The 1928 Australian Senate election was held on 17 November 1928 to elect 19 of the 36 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 1928 federal election. Each state elected three senators to serve a six-year term beginning on 1 July 1929, except for Queensland, who elected an extra senator to fill a casual vacancy.
The Nationalist–Country Coalition won 12 of the 19 contested seats. This increased the Coalition's seat total to 29. Meanwhile, Labor retained 7 out of their 8 contested seats, decreasing their total by one.
Australia
+1928 Australian federal election: Senate, NationalPartyVotes %±SeatsSeatswonNotupNewtotalSeatchange Nationalist1,141,40539.28 −6.07101424 Country324,91811.18 +1.73235 1Nationalist/Country Coalition1,466,32350.46–4.35121729 1 Labor1,422,41848.95 +3.93707 1 Independents17,0920.59 +0.42000Total2,905,833100.00–191736 –Invalid/blank votes318,6679.88+2.92––––Turnout3,224,50093.61+2.30––––Registered voters3,444,766––––––
New South Wales + # Senator Party 1 Labor 2 Labor 3 Labor
Victoria + # Senator Party 1 Labor 2 Nationalist 3 Country
Queensland Following the death of Nationalist senator Thomas Givens in June 1928, Labor member John MacDonald was appointed by the Parliament of Queensland to fill the casual vacancy. As a result, Queensland elected four senators, with the fourth senator elected sitting the remainder of Givens' term ending on 30 June 1932. + # Senator Party 1 Nationalist 2 Nationalist 3 Nationalist 4 Country
Western Australia + # Senator Party 1 Nationalist 2 Country 3 Nationalist
South Australia + # Senator Party 1 Labor 2 Labor 3 Labor
Tasmania + # Senator Party 1 Nationalist 2 Nationalist 3 Nationalist
See also Candidates of the 1928 Australian federal election 1928 Australian House of Representatives election Members of the Australian Senate, 1929–1932
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