COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== CANNING, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Armadale, Harvey, Katanning, Mandurah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 majority: Country Party over Liberal 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,271 +08.4 Votes cast: 43,116 95.2 -00.7 Informal votes: 1,951 04.5 +02.2 Formal votes: 41,165 95.5 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Edwards ALP 11,110 27.0 +00.9 Bryan Finlay DLP 2,227 05.4 John Hallett * CP 17,709 43.0 +15.3 Norman Snow Lib 10,119 24.6 -18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,165 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Finlay's 2,227 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards 655 29.4 11,765 28.6 Hallett * 620 27.8 18,329 44.5 Snow 952 42.7 11,071 26.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,227 41,165 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Snow's 11,071 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards 664 06.0 12,429 30.2 HALLETT * 10,407 94.0 28,736 69.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,071 41,165 19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Mead Hallett (1917-99): Elected 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CURTIN, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Leederville, Nedlands, Subiaco, Wembley Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 majority: Liberal over DLP 28.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,253 +02.8 Votes cast: 41,866 94.6 -01.3 Informal votes: 1,580 03.8 -02.7 Formal votes: 40,286 96.2 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Brind ALP 12,206 30.3 Francis Dwyer DLP 3,945 09.8 -08.3 Hon Paul HASLUCK * Lib 24,135 59.9 -15.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,286 17.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck (1905-93): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for External Affairs to 11 February 1969 Resigned seat 10 February 1969 (see By-elections) Later career: Governor-General of Australia 1969-73. Knighted 1969. Died 9 January 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Bunbury, Collie, Nelson -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 06.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,010 +04.4 Votes cast: 42,317 96.2 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,524 03.6 +02.2 Formal votes: 40,793 96.4 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice Bailey DLP 4,163 10.2 Hon Gordon FREETH * Lib 20,834 51.1 -01.0 Frank Kirwan ALP 15,796 38.7 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,793 09.5 e 03.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Kirwan, see Forrest 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Freeth (1914-2001): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for Shipping and Transport to 28 February 1968 Minister for Air 28 February 1968 to 13 February 1969 Minister for External Affairs from 13 February 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Cottesloe, Fremantle, Melville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 07.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,133 +08.7 Votes cast: 54,497 95.4 -00.9 Informal votes: 2,135 03.9 +01.8 Formal votes: 52,362 96.1 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim BEAZLEY * ALP 29,827 57.0 +02.1 John Martyr DLP 2,378 04.5 Patrick Troy CPA 1,248 02.4 +01.0 John Waghorne Lib 18,909 36.1 -06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,362 10.1 e 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Martyr, see Swan 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Edward Beazley (1917-2007): Elected 1945 By, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Geraldton, Greenough, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 03.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,641 +01.8 Votes cast: 31,940 89.6 00.0 Informal votes: 1,020 03.2 +01.1 Formal votes: 30,920 96.8 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred COLLARD * ALP 18,393 59.5 +07.2 Grahame Jonas Lib 10,762 34.8 -06.2 Geoffrey Sands DLP 1,765 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,920 10.6 e 07.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The DLP vote of 5.7% was a decrease of 1.0% from the 6.7% polled by two DLP candidates in 1963. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Walter Collard (1912-86): Elected 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MOORE, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Moore, Northam, Pearce, Toodyay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 majority: Country Party over Liberal 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,043 +11.7 Votes cast: 42,884 95.2 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,502 03.5 +01.8 Formal votes: 41,382 96.5 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Bryce ALP 14,109 34.1 +02.0 Harold Lundy Lib 10,495 25.4 -08.6 Donald Maisey * CP 14,815 35.8 +01.9 Gavin O'Connor DLP 1,963 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,382 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryce was WA MLA for Ascot 1971-88. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: O'Connor's 1,963 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryce 319 16.3 14,428 34.9 Lundy 989 50.4 11,484 27.8 Maisey * 655 33.4 15,470 37.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,963 41,382 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lundy's 11,484 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryce 1,163 10.1 15,591 37.7 MAISEY * 10,321 89.9 25,791 62.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,484 41,382 12.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald William Maisey (1915-2005): Elected 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, North Perth, Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 08.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,786 -04.0 Votes cast: 28,752 93.4 -00.4 Informal votes: 2,046 07.1 +04.2 Formal votes: 26,706 92.9 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Annette Aarons CPA 1,627 06.1 Alan Bate ALP 9,785 36.6 -03.6 Hon Fred Chaney * Lib 13,223 49.5 -04.8 George Mazak DLP 2,071 07.8 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,706 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Aarons's 1,627 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bate 1,306 80.3 11,091 41.5 CHANEY * 204 12.5 13,427 50.3 Mazak 117 07.2 2,188 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,627 26,706 06.9 e 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Charles Chaney (1914-2001): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for the Navy to 14 December 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- STIRLING, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Balcatta, Bayswater, Guildford, Mt Hawthorn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 01.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,469 +15.3 Votes cast: 69,125 95.4 -01.1 Informal votes: 2,797 04.0 +02.1 Formal votes: 66,328 96.0 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Earl Cash Lib 27,403 41.3 -01.8 Francis Pownall DLP 5,836 08.8 +02.0 Harry Webb * ALP 33,089 49.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,328 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash was member for Stirling 1958-61. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Pownall's 5,836 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash 4,927 84.4 32,330 48.7 WEBB * 909 15.6 33,998 51.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,836 66,328 01.3 00.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Harry Webb (1908-2000): Elected 1954, 1955. Defeated 1958. Elected 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,491 +11.0 Votes cast: 55,073 94.2 -01.6 Informal votes: 1,963 03.6 +01.7 Formal votes: 53,110 96.4 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleaver * Lib 25,014 47.1 -00.4 Alan Crofts DLP 4,154 07.8 +03.3 Edward Gillett ALP 23,942 45.1 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Crofts's 4,154 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAVER * 3,426 82.5 28,440 53.5 Gillett 728 17.5 24,670 46.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,154 53,110 03.5 01.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleaver (1917-2006): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 --------------------------------------------------------------------