in Victoria and Colin Mason in New South Wales. (Haines returned to the Senate at the following election.) The second Fraser Government had the second-largest parliamentary majority in Australian history (at the time) after the majority it won in the 1975 election. Gough Whitlam resigned as the leader of the ALP in 1978, and was replaced by Bill Hayden. This was the last Australian federal election for the House of Representatives at which no women were elected, although there were a number of women candidates. Women have been elected at every federal election from 1980 onwards. See also Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1977 Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1977–1980 Members of the Australian Senate, 1978–1981 Notes References AustralianPolitics.com election details University of WA election results in Australia since 1890 AEC 2PP vote 1977 elections in Australia Federal elections in Australia Gough Whitlam Malcolm Fraser December 1977 events in Australia Landslide victories