COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 18.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,617 +01.6 Votes cast: 40,371 94.7 -01.7 Informal votes: 1,258 03.1 +00.9 Formal votes: 39,113 96.9 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James DLP 5,552 14.2 +03.8 Brian McLure LRG 2,762 07.1 Leo Richards ALP 9,668 24.7 -04.9 Ray WHITTORN * Lib 21,131 54.0 -04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,113 17.7 e 01.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Harold Whittorn (1911-95): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Daylesford, Learmonth, Warrenheip -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,599 +02.1 Votes cast: 43,983 96.5 -00.7 Informal votes: 924 02.1 +01.3 Formal votes: 43,059 97.9 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dudley Erwin * Lib 21,288 49.4 +01.1 Robert Joshua DLP 6,729 15.6 +00.7 David Pollock ALP 15,042 34.9 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,059 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joshua was member for Ballaarat 1951-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Joshua's 6,729 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ERWIN * 6,203 92.2 27,491 63.8 Pollock 526 07.8 15,568 36.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,729 43,059 13.8 01.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Dudley Erwin (1917-84): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for Air from 13 February 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alphington, Ivanhoe, Northcote, Thornbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,231 -01.5 Votes cast: 40,331 95.5 -01.1 Informal votes: 1,668 04.1 +02.3 Formal votes: 38,663 95.9 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Andersen + ALP 14,859 38.4 -10.4 Sam Benson * 8,697 22.5 Henry Darroch DLP 3,592 09.3 -05.2 Robert Desailly LRG 1,117 02.9 Bruce Skeggs Lib 10,398 26.9 -09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,663 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Benson ran as an independent after being expelled from the ALP in September 1966. 2. Skeggs was Vic MLA for Ivanhoe 1973-82, Vic MLC for Templestowe 1988-96. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Desailly's 1,117 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andersen 907 81.2 15,766 40.8 Benson * 91 08.1 8,788 22.7 Darroch 48 04.3 3,640 09.4 Skeggs 71 06.4 10,469 27.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,117 38,663 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Darroch's 3,640 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andersen 108 03.0 15,874 41.1 Benson * 3,382 92.9 12,170 31.5 Skeggs 150 04.1 10,619 27.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,640 38,663 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Skeggs's 10,619 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andersen 447 04.2 16,321 42.2 BENSON * 10,172 95.8 22,342 57.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,619 38,663 07.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel James Benson (1909-95): Elected 1962 By, 1963, 1966 Benson retired at the 1969 election. Later career: General Secretary, Merchant Service Guild, 1970-72. Died 26 July 1995. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benson was the first independent member to be elected to the House of Representatives since 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 02.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,407 +03.2 Votes cast: 45,590 96.2 -00.7 Informal votes: 697 01.5 +00.8 Formal votes: 44,893 98.5 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel BEATON * ALP 23,191 51.7 +00.5 William Dreschler DLP 5,640 12.6 -01.1 Frank Dunphy Lib 16,062 35.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,893 03.0 e 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Lawrence Beaton (1925-2004): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966 Resigned 9 April 1969 (see By-elections) Died 18 December 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUCE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Box Hill South, Burwood South, Dandenong, Waverley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 119,445 +20.6 Votes cast: 114,512 95.9 -00.9 Informal votes: 4,411 03.9 +02.1 Formal votes: 110,101 96.1 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henri de Sachau DLP 13,242 12.0 +02.6 Leslie Donnelly ALP 32,410 29.4 -11.4 Ralph Gibson CPA 1,467 01.3 John Saunderson 526 00.5 Hon Billy SNEDDEN * Lib 58,268 52.9 +04.5 Herbert Wessley LRG 4,188 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 110,101 13.0 e 05.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Saunderson, see Deakin 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Billy Mackie Snedden (1926-87): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Attorney-General to 14 December 1966 Minister for Immigration -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHISHOLM, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Camberwell, Glen Iris, Highfield Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 19.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,278 -02.3 Votes cast: 39,548 95.8 -00.3 Informal votes: 988 02.5 +01.6 Formal votes: 38,560 97.5 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Grigg ALP 10,359 26.9 -02.6 Hon Sir Wilfrid KENT HUGHES * Lib 22,556 58.5 -01.5 Russell Malseed 1,446 03.8 Mary Stanley DLP 4,199 10.9 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,560 20.2 e 00.