Results of the 1964 Tasmanian state election

Tasmanian state election, 2 May 1964^[1] House of Assembly << 1959–1969 >>
Enrolled voters		193,418
Votes cast		184,571		Turnout	95.43	+0.86
Informal votes		7,980		Informal	4.32	–1.44
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	90,631	51.32	+6.82	19	+ 2
	Liberal	67,971	38.49	–2.57	16	± 0
	Country	9,280	5.26	+5.26	0	± 0
	Democratic Labor	3,155	1.79	–3.50	0	± 0
	Communist	92	0.05	–0.04	0	± 0
	Independent	5,462	3.09	–5.96	0	– 2
Total		176,591			35

Results by division

1964 Tasmanian state election: Bass
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			4,383
	Labor	Alexander Atkins (elected 2)	4,104	11.7	+4.0
	Labor	John Madden (elected 4)	3,667	10.5	+1.1
	Labor	Mac Le Fevre (elected 3)	3,514	10.0	+5.5
	Labor	Wallace Fraser (elected 7)	1,872	5.3	+3.3
	Labor	Laurence Lovett	1,273	3.6	+3.6
	Labor	Norman Laurence	1,145	3.3	+3.3
	Labor	Harold Holmes	1,013	2.9	+2.9
	Labor	Eric Down	899	2.6	+2.6
	Liberal	Bill Beattie (elected 1)	3,807	10.9	+2.8
	Liberal	John Steer (elected 6)	3,119	8.9	+0.9
	Liberal	Max Bushby (elected 5)	2,825	8.1	+3.2
	Liberal	James McGowen	1,453	4.1	−1.6
	Liberal	James Henty	1,375	3.9	+3.9
	Liberal	Stewart Chapple	1,243	3.5	+3.5
	Liberal	Jack Hookway	544	1.6	+1.6
	Liberal	Kevin Hendstock	93	0.3	+0.3
	Country	Geoffrey Finney	637	1.8	+1.8
	Country	Keith Darcey	620	1.8	+1.8
	Country	Colin Rattray	496	1.4	+1.4
	Country	Graeme Millar	141	0.4	+0.4
	Democratic Labor	Edward Hare	440	1.3	+1.3
	Democratic Labor	Frederick Kaye	244	0.7	+0.7
	Group A	Leslie Arnold	301	0.9	−2.6
	Group A	Jack Harper	178	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Brian Johnson	57	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			35,060	95.0	+1.5
Informal votes			1,837	5.0	−1.5
Turnout			36,897	95.3	+0.3
Party total votes
	Labor		17,487	49.9	+18.3
	Liberal		14,459	41.2	+4.9
	Country		1,894	5.4	+5.4
	Democratic Labor		684	2.0	+2.0
	Group A		479	1.4	−2.1
	Independent	Brian Johnson	57	0.2	+0.2

1964 Tasmanian state election: Braddon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			4,428
	Labor	Eric Reece (elected 1)	12,291	34.7	+4.3
	Labor	Lloyd Costello (elected 3)	2,184	6.2	+0.7
	Labor	Sydney Ward (elected 2)	1,807	5.1	−2.8
	Labor	Geoff Chisholm (elected 4)	1,528	4.3	+4.3
	Labor	Douglas Blacklow	761	2.1	+2.1
	Labor	Joseph Britton	674	1.9	−1.4
	Labor	Gordon O'Shannessey	483	1.4	+1.4
	Labor	Richard Sleath	304	0.9	+0.9
	Liberal	Kevin Lyons (elected 5)	2,958	8.4	−1.3
	Liberal	Jack Breheny (elected 7)	2,565	7.2	−2.4
	Liberal	William Young	2,117	6.0	−0.7
	Liberal	Wilfred Barker (elected 6)	2,087	5.9	+5.9
	Liberal	John Leary	609	1.7	+1.7
	Liberal	Ray Grey	504	1.4	+1.4
	Liberal	Ernest Johnson	372	1.1	+1.1
	Liberal	Loch Roberts	332	0.9	+0.9
	Liberal	Charles MacKenzie	124	0.4	+0.4
	Country	Roger Chalk	769	2.2	+2.2
	Country	Anthony Hine	570	1.6	+1.6
	Country	Eric Webster	472	1.3	+1.3
	Country	Elliott Hooper	399	1.1	+1.1
	Country	Thomas Barnard	370	1.0	+1.0
	Country	Gilbert Allen	341	1.0	+1.0
	Democratic Labor	Ronald Cole	660	1.9	+1.9
	Democratic Labor	John Mortimer	99	0.3	+0.3
	Democratic Labor	Abraham Neut	38	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			35,418	96.6	+1.5
Informal votes			1,248	3.4	−1.5
Turnout			36,666	95.6	+1.4
Party total votes
	Labor		20,032	56.6	+4.4
	Liberal		11,668	32.9	−9.5
	Country		2,921	8.2	+8.2
	Democratic Labor		797	2.3	−2.7

