Results_of_the_Western_Australian_state_election,_1953_(Legislative_Assembly)

Results of the 1953 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

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This is a list of electoral district results of the 1953 Western Australian election.

Western Australian state election, 14 February 1953 Legislative Assembly << 1950–1956 >>
Enrolled voters		205,644^[1]
Votes cast		192,225		Turnout	93.47%	+0.86%
Informal votes		5,028		Informal	2.62%	+0.64%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	93,157	49.76%	+7.92%	26	+ 3
	Liberal and Country	71,042	37.95%	–2.13%	15	± 0
	Country	9,196	4.91%	–4.40%	9	± 0
	Ind. Lib.	3,458	1.85%	–0.40%	0	– 2
	Communist	1,350	0.72%	+0.36%	0	± 0
	Independent	8,994	4.80%	–1.35%	0	– 1
Total		192,225			50

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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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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leonard Hill	3,307	55.9	+12.0
	Labor	Karl Schulze	2,604	44.1	+3.3
Total formal votes			5,911	98.7	-0.2
Informal votes			77	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			5,988	95.3	+1.0
	Country hold		Swing	-1.1

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	John Hearman	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Moir	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Jamieson	6,344	51.3	+6.0
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Griffith	6,022	48.7	+1.9
Total formal votes			12,366	97.5	-0.1
Informal votes			312	2.5	+0.1
Turnout			12,678	93.8	+2.9
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Charles North	5,636	63.9	-36.1
	Labor	Clifton Scott	3,185	36.1	+36.1
Total formal votes			8,821	98.9
Informal votes			98	1.1
Turnout			8,919	92.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ross Hutchinson	4,479	60.1	+0.3
	Labor	Diana Hart	2,969	39.9	-0.3
Total formal votes			7,448	98.4	-0.6
Informal votes			118	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			7,566	93.6	+2.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild	3,205	57.3	-1.1
	Labor	Ronald Knowler	2,389	42.7	+14.6
Total formal votes			5,594	97.7	-0.5
Informal votes			134	2.3	+0.5
Turnout			5,728	92.5	+1.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-13.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ray Owen	2,684	52.8	+25.7
	Labor	John Rolinson	1,805	35.5	+9.2
	Independent Liberal	Herbert Small	592	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			5,081	97.5	-0.4
Informal votes			132	2.5	+0.4
Turnout			5,213	91.6	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ray Owen		61.0
	Labor	John Rolinson		39.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Sleeman	6,795	92.0	+34.2
	Communist	Paddy Troy	595	8.0	+5.7
Total formal votes			7,390	94.4	-3.5
Informal votes			434	5.6	+3.5
Turnout			7,824	91.7	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel Norton	726	50.4	-26.1
	Independent Liberal	Noel Butcher	519	36.0	+36.0
	Liberal and Country	Robert Iles	116	8.1	-15.4
Total formal votes			1,440	96.3	-0.9
Informal votes			55	3.7	+0.9
Turnout			1,495	90.2	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Sewell	3,011	61.9	+11.2
	Liberal and Country	James McAleer	1,127	23.2	+23.2
	Liberal and Country	Samuel Davey	593	12.2	+12.2
	Independent	Joyce Webber	131	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			4,862	98.2	-0.7
Informal votes			90	1.8	+0.7
Turnout			4,952	93.8	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Sewell		64.5	+13.8
	Liberal and Country	James McAleer		35.5	+35.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	2,691	65.5	-34.5
	Labor	James Clune	1,414	34.5	+34.5
Total formal votes			4,105	98.6
Informal votes			60	1.4
Turnout			4,165	91.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Brady	7,910	92.8	+34.3
	Communist	Albert Marks	614	7.2	-0.3
Total formal votes			8,524	93.8	-4.4
Informal votes			562	6.2	+4.4
Turnout			9,086	94.0	-1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert McCulloch	2,210	60.3	-1.2
	Independent	Harold Illingworth	1,453	39.7	+39.7
Total formal votes			3,663	97.4	-0.5
Informal votes			98	2.6	+0.5
Turnout			3,761	91.0	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Iven Manning	2,737	64.6	+15.7
	Labor	Robert McCallum	1,500	35.4	+5.1
Total formal votes			4,237	98.1	-0.6
Informal votes			84	1.9	+0.6
Turnout			4,321	94.6	+2.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Johnson	4,067	56.0	+3.9
	Liberal and Country	Jessie Robertson	3,193	44.0	-3.9
Total formal votes			7,260	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			130	1.8	-0.1
Turnout			7,390	94.8	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Owen Hanlon	3,920	46.3	+4.6
	Liberal and Country	Edward Oldfield	3,586	42.4	+3.0
	Independent	Samuel Spence	959	11.3	-6.4
Total formal votes			8,465	97.9	+0.4
Informal votes			181	2.1	-0.4
Turnout			8,646	94.5	+3.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Edward Oldfield	4,292	50.7	-2.3
	Labor	Owen Hanlon	4,173	49.3	+2.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Tonkin	7,301	67.3	+5.1
	Independent	James Collins	2,376	21.9	+21.9
	Independent	James Hart	1,173	10.8	+10.8
Total formal votes			10,850	97.5	-0.7
Informal votes			278	2.5	+0.7
Turnout			11,128	95.7	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Hegney	6,473	65.6	+11.5
	Liberal and Country	Leonard Seaton	3,396	34.4	-8.6
Total formal votes			9,869	98.0	+1.4
Informal votes			198	2.0	-1.4
Turnout			10,067	94.2	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Abbott	5,944	89.8	+20.7
	Independent	Edward Zeffertt	672	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			6,616	90.6	-3.7
Informal votes			689	9.4	+3.7
Turnout			7,305	91.8	+1.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Everard O'Brien	1,559	59.2	-0.8
	Liberal and Country	John Porteus	569	21.6	+21.6
	Liberal and Country	John Thompson	505	19.2	-20.8
Total formal votes			2,633	97.2	-1.0
Informal votes			77	2.8	+1.0
Turnout			2,710	89.6	+10.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Everard O'Brien		61.1	+1.1
	Liberal and Country	John Porteus		38.9	-1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ross McLarty	2,989	63.9	+1.8
	Labor	Frederick Kidby	1,686	36.1	-1.8
Total formal votes			4,675	98.8	+0.1
Informal votes			58	1.2	-0.1
Turnout			4,733	94.2	+3.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Charles Court	2,834	32.3	-7.7
	Independent Liberal	David Grayden	2,409	27.5	-6.4
	Labor	Margaret Pitt Morison	1,948	22.2	+22.2
	Liberal and Country	Peter Aldred	924	10.5	+10.5
	Independent	Noel Symington	457	5.2	+5.2
	Liberal and Country	Sidney Bedells	205	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			8,777	98.0	+0.5
Informal votes			183	2.0	-0.5
Turnout			8,960	93.5	+4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Charles Court	4,807	54.8	+8.2
	Independent Liberal	David Grayden	3,970	45.2	-8.2
	Liberal and Country gain from Independent Liberal		Swing	+8.2

