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Victorian state election, 27 June 1964
Legislative Assembly
<< 1961–1967 >>

Enrolled voters 1,635,311
Votes cast 1,543,778 Turnout 94.40 –0.01
Informal votes 35,631 Informal 2.31 –0.14
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal and Country 597,748 39.63 +3.20 38 – 1
  Labor 546,279 36.22 –2.33 18 + 1
  Democratic Labor 225,779 14.97 –1.98 0 ± 0
  Country 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
Total 1,508,147     66  
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal and Country 890,164 59.0 +1.1
  Labor 617,873 41.0 –1.1

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1964 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1964 Victorian state election: Albert Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Sutton 8,184 56.8 +0.7
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Ryan 3,256 22.6 +0.8
Democratic Labor Albert Jones 2,963 20.6 −1.5
Total formal votes 14,403 96.6
Informal votes 506 3.4
Turnout 14,909 91.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Sutton 8,678 59.9 +0.5
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Ryan 5,725 40.1 −0.5
Labor hold Swing +0.5

Ballarat North

1964 Victorian state election: Ballarat North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Tom Evans 11,061 50.6 +14.7
Labor John Hayes 6,940 31.8 −5.1
Democratic Labor Walter Brown 3,857 17.6 −1.3
Total formal votes 21,858 98.7 +0.1
Informal votes 297 1.3 −0.1
Turnout 22,155 96.7 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Tom Evans 14,339 65.6 +5.8
Labor John Hayes 7,519 34.4 −5.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.8

Ballarat South

1964 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bill Stephen 8,635 42.3 +1.9
Labor Jack Jones 8,158 39.9 −1.5
Democratic Labor Francis Brown 3,630 17.8 −0.4
Total formal votes 20,423 97.8 −0.7
Informal votes 459 2.2 +0.7
Turnout 20,882 95.4 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Bill Stephen 11,172 54.7 −2.0
Labor Jack Jones 9,251 45.3 +2.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing −2.0

Balwyn

1964 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 16,397 62.3 −0.1
Labor Tony Lamb 6,746 25.6 +1.3
Democratic Labor James Tighe 3,168 12.0 −1.3
Total formal votes 26,311 98.6 +0.1
Informal votes 375 1.4 −0.1
Turnout 26,686 93.8 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 19,090 72.6 −1.1
Labor Tony Lamb 7,221 27.4 +1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.1

Benalla

1964 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Trewin 11,713 59.4 +23.6
Liberal and Country Ewen Cameron 4,872 24.7 +5.3
Democratic Labor Christopher Cody 3,151 16.0 +0.6
Total formal votes 19,736 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 338 1.7 −0.3
Turnout 20,074 95.2 −3.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Tom Trewin 12,343 62.5 −4.5
Liberal and Country Ewen Cameron 7,393 37.5 +37.5
Country hold Swing −4.5

Benambra

1964 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 11,140 50.4 −0.3
Labor Edwin Ure 4,646 21.0 −2.0
Democratic Labor John Drummond 3,228 14.6 −1.5
Liberal and Country Ronald Petty 3,101 14.0 +3.8
Total formal votes 22,115 97.9 −0.1
Informal votes 478 2.1 +0.1
Turnout 22,593 94.6 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 16,677 75.4 +1.8
Labor Edwin Ure 5,438 24.6 −1.8
Country hold Swing +1.8

Bendigo

1964 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Donald McIntyre 9,204 44.1 −8.0
Liberal and Country Robert Trethewey 7,994 38.3 +6.8
Democratic Labor Paul Brennan 3,675 17.6 +1.2
Total formal votes 20,873 98.6 −0.2
Informal votes 302 1.4 +0.2
Turnout 21,175 95.6 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Robert Trethewey 10,813 51.8 +6.3
Labor Donald McIntyre 10,060 48.2 −6.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing +6.3

Box Hill

1964 Victorian state election: Box Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Reid 19,356 55.0 −0.2
Labor Race Mathews 10,555 30.0 +2.0
Democratic Labor Edmund Burgi 5,300 15.0 −1.8
Total formal votes 35,211 98.4 +0.2
Informal votes 565 1.6 −0.2
Turnout 35,776 94.8 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country George Reid 23,861 67.8 −1.7
Labor Race Mathews 11,350 32.2 +1.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.7

