Election Dates since 1945
| Election date |
House Result |
Notes |
| 28 September 1946 |
Chifley ALP |
|
| 10 December 1949 |
Menzies Lib/CP |
|
| 28 April 1951 |
Menzies Lib/CP |
Double dissolution |
| 9 May 1953 |
|
Senate |
| 29 May 1954 |
Menzies Lib/CP |
House of Representatives |
| 10 December 1955 |
Menzies Lib/CP |
|
| 22 November 1958 |
Menzies Lib/CP |
|
| 9 December 1961 |
Menzies Lib/CP |
|
| 30 November 1963 |
Menzies Lib/CP |
House of Representatives
|
| 5 December 1964 |
|
Senate |
| 26 November 1966 |
Holt Lib/CP |
House of Representatives |
| 25 November 1967 |
|
Senate |
| 25 October 1969 |
Gorton Lib/CP |
House of Representatives |
| 21 November 1970 |
|
Senate |
| 2 December 1972 |
Whitlam ALP |
House of Representatives |
| 18 May 1974 |
Whitlam ALP |
Double dissolution |
| 13 December 1975 |
Fraser Lib/NCP |
Double dissolution |
| 10 December 1977 |
Fraser Lib/NCP |
|
| 18 October 1980 |
Fraser Lib/NCP |
|
| 5 March 1983 |
Hawke ALP |
Double dissolution
|
| 1 December 1984 |
Hawke ALP |
|
| 11 July 1987 |
Hawke ALP |
Double dissolution
|
| 24 March 1990 |
Hawke ALP |
|
| 13 March 1993 |
Keating ALP |
|
| 2 March 1996 |
Howard Lib/Nat |
|
| 3 October 1998 |
Howard Lib/Nat |
|
| 10 November 2001 |
Howard Lib/Nat |
|
| 9 October 2004 |
Howard Lib/Nat |
|
| 24 November 2007 |
Rudd ALP |
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