Results of the 1964 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

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

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

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 SwingN/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 SwingN/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 SwingN/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 SwingN/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

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