1967 Victorian state election

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

Legislative Council

Seats changing hands

Seat Pre-1967 Swing Post-1967 Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyCoburg LaborCharlie Mutton 6.9 -15.7 8.8Jack MuttonIndependent Lowan LiberalJim McCabe -6.0 +3.3 2.7Ray BuckleyCountry Moonee Ponds LiberalJack Holden 2.9 -4.2 1.3Tom EdmundsLabor 

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

Liberal seats (44)MarginalBendigoRobert TretheweyLIB0.7%MorwellArchie TannerLIB1.3%DundasWilliam McDonaldLIB2.0%DandenongLen ReidLIB3.2%GreensboroughMonte ValeLIB3.3%PortlandDon McKellarLIB3.6%HeathertonNorman BillingLIB3.8%PrahranSam LoxtonLIB3.8%MentoneBill TempletonLIB5.3%EssendonKenneth WheelerLIB5.4%Ballarat SouthBill StephenLIB5.6%Fairly safeMitchamDorothy GobleLIB7.0%IvanhoeVernon ChristieLIB7.2%OakleighAlan ScanlanLIB8.0%GeelongHayden BirrellLIB9.6%HawthornWalter JonaLIB9.6%FrankstonEdward MeagherLIB9.8%SafeScoresbyGeoff HayesLIB10.0%BennettswoodIan McLarenLIB10.1%GlenhuntlyJoe RaffertyLIB10.1%EvelynRussell StokesLIB10.8%MoorabbinLlew ReeseLIB10.9%BellarineAurel SmithLIB11.1%MonbulkBill BorthwickLIB11.3%SyndalRay WiltshireLIB12.0%St KildaBrian DixonLIB12.1%BentleighBob SuggettLIB12.2%RingwoodJim MansonLIB12.8%CaulfieldEdgar TannerLIB13.8%Ballarat NorthTom EvansLIB14.5%Box HillGeorge ReidLIB14.5%GisborneJulian DoyleLIB15.2%SandringhamMurray PorterLIB15.5%NarracanJim BalfourLIB16.0%BalwynAlex TaylorLIB18.2%DromanaRoberts DunstanLIB18.4%Glen IrisJim MacDonaldLIB18.5%WarrnamboolIan SmithLIB19.4%KewArthur RylahLIB20.3%BrightonJohn RossiterLIB21.2%CamberwellVernon WilcoxLIB21.7%HampdenHenry BolteLIB21.8%MalvernJohn BloomfieldLIB24.2%PolwarthTom DarcyLIB27.6% Labor seats (16)Marginal MidlandsClive StonehamALP1.0% Brunswick WestCampbell TurnbullALP1.2% Moonee PondsTom EdmundsALP1.3% PrestonCharlie RingALP3.5%Fairly safe NorthcoteFrank WilkesALP6.5% Deer ParkJack GiniferALP6.8% BroadmeadowsJohn WiltonALP7.9% ReservoirHarry JenkinsALP9.3%Safe Brunswick EastLeo FennessyALP11.0% Geelong NorthNeil TreziseALP11.0% MelbourneArthur ClareyALP11.9% Albert ParkKeith SuttonALP12.5% SunshineDenis LovegroveALP12.7% RichmondClyde HoldingALP14.8% FootscrayBill DiversALP17.9% WilliamstownLarry FloydALP18.4% Country seats (12)SheppartonNeil McInnesCP1.9% v INDLowanRay BuckleyCP2.7% v LIBGippsland WestLeslie CochraneCP11.4% v LIBKara KaraBill PhelanCP12.6% v LIBMilduraMilton WhitingCP17.4%Gippsland EastBruce EvansCP25.0%BenambraTom MitchellCP26.8%BenallaTom TrewinCP27.6%Murray ValleyGeorge MossCP27.7%Gippsland SouthHerbert HylandCP28.4%Swan HillHarold StirlingCP31.7%RodneyRussell McDonaldCP33.9%Crossbench seats (1)CoburgJack MuttonIND8.8% v ALP

See also Candidates of the 1967 Victorian state election

References