1970 Australian Senate election

1970 parliamentary election for the Senate in Australia 1969 Australian federal election April 2024 April 2023 Australia parliamentary no 21 November 1970 1967 Australian Senate election 1967 1974 Australian federal election 1974 30 of the 60 seats in the Senate 31 Lionel Murphy 1970.jpg Lionel Murphy Australian Labor Party 8 February 1967 14 26 1 2,376,215 42.22% 2.81pp Ken Anderson 1970.jpg Ken Anderson Coalition 28 February 1968 13 26 2 2,149,023 38.18% 4.59pp Queensland State Archives 4750 Hon VC Gair Premier of Queensland c 1953.png Vince Gair Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955) 23 June 1965 3 5 1 625,142 11.11% 1.34pp New South Wales New South Wales Queensland An election was held on 21 November 1970 for 32 of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate. It is the most recent occasion on which a Senate election has been held without an accompanying election for the House of Representatives. The election cycle for each house of the federal parliament had been out of synchronisation since prime minister Robert Menzies called the 1963 election for the House of Representatives a year ahead of schedule. Key dates Date Event 16 October 1970 Writs were issued by the respective State Governors to proceed with an election.* Election of Senators Act, 1903. Proclamation. 3117 7 October 1970 https://www.slp.wa.gov.au/gazette/gazette.nsf/searchgazette/E091A86954E8ADBCC82574B80002D2EA/$file/Gg090.pdf Senate Elections Act 1958 (No. 6365) 9145/70 3309 7 October 1970 http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1970&class=general&page_num=3309 Senators' Elections Act 1903: Order under Section 3 136 4142 14 October 1970 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220043854? 10 October 2020 29 October 1970 Close of nominations, at 12pm. 21 November 1970 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. 17 December 1970 Declaration of the poll for South Australia. Election of Senators for the State of South Australia (Proclamation) 44 1501 6 October 1970 http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1970/44.pdf 10 October 2020 7 January 1971 Return of the writs. Results The governing Coalition and the opposition Australian Labor Party won 13 and 14 seats respectively, giving them a total of 26 seats each. The Democratic Labor Party increased its Senate representation by one, and two new independents won seats. + Senate (STV) — 1970–74—Turnout 93.98% (CV) — Informal 9.41%alt=|center|300x300px Party Votes % Swing Seats won Seats held Change   Labor 2,376,215 42.22 –2.81 14 26 –1   Liberal–Country coalition (total) 2,149,023 38.18 –4.59 13 26 –2   Liberal–Country joint ticket 1,098,134 19.51 –14.31 4 * *   Liberal 991,473 17.61 +9.47 8 21 0   Country 59,416 1.06 +0.24 1 5 –2   Democratic Labor 625,142 11.11 +1.34 3 5 +1   Australia 163,343 2.90 +2.90 0 0 0   Better Education Committee 59,813 1.06 +1.06 0 0 0   Democratic 52,799 0.94 +0.94 0 0 0   Pensioner Power 28,983 0.51 +0.51 0 0 0   Defence of Government Schools 27,796 0.49 +0.49 0 0 0   National Socialist 24,017 0.43 +0.43 0 0 0   Conservative Immigration Movement 4,864 0.08 +0.08 0 0 0   Independent 116,838 2.07 +0.37 2 3 +2   Total 5,628,833     32 60 Notes In New South Wales and Queensland, the coalition parties ran a joint ticket. Of the four senators elected on a joint ticket, three were members of the Liberal Party and one was a member of the Country Party. In Western Australia, the coalition parties ran on separate tickets. In South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria, only the Liberal Party ran a ticket. Two independents were elected – Michael Townley of Tasmania and Syd Negus of Western Australia. This brought the total number of independents in the Senate to three, the other being Reg Turnbull of Tasmania.Parliamentary Handbook – Members of the Senate since 1901 https://web.archive.org/web/20080725081044/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/index.htm 25 July 2008 See also Candidates of the Australian Senate election, 1970 Members of the Australian Senate, 1971–1974 References External links University of WA https://web.archive.org/web/20150118085343/http://elections.uwa.edu.au/ 18 January 2015 election results in Australia since 1890 Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1970 1970 Category:1970 elections in Australia Category:November 1970 in Australia Category:November 1970 elections