Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on 27 June 1964 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 17 members of the 34-member Legislative Council. The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Henry Bolte won a fourth term in office.
Key dates
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 6 May 1964 | The Parliament was prorogued.[1] |
| 14 May 1964 | Writs were issued by the Administrator to proceed with an election.[2] |
| 5 June 1964 | Close of nominations. |
| 27 June 1964 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
| 8 July 1964 | The Bolte Ministry was reconstituted, with two new ministers sworn in.[3] |
| 14 July 1964 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
| 14 July 1964 | Parliament resumed for business.[4] |
Results
Legislative Assembly
The election produced almost no change in the electoral balance.
|
Victorian state election, 27 June 1964[5] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Legislative Council
|
Victorian state election, 27 June 1964[6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled voters | 1,635,311 | |||||
| Votes cast | 1,543,586 | Turnout | 94.4 | –0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 45,627 | Informal | 3.0 | –0.2 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
| Liberal and Country | 600,600 | 40.1 | +2.1 | 9 | 18 | |
| Labor | 531,510 | 35.5 | –3.4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Democratic Labor | 232,445 | 15.5 | –1.2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Country | 133,403 | 8.9 | +2.7 | 4 | 8 | |
| Total | 1,497,958 | 17 | 34 | |||
Seats changing hands
| Seat | Pre-1964 | Swing | Post-1964 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
| Bendigo | Labor | Bill Galvin | 4.5 | -6.3 | 1.8 | Robert Trethewey | Liberal and Country | ||
| Geelong West | Liberal and Country | Max Gillett | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.1 | Neil Trezise | Labor | ||
| Kara Kara | Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 13.8 | -15.1 | 1.3 | Bill Phelan | Country | ||
| Moorabbin | Independent Liberal | Bob Suggett | 8.7 | N/A | 11.0 | Bob Suggett | Liberal and Country | ||
- Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
- In addition, Labor retained the seat of Broadmeadows which it had won from the LCP at the 1962 by-election.
Post-election pendulum
See also
- Candidates of the 1964 Victorian state election
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1961–1964
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1964–1967
- Bolte Ministry
References
- ^ "Discharging members of the Legislative Council from attendance and dissolving the Legislative Assembly". Victoria Government Gazette. Victorian Government Printer. 6 May 1964. p. 1964:1420.
- ^ Chief Electoral Officer, Victoria (1964). Statistics relating to the general election held on Saturday 27 June 1964 (6947/64). Accessed at Baillieu Library, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria.
- ^ "Ministers of the Crown". Victoria Government Gazette. Victorian Government Printer. 8 July 1964. p. 1964:2233.
- ^ "Fixing the time for holding the first session of the forty-third Parliament of Victoria". Victoria Government Gazette. Victorian Government Printer. 30 June 1964. p. 1964:2131.
- ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Victoria, Assembly election, 27 June 1964". Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
