1964 Victorian state election

Australian state election April 2022 1964 Victorian state election Victoria parliamentary no 1961 Victorian state election 1961 1967 Victorian state election 1967 All 66 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 17 (of the 34) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council34 seats needed for a majority 27 June 1964 130px Henry Bolte 3 June 1953 Liberal and Country Party 080CAB Hampden 597,748 39.63% 3.20 39 38 1 Clive Stoneham.jpg 155 130 167 0 10 center Clive Stoneham 7 October 1958 Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) Midlands 546,279 36.22% 2.33 17 18 1 130px Herbert Hyland 20 April 1955 Country Party (Victoria) Gippsland South 132,067 8.76% 1.62 9 10 1 TPP TPP swing 59.03% 1.09 40.97% 1.09 Premier Premier after election Henry Bolte Liberal and Country Party Henry Bolte Liberal and Country Party Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on 27 June 1964 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 17 members of the 34-member Legislative Council. The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Henry Bolte won a fourth term in office. Key dates Date Event 6 May 1964 The Parliament was prorogued.1964 1420 Discharging members of the Legislative Council from attendance and dissolving the Legislative Assembly 6 May 1964 14 May 1964 Writs were issued by the Administrator to proceed with an election.Statistics relating to the general election held on Saturday 27 June 1964 (6947/64) Chief Electoral Officer, Victoria 1964 Accessed at Baillieu Library, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria. 5 June 1964 Close of nominations. 27 June 1964 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. 8 July 1964 The Bolte Ministry was reconstituted, with two new ministers sworn in.1964 2233 8 July 1964 Ministers of the Crown 14 July 1964 The writ was returned and the results formally declared. 14 July 1964 Parliament resumed for business.1964 2131 30 June 1964 Fixing the time for holding the first session of the forty-third Parliament of Victoria Results Legislative Assembly Results of the 1964 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) The election produced almost no change in the electoral balance. Victorian state election, 27 June 1964http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=906 Parliament of Victoria, Assembly election, 27 June 1964 Australian Government and Politics Database 1 February 2010 Legislative Assembly Victorian state election 1961 1967 1,635,311 1,543,778 94.40 –0.01 35,631 2.31 –0.14 yes Liberal VIC Liberal and Country 597,748 39.63 +3.20 38 – 1 Labor VIC 546,279 36.22 –2.33 18 + 1 dlp 225,779 14.97 –1.98 0 ± 0 Country VIC 132,067 8.76 +1.62 10 + 1 Other 3,741 0.25 –0.01 0 ± 0 Independent 2,533 0.17 –0.49 0 – 1 1,508,147 66 Liberal and Country 890,164 59.0 +1.1 Labor VIC 617,873 41.0 –1.1 |} Legislative Council Results of the 1964 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) Victorian state election, 27 June 1964Carr Adam Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964 http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1964council.txt Psephos Election Archive 29 September 2015 Legislative Council Victorian state election 1961 1967 yes 1,635,311 1,543,586 94.4 –0.1 45,627 3.0 –0.2 Liberal and Country 600,600 40.1 +2.1 9 18 Labor VIC 531,510 35.5 –3.4 4 8 dlp 232,445 15.5 –1.2 0 0 Country VIC 133,403 8.9 +2.7 4 8 1,497,958 17 34 |} Seats changing hands Seat Pre-1964 Swing Post-1964 Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyBendigo LaborBill Galvin 4.5 -6.3 1.8Robert TretheweyLiberal and Country Geelong West Liberal and CountryMax Gillett 0.2 -0.3 0.1Neil TreziseLabor Kara Kara Liberal and CountryKeith Turnbull 13.8 -15.1 1.3Bill PhelanCountry Moorabbin Independent LiberalBob Suggett 8.7 N/A 11.0Bob SuggettLiberal and Country  Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. In addition, Labor retained the seat of Broadmeadows which it had won from the LCP at the 1962 by-election. Post-election pendulum LCP seats (38)MarginalBendigoRobert TretheweyLCP1.8%LowanJim McCabeLCP1.8% v CPMentoneEdward MeagherLCP3.9%Ballarat SouthBill StephenLCP4.7%DandenongLen ReidLCP5.6%MorwellJim BalfourLCP5.6%Fairly safeMoonee PondsJack HoldenLCP6.0%HawthornWalter JonaLCP6.4%EvelynRussell StokesLCP6.7%EssendonKenneth WheelerLCP7.0%OakleighAlan ScanlanLCP7.5%St KildaBrian DixonLCP8.4%DundasWilliam McDonaldLCP8.9%RipponleaEdgar TannerLCP9.6%SafeGeelongHayden BirrellLCP10.0%MoorabbinBob SuggettLCP11.0%IvanhoeVernon ChristieLCP11.4%ScoresbyBill BorthwickLCP11.6%OrmondJoe RaffertyLCP12.1%RingwoodJim MansonLCP12.5%SandringhamMurray PorterLCP12.7%MulgraveRay WiltshireLCP13.4%PortlandGeorge GibbsLCP14.8%PrahranSam LoxtonLCP14.8%Ballarat NorthTom EvansLCP15.6%Box HillGeorge ReidLCP17.8%ToorakPhilip HudsonLCP18.3%CaulfieldAlexander FraserLCP18.4%MorningtonRoberts DunstanLCP19.5%CamberwellVernon WilcoxLCP19.6%HampdenHenry BolteLCP20.2%ElsternwickRichard GaineyLCP20.8%BrightonJohn RossiterLCP22.0%PolwarthTom DarcyLCP22.0%BalwynAlex TaylorLCP22.6%KewArthur RylahLCP22.6%BurwoodJim MacDonaldLCP22.8%MalvernJohn BloomfieldLCP25.5% Labor seats (18)Marginal Geelong WestNeil TreziseALP0.1% BroadmeadowsJohn WiltonALP0.6% MelbourneArthur ClareyALP1.0% MidlandsClive StonehamALP1.1% Brunswick WestCampbell TurnbullALP5.5%Fairly safe PrestonCharlie RingALP8.5% NorthcoteFrank WilkesALP8.6% GrantRoy CrickALP9.1% CoburgCharlie MuttonALP9.7% FlemingtonKevin HollandALP9.8% Albert ParkKeith SuttonALP9.9% ReservoirHarry JenkinsALP9.9%Safe Brunswick EastLeo FennessyALP10.7% RichmondClyde HoldingALP16.0% FitzroyDenis LovegroveALP17.0% YarravilleRoy SchintlerALP17.9% FootscrayBill DiversALP18.9% WilliamstownLarry FloydALP20.0%Country seats (10)Kara KaraBill PhelanCP1.3% v LCPRodneyRussell McDonaldCP12.1% v LCPBenallaTom TrewinCP12.5% v LCPMurray ValleyGeorge MossCP13.5% v LCPGippsland WestLeslie CochraneCP14.6% v LCPGippsland EastBruce EvansCP16.9% v LCPMilduraMilton WhitingCP17.4%BenambraTom MitchellCP25.4%Gippsland SouthHerbert HylandCP27.6% v DLPSwan HillHarold StirlingCP28.7% See also Candidates of the 1964 Victorian state election Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1961–1964 Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1964–1967 Bolte Ministry References Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Category:1964 elections in Australia Category:1960s in Victoria (state) Category:June 1964 in Australia