Candidates of the 1956 Western Australian state election
The 1956 Western Australian state election was held on 7 April 1956.
Retiring Members
Labor
- Harry McCulloch (MLA) (Hannans)
- Herbert Styants (MLA) (Kalgoorlie)
LCL
- George Yates (MLA) (South Perth)
- Florence Cardell-Oliver (MLA) (Subiaco)
Country
- Victor Doney (MLA) (Narrogin)
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 | LCL candidate | Country candidate | Other candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albany | Country | Jack Hall | Leonard Hill Alfred Gulvin | ||
Avon Valley | LCL | James Mann | John Stratton | ||
Beeloo | Labor | Colin Jamieson | John Alden | ||
Blackwood | LCL | John Hearman | |||
Boulder | Labor | Arthur Moir | |||
Bunbury | LCL | Charles Webber | George Roberts | ||
Canning | Labor | Bill Gaffy | Richard Marris | ||
Claremont | LCL | Harold Crommelin* Laurence Snook Charles North | |||
Collie | Labor | Harry May | Norman Coote | Norman Lacey (Comm.) | |
Cottesloe | LCL | Ross Hutchinson | Leonard Stratton (Ind.) | ||
Dale | LCL | Gerald Wild | Ivan Locke (Ind.) | ||
Darling Range | Country | Ray Owen | |||
East Perth | Labor | Herb Graham | Edmund Madigan | ||
Eyre | Labor | Emil Nulsen | |||
Fremantle | Labor | Joseph Sleeman | Paddy Troy (Comm.) | ||
Gascoyne | Labor | Daniel Norton | Kenneth Illingworth | ||
Geraldton | Labor | Bill Sewell | Arnold Devlin | Charles Eadon-Clarke | Joyce Webber (Ind.) |
Greenough | LCL | David Brand | |||
Guildford-Midland | Labor | John Brady | Albert Marks (Comm.) | ||
Harvey | LCL | Iven Manning | |||
Kalgoorlie | Labor | Tom Evans | Percy Millington | Harold Illingworth (Ind.) | |
Katanning | Country | Crawford Nalder | |||
Kimberley | Labor | John Rhatigan | |||
Leederville | Labor | Ted Johnson | Les Nimmo | ||
Maylands | LCL | Merv Toms | Ellen Lulham | Herbert Robinson (Ind. Lib) | |
Melville | Labor | John Tonkin | James Hart (Ind.) | ||
Merredin-Yilgarn | Labor | Lionel Kelly | Robert Loder | Alfred Walker | |
Middle Swan | Labor | James Hegney | |||
Moore | Country | John Ackland | |||
Mount Hawthorn | Labor | Bill Hegney | William Bailey | William Anear (Comm.) | |
Mount Lawley | LCL | Arthur Abbott | Edward Oldfield* (Ind. Lib) | ||
Mount Marshall | Country | George Cornell | |||
Murchison | Labor | Everard O'Brien | Carlyle Newman | ||
Murray | LCL | Ross McLarty | |||
Narrogin | Country | Percy Munday | Robert Farr | William Manning* Bill Robinson Frank Ashworth | |
Nedlands | LCL | Charles Court | David Grayden (Ind. Lib) | ||
North Perth | Labor | Stan Lapham | Leslie Fawcett | ||
Northam | Labor | Albert Hawke | James Collins (Ind. Lib) | ||
Pilbara | Labor | Alec Rodoreda | Rowland Charlton | ||
Roe | Country | Charles Perkins | |||
South Fremantle | Labor | Dick Lawrence | Michael Robson (Ind. Labor) | ||
South Perth | LCL | Francis French | James Smith | Bill Grayden* (Ind. Lib) Cole Sangster (Ind.) | |
Stirling | Country | Arthur Watts | |||
Subiaco | LCL | Percival Potter | Edgar Paddick | Joseph Abrahams (Ind. Lib) Walter Richardson (Ind. Lib) | |
Toodyay | Country | Lindsay Thorn | John Rolinson (Ind. Labor) | ||
Vasse | LCL | William Bovell | |||
Victoria Park | Labor | Ron Davies | Benjamin Marshall | ||
Warren | Labor | Ernest Hoar | |||
Wembley Beaches | LCL | Frederick Marshall | Bertha Beecroft | Sydney Cheek (Ind. Lib) Les Laracy (Ind.) | |
West Perth | Labor | Stanley Heal | Raymond Nowland |
See also
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959
- 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election
- 1956 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.