Results of the 1964 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

Victorian state election, 27 June 1964[1] Legislative Council << 1961–1967 >>
Enrolled voters		1,635,311
Votes cast		1,543,586		Turnout	94.4	–0.1
Informal votes		45,627		Informal	3.0	–0.2
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Liberal and Country	600,600	40.1	+2.1	9	18
	Labor	531,510	35.5	–3.4	4	8
	Democratic Labor	232,445	15.5	–1.2	0	0
	Country	133,403	8.9	+2.7	4	8
Total		1,497,958			17	34

This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1964 state election. 17 of the 34 seats were contested.

Results by province

Ballarat

1964 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Murray Byrne	27,833	50.7	+10.4
	Labor	Gordon Campbell	18,935	34.5	−7.8
	Democratic Labor	William Bruty	8,134	14.8	−2.7
Total formal votes			54,902	98.2	+0.2
Informal votes			1,017	1.8	−0.2
Turnout			55,919	96.2	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Murray Byrne		64.0	+7.9
	Labor	Gordon Campbell		36.0	−7.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+7.9

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Bendigo

1964 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Smith	25,664	45.2	+1.2
	Liberal and Country	Jock Granter	21,004	37.0	−1.2
	Democratic Labor	William Drechsler	10,168	14.8	−3.6
Total formal votes			56,836	98.1	+0.3
Informal votes			1,123	1.9	−0.3
Turnout			57,959	95.4	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Jock Granter	30,092	52.9	−1.1
	Labor	Arthur Smith	26,744	47.1	+1.1
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	−1.1

Doutta Galla

1964 Victorian state election: Doutta Galla Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	45,486	49.3	+0.6
	Liberal and Country	Victor French	30,810	33.4	+2.0
	Democratic Labor	Peter McCabe	15,886	17.2	−2.7
Total formal votes			92,182	95.6	+0.3
Informal votes			4,237	4.4	−0.3
Turnout			96,419	94.0	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	47,120	51.1	+0.6
	Liberal and Country	Victor French	45,062	48.9	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

East Yarra

1964 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Rupert Hamer	73,387	59.7	+2.3
	Labor	John Paterson	33,075	26.9	−0.7
	Democratic Labor	John Hoare	16,508	13.4	−1.6
Total formal votes			122,970	97.7	−0.1
Informal votes			2,883	2.3	+0.1
Turnout			125,853	93.2	−3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Rupert Hamer		71.8	+0.9
	Labor	John Paterson		28.2	−0.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.9

Gippsland

1964 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Hewson	38,696	53.2	+18.9
	Liberal and Country	Archie Tanner	18,910	26.0	+6.7
	Democratic Labor	John Hansen	15,077	20.7	+6.5
Total formal votes			72,683	97.3	+0.1
Informal votes			2,008	2.7	−0.1
Turnout			74,691	94.5	+0.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Higinbotham

1964 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Baron Snider	59,791	53.0	+0.9
	Labor	Colin Campbell	38,474	34.1	+4.0
	Democratic Labor	Francis Sampson	14,635	13.0	−4.9
Total formal votes			112,900	97.6	+0.1
Informal votes			2,752	2.4	−0.1
Turnout			115,652	93.6	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Baron Snider		64.7	−1.7
	Labor	Colin Campbell		35.3	+1.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−1.7

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Melbourne

1964 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack O'Connell	20,211	57.4	−3.0
	Liberal and Country	Donald Gibson	8,647	24.6	+5.8
	Democratic Labor	Leo Morrison	6,362	18.1	−2.6
Total formal votes			35,220	93.9	+0.4
Informal votes			2,275	6.1	−0.4
Turnout			37,495	91.9	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack O'Connell		59.2	−4.1
	Liberal and Country	Donald Gibson		40.8	+40.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Melbourne North

1964 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Walton	67,535	49.7	−2.5
	Liberal and Country	Alan Jarman	42,904	31.6	+2.1
	Democratic Labor	Henry Darroch	25,408	18.7	+0.4
Total formal votes			135,847	96.6	−0.1
Informal votes			4,792	3.4	+0.1
Turnout			140,639	94.9	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Walton	69,128	50.9	−3.1
	Liberal and Country	Alan Jarman	66,719	49.1	+3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.1

