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An election was held on 21 November 1970 to elect 32 of the 60 seats in the
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. This is the most recent occasion on which a Senate election has been held with no accompanying election to the
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; the two election cycles had been out of synchronisation since 1963.


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Results

The governing
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and the opposition
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won 13 and 14 seats respectively, resulting in a total of 26 seats each, while the Democratic Labor Party and three independents (two newly elected) held the remaining seats. ;Notes * In
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and
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, the coalition parties ran a joint ticket. Of the four senators elected on a joint ticket, three were members of the Liberal Party and one was a member of the Country Party. In
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, the coalition parties ran on separate tickets. In
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,
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, and
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, only the Liberal Party ran a ticket. * Two independents were elected –
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of Tasmania and
Syd Negus Sydney Ambrose Negus (12 March 1912 – 1 August 1986) was an Australian politician who was an independent senator for Western Australia from 1971 until 1974. He was previously a carpenter and building contractor. Negus was president of the ...
of Western Australia. This brought the total number of independents in the Senate to three, the other being
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of Tasmania.Parliamentary Handbook – Members of the Senate since 1901


See also

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Candidates of the Australian Senate election, 1970 This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1970 Australian Senate election. The election was held on 21 November 1970. Retiring Senators Labor *Senator Felix Dittmer (Qld) *Senator Bert Hendrickson (Vic) *Senator Pat Ken ...
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Members of the Australian Senate, 1971–1974 This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1971 to 1974. Half of its members were elected at the 25 November 1967 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1974; the other half were elected at the 21 November 197 ...


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University of WA
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