“2001 Australian federal election”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November 2001. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by John Anderson defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.

Results

House of Representatives results

Senate results

House of Representatives preference flows

Seats changing hands

The following table indicates seats that changed hands from one party to another at this election. It compares the election results with the previous margins, taking into account redistributions in New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and both territories. As a result, it includes the seats of Macarthur and Parramatta, which were held by Liberal members but had notional Labor margins. The table does not include the new seat of Hasluck (retained by Labor); the abolished Northern Territory, which was divided into Lingiari (retained by Labor) and Solomon (retained by the CLP); or Paterson, a Labor seat made Liberal by the redistribution

Seat

Pre-2001

Swing

Post-2001

Party

Member

Margin^[1]

Margin

Member

Party

Ballarat, Vic

Liberal}}|

Liberal

Michael Ronaldson

2.77

5.50

2.73

Catherine King

Labor

Labor}}|

Canning, WA

Labor}}|

Labor

Jane Gerick

0.04

0.42

0.38

Don Randall

Liberal

Liberal}}|

Dickson, Qld

Labor}}|

Labor

Cheryl Kernot

0.12

6.09

5.97

Peter Dutton

Liberal

Liberal}}|

Dobell, NSW

Labor}}|

Labor

Hon Michael Lee

1.53

1.91

0.38

Ken Ticehurst

Liberal

Liberal}}|

Farrer, NSW

Nationals}}|

National

Tim Fischer

14.18

N/A

16.37

Sussan Ley

Liberal

Liberal}}|

Kennedy, Qld

Nationals}}|

National

Bob Katter

11.19

N/A

19.69

Bob Katter

Independent

Independent}}|

Macarthur, NSW

Labor}}|

Labor

notional

1.69

8.65

6.96

Pat Farmer

Liberal

Liberal}}|

New England, NSW

Nationals}}|

National

Stuart St. Clair

13.66

N/A

8.30

Tony Windsor

Independent

Independent}}|

Parramatta, NSW

Labor}}|

Labor

notional

2.49

3.64

1.15

Ross Cameron

Liberal

Liberal}}|

Ryan, Qld

Labor}}|

Labor

Leonie Short*

0.17

8.79

8.62

Michael Johnson

Liberal

Liberal}}|

Background

Throughout much of 2001, the Coalition had been trailing Labor in opinion polls, thanks to dissatisfaction with the government's economic reform programme and high petrol prices.{{cn|date=September 2018}} The opposition Australian Labor Party had won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote at the previous election and had won a series of state and territory elections. Labor also recorded positive swings in two by-elections, taking the Queensland seat of Ryan and coming close in Aston.

The September 11 attacks, and the Children Overboard and Tampa affairs, were strong influences in the minds of voters at the election,{{cn|date=September 2018}} focusing debate around the issues of border protection and national security. Polls swung strongly toward the coalition after the "Tampa" controversy but before the 11 September attacks.{{cn|date=September 2018}}

In fact, voter concern with terrorism in the aftermath of September 11 was noted, with the rise in the combined primary votes of the major parties from 79.61% at the previous election in 1998, to 81.17% at this election. There would be further increases in the combined major party primary vote in 2004 and 2007.

Another major issue was the collapse of the country's second-biggest airline Ansett Australia and the question of whether it should be given a bailout. The Coalition was opposed to any bailout because the collapse was not the government's fault.{{cn|date=September 2018}} However, Labor supported a bailout, because the company's collapse was about to result in the biggest mass job loss in Australian history, whilst also arguing that the government was partially responsible for allowing Ansett to be taken over by Air New Zealand, a move which had caused Ansett's failure.^[2] Although the two-party preferred result was reasonably close, the ALP recorded its lowest primary vote since 1934.^[3]

Political scientists{{who|date=September 2018}} have suggested that television coverage has subtly transformed the political system, with a spotlight on leaders rather than parties, thereby making for more of an American presidential-style system. In this election, television news focused on international issues, especially terrorism and asylum seekers. Minor parties were largely ignored as the two main parties monopolised the media's attention. The election was depicted as a horse-race between Howard and Beazley, with Howard running ahead and therefore being given more coverage than his Labor rival.^[4]

The election-eve Newspoll forecast that the Liberal/National Coalition would get 53 percent of the two-party-preferred vote.^[5]

Results

House of Representatives results

Senate results

House of Representatives preference flows

Seats changing hands

Background

See also

References

External links