Australian federal election, 1958

Federal election major party leaders
< 1955 1958 1961 >
Liberal Robert Menzies Prime Minister Parliament: 24 years Leader since: 1945 Division: Kooyong WIN
Labor H. V. Evatt Opposition leader Parliament: 18 years Leader since: 1951 Division: Barton

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.

House of Reps (IRV) — 1958–61—Turnout 95.48% (CV) — Informal 2.87%

	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	2,137,890	42.81	−1.82	45	−2
	Liberal Party of Australia	1,859,180	37.23	−2.50	58	+1
	Democratic Labor Party	469,723	9.41	+4.24	0	0
	Country Party	465,320	9.32	+1.41	19	+1
	Other	61,380	1.23		0	0
	Total	4,993,493			122
	Liberal/Country coalition	WIN	54.10	−0.10	77	+2
	Australian Labor Party		45.90	+0.10	45	−2

Senate (STV) — 1958–61—Turnout 95.48% (CV) — Informal 10.29%

	Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held
	Australian Labor Party	1,973,027	42.78	+2.17	15	26
	Liberal/Country (Joint Ticket)	1,077,586	23.36	−16.02	9	*
	Liberal Party of Australia	953,856	20.68	+12.02	6	25
	Democratic Labor Party	388,417	8.42	+2.32	1	2
	Communist Party of Australia	134,263	2.91	−0.73	0	0
	Country Party	52,751	1.14	+0.52	1	7
	Independents	19,648	0.43		0	0
	Other	12,511	0.27		0	0
	Total	4,612,059			32	60

Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] History

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.

[edit] See also

• Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1958
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1958–1961
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1959–1962

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
• AEC 2PP vote
• Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction. Therefore the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences.

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