Melbourne West

1964 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Archie Todd	52,700	60.6	−2.3
	Liberal and Country	Graham Strang	18,135	20.9	+6.6
	Democratic Labor	Bert Bailey	16,062	18.5	−4.4
Total formal votes			86,897	95.7	−1.0
Informal votes			3,934	4.3	+1.0
Turnout			90,831	94.2	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Archie Todd		62.5	−1.8
	Liberal and Country	Graham Strang		37.5	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.8

Monash

1964 Victorian state election: Monash Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Graham Nicol	41,769	50.1	+1.3
	Labor	Brian Bourke	31,483	37.8	+7.2
	Democratic Labor	John Olle	10,059	12.1	−2.6
Total formal votes			83,111	96.4	+1.8
Informal votes			3,115	3.6	−1.8
Turnout			86,426	91.7	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Graham Nicol		61.0	−5.3
	Labor	Brian Bourke		39.0	+5.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−5.3

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Northern

1964 Victorian state election: Northern Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Clarke	27,453	53.1	+10.8
	Liberal and Country	Laurence Troy	15,418	29.8	+7.6
	Democratic Labor	William Bond	8,809	17.0	+3.9
Total formal votes			51,680	97.0	+0.1
Informal votes			1,621	3.0	−0.1
Turnout			53,301	95.6	−0.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

North-Eastern

1964 Victorian state election: North-Eastern Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ivan Swinburne	29,478	53.1	+7.2
	Liberal and Country	James Shannon	10,704	22.4	+6.6
	Democratic Labor	Michael Smyth	7,568	15.9	+1.8
Total formal votes			47,750	97.3	−0.1
Informal votes			1,309	2.7	+0.1
Turnout			49,059	94.8	−0.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

North-Western

1964 Victorian state election: North-Western Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Percy Byrnes	25,410	57.7	+6.6
	Labor	Kevin Raymond	7,905	17.9	−1.6
	Liberal and Country	Kathleen Richardson	6,844	15.5	−3.0
	Democratic Labor	Desmond Cotter	3,916	8.9	−1.9
Total formal votes			44,075	97.5	+0.6
Informal votes			45,206	95.8	−0.1
Turnout			45,206	95.8	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Percy Byrnes		77.2	+2.7
	Labor	Kevin Raymond		22.8	−2.7
	Country hold		Swing	+2.7

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Southern

1964 Victorian state election: Southern Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Raymond Garrett	106,429	43.8	−1.8
	Labor	Geraldus Den Dulk	100,331	41.3	+2.4
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Studham	36,258	14.9	−0.6
Total formal votes			243,018	97.0	+0.1
Informal votes			7,416	3.0	−0.1
Turnout			250,434	94.9	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Raymond Garrett	139,352	57.3	−2.0
	Labor	Geraldus Den Dulk	103,666	42.7	+2.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−2.0

South-Eastern

1964 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Bill Mair	60,956	48.7	+1.6
	Labor	Bruce Aitken	47,546	38.0	+0.4
	Democratic Labor	Martin Curry	16,741	13.4	−1.9
Total formal votes			125,243	97.5	+0.1
Informal votes			3,169	2.5	−0.1
Turnout			128,412	94.1	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Bill Mair	74,828	59.7	−0.2
	Labor	Bruce Aitken	50,415	40.3	+0.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−0.2

South-Western

1964 Victorian state election: South Western Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Thom	37,359	47.9	+2.5
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	26,644	34.1	−2.5
	Democratic Labor	Gerald Gleeson	14,045	18.0	0.0
Total formal votes			78,048	97.7	+0.3
Informal votes			1,870	2.3	−0.3
Turnout			79,918	95.6	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Thom	46,740	59.9	−1.7
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	31,308	40.1	+1.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−1.7

Western

1964 Victorian state election: Western Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Gross	19,700	36.2	−8.7
	Labor	Bill Lewis	15,521	28.5	−10.4
	Country	Linden Cameron	12,366	22.7	+22.7
	Democratic Labor	Johannes Smoes	6,809	12.5	−3.7
Total formal votes			54,396	98.2	−0.2
Informal votes			975	1.8	+0.2
Turnout			55,371	96.1	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Gross	36,117	66.4	+7.1
	Labor	Bill Lewis	18,279	33.6	−7.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+7.1

See also

• 1964 Victorian state election
• Candidates of the 1964 Victorian state election
• Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1964–1967

References

1. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.