Brighton

1964 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 11,727 61.0 +2.7
Labor Andrew Reid 5,000 26.0 −1.7
Democratic Labor Edwin McSweeney 2,481 12.9 −1.0
Total formal votes 19,208 98.4 +0.1
Informal votes 310 1.6 −0.1
Turnout 19,518 92.4 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 13,836 72.0 +1.8
Labor Andrew Reid 5,372 28.0 −1.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.8

Broadmeadows

1964 Victorian state election: Broadmeadows
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Wilton 24,101 49.0 +4.6
Liberal and Country Francis Robinson 15,537 31.6 −2.7
Democratic Labor James Marmion 9,520 19.4 +0.5
Total formal votes 49,158 97.5 0.0
Informal votes 1,026 2.5 0.0
Turnout 50,435 95.4 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Wilton 24,856 50.6 +3.6
Liberal and Country Francis Robinson 24,302 49.4 −3.6
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +3.6

Brunswick East

1964 Victorian state election: Brunswick East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Fennessy 7,574 55.4 −8.1
Liberal and Country Neil McDonell 2,975 21.8 +7.9
Democratic Labor James Abikhair 2,767 20.2 −2.4
Communist Rex Mortimer 352 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 13,668 93.3 −0.9
Informal votes 977 6.7 +0.9
Turnout 14,645 92.9 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Fennessy 8,306 60.7 −6.2
Liberal and Country Neil McDonell 5,362 39.3 +6.2
Labor hold Swing −6.2

Brunswick West

1964 Victorian state election: Brunswick West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Campbell Turnbull 8,762 52.2 −0.1
Liberal and Country James Pond 4,362 26.0 +2.6
Democratic Labor John Flint 3,654 21.8 −2.5
Total formal votes 16,778 95.7 −0.1
Informal votes 755 4.3 +0.1
Turnout 17,533 94.9 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Campbell Turnbull 9,310 55.5 −0.5
Liberal and Country James Pond 7,468 44.5 +0.5
Labor hold Swing −0.5

Burwood

1964 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 12,272 61.2 +1.9
Labor Mary Barnard 5,058 25.2 −0.9
Democratic Labor Kenneth Abbott 2,715 13.5 −1.1
Total formal votes 20,045 98.4 0.0
Informal votes 318 1.6 0.0
Turnout 20,363 94.3 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,579 72.8 +1.1
Labor Mary Barnard 5,466 27.2 −1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.1

Camberwell

1964 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 10,856 58.1 +0.8
Labor Dolph Eddy 5,304 28.4 +0.6
Democratic Labor John Rogers 2,525 13.5 −1.4
Total formal votes 18,685 98.0 +0.1
Informal votes 373 2.0 −0.1
Turnout 19,058 92.5 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 13,003 69.6 −0.4
Labor Dolph Eddy 5,682 30.4 +0.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing −0.4

Caulfield

1964 Victorian state election: Caulfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 11,093 57.1 +1.8
Labor Robert Vernon 5,760 29.6 +3.0
Democratic Labor Celia Laird 2,584 13.3 −4.7
Total formal votes 19,437 98.3 +0.4
Informal votes 336 1.7 −0.4
Turnout 19,773 92.8 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 13,290 68.4 −2.3
Labor Robert Vernon 6,147 31.6 +2.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing −2.3

Coburg

1964 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charlie Mutton 10,989 56.9 −1.9
Liberal and Country John Knight 4,629 24.0 +3.7
Democratic Labor John Hardy 3,703 19.2 −1.7
Total formal votes 19,321 97.1 +0.1
Informal votes 569 2.9 −0.1
Turnout 19,890 94.9 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charlie Mutton 11,544 59.7 −2.2
Liberal and Country John Knight 7,777 40.3 +2.2
Labor hold Swing −2.2

