+1922 Australian federal election: Senate, NationalPartyVotes %±SeatsSeatswonNotupNewtotalSeatchange Labor715,21945.70 +2.8611112 11 Nationalist567,08436.23 −10.1781624 11 Country203,26712.99 +12.99000 Liberal Union43,7062.79 +2.79000 Independents23,4471.50 +0.08000 Socialist Labor8,5510.55 −0.02000 Majority Labor3,8130.24 +0.24000Total1,565,087100.00–191736 –Invalid/blank votes163,1379.44+0.83––––Turnout1,728,22457.99−13.34––––Registered voters2,980,424––––––
New South Wales + # Senator Party 1 Labor 2 Nationalist 3 Labor
Victoria + # Senator Party 1 Labor 2 Labor 3 Labor
Queensland Following the death of Nationalist senator John Adamson in May 1922, Labor member John MacDonald was appointed by the Legislative Assembly of Queensland to fill the casual vacancy. As a result, Queensland elected four senators, with the fourth senator elected sitting the remainder of Adamson's term ending on 30 June 1926.
+ # Senator Party 1 Nationalist 2 Nationalist 3 Nationalist 4 Nationalist
Western Australia + # Senator Party 1 Labor 2 Nationalist 3 Labor
South Australia + # Senator Party 1 Labor 2 Labor 3 Labor
Tasmania + # Senator Party 1 Labor 2 Nationalist 3 Nationalist
See also Candidates of the 1922 Australian federal election Results of the 1922 Australian federal election (House of Representatives) Members of the Australian Senate, 1923–1926
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