Results of the Victorian state election, 1967 (Legislative Assembly K-Z)

Victorian state election, 29 April 1967[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 1,723,981
Votes cast 1,625,239 Turnout 94.27 -0.13
Informal votes 51,384 Informal 3.16 +0.85
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 596,520 37.90 +1.68 16 -2
  Liberal 589,985 37.49 -2.14 44 +6
  Democratic Labor 224,989 14.30 -0.68 0 ±0
  Country 136,126 8.65 -0.11 12 +2
  Independent 24,792 1.58 +1.41 1 +1
  Other 1,443 0.09 -0.16 0 ±0
Total 1,573,855     73  
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal 918,461 58.4 –0.6
  Labor 655,394 41.6 +0.6

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1967 election for electorates from K to Z.

Results by electoral district

Kara Kara

Victorian state election, 1967: Kara Kara[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Bill Phelan 6,078 36.8 +8.0
Labor George Jeffs 4,429 26.8 +2.0
Liberal Alexander Lee 4,379 26.5 -9.9
Democratic Labor Bruno D'elia 1,620 9.8 -0.2
Total formal votes 16,506 98.9
Informal votes 191 1.1
Turnout 16,697 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bill Phelan 11,393 69.0
Labor George Jeffs 5,113 31.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Bill Phelan 10,325 62.6 +9.6
Liberal Alexander Lee 6,181 37.4 -9.6
Country hold Swing +9.6

Kew

Victorian state election, 1967: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Arthur Rylah 12,712 54.6 -3.3
Labor Eric Sibly 6,261 26.9 +0.6
Democratic Labor Francis Duffy 4,305 18.5 +2.7
Total formal votes 23,278 97.2
Informal votes 664 2.8
Turnout 23,942 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Arthur Rylah 16,372 70.3 -1.1
Labor Eric Sibly 6,906 29.7 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing -1.1

Lowan

Victorian state election, 1967: Lowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jim McCabe 7,181 40.1 +2.3
Country Ray Buckley 6,024 33.6 -16.7
Labor Roslyn Snow 3,715 20.7 +17.1
Democratic Labor Michael Grimes 1,007 5.6 -2.7
Total formal votes 17,927 98.6
Informal votes 260 1.4
Turnout 18,187 96.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ray Buckley 13,439 75.0
Labor Roslyn Snow 4,488 25.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Ray Buckley 9,448 52.7 -3.3
Liberal Jim McCabe 8,479 47.3 +3.3
Country gain from Liberal Swing -3.3

Malvern

Victorian state election, 1967: Malvern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Bloomfield 14,703 63.6 -2.3
Labor Thomas Evans 5,522 23.9 +0.6
Democratic Labor John Olle 2,896 12.5 +1.6
Total formal votes 23,121 97.4
Informal votes 610 2.6
Turnout 23,731 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Bloomfield 17,164 74.2 -1.0
Labor Thomas Evans 5,957 25.8 +1.0
Liberal hold Swing -1.0

Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1967: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Clarey 12,904 59.6 +2.7
Liberal Anthony Gilligan 5,436 25.1 -0.4
Democratic Labor James Whitehead 3,302 15.3 -2.3
Total formal votes 21,642 94.2
Informal votes 1,329 5.8
Turnout 22,971 88.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Clarey 13,399 61.9 +3.5
Liberal Anthony Gilligan 8,243 38.1 -3.5
Labor hold Swing +3.5

Mentone

Victorian state election, 1967: Mentone
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Bill Templeton 9,691 41.9 +4.3
Labor Nola Barber 9,612 41.6 -6.5
Democratic Labor George White 3,212 13.9 -0.4
Independent Clifford Baragwanath 612 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 23,127 97.3
Informal votes 635 2.7
Turnout 23,762 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Templeton 12,789 55.3 +4.6
Labor Nola Barber 10,338 44.7 -4.6
Liberal hold Swing +4.6

Midlands

Victorian state election, 1967: Midlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Clive Stoneham 9,615 46.1 -3.7
Liberal Douglas Johanson 5,695 27.3 -8.8
Country Graham Brownbill 3,148 15.1 +15.1
Democratic Labor James Bourke 2,000 9.6 -4.2
Independent Arthur Bailey 403 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 20,861 97.3
Informal votes 573 2.7
Turnout 21,434 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clive Stoneham 10,634 51.0 -1.2
Liberal Douglas Johanson 10,227 49.0 +1.2
Labor hold Swing -1.2