Dandenong

1964 Victorian state election: Dandenong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Len Reid 17,953 43.2 +2.1
Labor Alan Lind 16,558 39.9 −3.1
Democratic Labor Kevin Leydon 6,518 15.7 −0.2
Communist Francis McGarry 498 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 41,527 97.4 −0.5
Informal votes 1,099 2.6 +0.5
Turnout 42,626 94.6 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Len Reid 23,090 55.6 +0.3
Labor Alan Lind 18,437 44.4 −0.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.3

Dundas

1964 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country William McDonald 7,324 35.7 −9.3
Labor Bob McClure 7,080 34.5 −6.3
Country Reginald Fogarty 3,941 19.2 +19.2
Democratic Labor James Eveston 2,186 10.6 −3.6
Total formal votes 20,531 98.6 −0.3
Informal votes 281 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 20,812 96.2 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country William McDonald 12,096 58.9 +3.6
Labor Bob McClure 8,345 41.1 −3.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +3.6

Elsternwick

1964 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 11,233 58.5 +2.9
Labor Robert Garlick 5,196 27.1 −0.6
Democratic Labor Edward Preece 2,756 14.4 −2.2
Total formal votes 19,185 98.0 +0.1
Informal votes 384 2.0 −0.1
Turnout 19,569 93.7 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 13,575 70.8 +1.0
Labor Robert Garlick 5,610 29.2 −1.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.0

Essendon

1964 Victorian state election: Essendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 9,893 41.9 +2.0
Labor Richard Kirby 9,234 39.1 +0.4
Democratic Labor Kevin Digby 4,504 19.1 −1.0
Total formal votes 23,631 98.0 +0.6
Informal votes 485 2.0 −0.6
Turnout 24,116 94.9 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 13,459 57.0 0.0
Labor Richard Kirby 10,172 43.0 0.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing 0.0

Evelyn

1964 Victorian state election: Evelyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Russell Stokes 14,923 45.5 +2.2
Labor Donald King 12,987 39.6 −0.6
Democratic Labor Kevin Gould 4,851 14.8 −1.7
Total formal votes 32,761 98.4 +0.2
Informal votes 536 1.6 −0.2
Turnout 33,297 94.5 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Russell Stokes 18,574 56.7 +1.7
Labor Donald King 14,187 43.3 −1.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.7

Fitzroy

1964 Victorian state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 8,976 64.5 +7.0
Liberal and Country Harley Price 2,549 17.7 +2.1
Democratic Labor Nino Randazzo 2,402 17.2 −9.7
Total formal votes 13,927 93.8 0.0
Informal votes 927 6.2 0.0
Turnout 14,854 92.3 +1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 9,336 67.0 +5.5
Liberal and Country Harley Price 4,591 33.0 −5.5
Labor hold Swing +5.5

Flemington

1964 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Holland 9,534 57.1 −5.5
Liberal and Country Neal Greig 4,141 24.8 +5.4
Democratic Labor Michael McMahon 3,026 18.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 16,701 96.4 −0.2
Informal votes 631 3.6 +0.2
Turnout 17,332 94.2 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Holland 9,989 59.8 −5.5
Liberal and Country Neal Greig 6,712 40.2 +5.5
Labor hold Swing −5.5

Footscray

1964 Victorian state election: Footscray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Divers 11,316 62.1 −3.6
Liberal and Country Roland Hapke 3,835 21.0 +7.6
Democratic Labor Robert O'Connor 2,053 11.3 −9.6
Communist David Davies 1,020 5.6 +5.6
Total formal votes 18,224 96.2 +0.3
Informal votes 720 3.8 −0.3
Turnout 18,944 94.5 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Divers 12,542 68.9 0.0
Liberal and Country Roland Hapke 5,682 31.1 0.0
Labor hold Swing 0.0

Geelong

1964 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Hayden Birrell 10,266 48.5 +2.3
Labor Robert Robertson 8,180 38.7 +0.7
Democratic Labor Desmond Guinane 2,698 12.8 −3.0
Total formal votes 21,144 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 356 1.7 −0.3
Turnout 21,500 95.5 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Hayden Birrell 12,678 60.0 +0.8
Labor Robert Robertson 8,466 40.0 −0.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.8

