Candidates of the 1965 Western Australian state election

The 1965 Western Australian state election was held on 20 February 1965.

Retiring Members

Labor

• George Bennetts (MLC) (South-East)
• John Teahan (MLC) (North-East)

LCL

• Reg Mattiske (MLC) (Metropolitan)
• James Murray (MLC) (South-West)

Country

• Anthony Loton (MLC) (South)

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	Norman Swarbrick	Charles Johnson
Avon	Country			Harry Gayfer
Balcatta	Labor	Herb Graham	Terrence Browne
Bayswater	Labor	Merv Toms	Walter Bonnett
Beeloo	Labor	Colin Jamieson	Henry Watson
Belmont	Labor	James Hegney	Boyd Buttsworth
Blackwood	LCL		John Hearman
Boulder-Eyre	Labor	Arthur Moir
Bunbury	LCL	Edward Cooke	Maurice Williams
Canning	Labor	Don May	Ross Elliott		Louis Raven (DLP)
Claremont	LCL	John Henshaw	Harold Crommelin
Cockburn	Labor	Henry Curran
Collie	Labor	Harry May	Edward Cocker
Cottesloe	LCL	Richard Bryant	Ross Hutchinson
Dale	LCL	Donald Culley	Gerald Wild
Darling Range	LCL	Jack Metcalfe	Ken Dunn	Ray Owen
East Melville	LCL		John Hearman		Louis Joseph (Ind)
Fremantle	Labor	Harry Fletcher	Ronald Shires
Gascoyne	Labor	Daniel Norton	Stewart Maver		Neville Brandstater (Ind)
Geraldton	Labor	Bill Sewell	Charles Raynor		Raymond Goss (Ind)
Greenough	LCL		David Brand
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Tom Evans
Karrinyup	LCL	Stan Lapham	Les Nimmo		Gerardus Sappelli (DLP)
Katanning	Country			Crawford Nalder
Kimberley	Labor	John Rhatigan	George Drysdale
Maylands	Labor	Edward Oldfield	Bob Marshall		Francis Pownall (DLP)
Melville	Labor	John Tonkin	Albert Gainsford-Brackley
Merredin-Yilgarn	Labor	Lionel Kelly	Jack Stewart	Kenneth Jones
Moore	Country			Edgar Lewis	Albert Tonkin (Ind)
Mount Hawthorn	Labor	Bill Hegney	James Ring
Mount Lawley	LCL	Mervyn Knight	Ray O'Connor
Mount Marshall	Country			George Cornell
Murchison	LCL	Tom Hartrey	Richard Burt
Murray	LCL		Ewart Runciman		Dudley Tuckey (Ind)
Narrogin	Country			William Manning	Percy Munday (Ind)
Nedlands	LCL	Alastair Rae	Charles Court
Northam	Labor	Albert Hawke	Claude Roediger
Perth	Labor	Stanley Heal	Peter Durack		Terence Merchant (DLP)
Pilbara	Labor	Arthur Bickerton	David Hughes
Roe	Country			Tom Hart
South Perth	LCL		Bill Grayden
Stirling	Country			Clayton Mitchell
Subiaco	LCL	Frank Baden-Powell	Hugh Guthrie		John Martyr (DLP)
Swan	Labor	John Brady	Lindsay Ellis		Gordon Murray (Comm)
Toodyay	Country			James Craig	Charles Hooper (Ind)
Vasse	LCL	Colin Smith	William Bovell
Victoria Park	Labor	Ron Davies	Nicholas Di Lello
Warren	Labor	Joseph Rowberry	William Brockman	Gordon Errington
Wellington	LCL	Ivor Hill	William Bovell
Wembley	LCL	Denis Kemp	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			Norm Baxter
Lower Central	Country			Thomas Perry	Bill Stretch (Ind)
Lower North	Labor	David Dellar	George Brand
Lower West	LCL	Fred Crockenberg	Neil McNeill
Metropolitan	LCL	Annette Aarons	James Hislop
North	Labor	Frank Wise	Francis Cameron
North Metropolitan	LCL	Ron Bertram	Arthur Griffith		Frederick Simpson (Ind)
North-East Metropolitan	Labor	Ruby Hutchison	Douglas Klem
South	Country	Robin Faulkner		Edward House	Francis Gomm (Ind)
South Metropolitan	Labor	Frederick Lavery	George Lithgo
South-East	Labor	Jim Garrigan	John Cunningham
South-East Metropolitan	LCL	Ethel Douglas	Clive Griffiths
South-West	LCL	Raymond Halden	Vic Ferry
Upper West	Country	Oliver Sutherland		Jack Heitman
West	LCL	Newell Jamieson	Charles Abbey

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1962–1965
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1965–1968
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1962–1965
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1965–1968
• 1965 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.