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.

Results

Legislative Council

Western Australian state election, 10 May 1958 Legislative Council
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

Retiring Members

• No sitting MLC's retired at this election.

Candidates

Province	Held by	Labor candidates	LCL candidates	Country candidates	Independent candidates
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

Election results

Central

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Metropolitan

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Metropolitan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Midland

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Midland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

North

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Wise	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

North-East

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

• Preferences were not distributed.

South

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Anthony Loton	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

South-East

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

South-West

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	James Murray	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Suburban

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Suburban

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

• Preferences were not distributed.

West

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1958–1960