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes (1895-1970): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Ararat, Camperdown, Colac, South Barwon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 19.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,501 +04.6 Votes cast: 48,132 97.2 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,160 02.4 +01.7 Formal votes: 46,972 97.6 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert Anderson CP 7,585 16.1 Brian Cronin DLP 5,634 12.0 -01.4 Lindsay Romey ALP 11,419 24.3 -04.8 Tony Street + Lib 22,334 47.6 -09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cronin's 5,634 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson 812 14.4 8,397 17.9 Romey 442 07.8 11,861 25.3 STREET + 4,380 77.7 26,714 56.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,634 46,972 22.1 e 02.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Austin Street (born 1926): Elected 1966 Born: 8 February 1926, Melbourne Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar School. Military Service 1945-46. Grazier at Lismore, Victoria. Son of Hon Geoffrey Street MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Drysdale, Geelong, Geelong North, Newtown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,824 +07.2 Votes cast: 51,612 95.9 -01.0 Informal votes: 1,940 03.8 +02.8 Formal votes: 49,672 96.2 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsie Brushfield 1,262 02.5 William Dobell LRG 1,044 02.1 James Mahoney DLP 5,369 10.8 +00.4 Hon Hubert Opperman * Lib 22,519 45.3 +01.3 Gordon Scholes ALP 19,478 39.2 -06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,672 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Scholes, see Corio by-election 1967. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dobell's 1,044 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brushfield 150 14.4 1,412 02.8 Mahoney 49 04.7 5,418 10.9 Opperman * 100 09.6 22,619 45.5 Scholes 745 71.4 20,223 40.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,044 49,672 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Brushfield's 1,412 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahoney 1,022 72.4 6,440 13.0 Opperman * 211 14.9 22,830 46.0 Scholes 179 12.7 20,402 41.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,412 49,672 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Mahoney's 6,440 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- OPPERMAN * 5,937 92.2 28,767 57.9 Scholes 503 07.8 20,905 42.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,440 49,672 07.9 04.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hubert Ferdinand Opperman (1904-96): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for Immigration to 14 December 1966 Resigned seat 10 June 1967 (see By-elections) Later career: High Commissioner to Malta 1970-72. Knighted 1968. Died 18 April 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DAREBIN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Heidelberg West, Preston, Reservoir -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 07.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,400 +02.0 Votes cast: 53,231 96.1 -00.6 Informal votes: 2,073 03.9 +02.3 Formal votes: 51,158 96.1 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Andrews DLP 10,232 20.0 +01.8 Frank Courtnay * ALP 25,325 49.5 -05.9 Noel Stubbs Lib 15,601 30.5 +04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,158 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrews was member for Darebin 1949-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Andrews's 10,232 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COURTNAY * 3,933 38.4 29,258 57.2 Stubbs 6,299 61.6 21,900 42.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,232 51,158 07.2 00.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Courtnay (1903-80): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Darebin was abolished at the 1968 redistribution. Courtnay retired at the 1969 election. Died 31 March 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAKIN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Box Hill, Eltham, Heidelberg, Surrey Hills -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 11.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,357 +20.1 Votes cast: 80,679 95.6 -01.0 Informal votes: 2,258 02.8 +01.8 Formal votes: 78,421 97.2 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Degendorjer LRG 5,284 06.7 Alan Jarman + Lib 39,183 50.0 -02.0 David McKenzie ALP 25,039 31.9 -05.4 Maurice Weston DLP 8,915 11.4 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78,421 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For McKenzie, see Diamond Valley 1972. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Degendorjer's 5,284 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- JARMAN + 2,239 42.4 41,422 52.8 McKenzie 2,785 52.7 27,824 35.5 Weston 260 04.9 9,175 11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,284 78,421 13.3 e 01.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan William Jarman (1923-92): Elected 1966 Born: 22 July 1923, Melbourne Career: Educated Wesley College, Melbourne, University of Melbourne. Accountant. Military Service 1942-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 13.