COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== VICTORIA (Two senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Election to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Senator Charles Sandford and Senator Hon Harrie Wade -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,702,864 +03.2 Votes cast: 1,626,343 95.5 +00.7 Informal votes: 111,376 06.8 -01.6 Formal votes: 1,514,967 93.2 +01.6 Quota for election: 504,990 33.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James WEBSTER * CP 748,443 49.4 ELECTED 1 Lloyd Atkin CP 13,006 00.9 Group A > Q:1.508 Hon Jack 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,514,967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------