Candidates of the 1947 Western Australian state election
The 1947 Western Australian state election was held on 15 March 1947.
Retiring Members
Labor
- Arthur Wilson (MLA) (Collie)
- John Willcock (MLA) (Geraldton)
- Harry Millington (MLA) (Mount Hawthorn)
- Frederick Withers (MLA) (Bunbury)
- Edward Holman (MLA) (Forrest)
Country
- Sydney Stubbs (MLA) (Wagin)
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Country candidate | Other candidates |
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Albany | Country | William Martin | Leonard Hill | Egbert Shenton (Progressive) | |
Avon | Labor | William Telfer | George Cornell | ||
Beverley | Country | James Mann | John Wilkinson (Ind.) | ||
Boulder | Labor | Philip Collier | |||
Brown Hill-Ivanhoe | Labor | Frederick Smith | |||
Bunbury | Labor | John Kirke | James Murray | Albert Scott | |
Canning | Labor | Charles Cross | George Yates | ||
Claremont | Liberal | William Carmody | Charles North | ||
Collie | Labor | Harry May | |||
East Perth | Labor | Herb Graham | James Collins (Ind. Liberal) Henry Mountjoy (Communist) | ||
Forrest | Labor | Alfred Reynolds | David Johnstone | Keith Porteous | |
Fremantle | Labor | Joseph Sleeman | |||
Gascoyne | Labor | Frank Wise | |||
Geraldton | Labor | Bill Sewell | Harold Daffen | Edmund Hall | |
Greenough | Liberal | Thomas Shanahan | David Brand | ||
Guildford-Midland | Labor | William Johnson | Arthur Thompson | Alexander Jolly (Communist) | |
Hannans | Labor | David Leahy | |||
Irwin-Moore | Independent | Luke Travers | John Ackland | Horace Berry (Ind.) | |
Kalgoorlie | Labor | Herbert Styants | |||
Kanowna | Labor | Emil Nulsen | |||
Katanning | Country | John Powell | Arthur Watts | ||
Kimberley | Labor | Aubrey Coverley | Kimberley Durack (Ind.) | ||
Leederville | Labor | Alexander Panton | |||
Maylands | Liberal | Harry Shearn | |||
Middle Swan | Labor | James Hegney | Bill Grayden | Mary Hamersley | |
Mount Hawthorn | Labor | William Beadle | Les Nimmo | Norman Hard | Archibald Cruikshank (Ind.) Arthur West |
Mount Magnet | Labor | Lucien Triat | |||
Mount Marshall | Country | Hugh Leslie | |||
Murchison | Labor | William Marshall | |||
Murray-Wellington | Liberal | Ross McLarty | |||
Nedlands | Liberal | William Williams | Norbert Keenan | ||
Nelson | Labor | Ernest Hoar | Edward Cummins | ||
Northam | Labor | Albert Hawke | Norm Baxter | ||
North Perth | Liberal | William Deal | Arthur Abbott | ||
North-East Fremantle | Labor | John Tonkin | |||
Perth | Labor | Ted Needham | Stanley Perry | Carlyle Ferguson (Ind.) | |
Pilbara | Labor | Bill Hegney | Leonard Taplin (Ind.) | ||
Pingelly | Country | Harrie Seward | Percy Munday (Ind.) | ||
Roebourne | Labor | Alec Rodoreda | |||
South Fremantle | Labor | Thomas Fox | |||
Subiaco | Liberal | Percival Potter | Florence Cardell-Oliver | ||
Sussex | Liberal | Robert Hearne | William Willmott | ||
Swan | Independent | Gerald Wild | Edward Parker | Ray Owen (Ind.) | |
Toodyay | Country | Lindsay Thorn | |||
Victoria Park | Independent | Charles Johnson | William Read (Ind.) | ||
Wagin | Country | Eric Kealley | Crawford Nalder* Archibald Irving Gerald Piesse | ||
West Perth | Liberal | Robert McDonald | |||
Williams-Narrogin | Country | Moses Mowday | Victor Doney | ||
Yilgarn-Coolgardie | Labor | Lionel Kelly | |||
York | Country | Colin Thorn | Charles Perkins |
See also
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1947
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950
- 1947 Western Australian state election
References
- Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.