2004 Australian federal election

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A federal election was held on 9 October 2004 to elect members of the 41st Parliament of Australia. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, along with 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate. 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 Mark Latham. Both leaders were from the same city area, something which did not occur again until the 2022 election. Future Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull entered Parliament in this election as the MP for Wentworth. In the Senate election, a coalition of Liberal Party and the National Party (and one Country Liberal MP) won a majority of seats. This majority went into effect on July 1, 2005.

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