SENATE 1966 ==================================================================== ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY CAUSED BY THE RESIGNATION OF SENATOR HON WILLIAM SPOONER ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES 2,308,775 enrolled, 2,186,816 (94.7%) voted ==================================================================== One senator to be elected: Quota for election 1,046,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert COTTON * Lib 1,056,968 50.5 ELECTED 1 > Q:1.010 Hon Clive Evatt ALP 908,763 43.4 Q:0.868 Gwynydd Meredith DLP 128,136 06.1 Q:0.122 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 92,949 (04.3%) informal 2,093,867 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Evatt was NSW MLA for Hurstville 1939-59. He was the brother of Rt Hon Dr Herbert Evatt MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton's term began 22 November 1966. Cotton elected for a term ending 30 June 1967 (remainder of Spooner's term). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Carrington Cotton (1915-2006): Appointed 1965. Elected 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton was the first candidate at any Australian election to poll 1 million votes. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCIES CAUSED BY THE DEATHS OF SENATOR CHARLES SANDFORD AND SENATOR HON HARRIE WADE ==================================================================== VICTORIA 1,702,864 enrolled, 1,626,343 (95.5%) voted ==================================================================== Two senators to be elected: Quota for election 504,990 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James WEBSTER * CP 748,443 49.4 ELECTED 1 Lloyd Atkin CP 13,006 00.9 Group A > Q:1.508 Hon John Little DLP 184,681 12.2 Group B Francis Dowling DLP 6,000 00.4 Q:0.378 Arthur Poyser * ALP 501,147 33.1 Group C Giuseppe di Salvo ALP 6,041 00.4 Q:1.004 Kenneth Nolan 7,073 00.5 Group D Laurence Hoult 4,860 00.3 Q:0.024 Edwin Ryan LRG 43,716 02.9 Q:0.087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 111,376 (06.8%) informal 1,514,967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined CP vote was 50.3% 2. The combined ALP vote was 33.5% 3. The combined DLP vote was 12.6% 4. For Little, see Senate Victoria 1967. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Webster's 243,453 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEBSTER * E 504,990 33.3 ELECTED 1 Atkin 237,857 (97.7) 250,863 16.6 Little 3,409 (01.4) 188,090 12.4 Dowling 977 (00.4) 6,977 00.5 Poyser * 570 (00.2) 501,717 33.1 Di Salvo 169 (00.1) 6,210 00.4 Nolan 174 (00.1) 7,247 00.5 Hoult 87 (00.0) 4,947 00.3 Ryan 210 (00.1) 43,926 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 243,453 1,514,967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hoult's 4,947 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEBSTER * E 504,990 33.3 ELECTED 1 Atkin 578 (11.7) 251,441 16.6 Little 422 (08.5) 188,512 12.4 Dowling 221 (04.5) 7,198 00.5 Poyser * 335 (06.8) 502,052 33.1 Di Salvo 273 (05.5) 6,483 00.4 Nolan 2,291 (46.3) 9,538 00.6 Ryan 827 (16.7) 44,753 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 4,947 1,514,967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Di Salvo's 6,483 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEBSTER * E 504,990 33.3 ELECTED 1 Atkin 552 (08.5) 251,993 16.6 Little 471 (07.3) 188,983 12.5 Dowling 317 (04.9) 7,515 00.5 POYSER * 4,311 (66.5) 506,363 33.4 ELECTED 2 Nolan 542 (08.4) 10,080 00.7 Ryan 290 (04.5) 45,043 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6,483 1,514,967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Poyser and Webster's terms began 22 November 1966. Poyser and Webster elected to a term ending 30 June 1967 (remainder of Sandford and Wade's terms). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur George Poyser (1915-93): Appointed 1966. Elected 1966 > James Joseph Webster (born 1925): Appointed 1964. Elected 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY CAUSED BY THE DEATH OF SENATOR ROBERT SHERRINGTON ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND 900,492 enrolled, 857,830 (95.3%) voted ==================================================================== One senator to be elected: Quota for election 417,438 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William HEATLEY * Lib 426,726 51.1 ELECTED 1 > Q:1.022 Bertie Milliner ALP 328,289 39.3 Q:0.786 Rogers Judge DLP 62,870 07.5 Q:0.151 Ian Kent 16,989 02.0 Q:0.041 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 22,956 (02.7%) informal 834,874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Milliner, see Senate Queensland 1967. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Heatley's term began 22 November 1966. Heatley elected for a term ending 30 June 1968 (remainder of Sherrington's term). -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Clarence Heatley (1920-71): Appointed 1966. Elected 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCIES CAUSED BY THE DEATHS OF SENATOR HON SIR SHANE PALTRIDGE AND SENATOR VICTOR VINCENT ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA 433,097 enrolled, 409,570 (94.6%) voted ==================================================================== Two senators to be elected: Quota for election 121,862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Briffa DLP 37,577 10.3 Group A Lydia Obbes DLP 2,695 00.7 Q:0.333 Lawrence WILKINSON ALP 146,157 40.0 ELECTED 2 John Henshaw ALP 6,652 01.8 Group B > Q:1.254 John SIM * Lib 151,621 41.5 ELECTED 1 Reginald Withers * Lib 5,417 01.5 Group C Victor Garland Lib 4,587 01.3 Q:1.326 Frederick Simpson 6,913 01.9 Q:0.057 John Huelin 3,964 01.1 Q:0.033 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 43,987 (10.7%) informal 365,583 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined Liberal vote was 44.2% 2. The combined ALP vote was 41.8% 3. The combined DLP vote was 11.0% 4. For Garland, see House of Representatives, Curtin by-election 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sim and Wilkinson's terms began 22 November 1966. Sim and Wilkinson elected for a term ending 30 June 1967 (remainder of Paltridge and Vincent's terms). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Peter Sim (1917-2015): Appointed 1964. Elected 1966 > Lawrence Degenhardt Wilkinson (1903-91): Elected 1966 Born: 12 November 1903, Perth Career: Educated Perth Modern School, South Australian School of Mines, Adelaide, University of Adelaide. Electrical engineer. Dairy farmer. Telecommunications engineer. > Reginald Grieve Withers (1924-2015): Appointed 1966. Defeated 1966 Later career: See Senate Western Australian 1967 --------------------------------------------------------------------