Party representation in Parliament

Senate

Date	Govt(a)	ALP	FT	PROT	LIB	NAT	CP	UAP	Others(b)	Total
29/30.3.1901	PROT	8	17	11	-	-	-	-	-	36
1.1.1904	PROT	14	12	8	-	-	-	-	2	36
1.1.1907	PROT	15	12	6	-	-	-	-	3	36
1.7.1910	ALP	23	-	-	13(c)	-	-	-	-	36
1.7.1913	LIB	29	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	36
5.9.1914	ALP	31	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	36
1.7.1917	NAT	12	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	36
1.7.1920	NAT	1	-	-	-	35	-	-	-	36
1.7.1923	NAT/CP	12	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	36
1.7.1926	NAT/CP	8	-	-	-	25	3	-	-	36
1.7.1929	NAT/CP	7	-	-	-	24	5	-	-	36
1.7.1932	UAP	10	-	-	-	-	5	21	-	36
1.7.1935	UAP/CP	3	-	-	-	-	7	26	-	36
1.7.1938	UAP/CP	16	-	-	-	-	4	16	-	36
1.7.1941	UAP/CP	17	-	-	-	-	3	16	-	36
1.7.1944	ALP	22	-	-	-	-	2	12	-	36
1.7.1947	ALP	33	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	36

Date	Govt(a)	ALP	LIB	NP(d) /CLP	DLP	AD	GRN	PHON	FFP	Others(b)	Total
1.7.1950	LIB/CP	34	20	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	60
28.4.1951	LIB/CP	28	26	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	60
1.7.1953(e)	LIB/CP	29	26	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	60
1.7.1956	LIB/CP	28	24	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	60
1.7.1959	LIB/CP	26	25	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	60
1.7.1962	LIB/CP	28	24	6	1	-	-	-	-	1	60
1.7.1965(e)	LIB/CP	27	23	7	2	-	-	-	-	1	60
1.7.1968(e)	LIB/CP	27	21	7	4	-	-	-	-	1	60
1.7.1971(e)	LIB/CP	26	21	5	5	-	-	-	-	3	60
18.5.1974	ALP	29	23	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	60
13.12.1975	LIB/NCP	27	27	8	-	-	-	-	-	2	64
1.7.1978	LIB/NCP	26	29	6	-	2	-	-	-	1	64
1.7.1981	LIB/NCP	27	28	3	-	5	-	-	-	1	64
5.3.1983	ALP	30	24	4	-	5	-	-	-	1	64
1.7.1985	ALP	34	28	5	-	7	-	-	-	2	76
11.7.1987	ALP	32	27	7	-	7	-	-	-	3	76
1.7.1990	ALP	32	29	5	-	8	1	-	-	1	76
1.7.1993	ALP	30	30	6	-	7	2	-	-	1	76
1.7.1996	LIB/NPA	29	31	6	-	7	2	-	-	1	76
1.7.1999	LIB/NPA	29	31	4	-	9	1	1	-	1	76
1.7.2002	LIB/NPA	28	31	4	-	8	2	1	-	2	76
1.7.2005	LIB/NP	28	33	6	-	4	4	-	1	-	76
1.7.2008	ALP	32	32	5	-	-	5	-	1	1	76
1.7.2011	ALP	31	28	6	1	-	9	-	-	1	76

Shading denotes elections when the government gained an absolute majority in the Senate.

Simultaneous dissolution election years are in bold.

(a) Government after election.

(b) Others include: various Independents such as Senators Turnbull and Harradine and Nuclear Disarmament Party members.

(c) Known as 'Fusion' in 1910.

(d) Country Party (CP) until May 1975; National Country Party (NCP) from May 1975 to October 1982; National Party of Australia from October 1982 to October 2003; The Nationals from October 2003.

(e) Separate half-Senate election.

Elections: Except for simultaneous dissolutions, or as noted, elections are simultaneously held for the House of Representatives and half of the Senate.

Voting system: 1901-18 first-past-the-post voting; 1919-48 preferential voting; from 1949 proportional representation.

