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Tasmanian state election, 2 May 1964
House of Assembly
<< 1959–1969 >>

Enrolled voters 193,418
Votes cast 184,571 Turnout 95.43 +0.86
Informal votes 7,980 Informal 4.32 –1.44
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 90,631 51.32 +6.82 19 + 2
  Liberal 67,971 38.49 –2.57 16 ± 0
  Country 9,280 5.26 +5.26 0 ± 0
  Democratic Labor 3,155 1.79 –3.50 0 ± 0
  Communist 92 0.05 –0.04 0 ± 0
  Independent 5,462 3.09 –5.96 0 – 2
Total 176,591     35  

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1964 Tasmanian election.

Results by division

Bass

1964 Tasmanian state election: Bass
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 4,383
Labor Alexander Atkins (elected 2) 4,104 11.7 +4.0
Labor John Madden (elected 4) 3,667 10.5 +1.1
Labor Mac Le Fevre (elected 3) 3,514 10.0 +5.5
Labor Wallace Fraser (elected 7) 1,872 5.3 +3.3
Labor Laurence Lovett 1,273 3.6 +3.6
Labor Norman Laurence 1,145 3.3 +3.3
Labor Harold Holmes 1,013 2.9 +2.9
Labor Eric Down 899 2.6 +2.6
Liberal Bill Beattie (elected 1) 3,807 10.9 +2.8
Liberal John Steer (elected 6) 3,119 8.9 +0.9
Liberal Max Bushby (elected 5) 2,825 8.1 +3.2
Liberal James McGowen 1,453 4.1 −1.6
Liberal James Henty 1,375 3.9 +3.9
Liberal Stewart Chapple 1,243 3.5 +3.5
Liberal Jack Hookway 544 1.6 +1.6
Liberal Kevin Hendstock 93 0.3 +0.3
Country Geoffrey Finney 637 1.8 +1.8
Country Keith Darcey 620 1.8 +1.8
Country Colin Rattray 496 1.4 +1.4
Country Graeme Millar 141 0.4 +0.4
Democratic Labor Edward Hare 440 1.3 +1.3
Democratic Labor Frederick Kaye 244 0.7 +0.7
Group A Leslie Arnold 301 0.9 −2.6
Group A Jack Harper 178 0.5 +0.5
Independent Brian Johnson 57 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 35,060 95.0 +1.5
Informal votes 1,837 5.0 −1.5
Turnout 36,897 95.3 +0.3
Party total votes
Labor 17,487 49.9 +18.3
Liberal 14,459 41.2 +4.9
Country 1,894 5.4 +5.4
Democratic Labor 684 2.0 +2.0
Group A 479 1.4 −2.1
Independent Brian Johnson 57 0.2 +0.2

Braddon

1964 Tasmanian state election: Braddon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 4,428
Labor Eric Reece (elected 1) 12,291 34.7 +4.3
Labor Lloyd Costello (elected 3) 2,184 6.2 +0.7
Labor Sydney Ward (elected 2) 1,807 5.1 −2.8
Labor Geoff Chisholm (elected 4) 1,528 4.3 +4.3
Labor Douglas Blacklow 761 2.1 +2.1
Labor Joseph Britton 674 1.9 −1.4
Labor Gordon O'Shannessey 483 1.4 +1.4
Labor Richard Sleath 304 0.9 +0.9
Liberal Kevin Lyons (elected 5) 2,958 8.4 −1.3
Liberal Jack Breheny (elected 7) 2,565 7.2 −2.4
Liberal William Young 2,117 6.0 −0.7
Liberal Wilfred Barker (elected 6) 2,087 5.9 +5.9
Liberal John Leary 609 1.7 +1.7
Liberal Ray Grey 504 1.4 +1.4
Liberal Ernest Johnson 372 1.1 +1.1
Liberal Loch Roberts 332 0.9 +0.9
Liberal Charles MacKenzie 124 0.4 +0.4
Country Roger Chalk 769 2.2 +2.2
Country Anthony Hine 570 1.6 +1.6
Country Eric Webster 472 1.3 +1.3
Country Elliott Hooper 399 1.1 +1.1
Country Thomas Barnard 370 1.0 +1.0
Country Gilbert Allen 341 1.0 +1.0
Democratic Labor Ronald Cole 660 1.9 +1.9
Democratic Labor John Mortimer 99 0.3 +0.3
Democratic Labor Abraham Neut 38 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 35,418 96.6 +1.5
Informal votes 1,248 3.4 −1.5
Turnout 36,666 95.6 +1.4
Party total votes
Labor 20,032 56.6 +4.4
Liberal 11,668 32.9 −9.5
Country 2,921 8.2 +8.2
Democratic Labor 797 2.3 −2.7

