Costs of Elections and Referendums 1901 - Present
Updated: 29 June 2011
All election cost after 1984 include public funding payments. Election Funding does not apply to referendums.
| Date | Event | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | House of Representatives and Senate | £56 331 | |
| 1903 | House of Representatives and Senate | £46 119 | |
| 1906 | House of Representatives, Senate and Referendum | £48 177 | |
| 1910 | House of Representatives, Senate and Referendums | £59 281 | |
| 1911 | Referendums | £51 774 | |
| 1913 | House of Representatives, Senate and Referendums | £91 438 | |
| 1914 | Double Dissolution | £88 000 | |
| 1916 | Referendum | £81 113 | |
| 1917 | House of Representatives and Senate | £85 437 | |
| Referendum | £83 755 | ||
| 1919 | House of Representatives, Senate and Referendums | £96 955 | |
| 1922 | House of Representatives and Senate | £89 808 | |
| 1925 | House of Representatives and Senate | £105 010 | |
| 1926 | Referendums | £105 365 | |
| 1928 | House of Representatives, Senate and Referendum | £118 844 | |
| 1929 | House of Representatives | £105 269 | |
| 1931 | House of Representatives and Senate | £90 505 | |
| 1934 | House of Representatives and Senate | £102 861 | |
| 1937 | House of Representatives and Senate | £101 628 | |
| Referendums | £95 893 | ||
| 1940 | House of Representatives and Senate | £104 881 | |
| 1943 | House of Representatives and Senate | £107 968 | |
| 1944 | Referendum | £102 771 | |
| 1946 | House of Representatives, Senate and Referendums | £154 848 | |
| 1948 | Referendum | £146 660 | |
| 1949 | House of Representatives and Senate | £176 648 | |
| 1951 | Double Dissolution | £209 063 | |
| Referendum | £222 704 | ||
| 1953 | Senate Election | £244 745 | |
| 1954 | House of Representatives | £239 525 | |
| 1955 | House of Representatives and Senate | £300 456 | |
| 1958 | House of Representatives and Senate | £315 263 | |
| 1961 | House of Representatives and Senate | $866 439 | |
| 1963 | House of Representatives | $942 497 | |
| 1964 | Senate | $1 042 947 | |
| 1966 | House of Representatives | $1 079 089 | |
| 1967 | Senate | $1 395 871 | |
| Referendums | # | $1 041 000 | |
| 1969 | House of Representatives | $1 425 075 | |
| 1970 | Senate | $1 735 122 | |
| 1972 | House of Representatives | $1 980 132 | |
| 1973 | Referendums | $2 900 000 | |
| 1974 | Double Dissolution and Referendum | # | $3 166 000 |
| 1975 | Double Dissolution | $6 167 000 | |
| 1977 | House of Representatives and half-Senate elections | $9 050 000 | |
| 1979 | ACT House of Assembly election | $115 000 | |
| 1980 | House of Representatives and half-Senate elections | $12 448 000 | |
| 1981 | By-election – McPherson | $127 000 | |
| By-election – Curtin | $49 000 | ||
| By-election – Boothby | $67 000 | ||
| By-election – Wentworth | $71 000 | ||
| 1982 | By-election – Lowe | $82 000 | |
| By-election – Flinders | $103 000 | ||
| ACT House of Assembly election | $157 000 | ||
| 1983 | Double Dissolution | $18 696 000 | |
| By-election – Wannon | $103 000 | ||
| By-election – Bruce | $105 000 | ||
| By-election – Moreton | $103 000 | ||
| 1984 | House of Representatives, Senate and Referendums | * | $38 430 000 |
| By-election – Hughes | $137 000 | ||
| By-election – Richmond | $146 000 | ||
| By-election – Corangamite | $138 000 | ||
| 1986 | By-election – Scullin | $138 000 | |
| 1987 | Double Dissolution | $48 875 900 | |
| 1988 | Referendum | $34 447 200 | |
| By-election – Adelaide | $231 100 | ||
| By-election – Groom | $195 400 | ||
| By-election – Oxley | $199 000 | ||
| By-election – Port Adelaide | $197 600 | ||
| 1989 | By-election – Gwydir | $210 600 | |
| ACT Legislative Assembly election | + | $693 100 | |
| 1990 | House of Representatives and half-Senate elections | $55 478 000 | |
| 1991 | By-election – Menzies | $301 600 | |
| 1992 | By-election – Wills | $347 900 | |
| 1993 | House of Representatives, half-Senate elections and supplementary election – Division of Dickson | $64 049 500 | |
| 1994 | By-election – Werriwa | $389 440 | |
| By-election – Fremantle | $370 745 | ||
| By-election – Bonython | $352 220 | ||
| By-election – Mackellar | $331 783 | ||
| By-election – Warringah | $341 091 | ||
| By-election – Kooyong | $286 503 | ||
| 1995 | By-election – Canberra | $369 876 | |
| By-election – Wentworth | $330 148 | ||
| 1996 | House of Representatives and half-senate elections | $91 407 000 | |
| By-election – Blaxland | $342 584 | ||
| By-election – Lindsay | $323 545 | ||
| 1997 | By-election – Fraser | $295 720 | |
| 1998 | House of Representatives and half-senate elections | $96 709 059 | |
| 1999 | Referendum | $66 820 894 | |
| By-election – Holt | $190 646 | ||
| 2000 | By-election – Issacs | $489 233 | |
| 2001 | By-election – Ryan | $405 246 | |
| By-election – Aston | $509 263 | ||
| House of Representatives & half-senate elections | $105 830 037 | ||
| 2004 | House of Representatives & half-senate elections | $117 264 871 | |
| 2005 | By-election – Werriwa | $501 611 | |
| 2007 | House of Representatives & half-senate elections | $163 076 106 | |
| 2008 | By-election – Gippsland | $996 846 | |
| By-election – Lyne | $657 092 | ||
| By-election – Mayo | $624 466 | ||
| 2009 | By-election – Bradfield | $850 239 | |
| By-election – Higgins | $710 489 | ||
| 2010 | House of Representatives & half-senate elections | $161 342 861 |
# Estimated
* All costs after 1984 (except the 1988 referendum) include public funding payments
+ Funds provided by ACT Administration
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