1967 Victorian state election
Results in each electorate.
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
Victorian state election, 29 April 1967[1] 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
Victorian state election, 29 April 1967[2] 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
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
See also
References