This article provides information on candidates who stood for the
1949 Australian federal election
The 1949 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 10 December 1949. All 121 seats in the House of Representatives and 42 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Ben Chifley ...
Senate
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were expanded at this election. All seats are designated as held by the party that held the notional majority after the redistribution.
Watson
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) lost endorsement for the election. He was expelled from the Labor Party and sat as an Independent.
*At the previous election, Charles Davidson had been jointly endorsed by the Liberal and Country parties to contest the seat of Capricornia, and had caucused with the Liberals in parliament. In 1949, he was endorsed instead by the Country Party to contest the new seat of Dawson, and subsequently sat as a Country Party member.
Redistributions and seat changes
*Due to the expansion of the House, redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in all states.
**In New South Wales, nineteen new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Banks, Cunningham, Evans, Grayndler,
Kingsford-Smith
The Division of Kingsford Smith is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
History
The division is named after Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, a pioneer aviator, and the first pilot to fly across the Pacific Ocean. The ...
,
Lawson
Lawson may refer to:
Places Australia
* Lawson, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Lawson, New South Wales, a town in the Blue Mountains
Canada
* Lawson, Saskatchewan
* Lawson Island, Nunavut
United States
* Lawson, Arkansas
...
Paterson Paterson may refer to:
People
* Paterson (surname)
* Paterson (given name)
Places
Australia
*Paterson, New South Wales
*Paterson River, New South Wales
* Division of Paterson, an electoral district in New South Wales
*Paterson, Queensland, a lo ...
St George
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Lyne
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Places
* Division of Lyne, an electoral division in New South Wales, Australia
* Lyne, Denmark, a town in southwest Denmark
* Lyne, Surrey a village in southern England
* River Lyne, a river of Cumbria in England
* Lyne, Sco ...
Billy Hughes
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Lalor
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* Denis Lalor, athlete
* Francis Ramsey Lalor (1856–1929), politician
* John Lalor ...
Isaacs Isaacs may refer to:
* The Isaacs, a bluegrass Southern gospel music group
* Isaacs (surname)
* Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia
* Division of Isaacs, a federal electoral division in Victoria, Australia
* Divisi ...
and La Trobe; and the notionally Country seats of Mallee, McMillan and Murray. The Liberal-held seat of Fawkner and the Country-held seat of
Bendigo
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As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...
Lalor
Lalor is an Irish surname derived from the Irish ''Ó Leathlobhair'', from ''leath-'' “leper; weak, ailing person”. Notable people with the surname include:
* Denis Lalor, athlete
* Francis Ramsey Lalor (1856–1929), politician
* John Lalor ...
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***The member for
Bendigo
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Senate
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Doris Blackburn
Doris Amelia Blackburn (; 18 September 1889 – 12 December 1970) was an Australian social reformer and politician. She served in the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1949, the second woman after Enid Lyons to do so. Blackburn was a promin ...
Harold Holt
Harold Edward Holt (5 August 190817 December 1967) was an Australian politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his presumed death in 1967. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party.
Holt was born in S ...
Indi
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Winton Turnbull
Sir Winton George Turnbull, (13 December 1899 – 15 January 1980) was an Australian politician.
Early life
Turnbull was born at Hamilton, Victoria to farmer Adam Beverly Turnbull and Georgina Agnes, née Drummond. He was mostly educated by h ...
Ryan
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* Division of Ryan, an elector ...
Coalition
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Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
agreement that allocated Darling Downs to the Liberal Party.
***The member for Maranoa,
Charles Adermann
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( Country), contested Fisher.
**In Western Australia, three new seats were created: the notionally Labor seat of Curtin; and the notionally Country seats of
Canning
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and
Moore
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People
* Moore (surname)
** List of people with surname Moore
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* Moore Disney (1765–1846), a senior officer in the British Army
* Moore Powell (died c. 1573 ...
. The Country-held seat of
Swan
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became notionally Labor.
***The member for
Swan
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Len Hamilton
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Canning
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.
**In South Australia, four new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of
Kingston
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Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
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Port Adelaide
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and Sturt; and the notionally Liberal seat of Angas. The Labor-held seat of Boothby became notionally Liberal.
***The member for Boothby,
Thomas Sheehy
Thomas Neil Sheehy (19 May 1899 – 23 September 1984) was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1943 to 1949, representing the Division of Boothby, South Australia.
Sheehy defeated Boothby incumbent Grenfell Price ...
Kingston
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Places
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** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
.
***The member for
Hindmarsh
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Port Adelaide
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Frank Gaha
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Joe Collings
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(Qld)
Liberal
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William Hutchinson William, Willie, Willy, Billy or Bill Hutchinson may refer to:
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Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Senate
Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. The Senate was expanded at this election, with each state now allocated ten senators instead of six. Each state elected seven senators, two of whom were elected to short-term vacancies. This was also the first occasion where the Senate was elected using proportional representation. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).
New South Wales
Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators James Arnold, Bill Ashley and
William Large
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were not up for re-election.
Queensland
Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Liberal Senators Neil O'Sullivan and
Annabelle Rankin
Dame Annabelle Jane Mary Rankin DBE (28 July 190830 August 1986) was an Australian politician and diplomat. She was the first woman from Queensland elected to parliament, the first woman federal departmental minister, and the first Australian ...
Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators Bill Morrow, Reg Murray and
Justin O'Byrne
Justin Hilary O'Byrne, AO (1 June 1912 – 10 November 1993) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1947 to 1981, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He was President of the Senate from 1974 to 1 ...
were not up for re-election.
Victoria
Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators
Bert Hendrickson
Albion "Bert" Hendrickson (18 December 1897 – 28 April 1977) was an Australian politician.
He was educated at state schools in Maryborough, Victoria, before serving in the military from 1915 to 1918 in the 22nd Infantry Battalion before tr ...
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Fred Katz
Frederick Carl Katz (21 May 1877 – 13 December 1960) was an Australian trade unionist and politician. He had a long association with the Australian labour movement, holding senior leadership positions with the Federated Clerks' Union, Feder ...
Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators Joe Cooke, John Harris and
Dorothy Tangney
Dame Dorothy Margaret Tangney DBE (13 March 19073 June 1985) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1943 to 1968. She was the first woman elected to ...
were not up for re-election.
Summary by party
Beside each party is the candidates put forward by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party contested Senate elections in each state.
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Vic
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Australian Country Party
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Republican Party
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1949 Australian federal election
The 1949 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 10 December 1949. All 121 seats in the House of Representatives and 42 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Ben Chifley ...
Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1949–1951
This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 19th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1949 election on 10 December 1949.
In the first of two significant expansions, the house was expanded by 48 ...
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Members of the Australian Senate, 1947–1950
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1947 to 30 June 1950. Half of its members were elected at the 21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were electe ...