• following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1901 federal election. Senators total 17 Free Trade, 11 Protectionist, and...
    32 KB (415 words) - 08:09, 2 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1901 Australian federal election
    The 1901 Australian federal election for the inaugural Parliament of Australia was held in Australia on Friday 29 March and Saturday 30 March 1901. The...
    42 KB (2,531 words) - 15:45, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Australian Senate
    The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The powers, role...
    103 KB (8,887 words) - 00:15, 15 September 2024
  • for the general elections to the Australian House of Representatives and Senate, respectively the lower and upper houses of Australia's federal bicameral...
    109 KB (976 words) - 10:22, 29 April 2024
  • An election was held on 21 November 1970 to elect 32 of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate. This is the most recent occasion on which a Senate election...
    8 KB (325 words) - 01:27, 29 April 2024
  • The Australian referendum of 12 December 1906 approved an amendment to the Australian constitution related to the terms of office of federal senators...
    9 KB (788 words) - 15:10, 20 April 2024
  • information on candidates who stood for the 1901 Australian federal election. The election was held on 29/30 March 1901. Successful candidates are highlighted...
    29 KB (285 words) - 17:27, 2 August 2024
  • Senate composition at March 1901   Protectionist (11)   Labour (8)   Free Trade (17) This is a list of the members of the Australian Senate in the First...
    28 KB (524 words) - 22:44, 21 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for President of the Australian Senate
    The president of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Australian Senate, the upper house of the Parliament of Australia. The counterpart in the lower...
    23 KB (1,192 words) - 03:53, 6 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2016 Australian federal election
    2016 Australian federal election was a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, after...
    159 KB (11,325 words) - 16:25, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Australian House of Representatives
    The Australian House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition...
    69 KB (4,574 words) - 10:08, 1 September 2024
  • There have been 122 women in the Australian Senate since the establishment of the Parliament of Australia. Women have had the right to stand for federal...
    60 KB (1,036 words) - 13:13, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1903 Australian federal election
    The 1903 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 16 December 1903. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in...
    42 KB (1,045 words) - 12:25, 1 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of prime ministers of Australia
    The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House...
    63 KB (1,726 words) - 00:35, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1934 Australian federal election
    18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent United Australia Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons formed a minority...
    14 KB (278 words) - 00:31, 21 July 2024
  • The electoral system of Australia comprises the laws and processes used for the election of members of the Australian Parliament and is governed primarily...
    114 KB (10,967 words) - 00:46, 31 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1943 Australian federal election
    The 1943 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 21 August 1943. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the...
    20 KB (701 words) - 17:37, 2 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Politics of Australia
    an election for the House of Representatives at any time, but Senate elections can only be held within certain periods prescribed in the Australian Constitution...
    132 KB (7,960 words) - 07:14, 14 September 2024
  • President of the Australian Senate. In May 1996, following the 1996 election, the two members of the Western Australian Greens in the Senate announced they...
    72 KB (4,350 words) - 12:29, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1919 Australian federal election
    The 1919 Australian federal election was held on 13 December 1919 to elect members to the Parliament of Australia. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives...
    57 KB (3,411 words) - 18:50, 13 September 2024
  • candidates who stood for the 1903 Australian federal election. The election was held on 16 December 1903. On 14 September 1901, Littleton Groom (Protectionist)...
    33 KB (901 words) - 17:27, 2 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Parliament of Australia
    Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The Commonwealth of Australia came into being on 1 January 1901 with the federation of the six Australian colonies...
    140 KB (9,504 words) - 07:25, 20 August 2024
  • Elections in Australia take place periodically to elect the legislature of the Commonwealth of Australia, as well as for each Australian state and territory...
    65 KB (3,423 words) - 13:49, 8 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of Australia
    nation came into existence on 1 January 1901 as a federation of former British colonies. The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival...
    333 KB (40,247 words) - 00:58, 27 August 2024
  • The following lists events that happened during 1901 in Australia. Monarch – Victoria (until 22 January), then Edward VII Governor-General – Lord Hopetoun...
    7 KB (611 words) - 07:45, 19 August 2024
  • In the run-up to the next Australian federal election, a number of polling companies are conducting opinion polls for various news organisations. These...
    253 KB (6,372 words) - 08:00, 16 September 2024
  • The Australian states each elected three members of the Australian Senate at the 1903 federal election to serve a six-year term starting on 1 January 1904...
    22 KB (372 words) - 16:01, 18 May 2024
  • This is a list of electoral results for the Australian Senate in Tasmania since Federation in 1901. Primary votes saw the Liberals and Labor both win two...
    2 KB (829 words) - 10:37, 22 April 2024
  • This is a list of electoral results for the Australian Senate in Western Australia since Federation in 1901. The sixth and last seat was a close contest...
    3 KB (916 words) - 10:37, 22 April 2024
  • This is a list of electoral results for the Australian Senate in Queensland since Federation in 1901. Primary votes saw the LNP and Labor both winning...
    2 KB (811 words) - 10:36, 22 April 2024