New Ingrean general election, 1952

New Ingrean general election, 1952

20 September 1952
All 116 seats in the House of Assembly
First party Second party Third party   Leader Robert Kettering Jonathan Braddock Peter Sims Party National Party Liberal Party Labour Party Leader since 1948 1945 1939 Leader's seat Philipstown Stanhill Hillsborough Last election 45 seats 10 seats 60 seats Seats won 61 34 20 Seat change 16 24 40
Composition of the House of Assembly chamber after the election. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results
Prime Minister before election Peter Sims Labour Party Elected Prime Minister Robert Kettering National Party

The New Ingrean general election of 1952 was held on Saturday, 20 September 1952. The incumbent Labour Party under Peter Sims was heavily defeated by the National Party under Robert Kettering. For the first time since 1932, the Liberal Party reclaimed it's formerly pre-eminent position and became one of the two largest parties on the floor of the Assembly, a position it (and it's successor) has not relinquished.

Key dates

Date	Event
13 August 1952	Writs were issued by the Sovereign to proceed with an election.
27 August 1952	Close of nominations.
20 September 1952	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
6 October 1952	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
13 October 1952	38th Parliament assembled.
14 October 1952	State Opening of Parliament