| Election Name: | 1913 Australian federal election |
| Country: | Australia |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1910 Australian federal election |
| Previous Year: | 1910 |
| Next Election: | 1914 Australian federal election |
| Next Year: | 1914 |
| Outgoing Members: | Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1910–1913 |
| Elected Members: | Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1913–1914 |
| Registered: | 2,760,216 |
| Turnout: | 1,955,723 (73.49%) (10.69 pp) |
| Seats For Election: | All 75 seats in the House of Representatives 38 seats were needed for a majority in the House 18 (of the 36) seats in the Senate |
| Leader1: | Joseph Cook |
| Leader Since1: | 20 January 1913 |
| Party1: | Liberal |
| Colour1: | 8CB4D2 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Parramatta (NSW) |
| Swing1: | 3.85% |
| Last Election1: | 31 seats |
| Seats Needed1: | 7 |
| Seats1: | 38 seats |
| Popular Vote1: | 930,076 |
| Percentage1: | 48.94% |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Leader2: | Andrew Fisher |
| Leader Since2: | 30 October 1907 |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | Wide Bay (Qld) |
| Swing2: | 1.50% |
| Last Election2: | 42 seats |
| Seats Needed2: | 0 |
| Seats2: | 37 seats |
| Popular Vote2: | 921,099 |
| Percentage2: | 48.47% |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent Prime Minister |
| Before Election: | Andrew Fisher |
| Before Party: | Australian Labor Party |
| After Election: | Joseph Cook |
| After Party: | Commonwealth Liberal Party |
The 1913 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 31 May 1913. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, was defeated by the opposition Commonwealth Liberal Party under Joseph Cook, marking the second time an Australian Prime Minister was defeated at an election. The new government had a majority of just a single seat, and held a minority of seats in the Senate.[1] It would last only 15 months, suffering defeat at the 1914 election.
The 1913 election was held in conjunction with six referendum questions, none of which were carried. According to David Day, Andrew Fisher's biographer, "it was probably the timing of the referenda that was most responsible for the disappointing election result" for the Labor Party.[2]
See also: Results of the 1913 Australian federal election (House of Representatives).
| Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 930,076 | 48.94 | +3.85 | 38 | +7 | |||
| Labor | 921,099 | 48.47 | -1.50 | 37 | -5 | |||
| Independents | 49,194 | 2.59 | -2.35 | 0 | -2 | |||
| Total | 1,900,369 | 75 | ||||||
| Liberal | Win | 38 | +7 | |||||
| Labor | 37 | -5 |
| Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 946,807 | 49.38 | +3.83 | 7 | 7 | -7 | ||
| 934,176 | 48.72 | -1.58 | 11 | 29 | +7 | |||
| Socialist Labor | 20,183 | 1.05 | +1.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Independents | 16,233 | 0.85 | -2.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1,917,399 | 18 | 36 |