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,776 -00.3 Votes cast: 34,001 92.5 -01.9 Informal votes: 1,586 04.7 +02.8 Formal votes: 32,415 95.3 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Yvonne Abolins DLP 3,511 10.8 +02.6 George Gabriel LRG 1,699 05.2 Hon Peter HOWSON * Lib 17,955 55.4 +00.9 Anthony Sanders 367 01.1 Robert Vernon ALP 8,883 27.4 -07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,415 19.7 e 06.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Howson (1919-2009): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for Air to 28 February 1968 Fawkner was abolished at the 1968 redistribution. Howson contested Casey in 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South of Melbourne: Carrum, Dromana, Frankston, Mentone -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 11.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,594 +14.5 Votes cast: 65,437 95.4 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,882 02.9 +01.0 Formal votes: 63,555 97.1 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Boraston ALP 24,067 37.9 +00.2 George Brunning 1,787 02.8 John Cass DLP 6,171 09.7 -00.4 Phillip Lynch + Lib 31,530 49.6 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,555 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brunning's 1,787 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boraston 831 46.5 24,898 39.2 Cass 427 23.9 6,598 10.4 LYNCH + 529 29.6 32,059 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,787 63,555 09.8 e 01.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip Reginald Lynch (1933-85): Elected 1966 Born: 27 July 1933, Melbourne Career: Educated Xavier College, Melbourne, University of Melbourne. Management consultant, company director. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for the Army from 28 February 1968 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GELLIBRAND, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Footscray, Kingsville, Newport, Yarraville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 18.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,928 +96.0 Votes cast: 38,280 95.9 -00.7 Informal votes: 2,274 05.9 +02.9 Formal votes: 36,006 94.1 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Daykin CPA 2,890 08.0 +04.4 John McArthur Lib 8,777 24.4 +03.4 Hector McIVOR * ALP 19,913 55.3 -08.9 Robin Thomas DLP 4,426 12.3 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,006 12.8 e 05.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hector James McIvor (1900-92): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Bairnsdale, Leongatha, Sale, Traralgon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 18.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,705 +02.7 Votes cast: 45,634 95.7 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,090 02.4 +01.4 Formal votes: 44,544 97.6 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hansen DLP 6,439 14.5 +03.2 Peter NIXON * CP 28,627 64.3 +06.5 Thomas Powell ALP 9,478 21.3 -09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,544 27.5 e 09.5 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter James Nixon (born 1928): Elected 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for the Interior from 10 January 1968 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh North, Carnegie, Glenhuntly, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 09.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,751 +01.7 Votes cast: 47,593 95.7 -01.0 Informal votes: 1,354 02.8 +01.6 Formal votes: 46,239 97.2 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maureen Campbell-Teich ALP 18,053 39.0 +06.0 Max Fox * Lib 23,072 49.9 -01.7 Henry Moore DLP 5,114 11.1 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,239 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Moore's 5,114 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Campbell-Teich 403 07.9 18,456 39.9 FOX * 4,711 92.1 27,783 60.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,114 46,239 10.1 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Maxwell Cameron Fox (1912-88): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGGINS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield, Darling, Malvern, Malvern East -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 20.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,209 +02.0 Votes cast: 38,870 94.3 -00.8 Informal votes: 1,072 02.8 +01.6 Formal votes: 37,798 97.2 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Harold HOLT * Lib 23,918 63.3 +03.2 Bruce Phayer ALP 9,510 25.2 -03.5 Frederick Skinner DLP 4,370 11.6 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,798 23.7 e 03.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Prime Minister to 19 December 1967 Leader of the Liberal Party to 19 December 1967 Presumed dead 19 December 1967 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holt disappeared while swimming at Portsea, Victoria, on 17 December. His body was never found. He was officially presumed dead and his commission withdrawn on 19 December. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGINBOTHAM, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Highett, Moorabbin, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 10.