This article provides a timeline of elections in Australia, including all the colonial, state, territorial and federal elections. The information starts from when each state or territory held its first election, and continues through to the present day.
About the tables The background colour indicates which party won the election. All six states and both territories have established limits on the length of a parliamentary term, with the federal parliament limited to three years, and all state and territorial parliaments limited to a four-year term. In addition the federal government have changed to fixed election dates every three years, and both territories and all states except Tasmania have changed to fixed election dates every four years. For these legislatures, the box is shown as running until the next scheduled election, but one could still be earlier if the government falls due to a motion of no confidence. ColourPartyColourParty Labor Liberal Country/National Liberal National Country Liberal United Australia CPNP Nationalist Free Trade/Anti-Socialist Commonwealth Liberal Progressive Liberal and Country League Liberal Protectionist OppositionLiberal ReformNonpartisanMinisterial
1851–1900 Year WA SA Qld NSW Vic Tas 1856 1st 1st 1st 1857 1st 1858 2nd 1859 3rd 2nd 1860 2nd 1st 4th 1861 3rd 2nd 1862 3rd 3rd 1863 2nd 1864 4th 1865 4th 5th 1866 5th 4th 1867 3rd 1868 5th 4th 6th 1869 1870 6th 5th 6th 1871 7th 6th 7th 5th 1872 7th 6th 1873 7th 1874 8th 1875 8th 8th 1876 1877 9th 9th 7th 1878 9th 8th 1879 10th 1880 10th 11th 1881 10th 1882 11th 8th 1883 9th 12th 1884 11th 1885 12th 1886 13th 9th 1887 12th 13th 1888 10th 1889 14th 14th 1890 1st 13th 1891 15th 10th 1892 15th 1893 14th 11th 1894 2nd 16th 16th 1895 17th 1896 15th 12th 1897 17th 12th 1898 18th 1899 16th 13th 1900 18th Year WA SA Qld NSW Vic Tas
1901–1973 Year WA SA Qld NSW Vic Tas Federal 1901 4th 19th 1st 1902 17th 14th 19th 1903 14th 2nd 1904 5th 15th 20th 20th 1905 18th 1906 19th 3rd 1907 16th 21st 21st 1908 17th 22nd 1909 18th 16th 1910 20th 22nd 4th 1911 8th 23rd 1912 19th 17th 1913 23rd 18th 5th 1914 9th 24th 6th 1915 22nd 20th 1916 19th 1917 10th 24th 25th 7th 1918 21st 1919 20th 8th 1920 22nd 25th 26th 1921 11th 27th 1922 26th 21st 9th 1923 23rd 1924 12th 25th 28th 1925 27th 22nd 10th 1926 24th 1927 13th 28th 29th 1928 23rd 11th 1929 30th 12th 1930 14th 27th 29th 1931 24th 1932 26th 1933 15th 28th 1934 25th 1935 27th 32nd 1936 16th 1937 33rd 26th 1938 29th 28th 1939 17th 1940 34th 1941 30th 29th 33rd 27th 1942 1943 18th 35th 17th 1944 31st 30th 34th 1945 36th 1946 28th 18th 1947 32nd 31st 35th 1948 29th 1949 1950 33rd 32nd 36th 38th 30th 1951 1952 39th 1953 21st 34th 33rd 37th 1954 1955 31st 1956 22nd 35th 34th 38th 32nd 1957 35th 1958 1959 36th 39th 33rd 1960 36th 1961 1962 37th 40th 1963 37th 1964 34th 1965 38th 1966 38th 1967 1968 39th 1969 39th 1970 40th 1971 27th 1972 40th 36th 28th 1973 41st Year WA SA Qld NSW Vic Tas Federal
1974–present
Year WA SA NT Qld NSW ACT Vic Tas Federal 1974 1st 41st 29th 1975 42nd 1976 45th 37th 1977 43rd 2nd 42nd 1978 46th 1979 38th 1980 3rd 43rd 1981 47th 1982 45th 49th 1983 31st 4th 44th 33rd 1984 48th 34th 1985 46th 50th 1986 32nd 45th 1987 5th 35th 1988 51st 1989 33rd 47th 46th 1st 41st 1990 6th 36th 1991 1992 47th 2nd 1993 37th 1994 7th 1995 48th 51st 1996 1997 8th 1998 49th 44th 1999 52nd 54th 2000 2001 36th 9th 50th 5th 2002 50th 55th 45th 2003 53rd 2004 51st 6th 2005 37th 10th 2006 51st 52nd 56th 46th 2007 54th 42nd 2008 11th 7th 2009 53rd 2010 52nd 47th 43rd 2011 2012 12th 8th 2013 2014 53rd 58th 2015 55th 2016 13th 9th 2017 40th 56th 2018 59th 2019 2020 14th 57th 10th 2021 41st 2022 55th 60th 47th 2023 58th 2024 15th 11th 2025 42nd 48th 2026 56th 61st 2027 59th 2028 16th 59th 12th 49th 2029 43rd 53rd Year WA SA NT Qld NSW ACT Vic Tas Federal
See also List of Australian federal elections List of New South Wales state elections List of Northern Territory general elections List of elections in South Australia List of elections in Victoria List of Western Australian Legislative Assembly elections
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