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Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia

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Election dates

Unless otherwise specified, elections are for the House of Representatives and half the Senate. A double (or simultaneous) dissolution election is for both the House of Representatives and the entire Senate.

1901 29–30 March  
1903 16 December  
1906 12 December  
1910 13 April  
1913 31 May  
1914 5 September Double dissolution
1917 5 May  
1919 13 December  
1922 16 December  
1925 14 November  
1928 17 November  
1929 12 October House of Representatives
1931 19 December  
1934 15 September  
1937 23 October  
1940 21 September  
1943 21 August  
1946 28 September  
1949 10 December  
1951 28 April Double dissolution
1953 9 May Half-Senate
1954 29 May House of Representatives
1955 10 December  
1958 22 November  
1961 9 December  
1963 30 November House of Representatives
1964 5 December Half-Senate
1966 26 November House of Representatives
1967 25 November Half-Senate
1969 25 October House of Representatives
1970 21 November Half-Senate
1972 2 December House of Representatives
1974 18 May Double dissolution
1975 13 December Double dissolution
1977 10 December  
1980 18 October  
1983 5 March Double dissolution
1984 1 December  
1987 11 July Double dissolution
1990 24 March  
1993 13 March  
1996 2 March  
1998 3 October  
2001 10 November  
2004 9 October  
2007 24 November  

 

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