Mildura

Victorian state election, 1967: Mildura
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Milton Whiting 8,514 50.5 +2.3
Labor Lance Fraser 5,093 30.2 -2.0
Democratic Labor John Conroy 1,749 10.4 +1.2
Liberal Bruce Wright 1,506 8.9 -1.5
Total formal votes 16,862 97.1
Informal votes 506 2.9
Turnout 17,368 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Milton Whiting 11,356 67.4 +2.0
Labor Lance Fraser 5,506 32.6 -2.0
Country hold Swing +2.0

Mitcham

Victorian state election, 1967: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Dorothy Goble 11,329 45.7 -4.2
Labor Graham Walsh 10,203 41.2 +5.8
Democratic Labor Gerald Shinnick 3,231 13.1 -1.6
Total formal votes 24,763 97.9
Informal votes 534 2.1
Turnout 25,297 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dorothy Goble 14,116 57.0 -5.5
Labor Graham Walsh 10,647 43.0 +5.5
Liberal hold Swing -5.5

Monbulk

Victorian state election, 1967: Monbulk
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Bill Borthwick 11,621 50.9 -2.6
Labor Margaret Howells 8,290 36.3 +0.8
Democratic Labor Noel Clarke 2,642 11.6 +0.5
Independent Ronald Pike 290 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 22,843 96.8
Informal votes 750 3.2
Turnout 23,593 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Borthwick 14,012 61.3 -1.6
Labor Margaret Howells 8,831 38.7 +1.6
Liberal hold Swing -1.6

Moonee Ponds

Victorian state election, 1967: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Edmunds 11,280 47.6 +1.4
Liberal Jack Holden 7,716 32.5 -3.4
Democratic Labor Barry O'Brien 3,554 15.0 -2.8
Independent Lancelot Hutchinson 1,165 4.9 +4.9
Total formal votes 23,715 96.1
Informal votes 960 3.9
Turnout 24,675 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Edmunds 12,168 51.3 +4.2
Liberal Jack Holden 11,547 48.7 -4.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.2

Moorabbin

Victorian state election, 1967: Moorabbin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Llew Reese 11,104 46.1 -0.7
Labor Harry Rourke 9,115 37.9 -1.4
Democratic Labor Richard Neilson 3,860 16.0 +2.7
Total formal votes 24,079 97.5
Informal votes 613 2.5
Turnout 24,692 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Llew Reese 14,658 60.9 +2.2
Labor Harry Rourke 9,421 39.1 -2.2
Liberal hold Swing +2.2

Morwell

Victorian state election, 1967: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Colin Pratt 8,804 41.8 +14.6
Country John Vinall 5,070 24.1 -9.7
Liberal Archie Tanner 4,373 20.8 -4.4
Democratic Labor Thomas Lawless 2,808 13.3 -0.6
Total formal votes 21,055 97.3
Informal votes 575 2.7
Turnout 21,630 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Archie Tanner 10,793 51.3 -13.5
Labor Colin Pratt 10,262 48.7 +13.5
Liberal hold Swing -13.5

Murray Valley

Victorian state election, 1967: Murray Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country George Moss 9,255 53.6 -7.4
Labor Robert Cross 3,265 18.9 +12.5
Liberal Albert Baker 2,580 14.9 +0.4
Democratic Labor John Patterson 2,167 12.6 -5.5
Total formal votes 17,267 96.9
Informal votes 543 3.1
Turnout 17,810 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Moss 13,419 77.7 +7.2
Labor Robert Cross 3,848 22.3 +22.3
Country hold Swing +7.2

Narracan

Victorian state election, 1967: Narracan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jim Balfour 8,243 40.1 +5.6
Labor George Wragg 6,267 30.5 0.0
Country Daniel Vaughan 3,667 17.9 -4.2
Democratic Labor Peter Saunders 2,367 11.5 -1.4
Total formal votes 20,544 97.6
Informal votes 504 2.4
Turnout 21,048 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jim Balfour 13,568 66.0 +0.5
Labor George Wragg 6,976 34.0 -0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

Northcote

Victorian state election, 1967: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Wilkes 12,121 54.1 +0.7
Liberal Peter Falconer 6,748 30.1 -0.2
Democratic Labor Jack Little 3,527 15.8 -0.5
Total formal votes 22,396 96.2
Informal votes 877 3.8
Turnout 23,273 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 12,650 56.5 +0.8
Liberal Peter Falconer 9,746 43.5 -0.8
Labor hold Swing +0.8

