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1964 Denison by-election

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1964 Denison by-election

15 February 1964
  First party Second party
 
ALP
Candidate Adrian Gibson Donald Finlay
Party Liberal Labor
First preference vote 16,953 14,367
Percentage 51.1% 43.3%
Swing Decrease0.2pp Increase4.1pp
TPP 55.3% 44.7%
TPP swing Decrease2.11pp Increase2.11pp

MP before election

Athol Townley
Liberal

Elected MP

Kevin Newman
Adrian Gibson

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

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Denison by-election, 1964[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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  1. ^ "By-Elections 1963-1966". Psephos. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.