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,892 +04.5 Votes cast: 61,318 96.0 -01.0 Informal votes: 1,879 03.1 +02.3 Formal votes: 59,439 96.9 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John A'Murray 1,561 02.6 Reginald Butler ALP 18,667 31.4 -06.8 William Cameron DLP 5,463 09.2 -00.9 Donald CHIPP * Lib 30,497 51.3 -00.4 John Little LRG 3,251 05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,439 11.8 e 01.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Leslie Chipp (1925-2006): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for the Navy 14 December 1966 to 28 February 1968 Higinbotham was abolished at the 1968 redistribution. Chipp contested Hotham in 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-Eastern Victoria: Benalla, Wangaratta, Wodonga, Yackandandah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 22.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,190 +03.3 Votes cast: 44,505 96.4 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,279 02.9 +01.7 Formal votes: 43,226 97.1 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Cody DLP 5,614 13.0 +00.9 Mac HOLTEN * CP 22,146 51.2 +03.2 William O'Neill ALP 8,895 20.6 -05.1 James Stewart Lib 6,571 15.2 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,226 26.7 e 04.7 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rendle McNeilage Holten (1922-96): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ISAACS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,093 +01.0 Votes cast: 35,954 92.0 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,742 04.8 +02.9 Formal votes: 34,212 95.2 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William HAWORTH * Lib 18,468 54.0 +04.4 John Hughes DLP 4,032 11.8 +01.3 Peter Wilkinson ALP 11,712 34.2 -05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,212 14.6 e 05.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Isaacs was abolished at the 1968 redistribution. Haworth retired at the 1969 election. Later career: Knighted 1969. Died 1 December 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balwyn, Canterbury, Deepdene, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 24.1 e 1966 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 19.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,111 +00.6 Votes cast: 48,049 95.9 00.0 Informal votes: 1,031 02.1 +01.0 Formal votes: 47,018 97.9 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Cooper ALP 12,370 26.3 +01.9 Bernard Gaynor DLP 5,888 12.5 +02.3 Andrew PEACOCK * Lib 28,760 61.2 -02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,018 22.5 e 01.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Sharp Peacock (born 1939): Elected 1966 By, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LA TROBE, Vic ==================================================================== East of Melbourne: Croydon, Ferntree Gully, Mitcham, Ringwood -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 87,002 +15.7 Votes cast: 83,131 95.6 -01.2 Informal votes: 2,471 03.0 +01.9 Formal votes: 80,660 97.0 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Adamson DLP 10,311 12.8 +02.4 John Jess * Lib 38,427 47.6 -01.1 Donell Pritchard ALP 26,847 33.3 -07.6 Leonard Weber LRG 5,075 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 80,660 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Weber's 5,075 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adamson 382 07.5 10,693 13.3 Jess * 742 14.6 39,169 48.6 Pritchard 3,951 77.9 30,798 38.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,075 80,660 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Adamson's 10,693 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- JESS * 9,704 90.8 48,873 60.6 Pritchard 989 09.2 31,787 39.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,693 80,660 10.6 03.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John David Jess (1922-2003): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LALOR, Vic ==================================================================== West of Melbourne: Altona, Broadmeadows, Glenroy, Sunshine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 07.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 113,051 +17.3 Votes cast: 107,395 95.0 -01.1 Informal votes: 9,480 08.8 +06.8 Formal votes: 97,915 91.2 -06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul de Tert 6,914 07.1 Mervyn Lee Lib 29,211 29.8 +01.3 James Marmion DLP 13,706 14.0 -03.1 Victor Parsons LRG 1,568 01.6 Hon Reginald Pollard * ALP 45,243 46.2 -08.2 Peter Spencer 592 00.6 Michael Wood 681 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 97,915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Spencer's 592 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- De Tert 60 10.1 6,974 07.1 Lee 50 08.4 29,261 29.9 Marmion 42 07.1 13,748 14.0 Parsons 74 12.5 1,642 01.7 Pollard * 147 24.8 45,390 46.4 Wood 219 37.0 900 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 592 97,915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Wood's 900 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- De Tert 162 (18.0 7,136 07.3 Lee 70 07.8 29,331 30.0 Marmion 72 08.0 13,820 14.1 Parsons 122 13.6 1,764 01.8 Pollard * 474 52.7 45,864 46.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 900 97,915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Parsons's 1,764 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- De Tert 183 10.4 7,319 07.5 Lee 228 12.9 29,559 30.2 Marmion 436 24.7 14,256 14.6 Pollard * 917 52.0 46,781 47.