VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 30 MAY 1970 ==================================================================== Shows ministerial and parliamentary offices held by MLCs in the period from 30 May 1970 to 19 May 1973 Voting figures are taken from Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, "Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984," ANU Press 1986. Candidates' given names are taken from "The Age." Labor gained only one seat at this election, taking Gippsland (for the first time) after the sitting CP member came third and directed his preferences to Labor. The Liberals held all their marginal seats. Labor failed to retain South-Eastern, which it had won at the 1964 by-election. SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ================================================================================ Voters enrolled: 1,827,595 Total votes cast: 1,731,725 94.8 Informal votes: 68,710 04.0 Formal votes: 1,663,015 96.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % 1967 1970 Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Party 625,739 37.6 -00.9 10 10 +02 19 +01 Country Party 102,462 06.1 -03.4 4 3 -01 8 Australian Labor Party 698,213 42.0 +05.1 4 5 9 Democratic Labor Party 233,877 14.1 -00.2 - - - Others 2,724 00.2 - - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,663,015 18 18 +01 36 +01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The CP won four seats in 1967, but in 1968 they won Western Province from the Liberals at a by-election. This explains why the Liberals have 19 seats and the CP have eight. 2. The table shows members elected in 1967, for terms ending in 1973, and members elected at this election, for terms ending in 1976. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== BALLARAT PROVINCE 60,232 enrolled, 57,781 (95.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: LCP over Labor 14.0 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William H Bruty Democratic Labor 7,106 12.6 -02.1 Hon Murray L Byrne * Liberal Party 27,013 47.8 +06.4 John J Jones Labor Party 22,349 39.6 +06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,313 (02.3%) informal 56,468 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jones was MLC for Ballarat Province 1952-58. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bruty's 7,106 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BYRNE * 6,555 92.3 33,568 59.5 -02.3 Jones 551 07.7 22,900 40.5 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 7,106 56,468 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray Lewis Byrne (1928-2012): Elected 1958, 1964, 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Public Works 11 June 1970 to 23 August 1972 Minister for State Development and Decentralization from 23 August 1972 Minister for Tourism from 23 August 1972 Minister of Immigration from 23 August 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Ballarat Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vance Oakley Dickie (1918-2012): Elected 1956 by, 1961, 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Health to 11 June 1970 Minister of State Development 11 June 1970 to 23 August 1972 Minister for Tourism 11 June 1970 to 23 August 1972 Minister of Immigration 15 December 1970 to 23 August 1972 Minister of Housing from 23 August 1972 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs from 23 August 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO PROVINCE 63,239 enrolled, 60,246 (95.3%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: LCP over Labor 01.9 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart A Anderson Labor Party 27,702 47.0 +03.9 William Drechsler Democratic Labor 7,826 13.3 +01.2 Hon Jock Granter * Liberal Party 23,369 39.7 +09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,349 (02.2%) informal 58,897 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Drechsler's 7,826 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson 1,183 15.1 28,885 49.0 -00.9 GRANTER * 6,643 84.9 30,012 51.0 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 7,826 58,897 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick James Granter (1921-2012): Elected 1964, 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Bendigo Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Sheppard Grimwade (1933-89): Elected 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BORONIA PROVINCE 152,109 enrolled, 145,618 (95.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 12.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Niall Brennan Labor Party 61,101 43.6 +07.6 Edmund L Burgi Democratic Labor 17,731 12.7 -00.5 Vernon T Hauser + Liberal Party 61,198 43.7 -07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5,588 (03.9%) informal 140,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan was a well-known writer and the son of Hon Frank Brennan MHR. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Burgi's 17,731 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan 2,771 15.6 63,872 45.6 HAUSER + 14,960 84.4 76,158 54.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 17,731 140,030 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vernon Thomas Hauser (born 1928): Elected 1970 Born: 5 August 1928, Melbourne Career: Stockbroker and company director. