1958_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 10 May 1958 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council.
Legislative Council
More information Western Australian state election, 10 May 1958Legislative Council ...
Western Australian state election, 10 May 1958[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 150,671 | |||||
Votes cast | 53,284 | Turnout | 43.2 | –30.1 | ||
Informal votes | 609 | Informal | 1.1 | -0.6 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Liberal and Country | 26,472 | 50.3 | –2.0 | 4 | 9 | |
Labor | 19,869 | 37.7 | –8.3 | 4 | 13 | |
Country | 4,670 | 8.9 | * | 2 | 8 | |
Democratic Labor | 1,253 | 2.4 | * | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 411 | 0.8 | –1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 52,675 | 10 | 30 |
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- No sitting MLC's retired at this election.
More information Province, Held by ...
Province | Held by | Labor candidates | LCL candidates | Country candidates | Independent candidates |
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Central | Country | Charles Abbey | Norm Baxter | ||
Metropolitan | LCL | Alfred Buggins | James Hislop | ||
Midland | Country | Francis Horwood | Charles Simpson | ||
North | Labor | Frank Wise | |||
North-East | Labor | William Hall | Ian Rosenberg | Lincoln Sullivan | |
South | Country | Anthony Loton | |||
South-East | Labor | George Bennetts | Harold Illingworth (Ind.) | ||
South-West | LCL | James Murray | |||
Suburban | LCL | Herbert Fletcher | Arthur Griffith | Joseph Martin (DLP) | |
West | Labor | Frederick Lavery | James Collins | ||
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Central
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Charles Abbey | 2,662 | 51.0 | ||
Country | Norm Baxter | 2,559 | 49.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,221 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 66 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,287 | 44.7 | |||
Liberal and Country gain from Country | Swing | ||||
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Metropolitan
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | James Hislop | 11,313 | 64.0 | ||
Labor | Alfred Buggins | 6,360 | 36.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,673 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 140 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 17,813 | 45.4 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
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Midland
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Charles Simpson | 1,660 | 66.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | Francis Horwood | 834 | 33.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,494 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,515 | 47.5 | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
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North
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Frank Wise | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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North-East
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Hall | 1,378 | 50.5 | ||
Liberal and Country | Ian Rosenberg | 898 | 32.9 | ||
Country | Lincoln Sullivan | 451 | 16.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,727 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 33 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,760 | 62.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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- Preferences were not distributed.
South
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Anthony Loton | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
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South-East
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | George Bennetts | 2,031 | 83.2 | ||
Independent | Harold Illingworth | 411 | 16.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,442 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,463 | 38.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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South-West
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | James Murray | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
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Suburban
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Arthur Griffith | 9,392 | 53.8 | ||
Labor | Herbert Fletcher | 6,817 | 39.0 | ||
Democratic Labor | Joseph Martin | 1,253 | 7.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,462 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 257 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 17,719 | 49.0 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
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- Preferences were not distributed.
West
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Frederick Lavery | 3,283 | 70.5 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Collins | 1,373 | 29.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,656 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 71 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,727 | 23.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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- 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.