A federal election was held in Australia on 21 August 1943. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Pr
John Curtin
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John Curtin was an Australian politician, trade unionist and journalist who served as the 14th prime minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945. He held office as the leader of the Austra
1943 Australian federal election
…74 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Prime Minister John Curtin, defeated the opposition Country–UAP coalition led by Arthur Fadden in a landslide. The Labor party's two-party preferred (TPP) result of 58.2% is its…
John Curtin in 1908
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John Curtin in the 1920s