1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election
Appearance
Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 30 April 1960 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council.
Results
Legislative Council
Western Australian state election, 30 April 1960[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 162,662 | |||||
Votes cast | 65,821 | Turnout | 44.5 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 498 | Informal | 0.8 | -0.3 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Labor | 29,830 | 45.7 | +8.0 | 5 | 13 | |
Liberal and Country | 23,718 | 36.3 | -14.0 | 2 | 9 | |
Country | 10,829 | 16.6 | +7.7 | 3 | 8 | |
Independent | 946 | 1.5 | +0.7 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 65,323 | 10 | 30 |
Retiring Members
Country
Candidates
Province | Held by | Labor candidates | LCL candidates | Country candidates | Independent candidates |
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Central | Country | Arthur Kelly | Norm Baxter* Arthur Latham Allan McLean |
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Metropolitan | LCL | Percy Munday | Reg Mattiske | ||
Midland | Country | Oliver Sutherland | Les Logan | ||
North | Labor | Bill Willesee | Robert Lukis | ||
North-East | Labor | John Teahan | David Hoar | Albert Gerick (Ind.) | |
South | Country | Charles Bolt | Sydney Thompson* William Robinson |
Joseph Weir (Ind.) | |
South-East | Labor | Jim Garrigan | Percival Millington | Alfred Walker | |
South-West | LCL | Frank Willmott | |||
Suburban | Labor | Ruby Hutchison | Alfred Rosser | ||
West | Labor | Ron Thompson | Louis Joseph |
Election results
Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Arthur Kelly | 2,314 | 35.6 | ||
Country | Norm Baxter | 2,258 | 34.7 | ||
Country | Arthur Latham | 1,230 | 18.9 | ||
Country | Allan McLean | 705 | 10.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,507 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 79 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,586 | 50.2 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | Norm Baxter | 3,661 | 56.3 | ||
Liberal and Country | Arthur Kelly | 2,846 | 43.7 | ||
Country hold | Swing |
Metropolitan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Reg Mattiske | 7,728 | 59.7 | ||
Labor | Percy Munday | 5,215 | 40.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,943 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 71 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 13,014 | 32.1 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Midland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Les Logan | 2,121 | 75.1 | ||
Labor | Oliver Sutherland | 704 | 24.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,825 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 17 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,842 | 52.8 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill Willesee | 959 | 65.1 | ||
Liberal and Country | Robert Lukis | 515 | 34.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,474 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,482 | 76.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
North-East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Teahan | 1,682 | 57.7 | ||
Liberal and Country | David Hoar | 927 | 31.8 | ||
Independent | Albert Gerick | 304 | 10.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,913 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 25 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,938 | 60.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Charles Bolt | 1,928 | 31.4 | ||
Country | William Robinson | 1,903 | 31.0 | ||
Country | Sydney Thompson | 1,663 | 27.1 | ||
Independent | Joseph Weir | 642 | 10.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,136 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 66 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,202 | 55.7 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | Sydney Thompson | 3,724 | 60.7 | ||
Liberal and Country | Charles Bolt | 2,412 | 39.3 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
South-East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jim Garrigan | 2,401 | 55.5 | ||
Liberal and Country | Percival Millington | 978 | 22.6 | ||
Country | Alfred Walker | 949 | 21.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,328 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 39 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,367 | 61.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
South-West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Francis Drake Willmott | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Suburban
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ruby Hutchison | 9,776 | 57.5 | ||
Liberal and Country | Alfred Rosser | 7,241 | 42.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,017 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 116 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 17,133 | 42.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ron Thompson | 6,779 | 60.4 | ||
Liberal and Country | Louis Joseph | 4,401 | 39.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,180 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 77 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 11,257 | 47.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
See also
References
- ^ Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia: membership register, electoral law and statistics 1890-1989. Perth, WA: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0730936414.