Results_of_the_Western_Australian_state_election,_1953_(Legislative_Assembly)

Results by Electoral district

Albany

Avon Valley

Blackwood

Boulder

Bunbury

Canning

Claremont

Collie

Cottesloe

Dale

Darling Range

East Perth

Eyre

Fremantle

Gascoyne

Geraldton

Greenough

Guildford-Midland

Hannans

Harvey

Kalgoorlie

Katanning

Kimberley

Leederville

Maylands

Melville

Merredin-Yilgarn

Middle Swan

Moore

Mount Hawthorn

Mount Lawley

Mount Marshall

Murchison

Murray

Narrogin

Nedlands

North Perth

Northam

Pilbara

Roe

South Fremantle

South Perth

Stirling

Subiaco

Toodyay

Vasse

Victoria Park

Warren

Wembley Beaches

West Perth

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Lapham	3,825	55.5	-2.0
	Liberal and Country	Florence Hummerston	3,069	44.5	+2.0
Total formal votes			6,894	98.2	+0.2
Informal votes			129	1.8	-0.2
Turnout			7,023	93.2	+2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alec Rodoreda	607	66.0	+8.7
	Liberal and Country	Rowland Charlton	313	34.0	-8.7
Total formal votes			920	97.9	-0.3
Informal votes			20	2.1	+0.3
Turnout			940	82.9	+5.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Yates	3,656	46.7	-11.4
	Labor	Francis French	3,173	40.6	-1.3
	Independent	Carlyle Ferguson	996	12.7	+12.7
Total formal votes			7,825	97.6	-0.5
Informal votes			194	2.4	+0.5
Turnout			8,019	94.0	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	George Yates	4,167	53.2	-4.9
	Labor	Francis French	3,658	46.8	+4.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-4.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Florence Cardell-Oliver	4,310	56.7	-5.5
	Labor	Thomas Henley	3,293	43.3	+5.5
Total formal votes			7,603	98.4	-0.3
Informal votes			124	1.6	+0.3
Turnout			7,727	93.7	+2.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-5.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William Bovell	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh Andrew	4,222	55.5	+7.9
	Liberal and Country	George Kerr	2,532	33.3	+33.3
	Independent	Harold Hawthorne	715	9.4	+9.4
	Communist	Neil Payne	141	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			7,610	96.9	-1.4
Informal votes			247	3.1	+1.4
Turnout			7,857	93.5	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh Andrew		60.3	+12.7
	Liberal and Country	George Kerr		39.7	+39.7
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Les Nimmo	6,204	57.7	-4.8
	Labor	Eric Hall	4,556	42.3	+4.8
Total formal votes			10,760	98.8	+0.4
Informal votes			134	1.2	-0.4
Turnout			10,894	95.5	+3.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stanley Heal	3,665	52.4	+10.8
	Liberal and Country	Joseph Totterdell	3,333	47.6	-5.3
Total formal votes			6,998	98.1	+0.7
Informal votes			132	1.9	-0.7
Turnout			7,130	91.9	+3.5
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+8.1