Results of the 1950 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

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Western Australian state election, 25 March 1950[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 247,589
Votes cast 229,298 Turnout 92.61% +6.70%
Informal votes 4,534 Informal 1.98% –0.07%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 94,055 41.85% 23 ± 0
  Liberal and Country 90,089 40.08% 15 + 2
  Country 20,922 9.31% 9 – 3
  Ind. Lib. 5,059 2.25% 2 + 1
  Communist 815 0.36% 0 ± 0
  Independent 13,824 6.15% 1 ± 0
Total 224,764     50  

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1950 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district[edit]

Albany[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Albany[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leonard Hill 2,112 44.0
Labor William Martin 1,962 40.8
Liberal and Country Alistair MacDonald 687 14.3
Independent James Bolitho 45 0.9
Total formal votes 4,806 98.9
Informal votes 52 1.1
Turnout 4,858 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leonard Hill 2,742 57.0
Labor William Martin 2,064 43.0
Country hold Swing

Avon Valley[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Avon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country James Mann 2,135 56.5
Country Keith Halbert 994 26.3
Country Milford Smith 648 17.2
Total formal votes 3,777 97.9
Informal votes 79 2.1
Turnout 3,856 93.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Blackwood[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Blackwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Hearman 1,503 34.5
Independent John Smith 1,149 26.3
Labor William Eastcott 981 22.5
Country Alwyn Wagner 727 16.7
Total formal votes 4,360 98.4
Informal votes 69 1.6
Turnout 4,429 92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Hearman 2,284 52.4
Independent John Smith 2,076 47.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Boulder[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Boulder
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charlie Oliver unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Bunbury[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Bunbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Guthrie 2,186 49.0
Liberal and Country James Murray 1,632 36.6
Country Percy Payne 645 14.4
Total formal votes 4,463 99.1
Informal votes 41 0.9
Turnout 4,504 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Guthrie 2,340 52.4
Liberal and Country James Murray 2,123 47.6
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing

Canning[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Canning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Griffith 3,793 46.8
Labor Alfred Reynolds 3,669 45.3
Independent Country Carlyle Ferguson 639 7.9
Total formal votes 8,101 97.6
Informal votes 197 2.4
Turnout 8,298 90.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Griffith 4,274 52.8
Labor Alfred Reynolds 3,827 47.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Claremont[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Claremont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Charles North unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Collie[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Collie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry May unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Cottesloe[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Cottesloe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Ross Hutchinson 4,619 59.8
Labor John Vivian 3,103 41.2
Total formal votes 7,722 99.0
Informal votes 76 1.0
Turnout 7,798 90.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Dale[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Dale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Gerald Wild 2,869 58.4
Labor Ronald Knowler 1,379 28.1
Country John Ellis 661 13.5
Total formal votes 4,909 98.2
Informal votes 89 1.8
Turnout 4,998 90.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gerald Wild 70.6
Labor Ronald Knowler 29.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Darling Range[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Darling Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Colin Cameron 1,696 35.8
Country Ray Owen 1,284 27.1
Labor John Rolinson 1,246 26.3
Country Frederick Schoch 509 10.7
Total formal votes 4,735 97.9
Informal votes 101 2.1
Turnout 4,836 91.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Ray Owen 2,524 53.3
Liberal and Country Colin Cameron 2,211 46.7
Country hold Swing

East Perth[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: East Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herb Graham 5,592 63.9
Liberal and Country Fred Book 3,160 36.1
Total formal votes 8,752 98.4
Informal votes 140 1.6
Turnout 8,892 89.1
Labor hold Swing

Eyre[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Eyre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Emil Nulsen 2,110 71.1
Liberal and Country Roy Cunningham 858 28.9
Total formal votes 2,968 97.6
Informal votes 73 2.4
Turnout 3,041 83.5
Labor hold Swing