Oakleigh

Victorian state election, 1967: Oakleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alan Scanlan 10,598 46.1 +1.8
Labor Glenn Dudley 9,310 40.5 -0.3
Democratic Labor Bernard Slattery 3,066 13.4 -0.7
Total formal votes 22,974 97.3
Informal votes 631 2.7
Turnout 23,605 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Scanlan 13,327 58.0 +0.5
Labor Glenn Dudley 9,647 42.0 -0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

Polwarth

Victorian state election, 1967: Polwarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Tom Darcy 8,201 48.8 -11.7
Labor Alfred Cartwright 3,320 19.8 -4.3
Country John McCue 3,168 18.9 +18.9
Democratic Labor Leonard Eyre 2,112 12.6 -2.8
Total formal votes 16,801 97.7
Informal votes 390 2.3
Turnout 17,191 96.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Darcy 13,031 77.6 +3.9
Labor Alfred Cartwright 3,770 22.4 -3.9
Liberal hold Swing +3.9

Portland

Victorian state election, 1967: Portland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bob McClure 5,638 32.7 -2.2
Liberal Don McKellar 5,017 29.1 -3.3
Country Clive Mitchell 4,966 28.8 +5.6
Democratic Labor Frederick Baulch 1,641 9.5 0.0
Total formal votes 17,262 98.1
Informal votes 338 1.9
Turnout 17,600 96.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don McKellar 9,246 53.6 -5.2
Labor Bob McClure 8,016 46.4 +5.2
Liberal hold Swing -5.2

Prahran

Victorian state election, 1967: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Sam Loxton 9,845 44.4 +0.1
Labor John Dyer 7,902 35.6 -9.2
Independent George Gahan 2,378 10.7 +10.7
Democratic Labor Gavan Grimes 1,906 8.6 -2.3
Independent John Ketelhorn 148 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 22,179 95.0
Informal votes 1,159 5.0
Turnout 23,338 89.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Loxton 11,934 53.8 +0.2
Labor John Dyer 10,245 46.2 -0.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.2

Preston

Victorian state election, 1967: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Charlie Ring 11,395 50.8 -2.5
Liberal James Spicer 6,936 30.9 +3.2
Democratic Labor Maurice Horwood 4,115 18.3 -0.3
Total formal votes 22,446 95.6
Informal votes 1,029 4.4
Turnout 23,475 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charlie Ring 12,013 53.5 -2.8
Liberal James Spicer 10,433 46.5 +2.8
Labor hold Swing -2.8

Reservoir

Victorian state election, 1967: Reservoir
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Jenkins 12,994 55.1 -0.1
Liberal Peter Allaway 6,561 27.8 +3.6
Democratic Labor Frederick Whitling 3,427 14.5 -2.6
Communist William Barnes 444 1.9 -1.6
Independent James Christie 148 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 23,574 95.8
Informal votes 1,036 4.2
Turnout 24,610 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Harry Jenkins 13,983 59.3 -0.8
Liberal Peter Allaway 9,591 40.7 +0.8
Labor hold Swing -0.8

Richmond

Victorian state election, 1967: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Clyde Holding 12,435 61.4 -1.9
Democratic Labor James Abikhair 4,541 22.4 +3.6
Liberal Graham Jackson 3,265 16.1 -1.0
Total formal votes 20,241 93.9
Informal votes 1,308 6.1
Turnout 21,549 91.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clyde Holding 13,116 64.8 -1.6
Liberal Graham Jackson 7,125 35.2 +1.6
Labor hold Swing -1.6

Ringwood

Victorian state election, 1967: Ringwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jim Manson 12,374 50.3 -2.6
Labor Norma Sweetman 8,614 35.0 +1.4
Democratic Labor Graeme Madigan 3,586 14.6 +1.1
Total formal votes 24,574 97.6
Informal votes 607 2.4
Turnout 25,181 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jim Manson 15,421 62.8 -1.7
Labor Norma Sweetman 9,153 37.2 +1.7
Liberal hold Swing -1.7

Rodney

Victorian state election, 1967: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Russell McDonald 10,390 59.0 -0.8
Liberal Peter Gibson 2,673 15.2 -10.1
Democratic Labor Augustine McCormick 2,330 13.2 -1.7
Labor David Bornstein 2,228 12.6 +12.6
Total formal votes 17,621 97.4
Informal votes 461 2.6
Turnout 18,082 96.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Russell McDonald 14,777 83.9 +21.2
Labor David Bornstein 2,844 16.1 +16.1
Country hold Swing +21.2

