Results of the Victorian state election, 1967 (Legislative Council)

Victorian state election, 29 April 1967[1]
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters 1,723,981
Votes cast 1,625,371 Turnout 94.3 –0.1
Informal votes 59,895 Informal 3.7 +0.7
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won		 Seats
held
  Liberal 602,546 38.5 –1.6 10 18
  Labor 577,613 36.9 +1.4 4 9
  Democratic Labor 223,590 14.3 –1.2 0 0
  Country 148,943 9.5 +0.6 4 8
  Independent 12,784 0.8 +0.8 0 0
Total 1,565,476     18 35

This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1967 state election. 18 of the 35 seats were contested.

Results by province

Ballarat

Victorian state election, 1967: Ballarat Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Pat Dickie 22,970 41.4
Labor Kevin Healy 18,755 33.1
Democratic Labor James Burns 8,118 14.7
Country Robert Cooper 5,626 10.1
Total formal votes 55,469 98.2
Informal votes 1,515 1.8
Turnout 56,984 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Pat Dickie 34,227 61.8
Labor Kevin Healy 21,192 38.2
Liberal hold Swing

Bendigo

Victorian state election, 1967: Bendigo Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Kevin Curran 24,789 43.1
Liberal Fred Grimwade 17,223 29.9
Country Kenneth McLennan 8,572 14.9
Democratic Labor William Drechsler 6,991 12.1
Total formal votes 57,575 97.5
Informal votes 1,486 2.5
Turnout 59,061 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Fred Grimwade 28,849 50.1
Labor Kevin Curran 28,726 49.9
Liberal hold Swing

Boronia

Victorian state election, 1967: Boronia Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Gilbert Chandler 59,278 50.9
Labor William French 41,882 36.0
Democratic Labor Frederick Rosenbrock 15,196 13.1
Total formal votes 116,356 97.1
Informal votes 3,529 2.9
Turnout 119,885 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gilbert Chandler 62.7
Labor William French 37.3
Liberal hold Swing

Doutta Galla

Victorian state election, 1967: Doutta Galla Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Tripovich 53,073 49.8
Liberal Gabrielle Adams 36,831 34.5
Democratic Labor Alfred Gerrard 16,731 15.7
Total formal votes 106,635 94.6
Informal votes 6,140 5.4
Turnout 112,775 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Tripovich 54,784 51.4
Liberal Gabrielle Adams 51,851 48.6
Labor hold Swing

East Yarra

Victorian state election, 1967: East Yarra Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Bill Campbell 61,857 56.9
Labor James Lawson 31,410 28.9
Democratic Labor John Rogers 15,491 14.2
Total formal votes 108,758 97.0
Informal votes 3,358 3.0
Turnout 112,116 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Campbell 69.7
Labor James Lawson 30.3
Liberal hold Swing

Gippsland Province

Victorian state election, 1967: Gippsland Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Bob May 27,009 35.8
Labor Ivan Maddern 21,989 29.2
Liberal John Sullivan 14,818 19.7
Democratic Labor John Hansen 11,593 15.4
Total formal votes 75,409 97.0
Informal votes 2,337 3.0
Turnout 77,746 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bob May 49,349 65.4
Labor Ivan Maddern 26,060 34.6
Country hold Swing

Higinbotham

Victorian state election, 1967: Higinbotham Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Fry 57,385 53.2
Labor Anthony Scarcella 36,071 33.4
Democratic Labor Ian Radnell 14,395 13.4
Total formal votes 107,851 97.2
Informal votes 3,119 2.8
Turnout 110,970 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Fry 65.3
Labor Anthony Scarcella 34.7
Liberal hold Swing

Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1967: Melbourne Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Douglas Elliot 54,443 54.2
Liberal Norman Long 29,000 28.9
Democratic Labor Gordon Haberman 12,749 12.7
Independent Frederick Levin 4,245 4.2
Total formal votes 100,437 93.9
Informal votes 6,511 6.1
Turnout 106,948 90.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Douglas Elliot 57.6
Liberal Norman Long 42.4
Labor hold Swing

