Candidates of the 1968 Western Australian state election

The 1968 Western Australian state election was held on 23 March 1968.

Retiring Members

Labor

• James Hegney MLA (Belmont)
• Albert Hawke MLA (Northam)
• Bill Hegney MLA (Mount Hawthorn)
• Lionel Kelly MLA (Merredin-Yilgarn)
• Harry May MLA (Collie)
• Joseph Rowberry MLA (Warren)
• Henry Curran MLA (Cockburn)

LCL

• Les Nimmo MLA (Karrinyup)
• Bill Crommelin MLA (Claremont)
• Keith Watson MLC (Metropolitan)

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
Albany	Labor	Jack Hall	Henry Ayers
Ascot	Labor	Merv Toms	Douglas Anderson
Avon	Country			Harry Gayfer
Balcatta	Labor	Herb Graham	Anthony Scolaro
Belmont	Labor	Colin Jamieson	Bruce Tomlinson
Blackwood	LCL		John Hearman	Ron Kitney
Boulder-Dundas	Labor	Arthur Moir
Bunbury	LCL	Alexandra White	Maurice Williams		John Guidera (DLP)
Canning	LCL	Tom Bateman	Ross Elliott		Lydia Obbes (DLP) Melford Roe (Ind)
Clontarf	LCL	Don May	Paul Buddee		John Martyr (DLP) Ian Skipworth (Ind)
Cockburn	Labor	Don Taylor	Stanley Elliman
Collie	Labor	Tom Jones	Bob Pike		John Davidson (Ind)
Cottesloe	LCL	Christopher Caldwell	Ross Hutchinson		Lola Griggs (Ind)
Dale	LCL	James Wolfe	Cyril Rushton
Darling Range	LCL	Alick Smith	Ken Dunn	George Spriggs Daniel Varney
East Melville	LCL		Des O'Neil		Victor Williams (CPA) Ralph Von Paleske (Ind)
Floreat	LCL	Lyla Elliott	Andrew Mensaros	George Gummow	Bernard Flanagan (DLP)
Fremantle	Labor	Harry Fletcher			William Kenneally (DLP)
Gascoyne	Labor	Daniel Norton	Peter Butler		Neville Brandstater (Ind)
Geraldton	Labor	Bill Sewell	Phillip Cooper
Greenough	LCL		David Brand
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Tom Evans
Karrinyup	LCL	Stan Lapham	John Waghorne		Arthur White (DLP)
Katanning	Country			Crawford Nalder
Kimberley	Labor	John Rhatigan	Alan Ridge
Maylands	LCL	John Harman	Bob Marshall		Francis Pownall (DLP) Cornelis de Bruin (Ind)
Melville	Labor	John Tonkin	Albert Box
Merredin-Yilgarn	Labor	Jim Brown	Jack Stewart	Geoffrey Telfer	Raymond Evans (Ind)
Mirrabooka	LCL	Kevin Parker	Doug Cash		John Poole (DLP)
Moore	Country			Edgar Lewis	Albert Tonkin (Ind)
Mount Hawthorn	Labor	Ron Bertram	James Ring		Gavan O'Connor (DLP)
Mount Lawley	LCL	Patrick Weir	Ray O'Connor
Mount Marshall	Country			Ray McPharlin
Murchison-Eyre	LCL		Richard Burt
Murray	LCL	Fred Crockenberg	Ewart Runciman
Narrogin	Country			William Manning
Nedlands	LCL	Eric Hicks	Charles Court
Northam	Labor	Ken McIver	Claude Roediger	Maurice Armstrong
Perth	LCL	Terry Burke	Peter Durack		Paul Ritter (Ind) William Spence (DLP)
Pilbara	Labor	Arthur Bickerton
Roe	Country	John Jehu	Mel Bungey	Bill Young
South Perth	LCL		Bill Grayden		Brian Peachey (DLP)
Stirling	Country			Clayton Mitchell
Subiaco	LCL	Ronnay Foster	Hugh Guthrie		Jacqueline Lander (Ind)
Swan	Labor	John Brady	John Pitsikas
Toodyay	Country	Edmond Hewett		James Craig
Vasse	LCL		William Bovell
Victoria Park	Labor	Ron Davies
Warren	Labor	David Evans	Gordon Thompson		Francis Dwyer (DLP)
Wellington	LCL		Iven Manning
Wembley	LCL		Guy Henn

Legislative Council

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
Central	Country			Leslie Diver
Lower Central	Country	Alfred Jacobs		Sydney Thompson
Lower North	Labor	Eric Heenan	George Berry		Dennis Sands (DLP)
Lower West	LCL		Graham MacKinnon
Metropolitan	LCL		Ian Medcalf
North	Labor	Harry Strickland
North Metropolitan	LCL	Roy Claughton	Herbert Robinson
North-East Metropolitan	Labor	William Willesee
South	Country			Jack Thomson
South-East	Labor	Claude Stubbs
South Metropolitan	Labor	Ron Thompson	Albert Gainsford-Brackley
South-East Metropolitan	Labor	Jerry Dolan	Nigel Guest		Alan Crofts (DLP)
South West	LCL		Francis Willmott
Upper West	Country			Les Logan
West	Country	Owen Hanlon		Fred White

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1965–1968
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1968–1971
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1965–1968
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1968–1971
• 1968 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.