Geelong West

1964 Victorian state election: Geelong West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neil Trezise 12,794 48.5 +0.5
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 10,029 38.0 −0.6
Democratic Labor James Mahoney 3,585 13.6 +0.2
Total formal votes 26,408 98.1 +0.1
Informal votes 508 1.9 −0.1
Turnout 26,916 95.5 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Neil Trezise 13,236 50.1 +0.3
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 13,172 49.9 −0.3
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +0.3

Gippsland East

1964 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bruce Evans 12,729 63.9 +26.6
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald 4,289 21.5 −2.6
Democratic Labor Frank Burns 2,885 14.5 −0.2
Total formal votes 19,903 97.8 0.0
Informal votes 453 2.2 0.0
Turnout 20,356 93.1 −0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 13,306 66.9 +4.6
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald 6,597 33.1 −4.6
Country hold Swing +4.6

Gippsland South

1964 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Herbert Hyland 16,090 70.4 +15.1
Democratic Labor Geoffrey Farrell 3,492 15.3 +1.7
Liberal and Country Peter Martin 3,275 14.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 22,857 97.7 +0.5
Informal votes 546 2.3 −0.5
Turnout 23,403 94.5 +0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Herbert Hyland 17,728 77.6 +0.9
Democratic Labor Geoffrey Farrell 5,129 22.4 +22.4
Country hold Swing −2.7

Gippsland West

1964 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leslie Cochrane 8,939 41.8 +2.2
Liberal and Country Harry Marson 5,054 23.6 +2.1
Labor Donald McLeod 4,814 22.5 −2.7
Democratic Labor Kevin Scanlon 2,592 12.1 −1.6
Total formal votes 21,339 98.0 +0.4
Informal votes 442 2.0 −0.4
Turnout 21,841 95.5 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leslie Cochrane 15,691 73.3 −0.3
Labor Donald McLeod 5,708 26.7 +0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Leslie Cochrane 13,813 64.6 −9.0
Liberal and Country Harry Marson 7,586 35.4 +35.4
Country hold Swing −9.0

Grant

1964 Victorian state election: Grant
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Crick 23,493 56.0 +0.6
Liberal and Country Francis Hunter 9,940 23.7 +3.8
Democratic Labor Robert Bainbridge 8,489 20.3 −1.7
Total formal votes 41,922 96.2 −1.2
Informal votes 1,664 3.8 +1.2
Turnout 43,586 94.4 −4.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Crick 24,766 59.1 −2.0
Liberal and Country Francis Hunter 17,156 40.9 +2.0
Labor hold Swing −2.0

Hampden

1964 Victorian state election: Hampden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 11,538 57.2 +4.9
Labor Arthur Solly 5,539 27.5 −2.8
Democratic Labor Francis O'Brien 3,100 15.4 −2.0
Total formal votes 20,177 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 206 1.0 −0.1
Turnout 20,383 96.4 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 14,173 70.2 +3.1
Labor Arthur Solly 6,004 29.8 −3.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +3.1

Hawthorn

1964 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Horrie Garrick 6,454 39.3 −0.6
Liberal and Country Walter Jona 5,973 36.4 −6.0
Democratic Labor Charles Murphy 2,112 12.9 −4.8
Independent Liberal Peter Garrisson 1,505 9.2 +9.2
Centre Geoffrey Broomhall 374 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 16,418 95.3 −1.8
Informal votes 812 4.7 +1.8
Turnout 17,230 92.8 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Walter Jona 9,242 56.4 −0.9
Labor Horrie Garrick 7,156 43.6 +0.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing −0.9

Ivanhoe

1964 Victorian state election: Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Christie 10,492 47.9 −0.1
Labor William Kelly 8,235 37.6 +0.7
Democratic Labor Cyril Cummins 3,192 14.6 −0.5
Total formal votes 21,919 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 383 1.7 −0.2
Turnout 22,302 94.1 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Vernon Christie 13,467 61.4 −0.2
Labor William Kelly 8,452 38.6 +0.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing −0.2

