Elections were held on 25 November 1967 to elect half of the 60 seats in the
Australian Senate. There was no accompanying election to the
House of Representatives
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as the two election cycles had been out of synchronisation since 1963. The results were a setback for the government of
Harold Holt. Having won
a landslide victory at the House-only election the previous year, the
Coalition instead lost two seats in the Senate. The
Labor Party failed to make any gains in
Gough Whitlam
Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. The longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1967 to 1977, he was notable for being the ...
's first election as leader; the
Democratic Labor Party gained two seats and held the
balance of power until 1974.
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*In
New South Wales
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,
Queensland
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, and
Victoria
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, the coalition parties ran a joint ticket. Of the six senators elected on a joint ticket, three were members of the Liberal Party and three were members of the Country Party. In
Western Australia
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, the coalition parties ran on separate tickets. In
South Australia
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and
Tasmania
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, only the Liberal Party ran a ticket.
*The sole independent elected was
Reg Turnbull of Tasmania.
See also
*
Candidates of the Australian Senate election, 1967
*
Members of the Australian Senate, 1968–1971
References
University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
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Federal elections in Australia
1967 elections in Australia
November 1967 events in Australia