Melbourne North

Victorian state election, 1967: Melbourne North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Galbally 56,378 54.4
Liberal Walter Dale 32,176 31.1
Democratic Labor Joseph O'Leary 15,003 14.5
Total formal votes 103,557 95.5
Informal votes 4,908 4.5
Turnout 108,465 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Galbally 55.9
Liberal Walter Dale 44.1
Labor hold Swing

Melbourne West

Victorian state election, 1967: Melbourne West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alexander Knight 60,703 57.9
Liberal Joseph Kadane 22,161 21.1
Democratic Labor Kenneth Berrie 21,996 21.0
Total formal votes 104,860 94.2
Informal votes 6,407 5.8
Turnout 111,267 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alexander Knight 60.0
Liberal Joseph Kadane 40.0
Labor hold Swing

Monash

Victorian state election, 1967: Monash Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Lindsay Thompson 57,009 52.2
Labor Graham Lacey 35,266 32.3
Democratic Labor William Hoyne 17,046 15.6
Total formal votes 109,321 96.5
Informal votes 3,977 3.5
Turnout 113,298 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Lindsay Thompson 65.3
Labor Graham Lacey 34.7
Liberal hold Swing

Northern

Victorian state election, 1967: Northern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Stuart McDonald 30,259 55.5
Liberal Laurence Troy 9,874 18.1
Independent Percy Feltham 8,539 15.7
Democratic Labor Peter Lawrence 5,822 10.7
Total formal votes 54,494 96.5
Informal votes 1,969 3.5
Turnout 56,463 97.0
Country hold Swing

North-Eastern

Victorian state election, 1967: North-Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Keith Bradbury 36,001 72.9
Liberal George Ikinger 7,140 14.5
Democratic Labor William Findlay 6,225 12.6
Total formal votes 47,750 97.1
Informal votes 1,456 2.9
Turnout 50,822 95.3
Country hold Swing

North-Western

Victorian state election, 1967: North-Western Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Arthur Mansell 22,435 50.9
Labor Bruce Phayer 8,816 20.0
Liberal Walter Scown 7,474 17.0
Democratic Labor Daniel Cooper 5,337 12.1
Total formal votes 44,062 96.9
Informal votes 1,369 3.1
Turnout 45,431 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Arthur Mansell 71.3
Labor Walter Scown 29.7
Country hold Swing

South-Eastern

Victorian state election, 1967: South-Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alan Hunt 58,302 49.9
Labor Sydney Pargeter 43,866 37.5
Democratic Labor William Scantlebury 14,752 12.6
Total formal votes 116,920 96.7
Informal votes 3,972 3.3
Turnout 120,282 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Hunt 70,418 60.2
Labor Sydney Pargeter 46,502 39.8
Liberal hold Swing

South-Western

Victorian state election, 1967: South Western Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Stan Gleeson 33,889 41.2
Labor John Woolfe 29,710 36.2
Democratic Labor Gerald Gleeson 11,970 14.6
Country Christian Edwards 6,610 8.0
Total formal votes 82,179 96.5
Informal votes 2,952 3.5
Turnout 85,131 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Stan Gleeson 49,304 60.0
Labor John Woolfe 32,875 40.0
Liberal hold Swing

Templestowe

Victorian state election, 1967: Templestowe Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Vasey Houghton 54,559 46.8
Labor Ian Stewart 45,597 39.1
Democratic Labor Leo Morison 16,549 14.2
Total formal votes 116,705 97.1
Informal votes 3,457 2.9
Turnout 120,162 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Vasey Houghton 69,224 59.3
Labor Ian Stewart 47,481 40.8
Liberal hold Swing

Western

Victorian state election, 1967: Western Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ronald Mack 20,600 37.1
Labor Edward Lewis 14,865 26.8
Country Linden Cameron 12,431 22.4
Democratic Labor Alan Beattie 7,626 13.7
Total formal votes 55,522 97.5
Informal votes 1,433 2.5
Turnout 56,955 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ronald Mack 33,094 59.6
Labor Edward Lewis 22,428 40.4
Liberal hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
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