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Seat totals are not determined by popular vote by state or territory but instead via results in each electorate.The 1983 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 5 March 1983. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives and all 64 seats in the Senate were up for election, following a double dissolution. The incumbent Coalition government which had been in power since 1975, led by Malcolm Fraser (Liberal Party) and Doug Anthony (National Party), was defeated in a landslide by the opposition Labor Party led by Bob Hawke.This election marked the end of the seven year Liberal-National Coalition Fraser government and the start of the 13 year Hawke-Keating Labor government. The Coalition would spend its longest ever period in opposition and the Labor party would spend its longest ever period of government at a federal level. The Coalition would not return to government until the 1996 election.Background and issues[edit]At the time of the election, the economy suffered from high inflation and high unemployment, alongside increases in industrial disputation and drought across much of the rural areas. The coalition government was led by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser since 1975. Fraser had fought off a leadership challenge from Andrew Peacock, who had resigned from the Cabinet citing Fraser’s “manic determination to get his own way”, a phrase Fraser had himself used when he resigned from John Gorton’s government in 1971. The Liberal government had to contend with the early-1980s recession. They unexpectedly won the December 1982 Flinders by-election, after having lost the March 1982 Lowe by-election with a large swing.  Hawke had entered Parliament at the 1980 federal election following a decade as leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). Labor factions began to push for the deposition of Bill Hayden from the party leadership in favour of Hawke.  Fraser was well aware of the ructions in Labor, and originally planned to call an election for 1982, more than a year before it was due. However, he was forced to scrap those plans after suffering a severe back injury.On 3 February 1983 at a meeting in Brisbane held in conjunction with the state funeral of former Labor Prime Minister Frank Forde, Hayden resigned on the advice of his closest supporters such as Senator John Button. An election wasn’t due for seven more months; however, Fraser, emboldened by the unexpected retention of Flinders, had caught wind of the impending change and attempted to immediately call an election (for 5 March), which would have put Parliament into “caretaker mode” and essentially frozen Labor into contesting the election with Hayden as leader.However, Fraser could not secure a swift dissolution of parliament as paperwork for the double dissolution had to be prepared, delaying the official proclamation by Governor-General, Sir Ninian Stephen by a few hours. Fraser had hoped to do this before the announcement of the change in Labor leadership, and was now stuck with the prospect of a party now led by the more popular Hawke.Richard de Crespigny (future Captain of Qantas flight 32 which was crippled on a flight from Singapore to Sydney), who was serving at this time as aide de camp to Governor-General Stephen, details this event in his book. The actual double dissolution of the parliament occurred the following day on 4 February.[1]  Fraser also hoped to gain control of the Senate, where the Australian Democrats had held the balance of power since 1 July 1981.Five days later on 8 February, the ALP formally elected Hawke as party leader.  Fraser was intensely unpopular at the time, and in response to his abrupt removal, Hayden made his famous claim that a “drover’s dog” could lead the ALP to victory. Fraser’s campaign used the slogan “We’re Not Waiting for the World”, while Hawke’s campaign theme was based around his favoured leadership philosophy of consensus, using the slogan “Bringing Australia Together”.The Ash Wednesday bushfires that devastated areas of Victoria and South Australia on 16 February disrupted the Prime Minister’s re-election campaign which was unofficially put on hold while he toured the affected areas.Fraser tried to brand Hawke as a union organiser as being friendly towards Communism. On the security of the banking system to protect people’s savings, he asserted that ordinary people’s money was safer under their beds than in a bank under Labor.  In response to an attack,  Hawke laughed and said “you can’t keep your money under the bed because that’s where the Commies are!”[2]As counting progressed on election night, it was obvious early on that the ALP had won with a massive swing.  Hawke with wife Hazel claimed victory and a tearful Fraser conceded defeat. Ultimately, Labor achieved a 24-seat swing \u2014- the largest defeat of a sitting government since 1949 and the worst defeat a sitting non-Labor government has ever suffered.  