St Kilda

Victorian state election, 1967: St Kilda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Brian Dixon 11,906 51.5 +2.2
Labor Brian Zouch 8,326 36.0 -1.8
Democratic Labor John Hughes 2,870 12.4 -0.5
Total formal votes 23,102 95.9
Informal votes 975 4.1
Turnout 24,077 89.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brian Dixon 14,346 62.1 +1.8
Labor Brian Zouch 8,756 37.9 -1.8
Liberal hold Swing +1.8

Sandringham

Victorian state election, 1967: Sandringham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Murray Porter 12,515 54.0 -1.2
Labor Kevin Vaughan 7,515 32.4 +1.1
Democratic Labor William Leech 3,144 13.6 +1.2
Total formal votes 23,174 97.7
Informal votes 548 2.3
Turnout 23,722 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Murray Porter 15,188 65.5 -0.7
Labor Kevin Vaughan 7,986 34.5 +0.7
Liberal hold Swing -0.7

Scoresby

Victorian state election, 1967: Scoresby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Geoff Hayes 12,078 44.7 -3.5
Labor Caroline Wilder 10,320 38.2 +1.3
Democratic Labor Barry Brindle 4,629 17.1 +2.2
Total formal votes 27,027 97.3
Informal votes 735 2.7
Turnout 27,762 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Hayes 16,222 60.0 -0.9
Labor Caroline Wilder 10,805 40.0 +0.9
Liberal hold Swing -0.9

Shepparton

Victorian state election, 1967: Shepparton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Peter Ross-Edwards 6,206 36.0 -19.2
Independent Bill Hunter 3,042 17.7 +17.7
Labor Neil Frankland 3,042 17.7 +17.7
Liberal Thomas Gribben 2,969 17.2 -9.7
Democratic Labor Bruce Morison 1,974 11.4 -6.5
Total formal votes 17,233 94.7
Informal votes 958 5.3
Turnout 18,191 96.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Peter Ross-Edwards 13,374 77.6
Labor Neil Frankland 3,859 22.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Peter Ross-Edwards 8,952 51.9 -6.9
Independent Bill Hunter 8,281 48.1 +48.1
Country hold Swing -6.9

Sunshine

Victorian state election, 1967: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Denis Lovegrove 13,223 58.3 -6.3
Liberal Peter Ross 4,863 21.4 +2.5
Democratic Labor Robert Charles 3,728 16.4 -0.2
Independent Roy Hartley 854 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 22,668 95.0
Informal votes 1,199 5.0
Turnout 23,867 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 14,209 62.7 -4.2
Liberal Peter Ross 8,459 37.3 +4.2
Labor hold Swing -4.2

Swan Hill

Victorian state election, 1967: Swan Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harold Stirling 9,842 57.2 -0.8
Democratic Labor John Carty 2,865 16.6 +5.5
Labor Robert Dorning 2,522 14.7 -8.6
Liberal Bernard Treseder 1,985 11.5 +3.9
Total formal votes 17,214 97.6
Informal votes 417 2.4
Turnout 17,631 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Harold Stirling 14,064 81.7 +7.0
Labor Robert Dorning 3,150 18.3 -7.0
Country hold Swing +7.0

Syndal

Victorian state election, 1967: Syndal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ray Wiltshire 13,400 50.0 -4.0
Labor Robert Fordham 9,634 35.9 +4.2
Democratic Labor John Rose 3,761 14.0 -0.4
Total formal votes 26,795 97.9
Informal votes 567 2.1
Turnout 27,362 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Wiltshire 16,597 62.0 -4.3
Labor Robert Fordham 10,198 38.0 +4.3
Liberal hold Swing -4.3

Warrnambool

Victorian state election, 1967: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ian Smith 5,064 28.6 -13.9
Labor Vincent Ayres 4,404 24.9 -2.3
Democratic Labor Patrick Bourke 3,824 21.6 -0.2
Country Cyril Boyle 2,655 15.0 +6.6
Independent George Gibbs 1,759 9.9 +9.9
Total formal votes 17,706 98.0
Informal votes 352 2.0
Turnout 18,058 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Smith 12,285 69.4 +0.5
Labor Vincent Ayres 5,421 30.6 -0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

Williamstown

Victorian state election, 1967: Williamstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Larry Floyd 14,591 61.4 0.0
Democratic Labor John Bacon 5,113 21.5 +3.9
Liberal Robert Lawson 3,077 12.9 -7.2
Communist Ian Daykin 999 4.2 +3.3
Total formal votes 23,780 95.2
Informal votes 1,205 4.8
Turnout 24,985 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Larry Floyd 16,257 68.4 +3.8
Liberal Robert Lawson 7,523 31.6 -3.8
Labor hold Swing +3.8

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election held on 29 April 1967, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
  2. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.
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