1967 Victorian state election
Australian state election
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All 73 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly 37 seats needed for a majority and 18 (of the 36) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 29 April 1967 to elect the 73 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Legislative Council.
Since the previous election, the number of Legislative Assembly electorates had been increased from 66 to 73, and the number of members in the Legislative Council had been increased from 34 to 35.
The incumbent Liberal Party government, led by Premier Henry Bolte, was returned for a fifth term.
Results
Legislative Assembly
Victorian state election, 29 April 1967[1] | ||||||
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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 | 24,301 | 1.55 | +1.38 | 1 | +1 | |
Communist | 1,443 | 0.09 | -0.16 | 0 | ±0 | |
Liberal Reform Group | 491 | 0.03 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 1,573,855 | 73 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal | 918,461 | 58.4 | –0.6 | |||
Labor | 655,394 | 41.6 | +0.6 |
Legislative Council
Victorian state election, 29 April 1967[2] | ||||||
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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 |
Seats changing hands
Seat | Pre-1967 | Swing | Post-1967 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Coburg | Labor | Charlie Mutton | 6.9 | -15.7 | 8.8 | Jack Mutton | Independent | ||
Lowan | Liberal | Jim McCabe | -6.0 | +3.3 | 2.7 | Ray Buckley | Country | ||
Moonee Ponds | Liberal | Jack Holden | 2.9 | -4.2 | 1.3 | Tom Edmunds | Labor |
- Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
- Lowan became a notional Country party seat in the redistribution before the election.
Post-election pendulum
Liberal seats (44) | |||
Marginal | |||
Bendigo | Robert Trethewey | LIB | 0.7% |
Morwell | Archie Tanner | LIB | 1.3% |
Dundas | William McDonald | LIB | 2.0% |
Dandenong | Len Reid | LIB | 3.2% |
Greensborough | Monte Vale | LIB | 3.3% |
Portland | Don McKellar | LIB | 3.6% |
Heatherton | Norman Billing | LIB | 3.8% |
Prahran | Sam Loxton | LIB | 3.8% |
Mentone | Bill Templeton | LIB | 5.3% |
Essendon | Kenneth Wheeler | LIB | 5.4% |
Ballarat South | Bill Stephen | LIB | 5.6% |
Fairly safe | |||
Mitcham | Dorothy Goble | LIB | 7.0% |
Ivanhoe | Vernon Christie | LIB | 7.2% |
Oakleigh | Alan Scanlan | LIB | 8.0% |
Geelong | Hayden Birrell | LIB | 9.6% |
Hawthorn | Walter Jona | LIB | 9.6% |
Frankston | Edward Meagher | LIB | 9.8% |
Safe | |||
Scoresby | Geoff Hayes | LIB | 10.0% |
Bennettswood | Ian McLaren | LIB | 10.1% |
Glenhuntly | Joe Rafferty | LIB | 10.1% |
Evelyn | Russell Stokes | LIB | 10.8% |
Moorabbin | Llew Reese | LIB | 10.9% |
Bellarine | Aurel Smith | LIB | 11.1% |
Monbulk | Bill Borthwick | LIB | 11.3% |
Syndal | Ray Wiltshire | LIB | 12.0% |
St Kilda | Brian Dixon | LIB | 12.1% |
Bentleigh | Bob Suggett | LIB | 12.2% |
Ringwood | Jim Manson | LIB | 12.8% |
Caulfield | Edgar Tanner | LIB | 13.8% |
Ballarat North | Tom Evans | LIB | 14.5% |
Box Hill | George Reid | LIB | 14.5% |
Gisborne | Julian Doyle | LIB | 15.2% |
Sandringham | Murray Porter | LIB | 15.5% |
Narracan | Jim Balfour | LIB | 16.0% |
Balwyn | Alex Taylor | LIB | 18.2% |
Dromana | Roberts Dunstan | LIB | 18.4% |
Glen Iris | Jim MacDonald | LIB | 18.5% |
Warrnambool | Ian Smith | LIB | 19.4% |
Kew | Arthur Rylah | LIB | 20.3% |
Brighton | John Rossiter | LIB | 21.2% |
Camberwell | Vernon Wilcox | LIB | 21.7% |
Hampden | Henry Bolte | LIB | 21.8% |
Malvern | John Bloomfield | LIB | 24.2% |
Polwarth | Tom Darcy | LIB | 27.6% |
Labor seats (16) | |||
Marginal | |||
Midlands | Clive Stoneham | ALP | 1.0% |
Brunswick West | Campbell Turnbull | ALP | 1.2% |
Moonee Ponds | Tom Edmunds | ALP | 1.3% |
Preston | Charlie Ring | ALP | 3.5% |
Fairly safe | |||
Northcote | Frank Wilkes | ALP | 6.5% |
Deer Park | Jack Ginifer | ALP | 6.8% |
Broadmeadows | John Wilton | ALP | 7.9% |
Reservoir | Harry Jenkins | ALP | 9.3% |
Safe | |||
Brunswick East | Leo Fennessy | ALP | 11.0% |
Geelong North | Neil Trezise | ALP | 11.0% |
Melbourne | Arthur Clarey | ALP | 11.9% |
Albert Park | Keith Sutton | ALP | 12.5% |
Sunshine | Denis Lovegrove | ALP | 12.7% |
Richmond | Clyde Holding | ALP | 14.8% |
Footscray | Bill Divers | ALP | 17.9% |
Williamstown | Larry Floyd | ALP | 18.4% |
Country seats (12) | |||
Shepparton | Neil McInnes | CP | 1.9% v IND |
Lowan | Ray Buckley | CP | 2.7% v LIB |
Gippsland West | Leslie Cochrane | CP | 11.4% v LIB |
Kara Kara | Bill Phelan | CP | 12.6% v LIB |
Mildura | Milton Whiting | CP | 17.4% |
Gippsland East | Bruce Evans | CP | 25.0% |
Benambra | Tom Mitchell | CP | 26.8% |
Benalla | Tom Trewin | CP | 27.6% |
Murray Valley | George Moss | CP | 27.7% |
Gippsland South | Herbert Hyland | CP | 28.4% |
Swan Hill | Harold Stirling | CP | 31.7% |
Rodney | Russell McDonald | CP | 33.9% |
Crossbench seats (1) | |||
Coburg | Jack Mutton | IND | 8.8% v ALP |
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