Kara Kara

1964 Victorian state election: Kara Kara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 7,161 38.7 +5.2
Country Bill Phelan 5,065 27.4 +1.1
Labor George Jeffs 4,534 24.5 −4.1
Democratic Labor Bruno D'Elia 1,736 9.4 −2.1
Total formal votes 18,496 98.9 +0.1
Informal votes 210 1.1 −0.1
Turnout 18,706 96.4 0.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Bill Phelan 9,482 51.3 +51.3
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 9,014 48.7 −15.1
Country gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Kew

1964 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 11,319 59.3 −0.2
Labor William Cooper 4,785 25.1 +2.3
Democratic Labor Francis Duffy 2,991 15.7 −0.2
Total formal votes 19,095 98.1 +0.5
Informal votes 378 1.9 −0.5
Turnout 19,473 91.0 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 13,861 72.6 −0.6
Labor William Cooper 5,234 27.4 +0.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing −0.6

Lowan

1964 Victorian state election: Lowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lloyd Atkin 9,167 45.7 +45.7
Liberal and Country Jim McCabe 9,146 45.6 −13.7
Democratic Labor Frits Albers 1,760 8.8 −1.8
Total formal votes 20,073 98.7 −0.1
Informal votes 261 1.3 +0.1
Turnout 20,334 96.2 +0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim McCabe 10,398 51.8 −16.5
Country Lloyd Atkin 9,675 48.2 +48.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing −16.5

Malvern

1964 Victorian state election: Malvern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Bloomfield 11,148 65.7 +2.4
Labor Adrianus Knulst 3,859 22.7 +0.7
Democratic Labor James Harkin 1,971 11.6 −3.2
Total formal votes 16,978 98.1 +0.3
Informal votes 321 1.9 −0.3
Turnout 17,299 91.2 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Bloomfield 12,824 75.5 −0.3
Labor Adrianus Knulst 4,154 24.5 +0.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing −0.3

Melbourne

1964 Victorian state election: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Clarey 6,044 49.3 +1.3
Liberal and Country Bill Burns 3,860 31.5 +3.2
Democratic Labor Thomas Brennan 2,348 19.2 −2.8
Total formal votes 12,252 95.5 +1.9
Informal votes 575 4.5 −1.9
Turnout 12,827 90.2 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Clarey 6,248 51.0 −2.8
Liberal and Country Bill Burns 6,004 49.0 +2.8
Labor hold Swing −2.8

Mentone

1964 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Blair 11,643 44.8 +3.4
Liberal and Country Edward Meagher 10,689 41.2 −0.1
Democratic Labor George White 3,635 14.0 −3.3
Total formal votes 25,967 98.4 +0.3
Informal votes 430 1.6 −0.3
Turnout 26,397 94.1 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Edward Meagher 14,006 53.9 −3.4
Labor Harold Blair 11,961 46.1 +3.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing −3.4

Midlands

1964 Victorian state election: Midlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clive Stoneham 10,845 48.5 −3.3
Liberal and Country Roger McArthur 8,120 36.3 +3.2
Democratic Labor John Timberlake 3,387 15.2 0.0
Total formal votes 22,352 98.6 +0.3
Informal votes 318 1.4 −0.3
Turnout 22,670 94.9 −1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clive Stoneham 11,420 51.1 −3.0
Liberal and Country Roger McArthur 10,932 48.9 +3.0
Labor hold Swing −3.0

Mildura

1964 Victorian state election: Mildura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Milton Whiting 9,827 50.4 −8.1
Labor Lance Fraser 5,888 30.2 +6.9
Liberal and Country Bruce Wright 1,911 9.8 +1.0
Democratic Labor Donald Delaney 1,874 9.6 +0.2
Total formal votes 19,500 97.6 +0.2
Informal votes 485 2.4 −0.2
Turnout 19,985 95.3 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Milton Whiting 13,141 67.4 −7.1
Labor Lance Fraser 6,359 32.6 +7.1
Country hold Swing −7.1

