COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 DECEMBER 1964 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Five Senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 551,341 +05.7 Votes cast: 528,464 95.9 -00.2 Informal votes: 39,421 07.5 +01.9 Formal votes: 489,043 92.5 -01.9 Quota for election: 81,508 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith LAUGHT * Lib 192,859 39.4 ELECTED 2 Gordon Davidson Lib 2,329 00.5 Group A Nancy Buttfield * Lib 26,101 05.3 Q:2.715 James TOOHEY * ALP 246,966 50.5 ELECTED 1 Clement Ridley * ALP 933 00.2 Group B Arnold Drury * ALP 1,057 00.2 Q:3.054 Marcus Dodd 2,737 00.6 Group C Brian Waters 214 00.0 Q:0.036 Charles Coffey DLP 11,260 02.3 Group D Brian Nash DLP 183 00.0 Q:0.143 George Basisovs DLP 237 00.0 Alan Finger CPA 2,877 00.6 Group E Harold Alexander CPA 95 00.0 Q:0.039 Beryl Miller CPA 157 00.0 Joseph Pertl 1,038 00.2 Q:0.013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 489,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Davidson was a Senator for South Australia 1961, 1962. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Toohey's 165,458 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUGHT * E 192,859 39.4 ELECTED 2 Davidson 204 00.1 2,533 00.5 Buttfield * 249 00.2 26,350 05.4 TOOHEY * E 81,508 16.7 ELECTED 1 RIDLEY * 164,318 99.3 165,251 33.8 ELECTED 3 Drury * 373 00.2 1,430 00.3 Dodd 89 00.1 2,826 00.6 Waters 37 00.0 251 00.1 Coffey 103 00.1 11,363 02.3 Nash 13 00.0 196 00.0 Basisovs 3 00.0 240 00.0 Finger 52 00.0 2,929 00.6 Alexander 5 00.0 100 00.0 Miller 7 00.0 164 00.0 Pertl 5 00.0 1,043 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 165,458 489,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Laught's 111,351 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUGHT * E 81,508 16.7 ELECTED 2 DAVIDSON 109,287 98.1 111,820 22.9 ELECTED 4 Buttfield * 1,700 01.5 28,050 05.7 TOOHEY * E 81,508 16.7 ELECTED 1 RIDLEY * 136 00.1 165,387 33.8 ELECTED 3 Drury * 29 00.0 1,459 00.3 Dodd 108 00.1 2,934 00.6 Waters 18 00.0 269 00.1 Coffey 37 00.0 11,400 02.3 Nash 7 00.0 203 00.0 Basisovs 3 00.0 243 00.0 Finger 7 00.0 2,936 00.6 Alexander 5 00.0 105 00.0 Miller 3 00.0 167 00.0 Pertl 11 00.0 1,054 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 111,351 489,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Ridley's 83,879 rplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUGHT * E 81,508 16.7 ELECTED 2 DAVIDSON E 111,820 22.9 ELECTED 4 Buttfield * 140 00.2 28,190 05.8 TOOHEY * E 81,508 16.7 ELECTED 1 RIDLEY * E 81,508 16.7 ELECTED 3 DRURY * 83,663 99.7 85,122 17.4 ELECTED 5 Dodd 32 00.0 2,966 00.6 Waters 9 00.0 278 00.1 Coffey 15 00.0 11,415 02.3 Nash 4 00.0 207 00.0 Basisovs 1 00.0 244 00.0 Finger 11 00.0 2,947 00.6 Alexander 1 00.0 106 00.0 Miller 1 00.0 168 00.0 Pertl 2 00.0 1,055 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 83,879 489,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1965. Davidson, Drury, Laught, Ridley and Toohey elected for a term ending 30 June 1971. Continuing Senators (term to end 30 June 1965): Reginald BISHOP (ALP), James CAVANAGH (ALP), Douglas HANNAFORD (Lib), Hon Edward MATTNER (Lib), Theophilus NICHOLLS (ALP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Reginald Bishop (1913-99): Elected 1961 > Nancy Eileen Buttfield (1912-2005): Appointed 1955. Resigned 1962. Elected 1961. Defeated 1964 Later career: See Senate South Australia 1967 > James Luke Cavanagh (1913-90): Elected 1961 > Gordon Sinclair Davidson (1915-2002): Appointed 1961. Term expired 1961. Appointed 1962. Term expired 1962. Elected 1964 > Arnold Joseph Drury (1912-95): Elected 1958, 1964 > Douglas Clive Hannaford (1903-67): Elected 1949, 1951, 1955, 1961 Hannaford was due to retire in 1967 but died while still a Senator. Died 24 October 1967 > Keith Alexander Laught (1907-69): Elected 1951, 1953, 1958, 1964 > Edward William Mattner (1893-1977): Appointed 1944. Defeated 1946. Elected 1949, 1951, 1955, 1961 Mattner retired at the 1967 election. Died 21 December 1977 > Theophilus Martin Nicholls (1894-1977): Elected 1943, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1961 Nicholls retired at the 1967 election. Died 22 July 1977 > Clement Frank Ridley (1909-88): Elected 1958, 1964 > James Philip Toohey (1909-92): Elected 1953, 1958, 1964 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For the circumstances of Buttfield's resignation, see Senate South Australia 1961. --------------------------------------------------------------------