1903 Australian federal election

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The 1903 Australian federal election was the second national parliamentary election in Australia, notable for being one of the first in the world where women could both vote and stand as candidates.

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instanceOf Australian federal election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
afterPartyOfPrimeMinister Protectionist Party ⓘ
beforePartyOfPrimeMinister Protectionist Party ⓘ
campaignIssuesInclude White Australia policy ⓘ
defence policy ⓘ
industrial relations ⓘ
tariff policy ⓘ
comparedTo1901Turnout similar ⓘ
constitutionalContext Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
electionDate 1903-12-16 ⓘ
electorateIncludes all six Australian states ⓘ
excludedGroupsFromFranchise many Indigenous Australians ⓘ
non-European immigrants in many cases ⓘ
firstElectionAfter Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 extended federal suffrage to most white women ⓘ
firstElectionWithFemaleCandidatesInAustralia true ⓘ
forChamber House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
governmentFormed minority government ⓘ
heldUnder Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 ⓘ
historicalEra early 20th century ⓘ
isEarlyElection false ⓘ
laborPartyPosition held balance of power in House of Representatives ⓘ
leaderOfFreeTradeParty George Reid ⓘ
leaderOfLaborParty Chris Watson ⓘ
leaderOfProtectionistParty Alfred Deakin ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Australia ⓘ
mainParty Australian Labor Party ⓘ
Free Trade Party ⓘ
Protectionist Party ⓘ
nextElection 1906 Australian federal election ⓘ
notableFor one of the first national elections where women could both vote and stand as candidates ⓘ
numberOfHouseSeats 75 ⓘ
numberOfSenateSeats 36 ⓘ
previousElection 1901 Australian federal election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Alfred Deakin ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Alfred Deakin ⓘ
totalEnrolledVotersApprox 1250000 ⓘ
typeOfElection parliamentary ⓘ
votingSystemHouse first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
votingSystemSenate block voting ⓘ
womenCouldStandAsCandidates true ⓘ
womenCouldVote true ⓘ

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