Results of the 1964 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Victorian state election, 27 June 1964^[1] 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^[2]
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^[3]
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.

References

^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Victoria, Assembly election, 27 June 1964". Retrieved 1 February 2010.
^ 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.
^ 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.

[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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Results of the 1964 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Ballarat North

Ballarat South

Balwyn

Benalla

Benambra

Bendigo

Box Hill

Brighton

Broadmeadows

Brunswick East

Brunswick West

Burwood

Camberwell

Caulfield

Coburg

Dandenong

Dundas

Elsternwick

Essendon

Evelyn

Fitzroy

Flemington

Footscray

Geelong

Geelong West

Gippsland East

Gippsland South

Gippsland West

Grant

Hampden

Hawthorn

Ivanhoe

Kara Kara

Kew

Lowan

Malvern

Melbourne

Mentone

Midlands

Mildura

Moonee Ponds

Moorabbin

Mornington

Morwell

Mulgrave

Murray Valley

Northcote

Oakleigh

Ormond

Polwarth

Portland

Prahran

Preston

Reservoir

Richmond

Ringwood

Ripponlea

Rodney

St Kilda

Sandringham

Scoresby

Swan Hill

Toorak

Williamstown

Yarraville

See also

References