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Federal elections were held in Australia on 5 May 1917. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist Party of Australia (a result of a merger between the Commonwealth Liberal Party and National Labor Party) led by Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Frank Tudor.

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affiliation
Australian Labor Party, Nationalist Party of Australia
firstLeader
Billy Hughes
secondLeader
Frank Tudor
start date
1917-05-05
title
Australian federal election 1917

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