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Boronia Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert Laurence Chandler (1903-74): Elected 1935 by, 1937, 1943, 1949, 1955, 1961 Chandler retired in 1973. Died 8 April 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Agriculture to 30 May 1973 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DOUTTA GALLA PROVINCE 126,260 enrolled, 118,243 (93.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: Labor over LCP 01.1 1967 majority: Labor over Liberal 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dolph EDDY + Labor Party 60,974 54.7 +04.9 Hubert K Evans Democratic Labor 17,135 15.4 -00.3 William T Pearce Liberal Party 33,348 29.9 -04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6,786 (05.7%) informal 111,457 06.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Randolph John Eddy (1918-89): Elected 1970 Born: 2 May 1918, Richmond Career: Cabinet-maker. Military service 1943-45. Official, Furnishing Trades Union. Collingwood City Council, Mayor 1957, 1967. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Doutta Galla Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Matthew Tripovich (1907-76): Elected 1960 by, 1961, 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST YARRA PROVINCE 121,326 enrolled, 112,982 (93.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: LCP over Labor 21.8 e 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 19.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley J Bannan Labor Party 37,645 34.3 +05.5 Hon Rupert J HAMER * Liberal Party 57,786 52.8 -04.1 John J K Rogers Democratic Labor 14,083 12.9 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,468 (03.1%) informal 109,514 14.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rupert James Hamer (1916-2004): Elected 1958, 1964, 1970 Resigned 17 March 1971 Later career: See Legislative Assembly, Kew by-election 1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Local Government -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for East Yarra Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Montgomery Campbell (1920-96): Elected 1964 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 85,763 enrolled, 81,221 (94.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: No two-candidate majority 1967 majority: CP over Labor 15.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Answorth Democratic Labor 10,839 13.8 -01.6 Hon Henry A Hewson * Country Party 21,037 26.8 -09.0 Eric Kent Labor Party 25,992 33.1 +03.9 Richard J Long Liberal Party 20,758 26.4 +06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,595 (03.2%) informal 78,626 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Long, see Gippsland Province 1973. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Answorth's 10,839 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewson * 3,387 31.3 24,424 31.0 Kent 799 07.4 26,791 34.1 Long 6,653 61.4 27,411 34.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 10,839 78,626 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hewson's 24,424 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENT 18,410 75.4 45,201 57.5 +22.9 Long 6,014 24.6 33,425 42.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 24,424 78,626 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The very large swing to Labor was almost entirely due to the fact that the Country Party came third and directed its preferences to Labor. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Arthur Hewson (1914-99): Elected 1964. Defeated 1970 Later career: MHR for McMillan 1972-75 Died 20 November 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Eric Kent (1919-2019): Elected 1970 Born: 30 June 1919, near Warracknabeal Career: Farmer at Yannathan. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Gippsland Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert William May (1909-86): Elected 1957 by, 1961, 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGINBOTHAM PROVINCE 122,449 enrolled, 115,714 (94.5%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: LCP over Labor 14.7 e 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 15.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony L Balmer Labor Party 44,599 39.7 +06.3 Hon Murray Hamilton * Liberal Party 53,258 47.5 -05.7 Frederick L Skinner Democratic Labor 14,378 12.8 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,479 (03.0%) informal 112,235 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Skinner's 14,378 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Balmer 1,334 09.3 45,933 40.9 HAMILTON * 13,044 90.7 66,302 59.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 14,378 112,235 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Murray Hamilton (1918-2009): Elected 1967 by, 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Higinbotham Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Gordon Fry (1909-2000): Elected 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE 112,014 enrolled, 102,045 (91.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: Labor over LCP 09.2 e 1967 majority: Labor over Liberal 07.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon G Haberman Democratic Labor 17,462 18.3 +05.6 Norman P Long Liberal Party 29,617 31.1 +02.2 Hon Jack O'CONNELL * Labor Party 48,201 50.6 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6,765 (06.6%) informal 95,280 02.