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% 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 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 election results in Australia since 1890 Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1967