Enderronian federal election, 1950

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1946 ← 	21 October 1950 	21 October 1950 	→ 1954
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All 100 seats in the Enderronian Parliament51 seats needed for a majority	All 100 seats in the Enderronian Parliament51 seats needed for a majority	All 100 seats in the Enderronian Parliament51 seats needed for a majority	All 100 seats in the Enderronian Parliament51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 	3,246,521 (62.32%) ( 5.17pp) 	3,246,521 (62.32%) ( 5.17pp) 	3,246,521 (62.32%) ( 5.17pp)
 	 	 	
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Leader 	William Oxley 	Jeremy Fulton 	Joe Steele
Party 	United 	Social Democrats 	New Democratic
Leader since 	24 February 1943 	29 December 1945 	15 March 1947
Leader's seat 	Kingston (PL) 	New Colorado (NC) 	Woodleigh (NS)
Last election 	50 seats, 51.60% 	17 seats, 33.15% 	4 seats, 11.65%
Seats won 	55 	36 	8
Seat change 	5 	19 	4
Popular vote 	1,628,780 	1,237,249 	298,031
Percentage 	50.17% 	38.11% 	9.18%
Swing 	1.43pp 	4.96pp 	2.47pp
TPP 	53.44% 	46.56% 	
TPP swing 	4.70pp 	4.70pp 	
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Winning party by electorate 	Winning party by electorate 	Winning party by electorate 	Winning party by electorate
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Prime Minister before election 	Prime Minister before election 	Elected Prime Minister 	Elected Prime Minister
William OxleyUnited 	William OxleyUnited 	William OxleyUnited 	William OxleyUnited
A federal election was held in Enderron on Saturday 21 October 1950 to elect the 100 members of the 2nd Enderronian Parliament.
The incumbent third-term United Party government, led by Prime Minister William Oxley, won a significantly reduced majority, defeating the opposition Social Democratic Party, led by Jeremy Fulton, which made large gains.
==Results==
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36 	8 	1	55
Social Democrats	NDP	I	United
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Swing 	Seats 	+/−
 	United 	1,628,780 	50.17 	1.43 	55 	5
 	Social Democrats 	1,237,249 	38.11 	4.96 	36 	19
 	New Democratic 	298,031 	9.18 	2.47 	8 	4
 	Socialist 	27,595 	0.85 	0.36 	0 	0
 	Independent 	54,866 	1.69 	0.28 	1 	3
Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote
 	United 	1,734,941 	53.44 	4.70 	55 	5
 	Social Democrats 	1,511,580 	46.56 	4.70 	36 	19
Total 	Total 	3,246,521 	100 	 	100 	
Independents: Edgar Harrison (Flinders North)
===Results by prefecture===
Party 	Party 	Party 	JZ	PL	CO	NS	TJ	WS	SN	FL	KA	LS	LR	NC	SA 	Total
rowspan="2"	United 	Seats: 	18	10	6 	5 	2 	2 	3 	3 	1 	2 	2 	0 	1 	55
Vote: 	United 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	50.17	
rowspan="2"	Social Democrats	Seats: 	12	7 	6 	4 	1 	2 	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	1 	0 	36
Vote: 	Social Democrats	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	38.11	
rowspan="2"	New Democratic 	Seats: 	1 	2 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	8
Vote: 	New Democratic 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	9.18 	
rowspan="2"	Other 	Seats: 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1
Vote: 	Other 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2.54 	
Total seats	Total seats 	Total seats	31	19	12	11	5 	4 	4 	4 	3 	3 	2 	1 	1 	100
===Results by region===
Party 	Party 	Party 	Central	West	East	North	Total
rowspan="2"	United 	Seats: 	35 	11 	5 	4 	55
Vote: 	United 	 	 	 	 	50.17	
rowspan="2"	Social Democrats	Seats: 	23 	8 	3 	2 	36
