COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 25 NOVEMBER 1967 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission THE SENATE ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Five senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 594,480 Votes cast: 568,823 95.7 Informal votes: 32,864 05.8 Formal votes: 535,959 93.2 Quota for election: 89,327 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald BISHOP * ALP 250,430 46.7 ELECTED 1 James Cavanagh * ALP 2,798 00.5 Group A Robert Nielsen ALP 2,285 00.4 Q:2.860 Dr Alan Finger CPA 3,052 00.6 Group B Harold Alexander CPA 468 00.1 Q:0.039 Mark Posa DLP 18,202 03.4 Group C Patrick Coffey DLP 683 00.1 Q:0.211 Condor LAUCKE * Lib 240,721 44.9 ELECTED 2 Nancy Buttfield Lib 9,735 01.8 Group D Harold Young Lib 2,360 00.4 Q:2.830 Denis McEvoy 5,225 01.0 Q:0.058 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 535,959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Buttfield was a Senator for South Australia 1955-61, 1961-65. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bishop's 161,103 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BISHOP * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 1 CAVANAGH * 158,732 98.5 161,530 30.1 ELECTED 3 Nielsen 1,042 00.6 3,327 00.6 Finger 466 00.3 3,518 00.7 Alexander 163 00.1 631 00.1 Posa 194 00.1 18,396 03.4 Coffey 60 00.0 743 00.1 LAUCKE * E 240,721 44.9 ELECTED 2 Buttfield 320 00.2 10,055 01.9 Young 53 00.0 2,413 00.5 McEvoy 73 00.0 5,298 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 161,103 535,959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Laucke's 151,394 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BISHOP * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 1 CAVANAGH * 175 00.1 161,705 30.2 ELECTED 3 Nielsen 60 00.0 3,387 00.6 Finger 33 00.0 3,551 00.7 Alexander 16 00.0 647 00.1 Posa 183 00.1 18,579 03.5 Coffey 55 00.0 798 00.1 LAUCKE * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 2 BUTTFIELD 149,297 98.6 159,352 29.7 ELECTED 4 Young 1,482 01.0 3,895 00.7 McEvoy 93 00.1 5,391 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 151,394 535,959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Cavanagh's 72,378 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BISHOP * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 1 CAVANAGH * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 3 Nielsen 72,167 99.7 75,554 14.1 Finger 94 00.1 3,645 00.7 Alexander 20 00.0 667 00.1 Posa 37 00.1 18,616 03.5 Coffey 8 00.0 806 00.2 LAUCKE * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 2 BUTTFIELD E 159,352 29.7 ELECTED 4 Young 39 00.1 3,934 00.7 McEvoy 13 00.0 5,404 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 72,378 535,959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Buttfield's 70,025 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BISHOP * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 1 CAVANAGH * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 3 Nielsen 118 00.2 75,672 14.1 Finger 18 00.0 3,663 00.7 Alexander 14 00.0 681 00.1 Posa 63 00.1 18,679 03.5 Coffey 23 00.0 829 00.2 LAUCKE * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 2 BUTTFIELD E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 4 Young 69,746 99.6 73,680 13.7 McEvoy 43 00.1 5,447 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,025 535,959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Alexander's 681 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BISHOP * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 1 CAVANAGH * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 3 Nielsen 184 27.0 75,856 14.2 Finger 250 36.7 3,913 00.7 Posa 106 15.6 18,785 03.5 Coffey 72 10.6 901 00.2 LAUCKE * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 2 BUTTFIELD E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 4 Young 50 07.3 73,730 13.8 McEvoy 19 02.8 5,446 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 681 535,959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Coffey's 901 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BISHOP * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 1 CAVANAGH * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 3 Nielsen 136 15.1 75,992 14.2 Finger 88 09.8 4,001 00.7 Posa 452 50.2 19,237 03.6 LAUCKE * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 2 BUTTFIELD E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 4 Young 146 16.2 73,876 13.8 McEvoy 79 08.8 5,545 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 901 535,959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Finger's 4,001 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BISHOP * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 1 CAVANAGH * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 3 Nielsen 2,805 70.1 78,797 14.7 Posa 766 19.1 20,003 03.7 LAUCKE * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 2 BUTTFIELD E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 4 Young 201 05.0 74,077 13.8 McEvoy 229 05.7 5,774 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,001 535,959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: McEvoy's 5,774 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BISHOP * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 1 CAVANAGH * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 3 Nielsen 2,955 51.2 81,752 15.3 Posa 988 17.1 20,991 03.9 LAUCKE * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 2 BUTTFIELD E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 4 Young 1,831 31.7 75,908 14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,774 535,959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Posa's 20,991 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BISHOP * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 1 CAVANAGH * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 3 Nielsen 6,104 29.1 87,856 16.4 LAUCKE * E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 2 BUTTFIELD E 89,327 16.7 ELECTED 4 YOUNG 14,887 70.9 90,795 16.9 ELECTED 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,991 535,959 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1968. Bishop, Buttfield, Cavanagh, Laucke, and Young elected for a term ending 30 June 1974. Continuing Senators (term to end 30 June 1968): Gordon DAVIDSON (Lib), Arnold DRURY (ALP), Keith LAUGHT (Lib), Clement RIDLEY (ALP), James TOOHEY (ALP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Reginald Bishop (1913-99): Elected 1961, 1967 > Nancy Eileen Buttfield (1912-2005): Appointed 1955. Resigned 1961. Elected 1961. Defeated 1964. Elected 1967 > James Luke Cavanagh (1913-90): Elected 1961, 1967 > Gordon Sinclair Davidson (1915-2002): Appointed 1961. Term expired 1961. Appointed 1962. Term expired 1962. Elected 1964 > Arnold Joseph Drury (1912-95): Elected 1958, 1964 > Condor Louis Laucke (1914-93): Appointed 1967. Elected 1967 > Keith Alexander Laught (1907-69): Elected 1951, 1953, 1958, 1964 Died 13 May 1969 (see Appointments) > Clement Frank Ridley (1909-88): Elected 1958, 1964 Ridley retired at the 1970 election. Died 20 May 1988 > James Philip Toohey (1909-92): Elected 1953, 1958, 1964 Toohey retired at the 1970 election. Died 18 August 1992 > Harold William Young (1923-2006): Elected 1967 Born: 30 June 1923, South Australia Career: Educated Prince Alfred College, Adelaide. Farmer at Gilberton, South Australia. President South Australian Liberal Party. --------------------------------------------------------------------