Parliament			Date of Election	Total Seats	Party Elected
1st	Parliament	*	27 November to 12 December 1890	30	Forrest Party
2nd	Parliament	*	14 June to 3 July 1894	33	Forrest Party
3rd	Parliament	*	27 April to 28 May 1897	44	Forrest Party
4th	Parliament		24 April 1901	50	Leake Party
5th	Parliament		28 June 1904	50	Labor
6th	Parliament		27 October 1905	50	Liberal
7th	Parliament		11 September 1908	50	Liberal
8th	Parliament		3 October 1911	50	Labor
9th	Parliament		21 October 1914	50	Labor
10th	Parliament		29 September 1917	50	Nationalist & Country Party Coalition
11th	Parliament		12 March 1921	50	Nationalist & Country Party Coalition
12th	Parliament		22 March 1924	50	Australian Labor Party
13th	Parliament		26 March 1927	50	Australian Labor Party
14th	Parliament		12 April 1930	50	Nationalist & Country Party Coalition
15th	Parliament		8 April 1933	50	Australian Labor Party
16th	Parliament		15 February 1936	50	Australian Labor Party
17th	Parliament		18 March 1939	50	Australian Labor Party
18th	Parliament		20 November 1943	50	Australian Labor Party
19th	Parliament		15 March 1947	50	Liberal & Country League and Country Party Coalition
20th	Parliament		25 March 1950	50	Liberal & Country League and Country Party Coalition
21st	Parliament		14 February 1953	50	Australian Labor Party
22nd	Parliament		7 April 1956	50	Australian Labor Party
23rd	Parliament		21 March 1959	50	Liberal & Country League and Country Party Coalition
24th	Parliament		31 March 1962	50	Liberal & Country League and Country Party Coalition
25th	Parliament		20 February 1965	50	Liberal & Country League and Country Party Coalition
26th	Parliament		23 March 1968	51	Liberal & Country League and Country Party Coalition
27th	Parliament		20 February 1971	51	Australian Labor Party
28th	Parliament		30 March 1974	51	Liberal & National Alliance Coalition
29th	Parliament		19 February 1977	55	Liberal & National Country Party Coalition
30th	Parliament		23 February 1980	55	Liberal & National Country Party Coalition
31st	Parliament		19 February 1983	57	Australian Labor Party
32nd	Parliament		8 February 1986	57	Australian Labor Party
33rd	Parliament		4 February 1989	57	Australian Labor Party
34th	Parliament		6 February 1993	57	Liberal / National Party Coalition
35th	Parliament		14 December 1996	57	Liberal / National Party Coalition
36th	Parliament		10 February 2001	57	Australian Labor Party
37th	Parliament		26 February 2005	57	Australian Labor Party

 

Until 1907, the Governor in Council had the power under the proviso to section 41 of the Constitution Act, to fix different election dates in the different districts. According to Section 71(3) of the Electoral Act 1907 the same date shall be fixed for the polling in each region or district as the case requires, however elections for northern seats were still held separately until 1930.