Candidates of the 1956 Western Australian state election

The 1956 Western Australian state election was held on 7 April 1956.

Retiring Members

Labor

LCL

Country

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
AlbanyCountryJack HallLeonard Hill
Alfred Gulvin
Avon ValleyLCLJames MannJohn Stratton
BeelooLaborColin JamiesonJohn Alden
BlackwoodLCLJohn Hearman
BoulderLaborArthur Moir
BunburyLCLCharles WebberGeorge Roberts
CanningLaborBill GaffyRichard Marris
ClaremontLCLHarold Crommelin*
Laurence Snook
Charles North
CollieLaborHarry MayNorman CooteNorman Lacey (Comm.)
CottesloeLCLRoss HutchinsonLeonard Stratton (Ind.)
DaleLCLGerald WildIvan Locke (Ind.)
Darling RangeCountryRay Owen
East PerthLaborHerb GrahamEdmund Madigan
EyreLaborEmil Nulsen
FremantleLaborJoseph SleemanPaddy Troy (Comm.)
GascoyneLaborDaniel NortonKenneth Illingworth
GeraldtonLaborBill SewellArnold DevlinCharles Eadon-ClarkeJoyce Webber (Ind.)
GreenoughLCLDavid Brand
Guildford-MidlandLaborJohn BradyAlbert Marks (Comm.)
HarveyLCLIven Manning
KalgoorlieLaborTom EvansPercy MillingtonHarold Illingworth (Ind.)
KatanningCountryCrawford Nalder
KimberleyLaborJohn Rhatigan
LeedervilleLaborTed JohnsonLes Nimmo
MaylandsLCLMerv TomsEllen LulhamHerbert Robinson (Ind. Lib)
MelvilleLaborJohn TonkinJames Hart (Ind.)
Merredin-YilgarnLaborLionel KellyRobert LoderAlfred Walker
Middle SwanLaborJames Hegney
MooreCountryJohn Ackland
Mount HawthornLaborBill HegneyWilliam BaileyWilliam Anear (Comm.)
Mount LawleyLCLArthur AbbottEdward Oldfield* (Ind. Lib)
Mount MarshallCountryGeorge Cornell
MurchisonLaborEverard O'BrienCarlyle Newman
MurrayLCLRoss McLarty
NarroginCountryPercy MundayRobert FarrWilliam Manning*
Bill Robinson
Frank Ashworth
NedlandsLCLCharles CourtDavid Grayden (Ind. Lib)
North PerthLaborStan LaphamLeslie Fawcett
NorthamLaborAlbert HawkeJames Collins (Ind. Lib)
PilbaraLaborAlec RodoredaRowland Charlton
RoeCountryCharles Perkins
South FremantleLaborDick LawrenceMichael Robson (Ind. Labor)
South PerthLCLFrancis FrenchJames SmithBill Grayden* (Ind. Lib)
Cole Sangster (Ind.)
StirlingCountryArthur Watts
SubiacoLCLPercival PotterEdgar PaddickJoseph Abrahams (Ind. Lib)
Walter Richardson (Ind. Lib)
ToodyayCountryLindsay ThornJohn Rolinson (Ind. Labor)
VasseLCLWilliam Bovell
Victoria ParkLaborRon DaviesBenjamin Marshall
WarrenLaborErnest Hoar
Wembley BeachesLCLFrederick MarshallBertha BeecroftSydney Cheek (Ind. Lib)
Les Laracy (Ind.)
West PerthLaborStanley HealRaymond Nowland

See also

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.
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