1967 Victorian state election

1967 Victorian state election

29 April 1967 (1967-04-29)
All 73 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 18 (of the 36) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sir Henry Bolte Clive Stoneham George Moss Party Liberal Labor Country Leader since 3 June 1953 7 October 1958 8 July 1964 Leader's seat Hampden Midlands Murray Valley Last election 38 seats 18 seats 10 seats Seats won 44 seats 16 seats 12 seats Seat change 6 2 2 Percentage 37.49% 37.90% 8.65% Swing 2.14 1.68 0.11
Premier before election Henry Bolte Liberal Elected Premier Henry Bolte Liberal

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 29 April 1967 to elect the 73 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Legislative Council.

Since the previous election, the number of Legislative Assembly electorates had been increased from 66 to 73, and the number of members in the Legislative Council had been increased from 34 to 35.

The incumbent Liberal Party government, led by Premier Henry Bolte, was returned for a fifth term.

Results

Legislative Assembly

See also: Results of the 1967 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Victorian state election, 29 April 1967 Legislative Assembly << 1964–1970 >>
Enrolled voters		1,723,981
Votes cast		1,625,239		Turnout	94.27	-0.13
Informal votes		51,384		Informal	3.16	+0.85
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	596,520	37.90	+1.68	16	-2
	Liberal	589,985	37.49	-2.14	44	+6
	Democratic Labor	224,989	14.30	-0.68	0	±0
	Country	136,126	8.65	-0.11	12	+2
	Independent	24,301	1.55	+1.38	1	+1
	Communist	1,443	0.09	-0.16	0	±0
	Liberal Reform Group	491	0.03	+0.03	0	±0
Total		1,573,855			73
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal	918,461	58.4	–0.6
	Labor	655,394	41.6	+0.6

Legislative Council

See also: Results of the 1967 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

Victorian state election, 29 April 1967 Legislative Council << 1964–1970 >>
Enrolled voters		1,723,981
Votes cast		1,625,371		Turnout	94.3	–0.1
Informal votes		59,895		Informal	3.7	+0.7
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Liberal	602,546	38.5	–1.6	10	18
	Labor	577,613	36.9	+1.4	4	9
	Democratic Labor	223,590	14.3	–1.2	0	0
	Country	148,943	9.5	+0.6	4	8
	Independent	12,784	0.8	+0.8	0	0
Total		1,565,476			18	35

Seats changing hands

Seat	Pre-1967				Swing	Post-1967
	Party		Member	Margin		Margin	Member	Party
Coburg		Labor	Charlie Mutton	6.9	-15.7	8.8	Jack Mutton	Independent
Lowan		Liberal	Jim McCabe	-6.0	+3.3	2.7	Ray Buckley	Country
Moonee Ponds		Liberal	Jack Holden	2.9	-4.2	1.3	Tom Edmunds	Labor

• Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
• Lowan became a notional Country party seat in the redistribution before the election.

Post-election pendulum

Labor seats (16)
Marginal
Midlands	Clive Stoneham	ALP	1.0%
Brunswick West	Campbell Turnbull	ALP	1.2%
Moonee Ponds	Tom Edmunds	ALP	1.3%
Preston	Charlie Ring	ALP	3.5%
Fairly safe
Northcote	Frank Wilkes	ALP	6.5%
Deer Park	Jack Ginifer	ALP	6.8%
Broadmeadows	John Wilton	ALP	7.9%
Reservoir	Harry Jenkins	ALP	9.3%
Safe
Brunswick East	Leo Fennessy	ALP	11.0%
Geelong North	Neil Trezise	ALP	11.0%
Melbourne	Arthur Clarey	ALP	11.9%
Albert Park	Keith Sutton	ALP	12.5%
Sunshine	Denis Lovegrove	ALP	12.7%
Richmond	Clyde Holding	ALP	14.8%
Footscray	Bill Divers	ALP	17.9%
Williamstown	Larry Floyd	ALP	18.4%
Country seats (12)
Shepparton	Neil McInnes	CP	1.9% v IND
Lowan	Ray Buckley	CP	2.7% v LIB
Gippsland West	Leslie Cochrane	CP	11.4% v LIB
Kara Kara	Bill Phelan	CP	12.6% v LIB
Mildura	Milton Whiting	CP	17.4%
Gippsland East	Bruce Evans	CP	25.0%
Benambra	Tom Mitchell	CP	26.8%
Benalla	Tom Trewin	CP	27.6%
Murray Valley	George Moss	CP	27.7%
Gippsland South	Herbert Hyland	CP	28.4%
Swan Hill	Harold Stirling	CP	31.7%
Rodney	Russell McDonald	CP	33.9%
Crossbench seats (1)
Coburg	Jack Mutton	IND	8.8% v ALP

See also

• Candidates of the 1967 Victorian state election