Results of the Western Australian state election, 1956 (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 7 April 1956
Legislative Assembly
<< 1953 — 1959 >>

Enrolled voters 262,384
Votes cast 241,863 Turnout 92.18 –1.30
Informal votes 6,851 Informal 2.83 +0.22
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 116,793 49.70 –0.07 29 + 3
  Liberal and Country 98,335 33.13 –4.82 11 – 4
  Country 12,319 5.24 +0.33 8 – 1
  Ind. Lib. 15,822 6.73 +4.89 2 + 2
  Communist 1,167 0.50 –0.22 0 ± 0
  Independent 11,045 4.70 –0.10 0 ± 0
Total 241,863     50  

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1956 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

Western Australian state election, 1956: Albany[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Hall 2,302 45.6
Country Leonard Hill 1,748 34.7
Country Alfred Gulvin 994 19.7
Total formal votes 5,044 98.6
Informal votes 73 1.4
Turnout 5,117 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Hall 2,531 50.2
Country Leonard Hill 2,513 49.8
Labor gain from Country Swing

Avon Valley

Western Australian state election, 1956: Avon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country James Mann 2,746 62.1
Country John Stratton 1,679 37.9
Total formal votes 4,425 96.6
Informal votes 155 3.4
Turnout 4,580 91.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Beeloo

Western Australian state election, 1956: Beeloo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Colin Jamieson 6,418 66.8
Liberal and Country John Alden 3,186 33.2
Total formal votes 9,604 96.8
Informal votes 316 3.2
Turnout 9,920 93.0
Labor hold Swing

Blackwood

Western Australian state election, 1956: Blackwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country John Hearman unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Boulder

Western Australian state election, 1956: Boulder
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Moir unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Bunbury

Western Australian state election, 1956: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country George Roberts 2,754 50.9
Labor Charles Webber 2,655 49.1
Total formal votes 5,409 99.1
Informal votes 49 0.9
Turnout 5,458 97.1
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Canning

Western Australian state election, 1956: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Gaffy 4,825 51.1
Liberal and Country Richard Marris 4,615 48.9
Total formal votes 9,440 98.4
Informal votes 157 1.6
Turnout 9,597 93.8
Labor hold Swing

Claremont

Western Australian state election, 1956: Claremont
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Harold Crommelin 3,239 41.5
Liberal and Country Laurence Snook 2,618 33.5
Liberal and Country Charles North 1,948 25.0
Total formal votes 7,805 93.5
Informal votes 541 6.5
Turnout 8,346 91.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Harold Crommelin 4,295 55.0
Liberal and Country Laurence Snook 3,510 45.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Collie

Western Australian state election, 1956: Collie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry May 3,415 74.5
Country Norman Coote 1,048 22.9
Communist Norman Lacey 120 2.6
Total formal votes 4,583 98.3
Informal votes 80 1.7
Turnout 4,663 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Harry May 76.9
Country Norman Coote 23.1
Labor hold Swing

Cottesloe

Western Australian state election, 1956: Cottesloe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Ross Hutchinson 5,781 68.0
Independent Leonard Stratton 2,717 32.0
Total formal votes 8,498 97.0
Informal votes 259 3.0
Turnout 8,757 92.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Dale

Western Australian state election, 1956: Dale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Gerald Wild 2,911 56.7
Independent Ivan Locke 2,221 43.3
Total formal votes 5,132 97.2
Informal votes 146 2.8
Turnout 5,278 92.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Darling Range

Western Australian state election, 1956: Darling Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ray Owen unopposed
Country hold Swing

East Perth

Western Australian state election, 1956: East Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Herb Graham 5,273 65.8
Liberal and Country Edmund Madigan 2,739 34.2
Total formal votes 8,012 97.8
Informal votes 180 2.2
Turnout 8,192 89.4
Labor hold Swing

Eyre

Western Australian state election, 1956: Eyre
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Emil Nulsen unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1956: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Sleeman 7,395 91.2
Communist Paddy Troy 714 8.8
Total formal votes 8,109 95.9
Informal votes 344 4.1
Turnout 8,453 89.5
Labor hold Swing

