1914 Australian federal election

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The 1914 Australian federal election was a national parliamentary election in which voters chose members of the House of Representatives and half the Senate, held amid World War I and notable for the candidacy of pioneering suffragist Vida Goldstein.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian federal election ⓘ
campaignContext debate over military preparedness and defence ⓘ
economic and social policy issues in early World War I era ⓘ
chamberElected House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Section 57 of the Australian Constitution ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
electoralCommission Commonwealth Electoral Office ⓘ
electorate Australian federal electorates ⓘ
electorateType compulsory enrolment, voluntary voting ⓘ
followedBy 1917 Australian federal election ⓘ
7th Australian Parliament ⓘ
follows 1913 Australian federal election ⓘ
5th Australian Parliament ⓘ
governorGeneralDuringElection Ronald Munro Ferguson ⓘ
hasPart election for half the Senate ⓘ
election for the House of Representatives ⓘ
hasPrimeMinisterAfterElection Andrew Fisher ⓘ
hasPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Joseph Cook ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAfterElection Andrew Fisher ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBeforeElection Joseph Cook ⓘ
isPartOf history of elections in Australia ⓘ
political history of Australia ⓘ
languageOfCampaign English ⓘ
legislativeBody Australian House of Representatives ⓘ
Australian Senate ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Australia

Parliament of Australia ⓘ
locatedInTime 1910s ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
lostByParty Commonwealth Liberal Party ⓘ
monarchDuringElection George V ⓘ
notableCandidate Vida Goldstein ⓘ
notableFeature candidacy of pioneering suffragist Vida Goldstein ⓘ
held shortly after the outbreak of World War I ⓘ
parliamentNumberElected 6th Australian Parliament ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection Australian Labor Party ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Commonwealth Liberal Party ⓘ
pointInTime 5 September 1914 ⓘ
portionOfSenateContested half the Senate ⓘ
previousGovernment Commonwealth Liberal Party government ⓘ
reasonForElection double dissolution of Parliament ⓘ
subsequentGovernment Australian Labor Party government ⓘ
typeOfElection parliamentary election ⓘ
voterEligibility adult British subjects resident in Australia ⓘ
votingSystemHouse first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
votingSystemSenate block voting ⓘ
womenCanStandForParliament true ⓘ
womenCanVote true ⓘ
wonByParty Australian Labor Party ⓘ

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Vida Goldstein → electionContested → 1914 Australian federal election ⓘ