1949 Australian federal election

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The 1949 Australian federal election was a national parliamentary election that resulted in Robert Menzies’ Liberal–Country coalition defeating Ben Chifley’s Labor government, ushering in a long period of conservative rule.

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1949 Australian federal election canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian federal election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
campaignIssue bank nationalisation ⓘ
communism ⓘ
housing shortages ⓘ
post-war reconstruction ⓘ
rationing and economic controls ⓘ
coalitionPartner Country Party of Australia ⓘ
coalitionWinningParty Liberal–Country coalition ⓘ
compulsoryEnrollment yes ⓘ
compulsoryVoting yes ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
date 10 December 1949 ⓘ
defeatedParty Australian Labor Party ⓘ
electedBody House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
electionFor Parliament of Australia ⓘ
electoralCommission Commonwealth Electoral Office ⓘ
enfranchisedGroup Aboriginal Australians in some states and territories ⓘ
era post–World War II period ⓘ
expandedHouseOfRepresentativesSeatsFrom 75 ⓘ
expandedHouseOfRepresentativesSeatsTo 121 ⓘ
expandedSenateSeatsFrom 36 ⓘ
expandedSenateSeatsTo 60 ⓘ
governmentFormed Second Menzies Ministry ⓘ
historicalSignificance beginning of a long period of conservative rule in Australia ⓘ
ideologyOfDefeatedParty social democratic ⓘ
ideologyOfWinningCoalition conservative ⓘ
incumbentGovernmentBeforeElection Australian Labor Party ⓘ
leaderOfDefeatedParty Ben Chifley ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Robert Menzies ⓘ
linked to: Menzies
location Australia ⓘ
mainWinningParty Liberal Party of Australia ⓘ
nextElection 1951 Australian federal election ⓘ
parliamentNumber 19th Parliament of Australia ⓘ
predecessorPrimeMinister Ben Chifley ⓘ
previousElection 1946 Australian federal election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Robert Menzies ⓘ
linked to: Menzies
primeMinisterBeforeElection Ben Chifley ⓘ
result defeat of the Chifley Labor government ⓘ
formation of a Liberal–Country coalition government ⓘ
successorPrimeMinister Robert Menzies ⓘ
linked to: Menzies
totalSeatsHouseOfRepresentatives 121 ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentFormed coalition government ⓘ
voterTurnoutApproximate 95 percent ⓘ
votingSystemHouseOfRepresentatives instant-runoff voting ⓘ
votingSystemSenate single transferable vote ⓘ
year 1949 ⓘ

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Lyne → firstFederalElectionContested → 1949 Australian federal election ⓘ
Division of Paterson → firstElectionContested → 1949 Australian federal election ⓘ
subject linked to: Paterson
Division of Paterson → firstElection → 1949 Australian federal election ⓘ