Moonee Ponds

1964 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 7,903 43.3 +1.8
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 7,293 39.9 +1.1
Democratic Labor Barry O'Brien 3,078 16.8 −1.3
Total formal votes 18,274 97.4 +0.2
Informal votes 481 2.6 −0.2
Turnout 18,755 93.9 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 10,224 56.0 +0.1
Labor Tom Edmunds 8,050 44.0 −0.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.1

Moorabbin

1964 Victorian state election: Moorabbin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bob Suggett 15,477 48.7 +23.3
Labor Ken Farrall 11,889 37.4 −1.0
Democratic Labor Thomas McDonald 4,445 14.0 −0.5
Total formal votes 31,811 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 479 1.5 −0.1
Turnout 32,290 95.0 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Bob Suggett 19,413 61.0 +61.0
Labor Ken Farrall 12,398 39.0 −2.3
Liberal and Country gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A

Mornington

1964 Victorian state election: Mornington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Roberts Dunstan 17,629 57.8 +0.3
Labor Ken Stafford 8,678 28.5 +1.9
Democratic Labor John Cass 4,196 13.8 −2.1
Total formal votes 30,503 98.0 −0.3
Informal votes 626 2.0 +0.3
Turnout 31,129 92.8 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Roberts Dunstan 21,195 69.5 −1.6
Labor Ken Stafford 9,308 30.5 +1.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.6

Morwell

1964 Victorian state election: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Wragg 9,826 42.3 −1.2
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 8,722 37.6 +5.8
Democratic Labor Bernard Shaw 2,844 12.2 −0.7
Country Ian Gibson 1,826 7.9 −4.0
Total formal votes 23,218 98.1 +0.4
Informal votes 444 1.9 −0.4
Turnout 23,662 95.8 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 12,915 55.6 +4.0
Labor George Wragg 10,303 44.4 −4.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing +4.0

Mulgrave

1964 Victorian state election: Mulgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Ray Wiltshire 27,408 50.5 +2.7
Labor Aubrey Walker 18,598 34.3 −2.1
Democratic Labor Ivan Frawley 8,233 15.2 +0.7
Total formal votes 54,239 98.6 +0.3
Informal votes 790 1.4 −0.3
Turnout 55,029 94.8 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ray Wiltshire 34,406 63.4 +1.8
Labor Aubrey Walker 19,833 36.6 −1.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.8

Murray Valley

1964 Victorian state election: Murray Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Moss 13,612 60.0 +11.4
Liberal and Country Thomas Gribben 5,112 22.5 +12.7
Democratic Labor John Patterson 3,978 17.5 +2.6
Total formal votes 22,702 97.2 −0.2
Informal votes 645 2.8 +0.2
Turnout 23,347 95.2 −0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country George Moss 14,408 63.5 −6.6
Liberal and Country Thomas Gribben 8,294 36.5 +36.5
Country hold Swing −6.6

Northcote

1964 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 9,973 56.0 −1.0
Liberal and Country Max Crellin 4,772 26.8 +8.7
Democratic Labor Jack Little 3,061 17.2 −7.7
Total formal votes 17,806 96.6 −0.2
Informal votes 617 3.4 +0.2
Turnout 18,423 94.7 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 10,432 58.6 −2.1
Liberal and Country Max Crellin 7,374 41.4 +2.1
Labor hold Swing −2.1

Oakleigh

1964 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alan Scanlan 9,935 45.5 +5.6
Labor Val Doube 8,946 41.0 −4.5
Democratic Labor Morris Kinnane 2,733 12.5 −2.1
Independent Jean McKeown 224 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 21,838 98.1 −0.3
Informal votes 427 1.9 +0.3
Turnout 22,265 95.4 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alan Scanlan 12,559 57.5 +5.0
Labor Val Doube 9,279 42.5 −5.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.0

Ormond

1964 Victorian state election: Ormond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Joe Rafferty 12,035 50.9 +2.5
Labor Kenneth Stone 8,500 35.9 +1.1
Democratic Labor Robert Semmel 3,128 13.2 −3.6
Total formal votes 23,663 98.0 0.0
Informal votes 488 2.0 0.0
Turnout 24,151 94.6 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Joe Rafferty 14,694 62.1 −1.1
Labor Kenneth Stone 8,969 37.9 +1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.1

