1967 Australian Senate election

See also: Australian federal election, 1966

Elections were held on 25 November 1967 to elect half of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate. 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.

1967 Australian Senate election

25 November 1967
30 of the 60 seats in the Senate 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Gorton Lionel Murphy Vince Gair Party Coalition Labor Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955) Seats before 30 27 2 Seats won 14 13 2 Seats after 28 27 4 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 2,365,373 2,489,990 540,006 Percentage 42.77% 45.03% 9.77% Swing 2.93pp 0.36pp 1.38pp

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	–11.93	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 Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine election results in Australia since 1890