Fraser soon resigned from Parliament, leaving the Liberal leadership to his long-term foe Andrew Peacock, who would later have a fierce leadership battle himself with the future Liberal Prime Minister John Howard.The Labor Party would spend 13 years in government, with both Hawke and Paul Keating as leaders — the longest period of continuous federal government in the party’s history.Voting intention[edit][3]DateBrandFirmInterview modePrimary voteL\/NPALPDEMOTH5 March 1983 election43.61%49.48%5.03%1.88%3 March 1983GallupMorganTelephone43%50%6%1%2 March 1983SpectrumAustralianTelephone42%52%5%1%27 \u2013 28 February 1983ANOPNational TimesTelephone42%51.5%5%1.5%19 \u2013 20 February 1983GallupMorganTelephone42%52%4%2%12 \u2013 13 February 1983GallupMorganTelephone41%52%5%2%5 \u2013 6 February 1983GallupMorganTelephone41%52%5%2%22 \u2013 29 January 1983GallupMorganTelephone43%48%7%2%18 October 1980 election46.40%45.15%6.57%1.88%Results[edit]House of Representatives[edit]  House of Reps (IRV) \u2013 1983\u201384\u2014Turnout 94.64% (CV) \u2013 Informal 2.09%PartyVotes%SwingSeatsChange\u00a0Labor4,297,39249.48+4.3475 24\u00a0Liberal\u2013National coalition3,787,15143.61\u20132.7950 24\u00a0Liberal2,983,98634.36\u22123.0733 21\u00a0National782,8249.01+0.2717 2\u00a0Country Liberal\u00a020,4710.24+0.010 1\u00a0Democrats437,2655.03\u22121.54Others162,9251.87Total8,684,862125Two-party-preferred (estimated)\u00a0Labor53.23+3.675 24\u00a0Coalition46.77\u22123.650 24Invalid\/blank votes185,3122.1Turnout8,870,17594.6Registered voters9,372,064Source: Federal Election Results 1949-1993Popular voteLabor\u200949.48%Liberal\u200934.36%National\u20099.25%Democrats\u20095.03%Other\u20091.88%Two-party-preferred voteLabor\u200953.23%Coalition\u200946.77%Parliament seatsLabor\u200960.00%Coalition\u200940.00%Senate[edit]  Senate (STV) \u2013 1983\u201384\u2014Turnout 94.64% (CV) \u2013 Informal 9.87%PartyVotes%SwingSeats wonTotal seatsChange\u00a0Labor3,637,31645.49+3.243030+3\u00a0Liberal\u2013National coalition3,195,39739.97\u20133.512828\u20133\u00a0Liberal\u2013National joint ticket1,861,61823.28\u22122.358**\u00a0Liberal (separate ticket)923,57111.55\u22121.591623\u20134\u00a0National (separate ticket)388,8024.86+0.4134+1\u00a0Country Liberal21,4060.27+0.02110\u00a0Democrats764,9119.57+0.31550\u00a0Call to Australia96,0650\u00a0Progress Party1,9050\u00a0White Australia1,0250\u00a0Independents193,4542.42+1.29110\u00a0Other203,9672.55\u22121.34000\u00a0Total7,995,045\u00a0\u00a06464NotesSeats changing hands[edit]SeatPre-1983SwingPost-1983PartyMemberMarginMarginMemberPartyBarton, NSW\u00a0LiberalJim Bradfield0.44.44.0Gary PunchLabor\u00a0Bendigo, Vic\u00a0LiberalJohn Bourchier1.34.12.8John BrumbyLabor\u00a0Bowman, Qld\u00a0LiberalDavid Jull1.23.42.2Len KeoghLabor\u00a0Calare, NSW\u00a0NationalSandy Mackenzie1.54.42.9David SimmonsLabor\u00a0Canning, WA\u00a0LiberalMel Bungey1.89.27.4Wendy FatinLabor\u00a0Casey, Vic\u00a0LiberalPeter Falconer1.92.60.7Peter SteedmanLabor\u00a0Chisholm, Vic\u00a0LiberalGraham Harris2.24.42.2Helen MayerLabor\u00a0Deakin, Vic\u00a0LiberalAlan Jarman2.34.42.1John SaundersonLabor\u00a0Diamond Valley, Vic\u00a0LiberalNeil Brown3.74.10.4Peter StaplesLabor\u00a0Eden-Monaro, NSW\u00a0LiberalMurray Sainsbury2.84.61.8Jim SnowLabor\u00a0Fadden, Qld\u00a0LiberalDon Cameron1.53.11.7David BeddallLabor\u00a0Flinders, Vic\u00a0LiberalPeter Reith2.35.61.0Bob ChynowethLabor\u00a0Herbert, Qld\u00a0LiberalGordon Dean0.93.72.8Ted LindsayLabor\u00a0Kingston, SA\u00a0LiberalGrant Chapman0.23.33.1Gordon BilneyLabor\u00a0Leichhardt, Qld\u00a0NationalDavid Thomson1.13.22.1John GaylerLabor\u00a0Macarthur, NSW\u00a0LiberalMichael Baume3.25.32.1Colin HollisLabor\u00a0Moore, WA\u00a0LiberalJohn Hyde2.810.07.2Allen BlanchardLabor\u00a0Northern Territory, NT\u00a0Country LiberalGrant Tambling1.23.11.9John ReevesLabor\u00a0Perth, WA\u00a0LiberalRoss McLean1.07.46.4Ric CharlesworthLabor\u00a0Petrie, Qld\u00a0LiberalJohn Hodges3.43.90.5Dean WellsLabor\u00a0Phillip, NSW\u00a0LiberalJack Birney0.62.51.9Jeannette McHughLabor\u00a0Stirling, WA\u00a0LiberalIan Viner2.09.07.0Ron EdwardsLabor\u00a0Tangney, WA\u00a0LiberalPeter Shack4.67.83.2George GearLabor\u00a0Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.See also[edit]Prior to 1984 the AEC did not undertake a full distribution of preferences for statistical purposes. The stored ballot papers for the 1983 election were put through this process prior to their destruction. Therefore, the figures from 1983 onwards show the actual result based on full distribution of preferences. The 1983 swing of approximately 3.6 points is based on a pure deduction of one result from the other.References[edit]^ House of Representatives Practice, 6th Ed, Appendix 12: GENERAL ELECTIONS\u2014SIGNIFICANT DATES FROM 19TH TO 44TH PARLIAMENTS^ Hawke Swoops into Power, TIME, 14 March 1983^ “105 volumes\u00a0: illustrations (chiefly coloured), portraits (chiefly coloured)\u00a0; 30-40 cm.”, The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, ISSN\u00a00007-4039, nla.obj-1248743470, retrieved 5 March 2021 \u2013 via TroveExternal links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/1983-australian-federal-election-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"1983 Australian federal election – Wikipedia"}}]}]