Vote: 	Social Democrats	 	 	 	 	38.11	
rowspan="2"	New Democratic 	Seats: 	5 	0 	2 	1 	8
Vote: 	New Democratic 	 	 	 	 	9.18 	
rowspan="2"	Other 	Seats: 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1
Vote: 	Other 	 	 	 	 	2.54 	
Total seats	Total seats 	Total seats	63 	20 	10 	7 	100
===Seats changing hands===
Seat 	1946 election	1946 election 	1946 election 	1946 election	Swing	1950 election	1950 election 	1950 election 	1950 election
Seat 	Party 	Party 	Member 	Margin 	Swing	Margin 	Member 	Party 	Party
Burwood, PL 	 	United 	notional – new seat	7.18 	–9.91	2.73 	Matthew Lee Johnston	Social Democrats	
Douglas, PL 	 	United 	Jasper Doyle 	1.32 	–6.99	5.67 	Robert Satoyama 	New Democratic 	
Endeavour, CO 	 	United 	Elliot Warwick 	2.25 	–6.22	3.97 	Eric Harvey 	Social Democrats	
Hayakita, TJ 	 	Social Democrats 	notional – new seat	3.06 	–6.48	3.42 	James Jin 	New Democratic 	
Hopetown, JZ 	 	Independent 	Kenford Lang 	6.34 	N/A 	3.76 	George Filmore 	United 	
Kurrajong, JZ 	 	United 	Jonathan Mann 	1.24 	–3.98	2.74 	Kyle Denning 	Social Democrats	
Leightonfield, NS 	 	United 	Michael Hamilton 	5.50 	–6.15	0.65 	Micky Simms 	Social Democrats	
Lewisham, PL 	 	United 	Peter Fransen 	0.43 	–8.08	7.65 	Peter Hogan 	Social Democrats	
Lynn, PL 	 	Independent 	Mary Anne Payton 	1.07 	N/A 	6.41 	William Lowy 	Social Democrats	
Mount Gilbert, SN 	 	United 	Alan Hogg 	8.08 	–9.09	1.01 	Clark Bartolini 	Social Democrats	
Nanhai, PL 	 	Social Democrats 	Rachel Foster 	2.06 	–4.47	2.41 	Douglas Davidson 	New Democratic 	
Palmerston, LS 	 	Social Democrats 	Andrew Mulherin 	5.12 	–5.19	0.07 	Clarence Wang 	New Democratic 	
Parkes, JZ 	 	UnitedRichard Karakatsanis was elected as the member for Parkes in 1946, but died in 1950 and was succeeded by Deakin at the ensuing by-election.	Michael Deakin 	4.08 	–7.48	3.40 	Calvin Rhinehart 	Social Democrats	
Plymouth Northern, PL	 	Independent 	Robert Truscott 	5.65 	–7.93	2.28 	Paul Bean 	United 	
Taylor, PL 	 	United 	Henry Howard 	2.91 	–4.13	1.22 	Brendan Mulligan 	Social Democrats	
Victoria, PL 	 	United 	Jim Jeffrey 	1.04 	–5.92	4.88 	Nancy Wheeler 	Social Democrats	
Wentworth, JZ 	 	UnitedWiley was elected as a United MP in 1946, but left that party in 1949 and contested the 1950 election as a member of the Social Democrats. 	Thomas Wiley 	3.07 	N/A 	2.47 	Thomas Wiley 	Social Democrats	
==Pendulum==
UNITED SEATS (55) 	UNITED SEATS (55) 	UNITED SEATS (55)	UNITED SEATS (55)
Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal
Longshan West (LS) 	Richard Morrison 	UP 	0.05
Dorterhoek (JZ) 	Ronald O'Riordan 	UP 	0.09
Jingzhou (LS) 	Earl Kwok 	UP 	0.19
Gardner (JZ) 	Brian Simpkins 	UP 	0.28
Devon (PL) 	Mort Stevens 	UP 	0.83
Heathbridge (JZ) 	Bob Graham 	UP 	0.91
Hexham (PL) 	Tom Walker 	UP 	1.01
Brooklyn (JZ) 	Robert Vandyne 	UP 	1.17
Tojima West (TJ) 	R. T. Jackson 	UP 	1.28
Carnell (JZ) 	Bradley Williams 	UP 	1.47
Wellington (JZ) 	Charles Catley 	UP 	1.62
Barris (JZ) 	Andrew Ross 	UP 	1.67
Lowe (JZ) 	Cole Richman 	UP 	1.79
Kuiper (TJ) 	Brandon McDougal 	UP 	1.97
Botany (JZ) 	David McLelland 	UP 	2.27
Plymouth Northern (PL) 	Paul Bean 	UP 	2.28 v IND
Merewether (NS) 	Martin Stephenson 	UP 	2.39
Simpson (CO) 	William Taylor 	UP 	3.05
Mackenzie (FL) 	Jude Hughes 	UP 	3.18
Whetstone (JZ) 	Edwin Peterson 	UP 	3.53
Rockingham Central (CO)	Ted Sampson 	UP 	3.55
Hopetown (JZ) 	George Filmore 	UP 	3.76
Marshall Bay (CO) 	Michael Hall 	UP 	4.54
Nottingham (SN) 	Kirk Sinkler 	UP 	4.65
Cremorne (JZ) 	Isaac Maxwell 	UP 	4.74
Kingston (PL) 	William Oxley 	UP 	4.77
Dutton (CO) 	Peter Dickson 	UP 	4.98
Berkeley (PL) 	Jeffrey J. Smith 	UP 	5.02