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey John O'Connell (1903-72): Elected 1958, 1964, 1970 Died 20 April 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas George Elliot (1917-89): Elected 1960 by, 1961, 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE NORTH PROVINCE 112,869 enrolled, 107,092 (94.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: Labor over LCP 00.9 1967 majority: Labor over Liberal 05.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean W Baldwin Liberal Party 30,575 30.2 -00.9 Henry J Darroch Democratic Labor 15,608 15.4 +00.9 Hon John M WALTON * Labor Party 55,060 54.4 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5,849 (05.5%) informal 101,243 05.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Malcolm Walton (1927-94): Elected 1958, 1964, 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne North Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Galbally (1910-90): Elected 1949, 1955, 1961, 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE WEST PROVINCE 130,320 enrolled, 127,749 (95.0%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: Labor over LCP 12.5 e 1967 majority: Labor over Liberal 10.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth L Berrie Democratic Labor 20,865 18.0 -03.0 William S McDonald Liberal Party 36,692 28.2 +07.1 Ronald W WALSH + Labor Party 62,584 53.9 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7,608 (06.2%) informal 120,141 05.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald William Walsh (1933-2022): Elected 1970 Born: 20 June 1933, Melbourne Career: Waterside worker. Official, Waterside Workers Federation. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Court of Disputed Returns declared Walsh's election void, on the grounds that he was ineligible to be a member of Parliament as a result of a conviction in the Children's Court in 1950. Later career: See Legislative Assembly 1979, Albert Park. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne West Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Wilson Knight (1924-85): Elected 1963 by, 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MONASH PROVINCE 124,218 enrolled, 114,453 (92.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: LCP over Labor 11.0 e 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 15.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William P Hoyne Democratic Labor 15,137 13.8 -01.6 Reginald Murphy 2,724 02.5 Hon Graham J Nicol * Liberal Party 53,711 48.9 -03.3 Donald A Reeves Labor Party 38,220 34.8 +02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4,661 (03.5%) informal 109,792 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Murphy's 2,724 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hoyne 1,169 42.9 16,306 14.8 Nicol * 1,103 40.5 54,814 49.9 Reeves 452 16.6 38,672 35.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2,724 109,792 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hoyne's 16,306 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- NICOL * 15,124 92.8 69,938 63.7 Reeves 1,182 07.2 39,854 36.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 16,306 109,792 13.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham John Nicol (1907-90): Elected 1958, 1964, 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Monash Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- This seat was vacant following the resignation of Hon Lindsay Thompson on 18 May 1970. See by-election below. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 59,797 enrolled, 57,607 (96.3%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: No two-candidate majority 1967 majority: No two-candidate majority -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert T Baker Liberal Party 12,585 22.8 +04.7 James T Bourke Democratic Labor 6,865 12.4 +01.7 Hon Michael A Clarke * Country Party 23,672 42.8 -12.7 Trevor S Monti Labor Party 12,201 22.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,284 (04.0%) informal 55,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bourke's 6,865 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Baker 5,288 77.0 17,873 32.4 Clarke * 1,198 17.5 24,870 45.0 Monti 379 05.5 12,580 22.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6,865 55,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Monti's 12,580 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Baker 1,637 13.0 19,510 35.3 CLARKE * 10,943 87.0 35,813 64.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 12,580 55,323 14.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Alastair Clarke (1915-2002): Elected 1964, 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Northern Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuart Richard McDonald (1928-2017): Elected 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 55,008 enrolled, 52,293 (95.1%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: No two-candidate majority 1967 majority: No two-candidate majority -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George C Ikinger Liberal Party 10,421 20.7 +06.2 Colin J Sutherland Labor Party 12,718 25.2 Hon Ivan A Swinburne * Country Party 21,704 42.8 -30.1 Johannes Van Der Horst Democratic Labor 5,587 12.4 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,863 (03.6%) informal 50,430 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Van Der Horst's 5,587 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ikinger 4,187 74.9 14,608 29.0 Sutherland 311 05.6 13,029 25.8 Swinburne * 1,089 19.5 22,793 45.