1967 Victorian state election
# 1967 Victorian state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 29 April 1967 to elect the 73 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Legislative Council.

Since the previous election, the number of Legislative Assembly electorates had been increased from 66 to 73, and the number of members in the Legislative Council had been increased from 34 to 35.

The incumbent Liberal Party government, led by Premier Henry Bolte, was returned for a fifth term.

## Results

### Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 29 April 1967 Legislative Assembly

<< 1964–1970 >> :

| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 1,723,981 | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 1,625,239 | | Turnout | 94.27 | -0.13 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 51,384 | | Informal | 3.16 | +0.85 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 596,520 | 37.90 | +1.68 | 16 | -2 |
| | Liberal | 589,985 | 37.49 | -2.14 | 44 | +6 |
| | Democratic Labor | 224,989 | 14.30 | -0.68 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Country | 136,126 | 8.65 | -0.11 | 12 | +2 |
| | Independent | 24,301 | 1.55 | +1.38 | 1 | +1 |
| | Communist | 1,443 | 0.09 | -0.16 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Reform Group | 491 | 0.03 | +0.03 | 0 | ±0 |
| Total | Total | 1,573,855 | | | 73 | |
| Two-party-preferred |||||||
| | Liberal | 918,461 | 58.4 | –0.6 | | |
| | Labor | 655,394 | 41.6 | +0.6 | | |

### Legislative Council

Victorian state election, 29 April 1967 Legislative Council

<< 1964–1970 >> :

| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 1,723,981 | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 1,625,371 | | Turnout | 94.3 | –0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 59,895 | | Informal | 3.7 | +0.7 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held |
| | Liberal | 602,546 | 38.5 | –1.6 | 10 | 18 |
| | Labor | 577,613 | 36.9 | +1.4 | 4 | 9 |
| | Democratic Labor | 223,590 | 14.3 | –1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| | Country | 148,943 | 9.5 | +0.6 | 4 | 8 |
| | Independent | 12,784 | 0.8 | +0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1,565,476 | | | 18 | 35 |

## Seats changing hands

| Seat | Pre-1967 | Pre-1967 | Pre-1967 | Pre-1967 | Swing | Post-1967 | Post-1967 | Post-1967 | Post-1967 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Seat | Party | Party | Member | Margin | Swing | Margin | Member | Party | Party |
| Coburg | | Labor | Charlie Mutton | 6.9 | -15.7 | 8.8 | Jack Mutton | Independent | |
| Lowan | | Liberal | Jim McCabe | -6.0 | +3.3 | 2.7 | Ray Buckley | Country | |
| Moonee Ponds | | Liberal | Jack Holden | 2.9 | -4.2 | 1.3 | Tom Edmunds | Labor | |

* Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
* Lowan became a notional Country party seat in the redistribution before the election.
