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Australian federal election, 1974

Index Australian federal election, 1974

Federal elections were held in Australia on 18 May 1974. [1]

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Al Grassby

Albert Jaime Grassby, AM (12 July 192623 April 2005) was an Australian politician who served as Minister for Immigration in the Labor Whitlam Government.

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Alan Cadman

Alan Glyndwr Cadman (born 26 July 1937) is an Australian politician who served as a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 18 May 1974 to 17 October 2007, representing the Division of Mitchell, New South Wales.

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Albert Field

Albert Patrick "Pat" Field (11 October 19101 July 1990) was an Australian Labor Party member.

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Alfred Ashley-Brown

Alfred Ashley-Brown (6 November 1907 – 5 March 1993) was an Australian politician.

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Australia Party

The Australia Party was a minor political party established initially in 1966 as the Liberal Reform Group.

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Australian federal election, 1972

Federal elections were held in Australia on 2 December 1972.

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Australian House of Representatives

The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two Houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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Australian referendum, 1974

The 1974 Australian Referendum was held on 18 May 1974.

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Australian Senate

The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.

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Australian Senate election, 1970

Elections were held on 21 November 1970 to elect 32 of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate.

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Bertie Milliner

Bertie Richard Milliner (17 July 1911 – 30 June 1975) was an Australian trade unionist, politician and Senator, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Billy Snedden

Sir Billy Mackie Snedden, (31 December 1926 – 27 June 1987) was an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party from 1972 to 1975.

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Brendan Hansen (politician)

Brendan Percival Hansen (21 August 1922 – 19 December 1999) was an Australian politician.

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Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1974

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1974 Australian federal election.

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Clarrie Millar

Percival Clarence Millar (15 June 1925 – 28 November 2017) was an Australian politician.

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Cleaver Bunton

Cleaver Ernest Bunton (5 May 190220 January 1999) was a long-serving Mayor of Albury, New South Wales, Australia, who came to national prominence in 1975 when he was controversially appointed to the Senate by New South Wales Liberal Party Premier, Tom Lewis, to fill a position vacated by a Labor Party member.

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Coalition (Australia)

The Coalition (or Liberal–National Coalition) is an alliance of centre-right political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics.

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Communist Party of Australia

The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) was founded in 1920 and dissolved in 1991.

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Communist Party of Australia (current)

The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) is a minor political party in Australia which was founded in 1971 as the Socialist Party of Australia (SPA) by former members of the Communist Party of Australia who resigned or were expelled from that party as a result of their opposition to policy changes.

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Compulsory voting

Compulsory voting refers to laws which require eligible citizens to register and vote in national and/or local elections.

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Constitution of Australia

The Constitution of Australia is the supreme law under which the government of the Commonwealth of Australia operates, including its relationship to the States of Australia.

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David Hamer

David John Hamer (5 September 1923 – 14 January 2002) was an Australian politician and Royal Australian Navy officer.

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Democratic Labor Party (historical)

The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) was an Australian political party.

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Democratic Labour Party (Australia)

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is a political party in Australia of the labour tradition that espouses social conservatism and opposes neo-liberalism.

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Division of Bruce

The Division of Bruce is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Canning

The Division of Canning is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia.

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Division of Henty

The Division of Henty was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.

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Division of Hume

The Division of Hume is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Isaacs

The Division of Isaacs is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Lilley

The Division of Lilley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Mitchell

The Division of Mitchell is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Moore

The Division of Moore is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia.

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Division of Riverina

The Division of Riverina is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Werriwa

The Division of Werriwa is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Wide Bay

The Division of Wide Bay is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Don Maisey

Donald William "Don" Maisey (6 May 1915 – 20 April 2005) was an Australian politician.

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Double dissolution

A double dissolution is a procedure permitted under the Australian Constitution to resolve deadlocks in the bicameral Parliament of Australia between the House of Representatives (lower house) and the Senate (upper house).

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Douglas Credit Party

The Douglas Credit Party was an Australian political party based on the Social Credit theory of monetary reform, first set out by C. H. Douglas.

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Elections in Australia

Elections in Australia take place periodically to elect the legislature of the Commonwealth of Australia, as well as for each Australian state and territory.

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Fairfax Media

Fairfax Media Limited (formerly John Fairfax and Sons) is one of the largest media companies in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties.

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Frank Doyle (politician)

Francis Edward "Frank" Doyle (17 June 1922 – 13 March 1984) was an Australian politician.

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Frank Olley

Frank Olley (18 January 1927 – 21 July 1988) was an Australian politician.

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Gair Affair

The Gair Affair was an episode in Australian political life in 1974, during the government led by the Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.

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Gareth Clayton

Gareth Clayton (3 February 1942 – 1 July 2010) was an Australian politician.

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Gough Whitlam

Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975.