Fremantle[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Sleeman 4,647 57.8
Liberal and Country Lennox Dickson 2,667 33.2
Independent Labor Kathleen Duff 539 6.7
Communist Kevin Healy 182 2.3
Total formal votes 8,035 97.9
Informal votes 176 2.1
Turnout 8,211 89.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joseph Sleeman 64.5
Liberal and Country Lennox Dickson 35.5
Labor hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Gascoyne[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wise 946 76.5
Liberal and Country Noel Butcher 290 23.5
Total formal votes 1,236 97.2
Informal votes 35 2.8
Turnout 1,271 85.8
Labor hold Swing

Geraldton[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Geraldton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Sewell 2,287 50.7
Country Edmund Hall 2,227 49.3
Total formal votes 4,514 98.9
Informal votes 50 1.1
Turnout 4,564 90.4
Labor gain from Country Swing

Greenough[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Greenough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country David Brand unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Guildford-Midland[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Guildford-Midland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Brady 4,931 58.5
Liberal and Country Irene Seaton 2,869 34.0
Communist Alexander Jolly 633 7.5
Total formal votes 8,433 98.2
Informal votes 152 1.8
Turnout 8,585 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Brady 65.2
Liberal and Country Irene Seaton 34.8
Labor hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Hannans[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Hannans
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert McCulloch 2,487 61.5
Liberal and Country Frederick Hicks 1,560 38.5
Total formal votes 4,047 97.9
Informal votes 87 2.1
Turnout 4,134 91.0
Labor hold Swing

Harvey[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Harvey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Iven Manning 2,048 48.9
Labor Robert McCallum 1,269 30.3
Country Walter Eckersley 868 20.7
Total formal votes 4,185 98.7
Informal votes 56 1.3
Turnout 4,241 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Iven Manning 2,802 66.9
Labor Robert McCallum 1,383 33.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Kalgoorlie[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert Styants 2,513 67.0
Liberal and Country Albert Rogers 1,239 33.0
Total formal votes 3,752 98.1
Informal votes 72 1.9
Turnout 3,824 86.5
Labor hold Swing

Katanning[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Katanning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Crawford Nalder 2,957 73.9
Country Wilhelm Beeck 1,042 26.1
Total formal votes 3,999 97.7
Informal votes 93 2.3
Turnout 4,092 91.7
Country hold Swing

Kimberley[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Kimberley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Aubrey Coverley unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Leederville[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Leederville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Panton 3,997 52.1
Liberal and Country George Melville 3,675 47.9
Total formal votes 7,672 98.1
Informal votes 147 1.9
Turnout 7,819 91.4
Labor hold Swing

Maylands[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Maylands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Harry Shearn 5,060 61.1
Labor John Gaffney 3,225 38.9
Total formal votes 8,285 98.4
Informal votes 134 1.6
Turnout 8,419 92.3
Independent hold Swing

Melville[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Melville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Tonkin 5,392 62.2
Liberal and Country Helen Brinkley 3,275 37.8
Total formal votes 8,667 98.2
Informal votes 158 1.8
Turnout 8,825 93.3
Labor hold Swing

Merredin-Yilgarn[edit]

1950 New South Wales state election: Merredin-Yilgarn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lionel Kelly 2,053 60.1
Liberal and Country Charles Davies 1,361 39.9
Total formal votes 3,414 98.6
Informal votes 48 1.4
Turnout 3,462 90.4
Labor hold Swing

Middle Swan[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Middle Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Hegney 4,480 53.1
Liberal and Country Henry Hawkins 3,955 46.9
Total formal votes 8,435 97.9
Informal votes 177 2.1
Turnout 8,612 91.7
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing

Moore[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Moore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Ackland unopposed
Country hold Swing

Mount Hawthorn[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Hegney 4,680 54.1
Liberal and Country John Mann 3,725 43.1
Independent Labor John Plummer-Leitch 247 2.9
Total formal votes 8,652 96.6
Informal votes 301 3.4
Turnout 8,953 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Hegney 56.1
Liberal and Country John Mann 43.9
Labor hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Mount Lawley[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Mount Lawley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Abbott 4,963 69.1
Independent James Collins 2,223 30.9
Total formal votes 7,186 94.3
Informal votes 430 5.7
Turnout 7,616 89.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Mount Marshall[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Cornell unopposed
Country hold Swing

