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1969 Australian federal election

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457:. Both were leading their respective parties in an election for the first time. Gorton had initially been very popular and was promoted as an "average Aussie bloke". This image was boosted by his record of wartime service and his craggy, battered appearance (the result of a wartime injury). However, he gradually gained a reputation for being erratic and unnecessarily confrontational. By the time of the 1969 election campaign, his attempts to alter long-standing Liberal Party policies, with regard both to federal–state powers and to foreign affairs, had alienated the more conservative sections of the Liberal Party and various state Liberal leaders, such as 158: 2083: 30: 362: 532: 151: 347: 339: 311: 303: 264: 256: 119: 102: 476:
still held by many members on the left of the party. He presented a sleek and modern image which was able to win over new voters to his cause with a policy platform including free university education and universal health insurance. Whitlam had also managed to restore and heal the party's image as an
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preferencing against Labor, especially in Victoria, Whitlam came up four seats short of toppling the Coalition. Nonetheless, Whitlam recovered much of what Labor had lost in its severe defeat three years earlier, and put the party within striking distance of winning government, which it did three
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electable alternative, something that had been impossible after the Labor Party split in 1955. Under his leadership, Whitlam had also attracted back many Catholic voters who had previously dumped Labor due to its infighting and factionalism. In addition, although the
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Despite a Coalition campaign depicting Labor as a party dominated and controlled by union bosses, the result was very close. Labor became the biggest single party in the House, taking 59 seats—an 18-seat swing from 1966. It also won a bare majority of the
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Whitlam, by contrast, had reformed Labor and abandoned unpopular policies such as the once-dominant
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Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
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Results of the 1969 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
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Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
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had won the biggest majority government in Australian history in
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1969–1972
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was held in Australia on 25 October 1969. The incumbent
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Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1969
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Index

1966
1972
outgoing members
elected members
House of Representatives
pp


John Gorton
Gough Whitlam
Liberal/Country coalition
Labor
10 January 1968
8 February 1967
Higgins
Werriwa
TPP

Prime Minister
John Gorton
Liberal/Country coalition
John Gorton
Liberal/Country coalition
Liberal–Country coalition
John Gorton
Labor Party
Gough Whitlam
1946
John Gorton
Gough Whitlam

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