This article provides information on candidates who stood for the

1964 Australian Senate election Elections were held on 5 December 1964 to elect members to half of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate. There was no accompanying election to the House of Representatives, as Robert Menzies had called an early House-only election the previou ...

. The election was held on 5 December 1964.

Retiring senators

Labor

*Senator Stan Amour (NSW) *Senator James Arnold (NSW) *Senator Bill Aylett (Tas) *Senator

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(Qld)

Liberal

*Senator Roy Kendall (Qld)

Country

*Senator

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(Qld)

Senate

Sitting senators are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

New South Wales

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The

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was defending two seats. Senators Joe Fitzgerald (Labor),

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(Labor),

Colin McKellar Gerald Colin McKellar (29 May 1903 – 13 April 1970) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Country Party and served as a Senator for New South Wales from 1958 until his death in 1970. He was Minister for Repatriation from 1964 ...

(Country),

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(Labor) and Sir William Spooner (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Queensland

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending three seats. Senators Archie Benn (Labor), Sir Walter Cooper (Country), Kenneth Morris (Liberal), Dame Annabelle Rankin (Liberal) and

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(Liberal) were not up for re-election.

South Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The

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was defending two seats. Senators

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(Labor),

Jim Cavanagh James Luke Cavanagh (21 June 1913 – 19 August 1990) was an Australian politician and government minister. Cavanagh was born in Rosewater, South Australia and educated at the Dominican School in North Adelaide. He left school at 14 to work as ...

(Labor),

Clive Hannaford Douglas Clive Hannaford (11 January 1903 – 24 October 1967) was an Australian politician. Born in Riverton, South Australia, a son of Walter Hannaford MLC, and one of many notable descendants of Susannah Hannaford, he was educated at Rive ...

(Liberal), Ted Mattner (Liberal) and Theo Nicholls (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Tasmania

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending two seats. The Democratic Labor Party was defending one seat. Senators

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(Liberal),

Nick McKenna Nicholas Edward McKenna (9 September 1895 – 22 April 1974) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1944 to 1968. He held ministerial office in the Chifley Government from 1946 to 1949 as Minister for Health a ...

(Labor),

Bob Poke Albert George "Bob" Poke (16 February 1906 – 4 January 1989) was an Australian politician. Born in Somerset, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before becoming an engine driver and timber worker. He was also Secretary of the Timber ...

(Labor),

Reg Turnbull Reginald John David "Spot" Turnbull (21 February 1908 – 17 July 2006) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1946 to 1961 (1946–1959 for the Labor Party, 1959–1961 as an Independent), then a ...

(Independent) and

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(Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Victoria

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending three seats. Senators

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(Liberal), Sam Cohen (Labor),

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(Liberal), Charles Sandford (Labor) and

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(

) were not up for re-election.

Western Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending two seats. The Country Party was defending one seat. Senators

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(Liberal), Edgar Prowse (Country),

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(Labor), Seddon Vincent (Liberal) and

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(Labor) were not up for re-election.

Summary by party

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References

Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1964
1964 elections in Australia Candidates for Australian federal elections

Retiring senators

Labor

Liberal

Country

Senate

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Summary by party

See also

References