1964 Tasmanian state election: Denison
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			4,151
	Liberal	Rex Townley (elected 1)	8,903	26.8	+1.7
	Liberal	Nigel Abbott (elected 3)	2,117	6.4	+6.4
	Liberal	Robert Mather (elected 5)	1,742	5.2	+5.2
	Liberal	George Brown	981	3.0	+3.0
	Liberal	Horace Strutt (elected 6)	578	1.7	−0.3
	Liberal	Donald Clark	308	0.9	−2.1
	Liberal	Gladys Schott	281	0.8	+0.8
	Labor	Harry McLoughlin (elected 2)	4,200	12.6	+4.8
	Labor	Merv Everett (elected 4)	3,453	10.4	+10.4
	Labor	Ken Austin (elected 7)	1,632	4.9	+4.9
	Labor	Neville Lovell	1,397	4.2	+4.2
	Labor	Mary Cumming	1,356	4.1	−0.8
	Labor	Myron Tripp	1,209	3.6	+3.6
	Labor	Eric Howroyd	696	2.1	−0.7
	Labor	Henry Hope	680	2.0	+2.0
	Group A	Bill Wedd	1,140	3.4	−6.0
	Group A	John Clemente	653	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Harold Senior	1,086	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	Bill Hodgman	475	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Stanislaus Ryan	125	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Charley Aylett	102	0.3	+0.3
	Communist	Max Bound	92	0.3	−0.1
Total formal votes			33,206	95.5	+1.9
Informal votes			1,579	4.5	−1.9
Turnout			34,785	94.0	−0.5
Party total votes
	Liberal		14,910	44.9	+5.1
	Labor		14,623	44.0	+4.5
	Group A		1,793	5.4	−4.0
	Independent	Harold Senior	1,086	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	Bill Hodgman	475	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Stanislaus Ryan	125	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Charley Aylett	102	0.3	+0.3
	Communist		92	0.3	−0.1

1964 Tasmanian state election: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			4,978
	Labor	Bill Neilson (elected 1)	8,548	21.5	+8.7
	Labor	Eric Barnard (elected 2)	4,980	12.5	+4.5
	Labor	Terry Martin (elected 3)	3,279	8.2	+8.2
	Labor	Jack Frost (elected 5)	1,383	3.5	+3.5
	Labor	William Blackburn	995	2.5	+2.5
	Labor	Ken Wriedt	768	1.9	+1.9
	Labor	Clyde Harvey	645	1.6	+1.6
	Labor	Lynda Heaven	592	1.5	−0.9
	Liberal	Thomas Pearsall (elected 4)	3,880	9.7	+2.4
	Liberal	Bill Young (elected 7)	3,130	7.9	+0.6
	Liberal	Mabel Miller	2,268	5.7	−0.7
	Liberal	Doug Clark (elected 6)	2,074	5.2	+5.2
	Liberal	Ken Lowrie	1,299	3.3	+3.3
	Liberal	Eric Iles	1,187	3.0	+3.0
	Liberal	Jan Meldrum	688	1.7	+1.7
	Country	James Skinner	617	1.5	+1.5
	Country	Vernon Rae	472	1.2	+1.2
	Country	Gordon Suhr	369	0.9	+0.9
	Country	Kathleen Reynolds	292	0.7	+0.7
	Country	Murrum Sweet	104	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Tim Jackson	1,062	2.7	+2.7
	Democratic Labor	Virgil Morgan	1,059	2.7	−0.8
	Independent	George Carr	132	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			39,823	95.3	+1.2
Informal votes			1,957	4.7	−1.2
Turnout			41,780	96.2	+0.8
Party total votes
	Labor		21,190	53.2	+6.9
	Liberal		14,526	36.5	−7.3
	Country		1,854	4.7	+4.7
	Independent	Tim Jackson	1,062	2.7	+2.7
	Democratic Labor		1,059	2.7	−0.8
	Independent	George Carr	132	0.3	+0.3

1964 Tasmanian state election: Wilmot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			4,136
	Labor	Roy Fagan (elected 1)	5,508	16.6	−0.6
	Labor	Douglas Cashion (elected 3)	4,060	12.3	+3.4
	Labor	William Anderson (elected 6)	2,739	8.3	+2.0
	Labor	Thomas McDonald (elected 7)	2,421	7.3	+1.1
	Labor	William McNeil	1,601	4.8	−1.5
	Labor	Henry Penny	572	1.7	+1.7
	Labor	Archibald Wilson	398	1.2	+1.2
	Liberal	Angus Bethune (elected 2)	5,142	15.5	+6.8
	Liberal	Bob Ingamells (elected 4)	2,778	8.4	−0.2
	Liberal	Bert Bessell (elected 5)	2,581	7.8	−1.1
	Liberal	Kenneth O'Brien	1,019	3.1	+3.1
	Liberal	Ronald Johnstone	667	2.0	+2.0
	Liberal	Henry Clark	221	0.7	+0.7
	Country	Bernard Taylor	636	1.9	+1.9
	Country	Allen Brown	587	1.8	+1.8
	Country	William Dunbabin	579	1.8	+1.8
	Country	Maxwell Oliver	572	1.7	+1.7
	Country	Solomon Henderson	237	0.7	+0.7
	Democratic Labor	Alastair Davidson	499	1.5	+1.5
	Democratic Labor	Harold Grace	116	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Bruce Hill	151	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			33,084	96.1	+1.1
Informal votes			1,359	3.9	−1.1
Turnout			34,443	95.9	+2.2
Party total votes
	Labor		17,299	52.3	−1.2
	Liberal		12,408	37.5	−5.7
	Country		2,611	7.9	+7.9
	Democratic Labor		615	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Bruce Hill	151	0.5	+0.5