1967 Victorian state election
Appearance
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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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Results in each electorate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
See also
References
- ^ Election held on 29 April 1967, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.