Candidates of the 1962 Western Australian state election
Western Australian state election candidates in 1962
The 1962 Western Australian state election was held on 31 March 1962.
Retiring Members
Labor
- Emil Nulsen (MLA) (Eyre)
LCL
- James Mann (MLA) (Avon Valley)
Country
- Arthur Watts (MLA) (Stirling)
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 | John Hutchinson | ||
Avon | LCL | Arthur Kelly | Harry Gayfer* Leonard Doncon | ||
Balcatta | Labor | Herb Graham | Rodney Treadgold | Adrian Briffa (DLP) | |
Bayswater | Labor | Merv Toms | |||
Beeloo | Labor | Colin Jamieson | William How | Philip De Lacey (DLP) | |
Belmont | Labor | James Hegney | Hudson Hudson-Taylor (Ind.) Patrick Faulkner (Ind. Lab) Stanley Meredith (DLP) Michael Coffey (Ind. Lab) | ||
Blackwood | LCL | John Hearman | Henry Rudd (Ind.) | ||
Boulder-Eyre | Labor | Arthur Moir | Philip Charsley | William Kirwan | Orlando Stuart (Ind.) |
Bunbury | LCL | Charles Webber | George Roberts | ||
Canning | LCL | Don May | Raymond Richardson | Arthur Mills | |
Claremont | LCL | Harold Crommelin | John Smith (Ind. Lib) | ||
Cockburn | Labor | Henry Curran | James Burns | Maurice Robinson (DLP) | |
Collie | Labor | Harry May | Edward Cocker | Norman Coote (Ind.) | |
Cottesloe | LCL | David Wright | Ross Hutchinson | ||
Dale | LCL | Donald Culley | Gerald Wild | ||
Darling Range | Country | Jack Metcalfe | Ken Dunn | Ray Owen | |
East Melville | LCL | Mervyn Jahn | Des O'Neil | ||
Fremantle | Labor | Harry Fletcher | Charles Scampton | George Kendrick (Comm.) | |
Gascoyne | Labor | Daniel Norton | |||
Geraldton | Labor | Bill Sewell | Charles Eadon-Clarke (Ind) John Porteus (Ind) | ||
Greenough | LCL | David Brand | John Gandini (Comm.) | ||
Kalgoorlie | Labor | Tom Evans | Graham Jonas | ||
Karrinyup | LCL | Stan Lapham | Les Nimmo | Brian Peachey (DLP) | |
Katanning | Country | Crawford Nalder | |||
Kimberley | Labor | John Rhatigan | Lenin McAlear (Ind. Lab) | ||
Maylands | Labor | Edward Oldfield | John Watts | Gerard Lyons (DLP) | |
Melville | Labor | John Tonkin | Eelco Tacoma | ||
Merredin-Yilgarn | Labor | Lionel Kelly | Squire Fletcher | ||
Moore | Country | Edgar Lewis | |||
Mount Hawthorn | Labor | Bill Hegney | Hugh O'Doherty | ||
Mount Lawley | LCL | Joe Berinson | Ray O'Connor | ||
Mount Marshall | Country | George Cornell | |||
Murchison | LCL | William Matthews | Richard Burt | Kevin Bartle (DLP) | |
Murray | LCL | Ross McLarty | Frederick Crockenberg (Ind) | ||
Narrogin | Country | William Manning | |||
Nedlands | LCL | John Henshaw | Charles Court | ||
Northam | Labor | Albert Hawke | |||
Perth | Labor | Stanley Heal | Raymond Nowland | Terence Merchant (DLP) | |
Pilbara | Labor | Arthur Bickerton | |||
Roe | Country | Colin Cameron | Tom Hart | ||
South Perth | LCL | Bill Grayden | Harry Repacholi (Ind) George Strickland (Ind. Lib) | ||
Stirling | Country | Roy Dix | Clayton Mitchell* John Lyons | Robin Faulkner (Ind) Malcol Bateman (Ind) | |
Subiaco | LCL | Percival Potter | Hugh Guthrie | Francis Dwyer (DLP) | |
Swan | Labor | John Brady | Gordon Murray (Comm) | ||
Toodyay | Country | Slavejko Geroff | James Craig | Leo Agnello (DLP) | |
Vasse | LCL | William Bovell | |||
Victoria Park | Labor | Ron Davies | John Stanbridge | ||
Warren | Labor | Joseph Rowberry | Walter Muir | ||
Wellington | LCL | William Bovell | |||
Wembley | LCL | Guy Henn |
See also
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1959–1962
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1962–1965
- 1962 Western Australian Legislative Council election
- 1962 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.