1964 Denison by-election
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A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Denison was held on 15 February 1964. This was triggered by the death of Liberal MP and former Defence Minister Athol Townley.
The by-election was won by Liberal candidate Adrian Gibson.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Adrian Gibson | 16,953 | 51.1 | -0.2 | |
Labor | Donald Finlay | 14,367 | 43.3 | +4.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Harold Senior | 1,563 | 4.7 | -1.7 | |
Independent | Bernard Symmons | 277 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 33,160 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 491 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 33,651 | 91.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Adrian Gibson | 55.3 | -2.1 | ||
Labor | Donald Finlay | 44.7 | +2.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "By-Elections 1963-1966". Psephos. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.