Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 14 February 1953 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The two-term Liberal-Country Party coalition government, led by Premier Sir Ross McLarty, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Albert Hawke.

Quick Facts All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly 26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority, First party ...

1953 Western Australian state election

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All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly 26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Albert Hawke Ross McLarty Party Labor Liberal/Country coalition Leader since 3 July 1951 14 December 1946 Leader's seat Northam Murray-Wellington Last election 23 seats 24 seats Seats won 26 seats 24 seats Seat change 3 0 Percentage 49.76% 42.86% Swing 7.92 6.53
Premier before election Ross McLarty Liberal/Country coalition Elected Premier Albert Hawke Labor

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The election was notable in that 22 of the 50 seats were not contested at the election. Only two other elections—those held in 1890 and 1894—had a greater percentage or number of uncontested seats.

¹ 319,941 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 22 seats (44% of the total) were uncontested—12 Labor seats (six more than 1950) representing 65,993 enrolled voters, 3 Liberal seats (one more than 1950) representing 14,297 enrolled voters, and 7 Country seats (three more than 1950) representing 34,007 enrolled voters.

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956
• Candidates of the 1953 Western Australian state election