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- Australian_federal_election,_1906 abstract "Federal elections were held in Australia on 12 December 1906. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Protectionist Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Alfred Deakin defeated the opposition Anti-Socialist Party led by George Reid.It was the third federal election in Australia following the adoption of the federal government. The election was largely important as it would demonstrate which of the parties (if any) could hold together a stable government after the unstable second term of the previous one, which saw four different governments in power. It would also see if both of the Anti-Socialist parties could survive the implementation of protectionist policies which differentiated the two. This was also the first election where all seats for the House of Representatives were voted for via a First-past-the-post system (at previous elections some states voted as one electorate, using a bloc vote), and the first time that Tasmania was divided into separate electorates. The election result was the continuation of a Protectionist government led by Deakin and supported by Labour, which remained in power largely due to the unwillingness of the Anti-Socialist Party to support a vote of no confidence against it.There were three main political parties contending for seats, each of which were present at the previous two elections. The Free Trade Party had changed its name under George Reid to the Anti-Socialist Party, in an attempt to differentiate it further from its left-wing rival, the Labor Party and to make its stance clearer to conservative voters. The third party standing for election was the Protectionist Party. However, since its primary platform of government tariffs had been dealt with by previous governments, the Party had become somewhat redundant. Those who remained were largely supporting the Party's leader, Alfred Deakin, rather than its policies. Of the three, the Labour Party, led by Chris Watson, now had the most realistic chance of becoming the dominant party after their gains in the 1903 election and after their leading status in the four minor states they were looking to make the same type of gains in Victoria and New South Wales.The first federal referendum in Australia's history was held in conjunction with the election. The proposed alteration to the Constitution, to change the start date of Senators' terms from 1 January to 1 July, passed in all states and was carried.".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 affiliation Free_Trade_Party.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 firstLeader George_Reid_(Australian_politician).
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 secondLeader Chris_Watson.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 startDate "1906-12-12".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 thumbnail AlfredDeakin.jpeg?width=300.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 title "Australian federal election, 1906".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 wikiPageExternalLink elections.uwa.edu.au.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 wikiPageID "5808789".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 wikiPageRevisionID "561918104".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 afterElection Alfred_Deakin.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 afterParty "Protectionist Party".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 beforeElection Alfred_Deakin.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 beforeParty "Protectionist Party".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 country "Australia".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 electionDate "1906-12-12".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 electionName "Australian federal election, 1906".
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- Australian_federal_election,_1906 image "125".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 lastElection "23".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 lastElection "24".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 lastElection "26".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 leader Alfred_Deakin.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 leader Chris_Watson.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 leader George_Reid_(Australian_politician).
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 leaderSince "1901-05-08".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 leaderSince "1903-09-24".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 leadersSeat Division_of_Ballarat.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 leadersSeat Division_of_East_Sydney.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 leadersSeat Division_of_South_Sydney.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 nextElection "Australian federal election, 1910".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 nextYear "1910".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 ongoing "no".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 party "Anti-Socialist Party".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 party "Australian Labour Party".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 party "Protectionist Party".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 percentage "16.44".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 percentage "36.64".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 percentage "38.17".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 posttitle "Resulting Prime Minister".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 previousElection "Australian federal election, 1903".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 previousYear "1903".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 seatChange "2".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 seatChange "3".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 seatChange "5".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 seats "21".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 seats "26".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 seatsForElection "All 75 seats in the Australian House of Representatives".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 seatsForElection "and 18 seats in the Australian Senate".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 seatsNeeded "10".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 seatsNeeded "12".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 seatsNeeded "13".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 swing "13.26".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 swing "3.8".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 swing "5.69".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 title Prime_Minister_of_Australia.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 type "parliamentary".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 subject Category:1906_elections_in_Australia.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 subject Category:1906_in_Australia.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 subject Category:Federal_elections_in_Australia.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 type Election.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 type Event.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 type SocietalEvent.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 type Event.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 type Event.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 type Thing.
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 comment "Federal elections were held in Australia on 12 December 1906. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Protectionist Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Alfred Deakin defeated the opposition Anti-Socialist Party led by George Reid.It was the third federal election in Australia following the adoption of the federal government.".
- Australian_federal_election,_1906 label "Australian federal election, 1906".
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- Australian_federal_election,_1906 depiction AlfredDeakin.jpeg.
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