COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 DECEMBER 1964 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND (Five Senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 852,741 +03.2 Votes cast: 809,290 94.9 +00.2 Informal votes: 57,903 07.2 -01.3 Formal votes: 751,387 92.8 +01.3 Quota for election: 125,232 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Vincent Gair DLP 87,854 11.7 Group A John Williams DLP 1,380 00.2 Q:0.718 Anne Wenck DLP 702 00.1 Claude Jones CPA 6,276 00.8 Group B Patricia Pastourel CPA 240 00.0 Q:0.055 Francis Bishop CPA 425 00.1 Ian WOOD * Lib 317,214 42.2 ELECTED 2 Alexander Lawrie CP 2,908 00.4 Group C Ronald Witham Lib 4,188 00.6 Q:2.590 Christopher Melville 3,022 00.4 Group D Paul Kenealy 334 00.0 Q:0.027 Dr Felix DITTMER * ALP 317,365 42.2 ELECTED 1 James Keeffe ALP 1,990 00.3 Group E George Whiteside ALP 5,223 00.7 Q:2.592 Patrick Curtis 1,462 00.2 Group F Frederick Thomas 804 00.1 Q:0.018 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Whiteside was a Senator for Queensland 1962-63. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dittmer's 192,133 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 381 00.2 88,235 11.7 Williams 21 00.0 1,401 00.2 Wenck 13 00.0 715 00.1 Jones 60 00.0 6,336 00.8 Pastourel 8 00.0 248 00.0 Bishop 10 00.0 435 00.1 WOOD * E 317,214 42.2 ELECTED 2 Lawrie 162 00.1 3,070 00.4 Witham 78 00.0 4,266 00.6 Melville 52 00.0 3,074 00.4 Kenealy 49 00.0 383 00.1 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE 190,241 99.0 192,231 25.6 ELECTED 4 Whiteside 914 00.5 6,137 00.8 Curtis 112 00.1 1,574 00.2 Thomas 32 00.0 836 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 192,133 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Since Dittmer was elected first, his surplus is shown here as being distributed before Wood's (in fact they were distributed simultaneously), creating the impression that Keeffe was elected before Lawrie. The "ELECTED" numbers on the right give the correct order of election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Wood's 191,982 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 685 00.4 88,920 11.8 Williams 54 00.0 1,455 00.2 Wenck 22 00.0 737 00.1 Jones 171 00.1 6,507 00.9 Pastourel 45 00.0 293 00.0 Bishop 29 00.0 464 00.1 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE 189,518 98.7 192,588 25.6 ELECTED 3 Witham 871 00.5 5,137 00.7 Melville 109 00.1 3,183 00.4 Kenealy 44 00.0 427 00.1 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE 234 00.1 192,465 25.6 ELECTED 4 Whiteside 133 00.1 6,270 00.8 Curtis 47 00.0 1,621 00.2 Thomas 20 00.0 856 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 191,982 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Lawrie's 67,356 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 96 00.1 89,016 11.8 Williams 3 00.0 1,458 00.2 Wenck 1 00.0 738 00.1 Jones 12 00.0 6,519 00.9 Pastourel 2 00.0 295 00.0 Bishop 6 00.0 470 00.1 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 Witham 67,181 99.7 72,318 09.6 Melville 17 00.0 3,200 00.4 Kenealy 5 00.0 432 00.1 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 192,465 25.6 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 27 00.0 6,297 00.8 Curtis 4 00.0 1,625 00.2 Thomas 2 00.0 858 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,356 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Keeffe's 67,233 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 52 00.1 89,068 11.9 Williams 2 00.0 1,460 00.2 Wenck 2 00.0 740 00.1 Jones 6 00.0 6,525 00.9 Pastourel 1 00.0 296 00.0 Bishop 1 00.0 471 00.1 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 Witham 34 00.1 72,352 09.6 Melville 7 00.0 3,207 00.4 Kenealy 7 00.0 439 00.1 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 67,092 99.8 73,389 09.8 Curtis 24 00.0 1,649 00.2 Thomas 5 00.0 863 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,233 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Pastourel's 296 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 32 10.8 89,100 11.9 Williams 16 05.4 1,476 00.2 Wenck 30 10.1 770 00.1 Jones 90 30.4 6,615 00.9 Bishop 67 22.6 538 00.1 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 Witham 24 08.1 72,376 09.6 Melville 8 02.7 3,215 00.4 Kenealy 15 05.1 454 00.1 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 6 02.0 73,395 09.8 Curtis 5 01.7 1,654 00.2 Thomas 3 01.0 866 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 296 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Kenealy's 454 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 32 07.0 89,132 11.9 Williams 12 02.6 1,488 00.2 Wenck 4 00.9 774 00.1 Jones 14 03.1 6,629 00.9 Bishop 14 03.1 552 00.1 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 Witham 37 08.1 72,413 09.6 Melville 252 55.5 3,467 00.5 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 50 11.0 73,445 09.8 Curtis 16 03.5 1,670 00.2 Thomas 23 05.1 889 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 454 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Bishop's 552 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 73 13.2 89,205 11.9 Williams 22 04.0 1,510 00.2 Wenck 27 04.9 801 00.1 Jones 304 55.1 6,933 00.9 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 Witham 60 10.9 72,473 09.6 Melville 24 04.3 3,491 00.5 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 28 05.1 73,473 09.8 Curtis 