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5,587 50,430 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Sutherland's 13,029 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ikinger 1,278 09.8 15,886 31.5 SWINBURNE * 11,751 90.2 34,544 68.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 13,029 50,430 18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ivan Archie Swinburne (1908-94): Elected 1946, 1952, 1958, 1964, 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Eastern Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Keith Bradbury (1905-88): Elected 1953 by, 1955, 1961, 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 47,475 enrolled, 45,585 (96.0%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: CP over Labor 27.2 e 1967 majority: CP over Labor 21.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley B Croughan Democratic Labor 5,600 12.7 +00.6 Hon Bernie Dunn * Country Party 18,749 42.6 -08.3 Pamela M Fowler Labor Party 11,825 26.9 +06.9 Heather M Mitchell Liberal Party 7,812 17.8 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,599 (03.5%) informal 43,986 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Croughan's 5,600 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunn * 2,046 36.5 20,795 47.3 Fowler 508 09.1 12,333 28.0 Mitchell 3,046 54.4 10,858 24.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5,600 43,986 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Mitchell's 10,858 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DUNN * 9,306 85.7 30,101 68.4 Fowler 1,552 14.3 13,885 31.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 10,858 43,986 18.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Phillip Dunn (born 1944): Elected 1969 by, 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Western Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Robert Mansell (1904-90): Elected 1952 by, 1955, 1961, 1967 Mansell retired in 1973. Died 26 July 1990 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 150,158 enrolled, 142,464 (94.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: LCP over Labor 09.7 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Ian R Cathie * Labor Party 64,291 46.8 +09.3 John P Launder Democratic Labor 16,362 11.9 -00.7 Roy Ward + Liberal Party 56,841 41.3 -08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4,970 (03.5%) informal 137,494 -------------------------------------------------------------------- This seat elected a Liberal in 1964. Cathie was elected at a by- election later in 1964. The Liberals are shown as the defending party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Launder's 16,362 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathie * 3,208 19.6 67,499 49.1 +09.3 WARD + 13,154 80.4 69,995 50.9 -09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 16,362 137,494 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Robert Cathie (1932-2017): Elected 1964 by. Defeated 1970 Later career: See Legislative Assembly 1976, Carrum -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hector Roy Ward (1923-2006): Elected 1970 Born: 9 December 1923, Wangarratta Career: Educated Melbourne University. Military service 1942-45. School-teacher, journalist. Mordialloc City Council, Mayor 1964. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Eastern Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan John Hunt (1927-2013): Elected 1961, 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without Portfolio 25 March 1971 to 29 April 1971 Minister for Local Government from 29 April 1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 95,644 enrolled, 91,408 (95.6%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: LCP over Labor 09.9 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William J Bond Democratic Labor 12,746 14.4 -00.2 Bartus J De Groot Country Party 5,783 06.5 -01.5 Glyn Jenkins + Liberal Party 34,396 38.9 -02.3 Stanley S Nash Labor Party 35,619 40.2 +04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,864 (03.1%) informal 88,544 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: De Groot's 5,783 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bond 1,075 18.6 13,821 15.6 Jenkins + 1,503 26.0 35,899 40.5 Nash 3,205 55.4 38,824 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5,783 88,544 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Bond's 13,821 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- JENKINS + 12,625 91.4 48,524 54.8 Nash 1,196 08.6 40,020 45.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 13,821 88,544 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Owen Glyndwr Jenkins (1927-2014): Elected 1970 Born: 8 April 1927, Mildura Career: Military service 1945-46. Accountant. Geelong City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Western Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley Edmond Gleeson (1910-99): Elected 1965 by, 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TEMPLESTOWE PROVINCE 148,433 enrolled, 140,895 (94.