House of Representatives

Date	Govt(a)	ALP	FT	PROT	A-S	LIB	NAT	CP	UAP	Others(b)	Total
29/30.3.1901	PROT	14	28	31	-	-	-	-	-	2	75
16.12.1903	PROT	23	25	26	-	-	-	-	-	1	75
12.12.1906	PROT	26	-	16	27	-	-	-	-	6	75
13.4.1910	ALP	43	-	-	-	31(c)	-	-	-	1	75
31.5.1913	LIB	37	-	-	-	38	-	-	-	-	75
5.9.1914	ALP	42	-	-	-	32	-	-	-	1	75
5.5.1917	NAT	22	-	-	-	-	53	-	-	-	75
13.12.1919	NAT	26	-	-	-	-	37	11	-	1	75
16.12.1922	NAT/CP	30	-	-	-	5	26	14	-	1	76
14.11.1925	NAT/CP	24	-	-	-	-	37	14	-	1	76
17.11.1928	NAT/CP	32	-	-	-	-	29	13	-	2	76
12.10.1929(d)	ALP	47	-	-	-	-	14	10	-	5	76
19.12.1931	UAP	15	-	-	-	-	-	16	40	5	76
15.9.1934	UAP/CP	18	-	-	-	-	-	14	33	10	75
23.10.1937	UAP/CP	29	-	-	-	-	-	16	28	2	75
21.9.1940	UAP/CP	32	-	-	-	-	-	13	23	7	75
21.8.1943	ALP	49	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	2	75
28.9.1946	ALP	43	-	-	-	17	-	12	-	3	75

Date	Govt(a)	ALP	LIB	NPA(e)/CLP	DLP	AD	GRN	Others(b)	Total
10.12.1949	LIB/CP	48	55	19	-	-	-	1	123
28.4.1951	LIB/CP	54	52	17	-	-	-	-	123
29.5.1954(d)	LIB/CP	59	47	17	-	-	-	-	123
10.12.1955	LIB/CP	49	57	18	-	-	-	-	124
22.11.1958	LIB/CP	47	58	19	-	-	-	-	124
9.12.1961	LIB/CP	62(f)	45	17	-	-	-	-	124
30.11.1963(d)	LIB/CP	52	52	20	-	-	-	-	124
26.11.1966(d)	LIB/CP	41	61	21	-	-	-	1	124
25.10.1969(d)	LIB/CP	59	46	20	-	-	-	-	125
2.12.1972(d)	ALP	67	38	20	-	-	-	-	125
18.5.1974	ALP	66	40	21	-	-	-	-	127
13.12.1975	LIB/NCP	36	68	23	-	-	-	-	127
10.12.1977	LIB/NCP	38	67	19	-	-	-	-	124
18.10.1980	LIB/NCP	51	54	20	-	-	-	-	125
5.3.1983	ALP	75	33	17	-	-	-	-	125
1.12.1984	ALP	82	45	21	-	-	-	-	148
11.7.1987	ALP	86	43	19	-	-	-	-	148
24.3.1990	ALP	78	55	14	-	-	-	1	148
13.3.1993	ALP	80	49	16	-	-	-	2	147
2.3.1996	LIB/NPA	49	75	19	-	-	-	5	148
3.10.1998	LIB/NPA	67	64	16	-	-	-	1	148
10.11.2001	LIB/NPA	65	68	14	-	-	-	3	150
9.10.2004	LIB/NP	60	74	13	-	-	-	3	150
24.11.2007	ALP	83	55	10	-	-	-	2	150
21.8.2010	ALP	72	60	12	-	-	1	5	150

Shading denotes elections when the government gained an absolute majority in the Senate.

Simultaneous dissolution election years are in bold.

From 1922 figures include a Member for the Northern Territory who did not have full voting rights until 1968.

Similarly from 1949 figures include a Member for the Australian Capital Territory who did not have full voting rights until 1968.

(a) Government after election.

(b) Others include: 1903 - 1 Revenue Tariff; 1906 - 4 Independent Protectionist and 2 Western Australia Party;

1919 - 1 Independent Nationalist; 1928 - 1 Country Progressive; 1929 - 3 Independent Nationalists and 1 Country Progressive;

1931 - 4 Lang Labor; 1934 - 9 Lang Labor; 1937 - 1 Independent UAP; 1940 - 4 Non-Communist Labor;

1966 - 1 Independent (formerly ALP); 2010 - 4 Independents and 1 Nats WA. The remainder are Independents.

(c) Known as 'Fusion' in 1910.

(d) Separate House of Representatives election.

(e) Country Party (CP) until May 1975; National Country Party (NCP) from 1975-82; National Party of Australia 1982-2003; The Nationals from October 2003.

(f) Includes the two Territory members who did not have full voting rights (hence the LIB/CP government remained in office).

Elections: Except for simultaneous dissolutions, or as noted, elections are simultaneously held for the House of Representatives and half of the Senate.

Voting system: 1901-18 first-past-the-post voting; 1918- preferential voting;