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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.
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All 73 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly 37 seats needed for a majority and 18 (of the 36) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Victorian state election, 29 April 1967[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,723,981 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,625,239 | Turnout | 94.27 | -0.13 | ||
Informal votes | 51,384 | Informal | 3.16 | +0.85 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 596,520 | 37.90 | +1.68 | 16 | -2 | |
Liberal | 589,985 | 37.49 | -2.14 | 44 | +6 | |
Democratic Labor | 224,989 | 14.30 | -0.68 | 0 | ±0 | |
Country | 136,126 | 8.65 | -0.11 | 12 | +2 | |
Independent | 24,301 | 1.55 | +1.38 | 1 | +1 | |
Communist | 1,443 | 0.09 | -0.16 | 0 | ±0 | |
Liberal Reform Group | 491 | 0.03 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 1,573,855 | 73 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal | 918,461 | 58.4 | –0.6 | |||
Labor | 655,394 | 41.6 | +0.6 |
Victorian state election, 29 April 1967[2] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,723,981 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,625,371 | Turnout | 94.3 | –0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 59,895 | Informal | 3.7 | +0.7 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Liberal | 602,546 | 38.5 | –1.6 | 10 | 18 | |
Labor | 577,613 | 36.9 | +1.4 | 4 | 9 | |
Democratic Labor | 223,590 | 14.3 | –1.2 | 0 | 0 | |
Country | 148,943 | 9.5 | +0.6 | 4 | 8 | |
Independent | 12,784 | 0.8 | +0.8 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1,565,476 | 18 | 35 |
Seat | Pre-1967 | Swing | Post-1967 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Coburg | Labor | Charlie Mutton | 6.9 | -15.7 | 8.8 | Jack Mutton | Independent | ||
Lowan | Liberal | Jim McCabe | -6.0 | +3.3 | 2.7 | Ray Buckley | Country | ||
Moonee Ponds | Liberal | Jack Holden | 2.9 | -4.2 | 1.3 | Tom Edmunds | Labor | ||
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