Denison

1964 Tasmanian state election: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 4,151
Liberal Rex Townley (elected 1) 8,903 26.8 +1.7
Liberal Nigel Abbott (elected 3) 2,117 6.4 +6.4
Liberal Robert Mather (elected 5) 1,742 5.2 +5.2
Liberal George Brown 981 3.0 +3.0
Liberal Horace Strutt (elected 6) 578 1.7 −0.3
Liberal Donald Clark 308 0.9 −2.1
Liberal Gladys Schott 281 0.8 +0.8
Labor Harry McLoughlin (elected 2) 4,200 12.6 +4.8
Labor Merv Everett (elected 4) 3,453 10.4 +10.4
Labor Ken Austin (elected 7) 1,632 4.9 +4.9
Labor Neville Lovell 1,397 4.2 +4.2
Labor Mary Cumming 1,356 4.1 −0.8
Labor Myron Tripp 1,209 3.6 +3.6
Labor Eric Howroyd 696 2.1 −0.7
Labor Henry Hope 680 2.0 +2.0
Group A Bill Wedd 1,140 3.4 −6.0
Group A John Clemente 653 2.0 +2.0
Independent Harold Senior 1,086 3.3 +3.3
Independent Bill Hodgman 475 1.4 +1.4
Independent Stanislaus Ryan 125 0.4 +0.4
Independent Charley Aylett 102 0.3 +0.3
Communist Max Bound 92 0.3 −0.1
Total formal votes 33,206 95.5 +1.9
Informal votes 1,579 4.5 −1.9
Turnout 34,785 94.0 −0.5
Party total votes
Liberal 14,910 44.9 +5.1
Labor 14,623 44.0 +4.5
Group A 1,793 5.4 −4.0
Independent Harold Senior 1,086 3.3 +3.3
Independent Bill Hodgman 475 1.4 +1.4
Independent Stanislaus Ryan 125 0.4 +0.4
Independent Charley Aylett 102 0.3 +0.3
Communist 92 0.3 −0.1

Franklin

1964 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 4,978
Labor Bill Neilson (elected 1) 8,548 21.5 +8.7
Labor Eric Barnard (elected 2) 4,980 12.5 +4.5
Labor Terry Martin (elected 3) 3,279 8.2 +8.2
Labor Jack Frost (elected 5) 1,383 3.5 +3.5
Labor William Blackburn 995 2.5 +2.5
Labor Ken Wriedt 768 1.9 +1.9
Labor Clyde Harvey 645 1.6 +1.6
Labor Lynda Heaven 592 1.5 −0.9
Liberal Thomas Pearsall (elected 4) 3,880 9.7 +2.4
Liberal Bill Young (elected 7) 3,130 7.9 +0.6
Liberal Mabel Miller 2,268 5.7 −0.7
Liberal Doug Clark (elected 6) 2,074 5.2 +5.2
Liberal Ken Lowrie 1,299 3.3 +3.3
Liberal Eric Iles 1,187 3.0 +3.0
Liberal Jan Meldrum 688 1.7 +1.7
Country James Skinner 617 1.5 +1.5
Country Vernon Rae 472 1.2 +1.2
Country Gordon Suhr 369 0.9 +0.9
Country Kathleen Reynolds 292 0.7 +0.7
Country Murrum Sweet 104 0.3 +0.3
Independent Tim Jackson 1,062 2.7 +2.7
Democratic Labor Virgil Morgan 1,059 2.7 −0.8
Independent George Carr 132 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 39,823 95.3 +1.2
Informal votes 1,957 4.7 −1.2
Turnout 41,780 96.2 +0.8
Party total votes
Labor 21,190 53.2 +6.9
Liberal 14,526 36.5 −7.3
Country 1,854 4.7 +4.7
Independent Tim Jackson 1,062 2.7 +2.7
Democratic Labor 1,059 2.7 −0.8
Independent George Carr 132 0.3 +0.3

Wilmot

1964 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 4,136
Labor Roy Fagan (elected 1) 5,508 16.6 −0.6
Labor Douglas Cashion (elected 3) 4,060 12.3 +3.4
Labor William Anderson (elected 6) 2,739 8.3 +2.0
Labor Thomas McDonald (elected 7) 2,421 7.3 +1.1
Labor William McNeil 1,601 4.8 −1.5
Labor Henry Penny 572 1.7 +1.7
Labor Archibald Wilson 398 1.2 +1.2
Liberal Angus Bethune (elected 2) 5,142 15.5 +6.8
Liberal Bob Ingamells (elected 4) 2,778 8.4 −0.2
Liberal Bert Bessell (elected 5) 2,581 7.8 −1.1
Liberal Kenneth O'Brien 1,019 3.1 +3.1
Liberal Ronald Johnstone 667 2.0 +2.0
Liberal Henry Clark 221 0.7 +0.7
Country Bernard Taylor 636 1.9 +1.9
Country Allen Brown 587 1.8 +1.8
Country William Dunbabin 579 1.8 +1.8
Country Maxwell Oliver 572 1.7 +1.7
Country Solomon Henderson 237 0.7 +0.7
Democratic Labor Alastair Davidson 499 1.5 +1.5
Democratic Labor Harold Grace 116 0.4 +0.4
Independent Bruce Hill 151 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 33,084 96.1 +1.1
Informal votes 1,359 3.9 −1.1
Turnout 34,443 95.9 +2.2
Party total votes
Labor 17,299 52.3 −1.2
Liberal 12,408 37.5 −5.7
Country 2,611 7.9 +7.9
Democratic Labor 615 1.9 +1.9
Independent Bruce Hill 151 0.5 +0.5

See also

References

  1. "House of Assembly Results 1964". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
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