Gascoyne

Western Australian state election, 1956: Gascoyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Daniel Norton 1,068 69.7
Liberal and Country Kenneth Illingworth 465 30.3
Total formal votes 1,533 97.8
Informal votes 35 2.2
Turnout 1,568 84.4
Labor hold Swing

Geraldton

Western Australian state election, 1956: Geraldton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Sewell 3,052 59.9
Liberal and Country Arnold Devlin 1,014 19.9
Country Charles Eadon-Clarke 995 19.5
Independent Joyce Webber 33 0.7
Total formal votes 5,094 98.6
Informal votes 71 1.4
Turnout 5,165 91.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Sewell 62.2
Liberal and Country Arnold Devlin 37.8
Labor hold Swing

Greenough

Western Australian state election, 1956: Greenough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country David Brand unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Guildford-Midland

Western Australian state election, 1956: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Brady 8,108 94.0
Communist Albert Marks 516 6.0
Total formal votes 8,624 95.3
Informal votes 429 4.7
Turnout 9,053 92.1
Labor hold Swing

Harvey

Western Australian state election, 1956: Harvey
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Iven Manning unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Kalgoorlie

Western Australian state election, 1956: Kalgoorlie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Evans 3,052 70.5
Liberal and Country George Brand 1,276 29.5
Total formal votes 4,328 98.2
Informal votes 78 1.8
Turnout 4,406 92.8
Labor hold Swing

Katanning

Western Australian state election, 1956: Katanning
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Crawford Nalder unopposed
Country hold Swing

Kimberley

Western Australian state election, 1956: Kimberley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Rhatigan unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Leederville

Western Australian state election, 1956: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Johnson 4,353 50.8
Liberal and Country Les Nimmo 4,217 49.2
Total formal votes 8,570 98.3
Informal votes 144 1.7
Turnout 8,714 93.8
Labor hold Swing

Maylands

Western Australian state election, 1956: Maylands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Merv Toms 4,989 56.4
Liberal and Country Ellen Lulham 2,050 23.2
Independent Liberal Herbert R. Robinson 1,803 20.4
Total formal votes 8,842 97.7
Informal votes 206 2.3
Turnout 9,048 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Merv Toms 58.5
Liberal and Country Ellen Lulham 41.5
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing

Melville

Western Australian state election, 1956: Melville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Tonkin 6,837 76.2
Independent James Hart 2,132 23.8
Total formal votes 8,969 97.0
Informal votes 279 3.0
Turnout 9,248 93.5
Labor hold Swing

Merredin-Yilgarn

Western Australian state election, 1956: Merredin-Yilgarn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Lionel Kelly 2,818 57.4
Country Alfred Walker 1,206 24.6
Liberal and Country Robert Loder 887 18.1
Total formal votes 4,911 98.4
Informal votes 80 1.6
Turnout 4,991 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lionel Kelly 59.2
Country Alfred Walker 40.8
Labor hold Swing

Middle Swan

Western Australian state election, 1956: Middle Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Hegney unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Moore

Western Australian state election, 1956: Moore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Ackland unopposed
Country hold Swing

Mount Hawthorn

Western Australian state election, 1956: Mount Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Hegney 5,740 63.0
Liberal and Country William Bailey 3,032 33.3
Communist William Anear 333 3.7
Total formal votes 9,105 96.1
Informal votes 367 3.9
Turnout 9,472 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Hegney 66.3
Liberal and Country William Bailey 33.7
Labor hold Swing

Mount Lawley

Western Australian state election, 1956: Mount Lawley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Liberal Edward Oldfield 6,242 67.8
Liberal and Country Arthur Abbott 2,965 32.2
Total formal votes 9,207 95.0
Informal votes 480 5.0
Turnout 9,687 93.9
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal and Country Swing

Mount Marshall

Western Australian state election, 1956: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country George Cornell unopposed
Country hold Swing

Murchison

Western Australian state election, 1956: Murchison
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Everard O'Brien 2,064 59.1
Liberal and Country Carlyle Newman 1,430 40.9
Total formal votes 3,494 97.2
Informal votes 102 2.8
Turnout 3,596 85.1
Labor hold Swing

Murray

Western Australian state election, 1956: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Ross McLarty unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Narrogin