Flinders South (FL) 	Julius Howe 	UP 	5.40
Lake Macquarie (KA) 	Tony Seibold 	UP 	5.43
Wendell (PL) 	Chris Lowther 	UP 	5.63
Lyndhurst (NS) 	Joseph McMullin 	UP 	5.94
Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe
Avalon (FL) 	James Moynihan 	UP 	6.22
St Claire West (PL) 	Herb Edwards 	UP 	6.27
Plymouth Southern (PL) 	William Chester 	UP 	6.44
Langton (CO) 	John Brock 	UP 	6.51
Formosa (JZ) 	Lillian Wylie 	UP 	7.29
Heathville (NS) 	Michael Hamilton 	UP 	7.45
O'Malley (SN) 	Archibald Harvey 	UP 	8.15
East Shore (JZ) 	Josiah Urquhart 	UP 	8.46
Lawrencia North (LR) 	Matthew Spradlin 	UP 	8.68
Newborough (JZ) 	Christopher Gallagher	UP 	9.08
Epping (PL) 	John Harrigan 	UP 	9.30
Muelenbelt (WS) 	Jeremy Howell 	UP 	9.60
Safe 	Safe 	Safe 	Safe
Aston (PL) 	Albert Ellis 	UP 	10.71
Lawrencia South (LR) 	Jonathan Gagnon 	UP 	11.09
Epsom (NS) 	Jack Woodbridge 	UP 	11.15
Double Bay (NS) 	Bert Campbell 	UP 	11.16
Sierra (SA) 	Edward Thornton 	UP 	11.76
Middle Range (WS) 	Nicholas Denney 	UP 	12.03
Mayfair (CO) 	Jan Peter De Vries 	UP 	12.23
Duyfken (SN) 	James Alchin 	UP 	12.28
New England (JZ) 	William Moore 	UP 	13.25
Brighton (JZ) 	Raymond Anderson 	UP 	16.52
Bayswater (JZ) 	Benjamin Thrailkill 	UP 	17.56 v NDP
SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC SEATS (36)	SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC SEATS (36)	SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC SEATS (36)	SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC SEATS (36)
Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal
Leightonfield (NS) 	Micky Simms 	SDP 	0.65
Mount Gilbert (SN) 	Clark Bartolini 	SDP 	1.01
Taylor (PL) 	Brendan Mulligan 	SDP 	1.22
Wentworth (JZ) 	Thomas Wiley 	SDP 	2.47
Linden (JZ) 	Barry Bowditch 	SDP 	2.53
Burwood (PL) 	Matthew Lee Johnston 	SDP 	2.73
Kurrajong (JZ) 	Kyle Denning 	SDP 	2.74
Parkes (JZ) 	Calvin Rhinehart 	SDP 	3.40
Monash (NS) 	Stuart Tannen 	SDP 	3.47
Endeavour (CO) 	Eric Harvey 	SDP 	3.97
Victoria (PL) 	Nancy Wheeler 	SDP 	4.88
Rockingham North (CO) 	James Quinton 	SDP 	5.43
Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe
Lynn (PL) 	William Lowy 	SDP 	6.41
Normanhurst (CO) 	Dorothy Jones 	SDP 	6.47
Kingscliffe (JZ) 	Albert Romano 	SDP 	7.25
Lewisham (PL) 	Peter Hogan 	SDP 	7.65
Shirakawa South (TJ) 	Jim Halston 	SDP 	8.22
Johnson (PL) 	Drew Dwyer 	SDP 	8.47
Tanshui (JZ) 	Nathan Wigram 	SDP 	9.02
St Claire (PL) 	Peter Vickerson 	SDP 	9.70
Safe 	Safe 	Safe 	Safe
Summer Coast (WS) 	Gordon Collins 	SDP 	10.65
Timmermans (NS) 	Jonas Bloemen 	SDP 	11.41
Rasdon (JZ) 	Lindsay Purcell 	SDP 	11.69
Mizuoka (KA) 	P. J. Mulherin 	SDP 	11.73
Cheltenham (CO) 	Rhys Garland 	SDP 	12.03
Hounslow (JZ) 	Michael Parker 	SDP 	12.40
Rockingham South (CO) 	Robert F. Scott 	SDP 	12.47
Torrens (JZ) 	Ralph McNamara 	SDP 	12.64
Kensington (JZ) 	Helen Newton 	SDP 	14.77
Grey (NS) 	Ed Allison 	SDP 	16.47
New Colorado (NC) 	Jeremy Fulton 	SDP 	17.65
Reedijk (CO) 	Jack Heffrey 	SDP 	17.84
Docklands (JZ) 	Max Wharton 	SDP 	18.62
Taralga (KA) 	Tom Novotny 	SDP 	19.73
Outer Harbour (JZ) 	Everett McCormack 	SDP 	19.82
Very safe 	Very safe 	Very safe 	Very safe
Port William (WS) 	John Stanford 	SDP 	25.05
CROSSBENCH SEATS (9) 	 	 	
Palmerston (LS) 	Clarence Wang 	NDP 	0.07
Eltham (JZ) 	Yuen Fong Chow 	NDP 	2.36
Nanhai (PL) 	Douglas Davidson 	NDP 	2.41
Hayakita (TJ) 	James Jin 	NDP 	3.42
Woodleigh (NS) 	Joe Steele 	NDP 	5.50
Douglas (PL) 	Robert Satoyama 	NDP 	5.67
Forsythia Central (NS) 	Billy Jenkins 	NDP 	7.33
Shirakawa Central (TJ) 	Ken Murayama 	NDP 	8.83
Flinders North (FL) 	Edgar Harrison 	IND 	16.65 v UP
==References==