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest H Dobson Democratic Labor 20,466 14.9 +00.7 Hon Raymond W Garrett * Liberal Party 56,987 41.7 -05.1 Neville J Telfer Labor Party 59,093 43.3 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4,349 (03.1%) informal 136,546 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Garrett was MLC for Southern Province 1958-70. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dobson's 20,466 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GARRETT * 18,721 91.5 75,708 55.4 -03.9 Telfer 1,745 08.5 60,838 44.6 +03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 20,466 136,546 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond William Garrett (1900-94): Elected 1958, 1964, 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Templestowe Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Vasey Houghton (1921-2001): Elected 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE 60,281 enrolled, 58,329 (96.8%) voted ==================================================================== 1964 majority: LCP over Labor 16.4 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 09.6 1968 by-election majority: CP over Liberal 08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan L Beattie Democratic Labor 8,081 14.2 +00.5 Linden A Cameron Country Party 11,517 20.2 -02.2 Hon Kenneth S Gross * Liberal Party 19,372 34.0 -03.1 Thomas C Windsor Labor Party 18,039 31.6 +04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,320 (02.3%) informal 57,009 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Beattie's 8,081 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron 1,947 24.1 13,464 23.6 Gross * 5,743 71.1 25,115 44.1 Windsor 391 04.8 18,430 32.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 8,081 57,009 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Cameron's 13,464 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GROSS * 6,157 45.7 31,271 54.9 -04.6 Windsor 7,308 54.3 25,738 45.1 +04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 13,464 57,009 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Samuel Gross (1924-89): Elected 1958, 1964, 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Western Province 1970-73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clive Alexander Mitchell (1918-2010): Elected 1968 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1970-73 ==================================================================== MONASH PROVINCE 125,422 enrolled, 87,848 (70.0%) voted ==================================================================== 20 June 1970, following the resignation of Hon Lindsay Thompson -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 09.6 1970 majority: Liberal over Labor 13.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles A M HIDER + Liberal Party 53,509 62.5 +13.6 Donald A Reeves Labor Party 32,172 37.5 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,167 (02.5%) informal 85,681 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Allen Moir Hider (born 1935): Elected 1970 by Born: 6 November 1935, Melbourne Career: Educated Melbourne University. Solicitor. Great-great- grandson of Hon Sir Graham Berry MLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE WEST PROVINCE 133,584 enrolled, 107,891 (80.8%) voted ==================================================================== 24 October 1970, following the disqualification of Ronald W Walsh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1967 majority: Labor over Liberal 10.0 e 1970 majority: Labor over Liberal 05.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond J Nilsen CDOGS 32,764 32.7 Herbert A THOMAS + Labor Party 67,552 67.3 +13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7,575 (07.0%) informal 100,316 17.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Arthur Thomas (1911-95): Elected 1970 by Born: 21 November 1911, Walla Walla NSW Career: To Melbourne 1945. Milk bar proprietor, taxi driver. Sunshine City Council, Mayor 1967, 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST YARRA PROVINCE 119,586 enrolled, 94,799 (79.3%) voted ==================================================================== 17 April 1971, following the resignation of Hon Rupert Hamer -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1967 majority: Liberal over Labor 19.7 e 1970 majority: Liberal over Labor 14.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley J Bannan Labor Party 23,749 25.7 -09.6 Dorothy A Buchanan 7,544 08.2 Lancelot J Hutchinson CDOGS 8,886 09.6 I J Mackay 869 00.9 Haddon STOREY + Liberal Party 51,415 55.6 +02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,336 (02.5%) informal 92,463 11.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haddon Storey (born 1930): Elected 1971 by Born: 15 May 1930, Melbourne Career: Educated Melbourne University. Barrister 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE 109,026 enrolled ==================================================================== 9 June 1972, following the death of Hon Jack O'Connell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1967 majority: Labor over Liberal 07.6 e 1970 majority: Labor over Liberal 02.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ivan B TRAYLING + Labor Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ivan Barry Trayling (born 1936): Elected 1972 by Born: 23 August 1936, Hobart Career: Marketing manager. St Kilda City Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------