1937 Australian federal election

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1937 Australian federal election
Australia
1934 ←
1 March 1937
→ 1940

All 74 seats of the House of Representatives
38 seats were needed for a majority in the House
19 (of the 36) seats of the Senate
  JohnCurtin.png BillyHughes.jpeg RobertMenzies.jpg
Leader John Curtin Billy Hughes Robert Menzies
Party Labor Coalition Liberal
Leader since 1 October 1935 28 January 1937 28 January 1937
Leader's seat Fremantle (WA) North Sydney (NSW) Kooyong (Vic)
Last election 18 seats 29 seats 18 seats

Incumbent Prime Minister

Joseph Lyons
Coalition

The 1937 Australian Federal election will be held in Australia on 1 March 1937. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. This election was called approximately 8 months early than when incumbent Prime Minister Joseph Lyons intended to call it as his death in January of 1937 resulted in political instability that was resolved only with the appointment of John Curtin as caretaker Prime Minister and the holding of this immediate election. It will be contested by the Australian Labor Party, the UAP/Country Party Coalition and the newly formed Liberal Party of Australia.