COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 25 NOVEMBER 1967 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission THE SENATE ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Five senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 441,957 +08.2 Votes cast: 418,404 94.7 +00.7 Informal votes: 27,832 06.7 +00.7 Formal votes: 390,572 93.3 -00.7 Quota for election: 65,096 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Pownall DLP 29,981 07.7 Group A John Martyr DLP 606 00.2 Q:0.470 Donald WILLESEE * ALP 160,968 41.2 ELECTED 1 Lawrence Wilkinson * ALP 1,536 00.4 Group B Dorothy Tangney * ALP 17,329 04.4 Q:2.763 Edgar Prowse * CP 43,192 11.1 Group C Stephen Errington CP 759 00.2 Q:0.689 Ernest Twine CP 911 00.2 John SIM * Lib 128,443 32.9 ELECTED 2 Reginald Withers Lib 1,495 00.4 Group D Victor Garland Lib 1,301 00.3 Q:2.016 Frederick Simpson 4,051 01.0 Q:0.062 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 390,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Garland, see House of Representatives, Curtin by-election 1969. 2. For Martyr, see House of Representatives, Swan 1975 3. Withers was a Senator for Western Australia 1966. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Willesee's 95,872 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pownall 200 00.2 30,181 07.7 Martyr 39 00.0 645 00.2 WILLESEE * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 1 WILKINSON * 94,224 98.3 95,760 24.5 ELECTED 3 Tangney * 1,050 01.1 18,379 04.7 Prowse * 204 00.2 43,396 11.1 Errington 53 00.1 812 00.2 Twine 14 00.0 925 00.2 SIM * E 128,443 32.9 ELECTED 2 Withers 46 00.0 1,541 00.4 Garland 15 00.0 1,316 00.3 Simpson 27 00.0 4,078 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 95,872 390,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Sim's 63,347 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pownall 74 00.1 30,255 07.7 Martyr 2 00.0 647 00.2 WILLESEE * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 1 WILKINSON * 24 00.0 95,784 24.5 ELECTED 3 Tangney * 61 00.1 18,440 04.7 Prowse * 210 00.3 43,606 11.2 Errington 42 00.1 854 00.2 Twine 21 00.0 946 00.2 SIM * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 2 Withers 62,637 98.9 64,178 16.4 Garland 222 00.4 1,538 00.4 Simpson 54 00.1 4,132 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,347 390,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wilkinson's 30,688 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pownall 25 00.1 30,280 07.8 Martyr 6 00.0 653 00.2 WILLESEE * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 1 WILKINSON * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 3 Tangney * 30,582 99.7 49,022 12.6 Prowse * 42 00.1 43,648 11.2 Errington 5 00.0 859 00.2 Twine 5 00.0 951 00.2 SIM * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 2 Withers 13 00.0 64,191 16.4 Garland 2 00.0 1,540 00.4 Simpson 8 00.0 4,140 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,688 390,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Martyr's 653 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pownall 527 80.7 30,807 07.9 WILLESEE * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 1 WILKINSON * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 3 Tangney * 66 10.1 49,088 12.6 Prowse * 20 03.1 43,668 11.2 Errington 17 02.6 876 00.2 Twine 4 00.6 955 00.2 SIM * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 2 Withers 8 01.2 64,199 16.4 Garland 1 00.2 1,541 00.4 Simpson 10 01.5 4,150 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 653 390,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Errington's 876 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pownall 44 05.0 30,851 07.9 WILLESEE * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 1 WILKINSON * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 3 Tangney * 88 10.0 49,176 12.6 Prowse * 390 44.5 44,058 11.3 Twine 193 22.0 1,148 00.3 SIM * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 2 Withers 103 11.8 64,302 16.5 Garland 34 03.9 1,575 00.4 Simpson 24 02.7 4,174 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 876 390,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Twine's 1,148 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pownall 45 03.9 30,896 07.9 WILLESEE * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 1 WILKINSON * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 3 Tangney * 85 07.4 49,261 12.6 Prowse * 894 77.9 44,952 11.5 SIM * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 2 Withers 67 05.8 64,369 16.5 Garland 29 02.5 1,604 00.4 Simpson 28 02.4 4,202 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,148 390,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Garland's 1,604 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pownall 32 02.0 30,928 07.9 WILLESEE * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 1 WILKINSON * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 3 Tangney * 95 05.9 49,356 12.6 Prowse * 83 05.2 45,035 11.5 SIM * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 2 WITHERS 1,308 81.5 65,677 16.8 ELECTED 4 Simpson 86 05.4 4,288 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,604 390,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Withers's 581 surplus votes were not distributed under s135(7) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Simpson's 4,288 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pownall 1,057 24.7 31,985 08.2 WILLESEE * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 1 WILKINSON * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 3 Tangney * 1,291 30.1 50,647 13.0 Prowse * 1,940 45.2 46,975 12.0 SIM * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 2 WITHERS E 65,677 16.8 ELECTED 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,288 390,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Pownall's 31,985 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLESEE * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 1 WILKINSON * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 3 Tangney * 12,449 38.9 63,096 16.2 PROWSE * 19,536 61.1 66,511 17.0 ELECTED 5 SIM * E 65,096 16.7 ELECTED 2 WITHERS E 65,677 16.8 ELECTED 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,985 390,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1968. Prowse, Sim, Wilkinson, Willesee, and Withers elected for a term ending 30 June 1974. Continuing Senators (term to end 30 June 1971): George BRANSON (Lib), Hartley CANT (ALP), Thomas DRAKE-BROCKMAN (CP), Hon Malcolm SCOTT (Lib), John WHEELDON (ALP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Howard Branson (1918-99): Elected 1958, 1964 Branson retired at the 1970 election. Died 27 January 1999 > Hartley Gordon James Cant (1907-77): Elected 1958, 1964 > Thomas Charles Drake-Brockman (1919-92): Appointed 1958. Elected 1958, 1964 > Edgar Wylie Prowse (1905-77): Elected 1961, 1967 > Malcolm Fox Scott (1911-89): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1964 Minister for Customs and Excise 28 February 1968 to 11 November 1969 Scott retired at the 1970 election. Died 31 May 1989 > John Peter Sim (1917-2015): Appointed 1964. Elected 1967 > Dorothy Margaret Tangney (1908-85): Elected 1943, 1946, 1951, 1955, 1961. Defeated 1967 Later career: Created Dame. Died 1 June 1985 > John Murray Wheeldon (1929-2006): Elected 1964 > Lawrence Degenhardt Wilkinson (1903-91): Elected 1966, 1967 > Donald Robert Willesee (1916-2003): Elected 1949, 1951, 1961, 1967 > Reginald Grieve Withers (1924-2015): Appointed 1966. Term expired 1966. Elected 1967 --------------------------------------------------------------------