1967 Australian Senate election

Australian federal election Australian federal election, 1966 February 2023 April 2022 Australia parliamentary no 25 November 1967 1964 Australian Senate election 1964 1970 Australian Senate election 1970 30 of the 60 seats in the Senate 31 JohnGorton.jpg John Gorton Coalition (Australia) 30 14 28 2 2,365,373 42.77% 2.93pp Lionel Murphy 1970.jpg Lionel Murphy Australian Labor Party 27 13 27 2,489,990 45.03% 0.36pp Queensland State Archives 4750 Hon VC Gair Premier of Queensland c 1953.png Vince Gair Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955) 2 2 4 2 540,006 9.77% 1.38pp Elections were held on 25 November 1967 to elect half of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate for a term commencing on 1 July 1968. There was no accompanying election to the House of Representatives as the two election cycles had been out of synchronisation since 1963. The results were a setback for the government of Harold Holt. Having won a landslide victory at the House-only election the previous year, the Coalition instead lost two seats in the Senate. The Labor Party failed to make any gains in Gough Whitlam's first election as leader; the Democratic Labor Party gained two seats and held the balance of power until 1974. + Senate (STV) — 1967–70 — Turnout 95.11% (CV) — Informal 6.10%Carr Adam 1967 Senate election: national summary http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1967/1967senate1.txt 2023-01-18 Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive alt=|center|300x300px Party Votes % Swing Seats won Seats held Change   Labor 2,489,990 45.03 +0.36 13 27 0   Liberal–Country coalition (total) 2,365,373 42.77 –2.93 14 28 –2   Liberal–Country joint ticket 1,870,057 33.82 +9.41 6 * *   Liberal (separate ticket) 450,454 8.15 –11.93 7 21 –2   Country (separate ticket) 44,862 0.81 –0.40 1 7 0   Democratic Labor 540,006 9.77 +1.38 2 4 +2   Reform Movement 58,679 1.06 +1.06 0 0 0   Communist 20,648 0.37 –0.36 0 0 0   Independent / ungrouped 55,192 1.00 +0.48 1 1 0   Total 5,529,888     30 60 Notes In New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria, the coalition parties ran a joint ticket. Of the six senators elected on a joint ticket, three were members of the Liberal Party and three were members of the Country Party. In Western Australia, the coalition parties ran on separate tickets. In South Australia and Tasmania, only the Liberal Party ran a ticket. The sole independent elected was Reg Turnbull of Tasmania. See also Candidates of the Australian Senate election, 1967 Members of the Australian Senate, 1968–1971 References 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 1967 1967 Category:1967 elections in Australia Category:November 1967 in Australia