Murchison[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Murchison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Marshall unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Murray[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Ross McLarty 2,719 62.1
Labor Charles Cross 1,662 37.9
Total formal votes 4,381 98.7
Informal votes 59 1.3
Turnout 4,440 90.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Narrogin[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Narrogin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Victor Doney unopposed
Country hold Swing

Nedlands[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Nedlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Cyril Bird 3,375 40.0
Independent Liberal David Grayden 2,856 33.9
Liberal and Country Norbert Keenan 1,962 23.3
Independent Liberal John Symonds 241 2.9
Total formal votes 8,434 97.5
Informal votes 216 2.5
Turnout 8,650 89.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal David Grayden 4,500 53.4
Liberal and Country Cyril Bird 3,934 46.6
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal and Country Swing

North Perth[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: North Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Needham 4,486 57.5
Liberal and Country Alfred Spencer 3,321 42.5
Total formal votes 7,807 97.9
Informal votes 165 2.1
Turnout 7,972 90.4
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing

Northam[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Northam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Hawke 3,123 65.6
Country Thomas Letch 1,635 34.4
Total formal votes 4,758 98.7
Informal votes 63 1.3
Turnout 4,821 92.4
Labor hold Swing

Pilbara[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Pilbara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alec Rodoreda 538 57.3
Liberal and Country Leonard Taplin 401 42.7
Total formal votes 939 98.2
Informal votes 17 1.8
Turnout 956 77.2
Labor hold Swing

Roe[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Roe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harrie Seward 1,849 38.7
Country Charles Perkins 1,745 36.5
Labor Percy Munday 1,187 24.8
Total formal votes 4,781 98.5
Informal votes 72 1.5
Turnout 4,853 90.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Charles Perkins 2,538 53.1
Country Harrie Seward 2,243 46.9
Country hold Swing

South Fremantle[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: South Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Fox unopposed
Labor hold Swing

South Perth[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: South Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Yates 4,442 58.1
Labor Samuel Lynn 3,204 41.9
Total formal votes 7,646 98.1
Informal votes 147 1.9
Turnout 7,793 91.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Stirling[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Stirling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Arthur Watts unopposed
Country hold Swing

Subiaco[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Subiaco
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Florence Cardell-Oliver 5,072 62.2
Labor Thomas Henley 3,081 37.8
Total formal votes 8,153 98.7
Informal votes 107 1.3
Turnout 8,260 91.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Toodyay[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Toodyay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Thorn 2,754 63.5
Labor Archibald McNess 1,580 36.5
Total formal votes 4,334 98.0
Informal votes 89 2.0
Turnout 4,423 86.2
Country hold Swing

Vasse[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Vasse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country William Bovell 2,996 64.8
Country Robert Leiper 1,625 35.2
Total formal votes 4,621 98.0
Informal votes 94 2.0
Turnout 4,715 94.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Victoria Park[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Read 4,113 52.4
Labor Hugh Andrew 3,735 47.6
Total formal votes 7,848 98.3
Informal votes 134 1.7
Turnout 7,982 91.5
Independent hold Swing

Warren[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Warren
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Hoar unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Wembley Beaches[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: Wembley Beaches
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Les Nimmo 4,830 62.5
Labor Richard Knox 2,899 37.5
Total formal votes 7,729 98.4
Informal votes 122 1.6
Turnout 7,851 91.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing

West Perth[edit]

1950 Western Australian state election: West Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Joseph Totterdell 4,355 52.9
Labor Lucien Triat 3,425 41.6
Independent Frederick Swaine 448 5.4
Total formal votes 8,228 97.4
Informal votes 216 2.6
Turnout 8,444 88.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Joseph Totterdell 55.7
Labor Lucien Triat 44.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Details of WA 1950 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
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