Polwarth

1964 Victorian state election: Polwarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Tom Darcy 15,128 59.9 +17.2
Labor Edwin Morris 6,522 25.8 −0.2
Democratic Labor Thomas Fleming 3,594 14.2 −1.3
Total formal votes 25,244 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 322 1.3 −0.3
Turnout 25,566 96.1 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Tom Darcy 18,184 72.0 +0.4
Labor Edwin Morris 7,060 28.0 −0.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.4

Portland

1964 Victorian state election: Portland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Gibbs 7,948 36.1 +3.0
Labor George Gowty 6,784 30.8 −2.3
Democratic Labor John Russell 3,730 16.9 −1.9
Country Leonard Mibus 3,577 16.2 +1.1
Total formal votes 22,039 98.6 −0.1
Informal votes 313 1.4 +0.1
Turnout 22,352 95.8 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country George Gibbs 14,289 64.8 +2.5
Labor George Gowty 7,750 35.2 −2.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.5

Prahran

1964 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 7,464 45.8 +4.1
Labor Robert Pettiona 6,709 41.1 −4.2
Democratic Labor Gordon Haberman 1,794 10.5 −2.5
Independent John Amurry 430 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 16,307 96.6 −0.5
Informal votes 567 3.4 +0.5
Turnout 16,874 92.3 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 14,289 64.8 +2.5
Labor Robert Pettiona 7,750 35.2 −2.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.5

Preston

1964 Victorian state election: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charlie Ring 13,417 55.6 +0.8
Liberal and Country Henry Newland 6,000 24.9 +3.2
Democratic Labor Michael Lucy 4,695 19.5 −4.6
Total formal votes 24,112 97.6 +0.1
Informal votes 586 2.4 −0.1
Turnout 24,698 95.2 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charlie Ring 14,121 58.5 +0.1
Liberal and Country Henry Newland 9,991 41.5 −0.1
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Reservoir

1964 Victorian state election: Reservoir
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Jenkins 14,337 53.9 −0.9
Liberal and Country Peter Coupe 6,645 25.0 +5.9
Democratic Labor Frederick Whitling 4,618 17.4 −4.6
Communist William Barnes 987 3.7 −0.4
Total formal votes 26,587 97.0 −0.1
Informal votes 810 3.0 +0.1
Turnout 27,397 95.6 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Harry Jenkins 15,918 59.9 −1.9
Liberal and Country Peter Coupe 10,669 40.1 +1.9
Labor hold Swing −1.9

Richmond

1964 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clyde Holding 9,027 63.1 +2.1
Democratic Labor Sydney Tutton 2,786 19.5 −6.3
Liberal and Country Leon Bram 2,505 17.5 +9.4
Total formal votes 14,318 95.3 +0.9
Informal votes 704 4.7 −0.9
Turnout 15,022 92.9 +1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clyde Holding 9,446 66.0 −3.5
Liberal and Country Leon Bram 4,872 34.0 +3.5
Labor hold Swing −3.5
  • The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Richmond

Ringwood

1964 Victorian state election: Ringwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim Manson 19,350 50.3 +2.7
Labor Graham Walsh 13,580 35.3 −1.7
Democratic Labor Kevin Adamson 5,512 14.3 −1.1
Total formal votes 38,442 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 576 1.5 −0.1
Turnout 39,018 95.2 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Manson 24,136 62.5 +1.0
Labor Graham Walsh 14,306 37.5 −1.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.0

Ripponlea

1964 Victorian state election: Ripponlea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Edgar Tanner 8,416 48.7 +1.0
Labor Anthony Fisher 6,690 38.7 +3.6
Democratic Labor Joseph O'Leary 2,165 12.5 −4.7
Total formal votes 17,271 96.5 −0.2
Informal votes 619 3.5 +0.2
Turnout 17,890 90.7 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Edgar Tanner 10,298 59.6 −0.8
Labor Anthony Fisher 6,973 40.4 +0.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing −0.8