10 01.8 1,680 00.2 Thomas 4 00.7 893 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 552 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Wenck's 801 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 163 20.3 89,368 11.9 Williams 395 49.3 1,905 00.3 Jones 76 09.5 7,009 00.9 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 Witham 75 09.4 72,548 09.7 Melville 22 02.7 3,513 00.5 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 38 04.7 73,511 09.8 Curtis 20 02.5 1,700 00.2 Thomas 12 01.5 905 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 801 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Thomas's 905 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 27 03.0 89,395 11.9 Williams 28 03.1 1,933 00.3 Jones 10 01.1 7,019 00.9 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 Witham 26 02.9 72,574 09.7 Melville 23 02.5 3,536 00.5 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 64 07.1 73,575 09.8 Curtis 727 80.3 2,427 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 905 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Williams's 1,933 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 1,359 70.3 90,754 12.1 Jones 339 17.5 7,358 01.0 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 Witham 106 05.5 72,680 09.7 Melville 40 02.1 3,576 00.5 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 54 02.8 73,629 09.8 Curtis 35 01.8 2,462 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,933 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12th count: Curtis's 2,462 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 204 08.3 90,958 12.1 Jones 103 04.2 7,461 01.0 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 Witham 195 07.9 72,875 09.7 Melville 519 21.1 4,095 00.5 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 1,441 58.5 75,070 10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,462 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 13th count: Melville's 4,095 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 806 19.7 91,764 12.2 Jones 425 10.4 7,886 01.0 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 Witham 1,113 27.2 73,998 09.8 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 1,751 42.8 76,821 10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,095 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 14th count: Jones's 7,886 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gair 2,729 34.6 94,493 12.6 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 Witham 1,700 21.6 75,688 10.1 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 3,457 43.8 80,278 10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,886 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 15th count: Witham's 75,688 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GAIR 67,325 89.0 161,818 21.5 ELECTED 5 WOOD * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 2 LAWRIE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 4 DITTMER * E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 1 KEEFFE E 125,232 16.7 ELECTED 3 Whiteside 8,363 11.0 88,641 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 75,688 751,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1965. Dittmer, Gair, Keeffe, Lawrie and Wood elected for a term ending 30 June 1971. Continuing Senators (term to end 30 June 1968): Archibald BENN (ALP), Hon Walter COOPER (CP), Sir Kenneth MORRIS (Lib), Annabelle RANKIN (Lib), Robert SHERRINGTON (Lib). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archibald Malcolm Benn (1897-1980): Elected 1949, 1951, 1955, 1961 Benn retired at the 1967 election. Died 3 April 1980 > Walter Jackson Cooper (1891-1973): Elected 1928. Defeated 1929. Elected 1934, 1940, 1946, 1951, 1955, 1961 Cooper retired at the 1967 election. Died 22 August 1973 > Felix Cyril Sigismund Dittmer (1904-77): Elected 1958, 1964 > Vincent Clair Gair (1902-80): Elected 1964 Born: 25 February 1902, Rockhampton, Queensland Career: Educated Catholic schools. Clerk in Queensland Railways. Queensland public servant 1960-65. State politics: Qld MLA for South Brisbane 1932-60. Secretary for Mines 1942-47, Secretary for Labour and Employment 1944-47, Secretary for Labour and Industry 1947-50, Treasurer 1950-52, Premier 1952-57, Chief Secretary 1952-57. Expelled from ALP 1957, led minority Queensland Labor Party government. Leader of the DLP from 1 July 1965 > James Bernard Keeffe (1919-88): Elected 1964 Born: 20 August 1919, Atherton, Queensland Career: Educated state schools. Farm laborer, forestry worker. Military service 1942-45. Insurance and real estate salesman. State Secretary Coopers Union. Secretary Queensland ALP 1960-65. Federal President ALP 1962-70. > Alexander Grieg Ellis Lawrie (1907-78): Elected 1964 Born 19 June 1907, Maitland NSW Career: Educated Scots College, Sydney. Grazier at Evergreen, Queesland. Official of Queensland Graziers Association. Queensland State President Country Party 1960-64. > Kenneth James Morris (1903-78): Elected 1963 Morris retired at the 1967 election. Died 1 June 1978 > Annabelle Jane Mary Rankin (1908-86): Elected 1946, 1951, 1955, 1961 > Robert Duncan Sherrington (1902-66): Elected 1961 Died 16 March 1966 (see Appointments) > Ian Alexander Christie Wood (1901-92): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1964 --------------------------------------------------------------------