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Governor-General of Australia

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative of the Australian monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II.

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High Court of Australia

The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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Instant-runoff voting

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a voting method used in single-seat elections with more than two candidates.

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Joan Child

Joan Child, AO (3 August 192123 February 2013) was an Australian politician.

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John Hallett (Australian politician)

John Mead Hallett (9 October 1917 – 9 August 1999) was an Australian politician.

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John Hyde (Australian federal politician)

John Martin Hyde (born 2 February 1936) is a former Australian politician.

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John Kerr (governor-general)

Sir John Robert Kerr, (24 September 1914 – 24 March 1991) was the 18th Governor-General of Australia.

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John Sullivan (Australian politician)

John William Sullivan (born 7 February 1929) was an Australian politician.

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Joint Sitting of the Australian Parliament of 1974

A joint sitting of the Australian parliament was convened in 1974, in which members of the Senate and House of Representatives sat together as a single legislative body.

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Kevin Cairns (politician)

Kevin Michael Kiernan Cairns (15 May 1929 – 6 July 1984), Australian politician and Minister for Housing.

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Liberal Movement (Australia)

The Liberal Movement (LM) was a South Australian political party in the 1970s.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Lionel Murphy

Lionel Keith Murphy QC (30 August 1922 – 21 October 1986) was an Australian politician and judge.

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Max Fox

Edmund Maxwell Cameron Fox, CBE (27 April 1912 – 27 November 1988) was an Australian politician.

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Mel Bungey

Melville Harold "Mel" Bungey (born 30 August 1934) is an Australian retired politician.

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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1974–1975

This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives from 1974 to 1975.

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Members of the Australian Senate, 1974–1975

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1974 to 1975.

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Michael Townley (Australian politician)

Michael Townley (born 4 November 1934) is a former Tasmanian senator.

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Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection is a ministerial post of the Australian Government.

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National Alliance (Australia)

The National Alliance was an Australian political party of the early 1970s.

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National Liberal Party (Australia)

The National Liberal Party was a short-lived political party in the Australian state of Victoria.

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National Party of Australia

The National Party of Australia (also known as The Nationals or simply, The Nats) is an Australian political party.

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National Socialist Party of Australia

The National Socialist Party of Australia (NSPA) was a minor Australian neo-Nazi party that operated in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Opposition to immigration

Opposition to immigration exists in most states with immigration, and has become a significant political issue in many countries.

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Paul Hasluck

Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck (1 April 1905 – 9 January 1993) was an Australian statesman who served as the 17th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1969 to 1974.

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Playmander

The Playmander was a pro-rural electoral malapportionment in the Australian state of South Australia, introduced by the incumbent Liberal and Country League (LCL) government, and in place for 32 years from 1936 to 1968.

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Premier of South Australia

The Premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The Prime Minister of Australia (sometimes informally abbreviated to PM) is the head of government of Australia.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Republican Party of Australia

The Republican Party of Australia is a minor Australian political party dedicated to ending the country's links with the United Kingdom and establishing a republic.

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Sam Calder

Stephen Edward "Sam" Calder AM, OBE (10 August 1916 – 30 September 2008) was a decorated World War II flying ace, member of the Australian House of Representatives, and one of the founders of the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party.

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Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts).

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Smear campaign

A smear campaign, also referred to as a smear tactic or simply a smear, is an effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.

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Steele Hall

Raymond Steele Hall (born 30 November 1928) was the 36th Premier of South Australia 1968-70, a senator for South Australia 1974-77, and federal member for the Division of Boothby 1981-96.

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Stephen Lusher

Stephen Augustus Lusher (born 18 October 1945) was an Australian politician.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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Tom Drake-Brockman

Sir Thomas Charles Drake-Brockman DFC (15 May 1919 – 28 August 1992) was an Australian politician and Minister for Air.

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Two-party-preferred vote

In Australian politics, the two-party-preferred vote (TPP or 2PP) is the result of an election or opinion poll after preferences have been distributed to the highest two candidates, who in some cases can be independents.

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United Christian Party (Australia)

The United Christian Party was a minor Australian political party active between 1972 and 1974, and again in 1980.

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United Tasmania Group

The United Tasmania Group (UTG) is generally acknowledged as the world's first Green party to contest elections.

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Vince Gair

Vincent Clair Gair (25 February 190111 November 1980) was an Australian politician.

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Whitlam Government

The Whitlam Government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.

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1973 oil crisis

The 1973 oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo.

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1973–75 recession

The 1973–75 recession or 1970s recession was a period of economic stagnation in much of the Western world during the 1970s, putting an end to the overall Post–World War II economic expansion.

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1975 Australian constitutional crisis

The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also known simply as the Dismissal, has been described as the greatest political and constitutional crisis in Australian history.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_federal_election,_1974

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