Rodney

1964 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Russell McDonald 12,854 58.8 +13.2
Liberal and Country John Quinn 5,334 24.4 +2.1
Democratic Labor Spencer Broom 3,683 16.8 −0.5
Total formal votes 21,871 97.9 +0.3
Informal votes 470 2.1 −0.3
Turnout 22,341 95.7 +0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Russell McDonald 13,591 62.1 +6.0
Liberal and Country John Quinn 8,750 37.9 −6.0
Country hold Swing +6.0

St Kilda

1964 Victorian state election: St Kilda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Brian Dixon 7,916 48.1 +1.6
Labor Juliet Dahlitz 6,676 40.5 +1.5
Democratic Labor John Hughes 1,883 11.4 −3.1
Total formal votes 16,475 96.6 −0.1
Informal votes 571 3.4 +0.1
Turnout 17,046 91.8 +1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Brian Dixon 9,626 58.4 0.0
Labor Juliet Dahlitz 6,849 41.6 0.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing 0.0

Sandringham

1964 Victorian state election: Sandringham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Murray Porter 13,488 52.2 +2.5
Labor Russell Castley 8,732 33.8 −2.5
Democratic Labor William Leech 3,124 12.1 −1.9
Communist John O'Mara 474 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 25,818 98.4 −0.1
Informal votes 422 1.6 +0.1
Turnout 26,240 94.3 −1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Murray Porter 16,191 62.7 +0.2
Labor Russell Castley 9,627 37.3 −0.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.2

Scoresby

1964 Victorian state election: Scoresby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bill Borthwick 17,207 51.5 +2.3
Labor Caroline Wilder 12,228 36.6 −2.0
Democratic Labor Peter Tunstall 4,004 12.0 −0.3
Total formal votes 33,439 97.9 −0.4
Informal votes 702 2.1 +0.4
Turnout 34,141 94.3 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Bill Borthwick 20,611 61.6 +1.8
Labor Caroline Wilder 12,828 38.4 −1.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.8

Swan Hill

1964 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harold Stirling 7,182 38.7 +11.3
Country Thomas Mellor 4,405 23.8 +23.8
Labor Jack McLean 3,396 18.3 +5.2
Democratic Labor John McMahon 2,118 11.4 −1.7
Liberal and Country Bernard Treseder 1,438 7.8 −11.2
Total formal votes 18,539 96.4 −0.6
Informal votes 686 3.6 +0.6
Turnout 19,225 95.6 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Harold Stirling 14,589 78.7 −6.7
Labor Jack McLean 3,950 21.3 +6.7
Country hold Swing −6.7

Toorak

1964 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Philip Hudson 10,112 60.8 −12.9
Labor George Gahan 5,060 30.5 +30.5
Democratic Labor Rita McGuiness 1,447 8.7 −17.6
Total formal votes 16,619 97.6 +6.6
Informal votes 402 2.4 −6.6
Turnout 17,021 90.0 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Philip Hudson 11,341 68.3 −5.4
Labor George Gahan 5,278 31.7 +31.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing +7.8

Williamstown

1964 Victorian state election: Williamstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Larry Floyd 11,145 65.7 −4.5
Liberal and Country Robert Lawson 3,046 18.0 +6.9
Democratic Labor Kenneth Berrie 2,351 13.9 −1.1
Communist William Tregear 410 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 16,952 96.9 0.0
Informal votes 535 3.1 0.0
Turnout 17,487 94.5 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Larry Floyd 11,866 70.0 −5.4
Liberal and Country Robert Lawson 5,086 30.0 +5.4
Labor hold Swing −5.4

Yarraville

1964 Victorian state election: Yarraville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Schintler 12,694 65.2 −1.9
Democratic Labor Alfred Gerrard 3,605 18.5 −3.9
Liberal and Country Bernard Wallace 3,184 16.3 +5.8
Total formal votes 19,483 96.5 0.0
Informal votes 703 3.5 0.0
Turnout 20,186 94.9 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Schintler 13,234 67.9 −2.6
Liberal and Country Bernard Wallace 6,249 32.1 +2.6
Labor hold Swing −2.6
  • The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Yarraville.

See also

References

  1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Victoria, Assembly election, 27 June 1964". Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  2. Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.
  3. Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.
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