Candidates of the 1959 Western Australian state election
The 1959 Western Australian state election was held on 21 March 1959.
Retiring Members
Labor
- Joseph Sleeman (MLA) (Fremantle)
Country
- Lindsay Thorn (MLA) (Toodyay)
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 |
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Albany | Labor | Jack Hall | Roy Wellington | Vincent Liddelow | Charles Johnson (Ind.) Ernest Rogers (Ind.) |
Avon Valley | LCL | James Mann | John Stratton | ||
Beeloo | Labor | Colin Jamieson | Gordon Clark | Patrick Riordan (DLP) | |
Blackwood | LCL | John Hearman | Duncan Muir | ||
Boulder | Labor | Arthur Moir | |||
Bunbury | LCL | Forrest Hay | George Roberts | ||
Canning | Labor | Bill Gaffy | Des O'Neil | Michael O'Brien (DLP) | |
Claremont | LCL | Harold Crommelin | |||
Collie | Labor | Harry May | Norman Coote (Ind.) | ||
Cottesloe | LCL | Edmund Edwards | Ross Hutchinson | ||
Dale | LCL | Gerald Wild | Arthur Mills Andrew McPhail | William Williams (Ind.) | |
Darling Range | Country | Henry Harris | John Kostera | Ray Owen | Michael Coyne (DLP) |
East Perth | Labor | Herb Graham | John Martin | John Deane (DLP) | |
Eyre | Labor | Emil Nulsen | Orlando Stuart | ||
Fremantle | Labor | Harry Fletcher | Henry Miller (DLP) Paddy Troy (Comm.) | ||
Gascoyne | Labor | Daniel Norton | Thomas Orr | ||
Geraldton | Labor | Bill Sewell | Gerald Throssell | Septimus Waldon (DLP) | |
Greenough | LCL | David Brand | |||
Guildford-Midland | Labor | John Brady | John Gandini (Comm.) | ||
Harvey | LCL | Iven Manning | |||
Kalgoorlie | Labor | Tom Evans | Percy Millington | Harold Illingworth (Ind.) | |
Katanning | Country | Crawford Nalder | |||
Kimberley | Labor | John Rhatigan | Nolan McDaniel | ||
Leederville | Labor | Ted Johnson | Guy Henn | John Antill (DLP) | |
Maylands | Labor | Merv Toms | Walter Bonnett | ||
Melville | Labor | John Tonkin | |||
Merredin-Yilgarn | Labor | Lionel Kelly | Ronald Lee | ||
Middle Swan | Labor | James Hegney | Francis Wilson | Brian Peachey (DLP) | |
Moore | Country | Edgar Lewis | |||
Mount Hawthorn | Labor | Bill Hegney | Hugh O'Doherty | Edward Zeffertt (Comm.) | |
Mount Lawley | Independent | Alexander Barras | Edward Oldfield* (Ind.) Ernest Parker (DLP) | ||
Mount Marshall | Country | George Cornell | |||
Murchison | Labor | Everard O'Brien | Richard Burt | George Jensen (DLP) | |
Murray | LCL | Ross McLarty | |||
Narrogin | Country | Percy Munday | William Manning | ||
Nedlands | LCL | Charles Court | |||
North Perth | Labor | Stan Lapham | Ray O'Connor | William Sawyer (DLP) | |
Northam | Labor | Albert Hawke | Lawrence Solomon | Brian McGinty (DLP) | |
Pilbara | Labor | Arthur Bickerton | Neil Radley | ||
Roe | Country | Charles Perkins | Edward Biglin (Ind.) | ||
South Fremantle | Labor | Dick Lawrence | George Kendrick (Comm.) | ||
South Perth | Independent | George Strickland | Bill Grayden (Ind. Lib) | ||
Stirling | Country | Arthur Watts | |||
Subiaco | Labor | Percival Potter | Hugh Guthrie | Ronald Bulbeck (DLP) | |
Toodyay | Country | John Rolinson | James Craig* Joseph Farrell | John Acott (Ind. Lab) | |
Vasse | LCL | William Bovell | George Shervington (DLP) | ||
Victoria Park | Labor | Ron Davies | David Hooper | Harold Hawthorne (Ind.) William Carter (DLP) | |
Warren | Labor | Joseph Rowberry | Walter Muir | Paul Brennan (DLP) | |
Wembley Beaches | Labor | Frederick Marshall | Les Nimmo | William Coyne (DLP) | |
West Perth | Labor | Stanley Heal | Raymond Nowland |
See also
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1959–1962
- 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election
- 1959 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.