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,764 97,915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: de Tert's 7,319 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee 6,450 88.1 36,009 36.8 Marmion 637 08.7 14,893 15.2 Pollard * 232 03.2 47,013 48.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,319 97,915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Marmion's 14,893 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEE 13,641 91.6 49,650 50.7 Pollard * 1,252 08.4 48,265 49.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,893 97,915 00.7 07.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Reginald Thomas Pollard (1894-1981): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963. Defeated 1966 Died 21 August 1981 > Mervyn William Lee (1920-2009): Elected 1966 Born: 18 August 1920, Broadford, Victoria Career: Educated Kingswood College, Melbourne. Commonwealth public servant. Military Service 1941-46. Drapery and hardware merchant. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee contested Bendigo in 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMILLAN, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Morwell, Trafalgar, Warragul, Yallourn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,590 +03.0 Votes cast: 46,743 96.2 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,397 03.0 +02.0 Formal votes: 45,346 97.0 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander BUCHANAN * Lib 22,857 50.4 +00.6 Leslie Hilton DLP 5,040 11.1 -00.5 Eric Kent ALP 15,449 34.1 -04.4 Thomas Yates 2,000 04.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,346 12.6 e 02.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kent was Vic MLC for Gippsland 1970-76, Chelsea 1979-85. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Andrew Buchanan (1905-85): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MALLEE, Vic ==================================================================== North-Western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 21.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,297 +00.8 Votes cast: 39,943 96.7 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,011 02.5 +01.5 Formal votes: 38,932 97.5 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Carty DLP 6,034 15.5 +05.3 Hibbe Draaisma ALP 6,857 17.6 -09.1 Winton TURNBULL * CP 26,041 66.9 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,932 30.0 e 08.7 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Winton George Turnbull (1899-1980): Elected 1946 By, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Pascoe Vale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,763 +01.7 Votes cast: 43,880 95.9 -01.2 Informal votes: 1,721 03.9 +01.9 Formal votes: 42,159 96.1 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lancelot Hutchinson 2,734 06.5 Barry O'Brien DLP 6,822 16.2 +00.7 John O'Brien ALP 14,715 34.9 -08.4 Philip Stokes * Lib 17,888 42.4 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- % 42,159 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hutchinson's 2,734 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- B O'Brien 1,244 45.5 8,066 19.1 J O'Brien 1,053 38.5 15,768 37.4 Stokes * 437 16.0 18,325 43.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,734 42,159 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: B O'Brien's 8,066 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- J O'Brien 2,091 25.9 17,859 42.4 STOKES * 5,975 74.1 24,300 57.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,066 42,159 07.6 02.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip William Crawford Stokes (1906-83): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Newmarket, Parkville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 09.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,492 -04.5 Votes cast: 29,072 92.3 -01.5 Informal votes: 1,892 06.5 +03.6 Formal votes: 27,180 93.5 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Batey 1,577 05.8 Hon Arthur CALWELL * ALP 14,355 52.8 -04.1 Donald Gibson Lib 7,593 27.9 +01.7 James Whitehead DLP 3,655 13.4 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,180 07.5 e 02.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896-1973): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Leader of the Opposition to 8 February 1967 Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 8 February 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Calwell resigned the ALP leadership following his third successive election defeat. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Cardigan, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 16.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,235 -08.0 Votes cast: 30,375 94.2 -00.9 Informal votes: 1,543 05.1 +02.8 Formal votes: 28,832 94.9 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Clark CPA 2,402 08.3 +06.4 Frank CREAN * ALP 16,003 55.5 -08.0 George O'Dwyer DLP 3,304 11.5 -01.0 Richard Thomas Lib 7,123 24.7 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,832 14.1 e 02.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Crean (1916-2008): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MURRAY, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Numurkah, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 26.