COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ALP - Australian Labor Party * CP - Country Party of Australia * DLP - Democratic Labor Party * Lib - Liberal Party of Australia VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== CANNING, WA 45,271 enrolled, 43,116 (95.2%) voted ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Katanning, Murray, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 majority: Country Party over Liberal 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,951 (04.5%) informal 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 11,071 41,165 19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Mead Hallett (1917-99): Elected 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CURTIN, WA 44,253 enrolled, 41,866 (94.6%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Leederville, Nedlands, Subiaco, Wembley Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 majority: Liberal over DLP 28.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,580 (03.8%) informal 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 44,010 enrolled, 42,317 (96.2%) voted ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Bunbury, Collie, Nelson -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,524 (03.6%) informal 40,793 09.5 e 03.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Kirwan, see Forrest 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Freeth (born 1914): 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 57,133 enrolled, 54,497 (95.4%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Cottesloe, Fremantle, Melville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,135 (03.9%) informal 52,362 10.1 e 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Martyr, see Swan 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Edward Beazley (born 1917): Elected 1945 By, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA 35,641 enrolled, 31,940 (89.6%) voted ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Geraldton, Greenough, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,020 (03.2%) informal 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 45,043 enrolled, 42,884 (95.2%) voted ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Moore, Northam, Pearce, Toodyay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 majority: Country Party over Liberal 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,502 (03.5%) informal 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 11,484 41,382 12.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald William Maisey (born 1915): Elected 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA 30,786 enrolled, 28,752 (93.4%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, North Perth, Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,046 (07.1%) informal 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,627 26,706 06.9 e 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Charles Chaney (born 1914): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for the Navy to 14 December 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- STIRLING, WA 72,469 enrolled, 69,125 (95.4%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Balcatta, Bayswater, Guildford, Mt Hawthorn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,797 (04.0%) informal 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5,836 66,328 01.3 00.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Harry Webb (born 1908): Elected 1954, 1955. Defeated 1958. Elected 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA 58,491 enrolled, 55,073 (94.2%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,963 (03.6%) informal 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 4,154 53,110 03.5 01.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleaver (born 1917): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 --------------------------------------------------------------------