COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 25 NOVEMBER 1967 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission THE SENATE ==================================================================== VICTORIA (Five senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,726,681 +04.6 Votes cast: 1,654,277 95.8 +01.0 Informal votes: 110,694 06.7 -01.7 Formal votes: 1,543,583 93.3 +01.7 Quota for election: 257,264 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Magnus CORMACK * Lib 618,553 40.1 ELECTED 1 James Webster * Lib 6,964 00.5 Group A George Hannan Lib 3,850 00.2 Q:2.446 Hon Jack LITTLE DLP 265,064 17.2 ELECTED 3 Francis Dowling DLP 1,330 00.1 Group B Robert Joshua DLP 1,101 00.1 Q:1.040 James Vickers-Willis 9,236 00.6 Group C Leonard Weber 1,044 00.1 Q:0.040 Samuel COHEN * ALP 617,797 40.0 ELECTED 2 Arthur Poyser * ALP 2,142 00.1 Group D Cyril Primmer ALP 2,465 00.2 Q:2.419 Ralph Gibson CPA 5,562 00.4 Group E Victor Williams CPA 419 00.0 Q:0.023 Alan Milne 6,412 00.4 George Brunning 1,644 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,543,583 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hannan was a Senator for Victoria 1956-65. 2. Joshua was MHR for Ballaarat 1951-55. 3. For Primmer, see Senate Victoria 1970. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cormack's 361,289 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORMACK * E 257,264 16.7 ELECTED 1 WEBSTER * 357,442 98.9 364,406 23.6 ELECTED 4 Hannan 2,030 00.6 5,880 00.4 LITTLE E 265,064 17.2 ELECTED 3 Dowling 574 00.2 1,904 00.1 Joshua 124 00.0 1,225 00.1 Vickers-Willis 616 00.2 9,852 00.6 Weber 113 00.0 1,157 00.1 COHEN * E 617,797 40.0 ELECTED 2 Poyser * 201 00.1 2,343 00.2 Primmer 37 00.0 2,502 00.2 Gibson 46 00.0 5,608 00.4 Williams 17 00.0 436 00.0 Milne 55 00.0 6,467 00.4 Brunning 34 00.0 1,678 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 361,289 1,543,583 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Cohen's 360,533 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORMACK * E 257,264 16.7 ELECTED 1 WEBSTER * 399 00.1 364,805 23.6 ELECTED 4 Hannan 56 00.0 5,936 00.4 LITTLE E 265,064 17.2 ELECTED 3 Dowling 127 00.0 2,031 00.1 Joshua 47 00.0 1,272 00.1 Vickers-Willis 155 00.0 10,007 00.6 Weber 81 00.0 1,238 00.1 COHEN * E 257,264 16.7 ELECTED 2 POYSER * 358,876 99.5 361,219 23.4 ELECTED 5 Primmer 526 00.1 3,028 00.2 Gibson 160 00.0 5,768 00.4 Williams 39 00.0 475 00.0 Milne 47 00.0 6,514 00.4 Brunning 20 00.0 1,698 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 360,533 1,543,583 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1968. Cohen, Cormack, Little, Poyser and Webster elected for a term ending 30 June 1974. Continuing Senators (term to end 30 June 1971): Hon John GORTON (Lib), Albion HENDRICKSON (ALP), Hon Patrick KENNELLY (ALP), Francis McMANUS (DLP), Ivy WEDGWOOD (Lib). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Magnus Cameron Cormack (1906-94): Elected 1951. Defeated 1953. Elected 1961, 1967 > Samuel Herbert Cohen (1913-69): Elected 1961, 1967 Died 7 October 1969 (see Appointments) > John Grey Gorton (1911-2002): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1964 Minister for Works to 28 February 1967 Minister in charge of Commonwealth Activities in Education and Research under the Prime Minister to 14 December 1966 Minister for Education and Science from 14 December 1966 Prime Minister from 10 January 1968 Resigned place 1 February 1968 (see Appointments) Later career: See House of Representatives, Higgins by-election 1968. > Albion Hendrickson (1897-1977): Elected 1946, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1964. Hendrickson retired at the 1970 election. Died 28 April 1977 > Patrick John Kennelly (1900-81): Elected 1953, 1958, 1964 Kennelly retired at the 1970 election. Died 12 October 1981 > John Albert Little (1914-88): Elected 1967 Born: 13 October 1914, Maryborough, Victoria Career: Educated state schools. Newsagent. Official Victorian Boot Employees Union, Federal President 1944-45. State politics: Vic MLC for Melbourne North 1954-58. Left ALP 1955. > Francis Patrick Vincent McManus (1905-83): Elected 1955. Defeated 1961. Elected 1964 > Arthur George Poyser (1915-86): Appointed 1966. Elected 1966, 1967 > James Joseph Webster born 1925): Appointed 1964. Elected 1966, 1967 > Ivy Evelyn Wedgwood (1903-75): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1964. Wedgwood retired at the 1970 election. Died 24 July 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For the circumstances of Gorton's appointment as Prime Minister and resignation from the Senate, see House of Representatives, Higgins by-election. --------------------------------------------------------------------