COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA (One senator to be elected) ==================================================================== Election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Keith Laught -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 624,626 +05.1 Votes cast: 599,719 96.0 +00.3 Informal votes: 32,279 05.4 -00.4 Formal votes: 566,440 94.6 +00.4 Quota for election: 283,721 50.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry 16,925 03.0 Q:0.060 Steven Gazecimeon 2,645 00.5 Q:0.009 Norman Munn AP 7,998 01.4 Q:0.028 Martin Cameron * Lib 241,311 42.6 Q:0.851 Mark Posa DLP 14,712 02.6 Q:0.052 Donald CAMERON ALP 283,849 50.1 Q:1.000 Total ELECTED 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 566,440 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald Newton Cameron (1914-98): Elected 1969 Born: 13 January 1914, Murray Bridge, South Australia Career: Educated state schools. Shearer. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. South Australian Secretary AWU 1965-69. President South Australian ALP 1967-68. Brother of Hon Clyde Cameron MP. > Martin Bruce Cameron (born 1936): Appointed 1969. Defeated 1969 Later career: SA MLC for Southern 1971-75, SA MLC 1975-89 --------------------------------------------------------------------