1917 Australian federal election

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The 1917 Australian federal election was a World War I–era national vote that consolidated Prime Minister Billy Hughes’s breakaway Nationalist Party in power following a split in the Labor movement over conscription.

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instanceOf Australian federal election
parliamentary election
alsoKnownAs Australian federal election of 5 May 1917
campaignIssue economic controls during wartime
war effort management
causeOfElection dissolution of the 6th Parliament of Australia
compulsoryVoting no
country Australia
date 1917-05-05
electoralSystemHouse instant-runoff voting
electoralSystemSenate block voting
electoralType federal
forChamber House of Representatives
Senate
forOffice Parliament of Australia
governmentAfterElection Nationalist Party of Australia government
governmentBeforeElection National Labor–Liberal coalition
governorGeneralDuringElection Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson
headOfStateDuringElection King George V
linked to: George V
heldDuring World War I
historicalPeriod Hughes prime ministership
keyIssue military conscription for overseas service
leadingPartyAfterElection Nationalist Party of Australia
ledTo long-term dominance of non-Labor forces at federal level
legislatedBy Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902
location Commonwealth of Australia
mainOppositionParty Australian Labor Party
nextElection 1919 Australian federal election
numberOfHouseSeatsContested 75
numberOfSenateSeatsContested 18
oppositionLeader Frank Tudor
organizedBy Commonwealth Electoral Office
parliamentNumberElected 7th Parliament of Australia
partOf World War I era
linked to: World War I
precededBy split in the Australian Labor Party over conscription
previousElection 1914 Australian federal election
primeMinisterAfterElection Billy Hughes
primeMinisterBeforeElection Billy Hughes
primeMinisterPartyAfterElection Nationalist Party of Australia
primeMinisterPartyBeforeElection National Labor Party
relatedTo Australian conscription referendums, 1916–1917
result defeat of the Australian Labor Party
landslide victory for the Nationalist Party of Australia
significance consolidated Billy Hughes’s breakaway Nationalist Party in power
turnout approximately 78.3%
votingEligiblePopulation adult British subjects resident in Australia
womenSuffrageStatus women could vote federally in Australia
year 1917

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Nationalist Party of Australia notableElection 1917 Australian federal election
1917 Australian federal election alsoKnownAs Australian federal election of 5 May 1917
linked to: 1917 Australian federal election
7th Parliament of Australia election 1917 Australian federal election