Western Australian state election, 1956: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Percy Munday 1,412 28.8
Country William Robinson 1,049 21.4
Country William Manning 1,047 21.4
Liberal and Country Robert Farr 1,017 20.8
Country Frank Ashworth 373 7.6
Total formal votes 4,898 98.1
Informal votes 93 1.9
Turnout 4,991 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Manning 3,209 65.5
Labor Percy Munday 1,689 34.5
Country hold Swing

Nedlands

Western Australian state election, 1956: Nedlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Charles Court 6,037 72.9
Independent Liberal David Grayden 2,249 27.1
Total formal votes 8,286 96.8
Informal votes 277 3.2
Turnout 8,563 91.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing

North Perth

Western Australian state election, 1956: North Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Stan Lapham 4,424 54.3
Liberal and Country Leslie Fawcett 3,720 45.7
Total formal votes 8,144 97.4
Informal votes 220 2.6
Turnout 8,364 92.1
Labor hold Swing

Northam

Western Australian state election, 1956: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Albert Hawke 3,483 76.4
Independent Liberal James Collins 1,075 23.6
Total formal votes 4,558 97.9
Informal votes 96 2.1
Turnout 4,654 91.5
Labor hold Swing

Pilbara

Western Australian state election, 1956: Pilbara
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alec Rodoreda 662 66.9
Liberal and Country Rowland Charlton 327 33.1
Total formal votes 989 98.7
Informal votes 13 1.3
Turnout 1,002 81.3
Labor hold Swing

Roe

Western Australian state election, 1956: Roe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Charles Perkins unopposed
Country hold Swing

South Fremantle

Western Australian state election, 1956: South Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Dick Lawrence 7,042 76.3
Independent Labor Michael Robson 2,191 23.7
Total formal votes 9,233 96.2
Informal votes 369 3.8
Turnout 9,602 90.4
Labor hold Swing

South Perth

Western Australian state election, 1956: South Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Francis French 3,615 38.8
Liberal and Country James Smith 2,523 27.1
Independent Liberal Bill Grayden 2,482 26.6
Independent Cole Sangster 704 7.6
Total formal votes 9,324 98.0
Informal votes 191 2.0
Turnout 9,515 93.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Bill Grayden 5,437 58.3
Labor Francis French 3,887 41.7
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal and Country Swing

Stirling

Western Australian state election, 1956: Stirling
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Arthur Watts unopposed
Country hold Swing

Subiaco

Western Australian state election, 1956: Subiaco
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Percival Potter 4,134 47.3
Liberal and Country Edgar Paddick 2,486 28.4
Independent Liberal Joseph Abrahams 1,791 20.5
Independent Liberal Walter Richardson 336 3.8
Total formal votes 8,747 97.3
Informal votes 242 2.7
Turnout 8,989 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Percival Potter 4,520 51.7
Liberal and Country Edgar Paddick 4,227 48.3
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing

Toodyay

Western Australian state election, 1956: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Lindsay Thorn 2,180 50.7
Independent Labor John Rolinson 2,117 49.3
Total formal votes 4,297 97.7
Informal votes 103 2.3
Turnout 4,400 88.9
Country hold Swing

Vasse

Western Australian state election, 1956: Vasse
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country William Bovell unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Victoria Park

Western Australian state election, 1956: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Hugh Andrew 5,663 62.2
Liberal and Country Benjamin Marshall 3,444 37.8
Total formal votes 9,107 97.8
Informal votes 209 2.2
Turnout 9,316 92.8
Labor hold Swing

Warren

Western Australian state election, 1956: Warren
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernest Hoar unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Wembley Beaches

Western Australian state election, 1956: Wembley Beaches
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frederick Marshall 5,492 49.5
Liberal and Country Bertha Beecroft 4,158 37.5
Independent Liberal Sydney Cheek 919 8.3
Independent Les Laracy 531 4.8
Total formal votes 11,100 97.7
Informal votes 255 2.3
Turnout 11,355 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frederick Marshall 51.9
Liberal and Country Bertha Beecroft 48.1
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing

West Perth

Western Australian state election, 1956: West Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Stanley Heal 4,385 57.8
Liberal and Country Raymond Nowland 3,206 42.2
Total formal votes 7,591 97.3
Informal votes 212 2.7
Turnout 7,803 88.7
Labor hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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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