The 1919 Australian Senate election was held on 13 December 1919 to elect 19 of the 36 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 1919 federal election. Each state elected three senators to serve a six-year term beginning on 1 July 1920, except for Tasmania, who elected an extra senator to fill a casual vacancy.

The election was the first to use preferential block voting following the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. The Nationalist Party won 18 of the 19 contested seats to expand their majority in the Senate. This left Albert Gardiner as the only remaining Labor and non-government senator.

Australia

+1919 Australian federal election: Senate, NationalPartyVotes %±SeatsSeatswonNotupNewtotalSeatchange Nationalist861,99046.40 −8.97181735 11 Labor795,85842.84 −0.88101 11 Farmers' and Settlers'100,6205.42 +5.42000 Victorian Farmers' Union50,6202.72 +2.72000 Independents26,3741.42 +1.03000 Country Party of Western Australia11,8530.64 +0.64000 Socialist Labor10,5080.57 +0.06000Total1,857,823100.00–191736 –Invalid/blank votes175,1148.61+4.71––––Turnout2,032,93771.33–6.36––––Registered voters2,849,862––––––

New South Wales +  # Senator Party 1   Nationalist 2   Nationalist 3   Labor

Victoria +  # Senator Party 1   Nationalist 2   Nationalist 3   Nationalist

Queensland +  # Senator Party 1   Nationalist 2   Nationalist 3   Nationalist

Western Australia +  # Senator Party 1   Nationalist 2   Nationalist 3 Edmund Drake-Brockman  Nationalist

South Australia +  # Senator Party 1   Nationalist 2   Nationalist 3   Nationalist

Tasmania Following the resignation of Labor senator James Long in December 1918, Nationalist Edward Mulcahy was appointed by the Parliament of Tasmania to fill the casual vacancy. As a result, Tasmania elected four senators, with the fourth senator elected sitting the remainder of Long's term ending on 30 June 1920. +  # Senator Party 1   Nationalist 2   Nationalist 3   Nationalist 4   Nationalist

See also Candidates of the 1919 Australian federal election Results of the 1919 Australian federal election (House of Representatives) Members of the Australian Senate, 1920–1923

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