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,132 +05.7 Votes cast: 48,554 96.9 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,570 03.2 +00.9 Formal votes: 46,984 96.8 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mervyn Huggins ALP 9,848 21.0 -01.6 Brian Lacey DLP 5,927 12.6 -00.4 Rt Hon John McEWEN * CP 31,209 66.4 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,984 27.7 e 01.7 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McEwen (1900-80): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for Trade and Industry Prime Minister 19 December 1967 to 10 January 1968 Deputy Prime Minister from 10 January 1968 Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- McEwen, as leader of the junior partner in the Coalition government, was sworn in as Prime Minister following the presumed death of Rt Hon Harold Holt. He resigned his commission when the Liberal Party elected a new leader. The newly-created post of Deputy Prime Minister reflected McEwen's enhanced status in the Gorton government. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SCULLIN, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Blyth, Carlton, Edward, Fitzroy -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 11.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,346 -02.0 Votes cast: 29,045 92.7 -01.7 Informal votes: 2,271 07.8 +02.6 Formal votes: 26,774 92.2 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Daley 2,164 08.1 Ronald Hay Lib 7,267 27.1 +05.7 Peter McCabe DLP 3,072 11.5 -06.6 Edward PETERS * ALP 14,271 53.3 -05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,774 08.0 e 03.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward William Peters (1897-1980): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Scullin was abolished at the 1968 redistribution. Peters retired at the 1969 election. Died 22 June 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Portland, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 15.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,375 +01.2 Votes cast: 44,163 97.3 +00.1 Informal votes: 629 01.4 +00.9 Formal votes: 43,534 98.6 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Terence Callander DLP 6,514 15.0 -00.1 Hon Malcolm FRASER * Lib 23,220 53.3 +01.4 Cyril Primmer ALP 13,800 31.7 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,534 16.9 e 01.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Primmer, see Senate Victoria 1970. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Malcolm Fraser (1930-2015): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for the Army to 28 February 1968 Minister for Education and Science from 28 February 1968 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brunswick, Coburg, Mitchell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 05.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,157 -04.0 Votes cast: 36,184 94.8 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,776 04.9 +02.4 Formal votes: 34,408 95.1 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon BRYANT * ALP 18,455 53.6 -00.5 John Flint DLP 5,239 15.2 -01.7 David Hutchinson Lib 10,714 31.1 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,408 05.1 e 00.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Munro Bryant (1914-91): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 19.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,347 +00.1 Votes cast: 39,227 97.2 +01.0 Informal votes: 858 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 38,369 97.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson Bolton Lib 10,139 26.4 +06.9 Bruno d'Elia DLP 3,160 08.2 -01.1 George Jeffs ALP 10,210 26.6 -01.7 Robert King * CP 14,860 38.7 -04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,369 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: D'Elia's 3,160 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bolton 488 15.4 10,627 27.7 Jeffs 249 07.9 10,459 27.3 King * 2,423 76.7 17,283 45.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,160 38,369 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Jeffs's 10,459 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bolton 8,383 80.2 19,010 49.5 KING * 2,076 (19.8 19,359 50.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,459 38,369 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Shannon King (1920-91): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Burnley, Collingwood, Hawthorn, Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 07.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,169 -04.2 Votes cast: 31,001 93.5 -01.1 Informal votes: 1,594 05.1 +03.1 Formal votes: 29,407 94.9 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruno Bonomo 1,564 05.3 Dr Jim Cairns * ALP 14,352 48.8 -07.2 Lionel Hawkins Lib 9,381 31.9 +03.1 Stan Keon DLP 4,110 14.0 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,407 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keon was member for Yarra 1949-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bonomo's 1,564 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAIRNS * 999 63.9 15,351 52.2 Hawkins 448 28.6 9,829 33.4 Keon 117 07.5 4,227 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,564 29,407 03.6 e 03.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Ford Cairns (1914-2003): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Yarra was abolished at the 1968 redistribution. Cairns contested Lalor in 1969. --------------------------------------------------------------------