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
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, as
Robert Menzies had called
an early House-only election the previous year. As with the previous Senate election, the
Coalition held exactly half of the seats in the chamber; the
Democratic Labor Party and independent senator
Reg Turnbull held the balance of power.
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*In
New South Wales
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and
Queensland
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, the coalition parties ran a joint ticket. Of the five senators elected on a joint ticket, three were members of the Liberal Party and two 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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,
Tasmania
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, and
Victoria
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, only the Liberal Party ran a ticket.
*The sole independent was
Reg Turnbull of Tasmania; he did not face re-election in 1964.
See also
*
Candidates of the 1964 Australian Senate election
*
Members of the Australian Senate, 1965–1968
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate
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References
University of WA election results in Australia since 1890
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Federal elections in Australia
1964 elections in Australia
December 1964 events in Australia