Candidates of the 1953 Western Australian state election

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The 1953 Western Australian state election was held on 14 February 1953.

Retiring Members

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Labor

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Independent

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Legislative Assembly

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Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate Held by Labor candidate LCL candidate Country candidate Other candidates
Albany Country Karl Schulze Leonard Hill
Avon Valley LCL James Mann
Blackwood LCL John Hearman
Boulder Labor Arthur Moir
Bunbury Labor Frank Guthrie
Canning LCL Colin Jamieson Arthur Griffith
Claremont LCL Clifton Scott Charles North
Collie Labor Harry May
Cottesloe LCL Diana Hart Ross Hutchinson
Dale LCL Ronald Knowler Gerald Wild
Darling Range Country John Rolinson Ray Owen Herbert Small (Ind. Lib)
East Perth Labor Herb Graham
Eyre Labor Emil Nulsen
Fremantle Labor Joseph Sleeman Paddy Troy (Comm.)
Gascoyne Ind. Lib Daniel Norton Robert Iles Noel Butcher (Ind. Lib)
Geraldton Labor Bill Sewell James McAleer
Samuel Davey
Joyce Webber (Ind.)
Greenough LCL James Clune David Brand
Guildford-Midland Labor John Brady Albert Marks (Comm.)
Hannans Labor Herbert McCulloch Harold Illingworth (Ind.)
Harvey LCL Robert McCallum Iven Manning
Kalgoorlie Labor Herbert Styants
Katanning Country Crawford Nalder
Kimberley Labor Aubrey Coverley
Leederville Labor Ted Johnson Jessie Robertson
Maylands LCL Owen Hanlon Edward Oldfield Samuel Spence (Ind.)
Melville Labor John Tonkin James Collins (Ind.)
James Hart (Ind.)
Merredin-Yilgarn Labor Lionel Kelly
Middle Swan Labor James Hegney
Moore Country John Ackland
Mount Hawthorn Labor Bill Hegney Leonard Seaton
Mount Lawley LCL Arthur Abbott Edward Zeffertt (Ind.)
Mount Marshall Country George Cornell
Murchison Labor Everard O'Brien John Porteus
John Thompson
Murray LCL Frederick Kidby Ross McLarty
Narrogin Country Victor Doney
Nedlands Ind. Lib Margaret Pitt Morison Charles Court*
Peter Aldred
Sidney Bedells
David Grayden (Ind. Lib)
Noel Symington (Ind.)
North Perth Labor Stan Lapham Florence Hummerston
Northam Labor Albert Hawke
Pilbara Labor Alec Rodoreda Rowland Charlton
Roe Country Charles Perkins
South Fremantle Labor Dick Lawrence
South Perth LCL Francis French George Yates Carlyle Ferguson (Ind.)
Stirling Country Arthur Watts
Subiaco LCL Thomas Henley Florence Cardell-Oliver
Toodyay Country Lindsay Thorn
Vasse LCL William Bovell
Victoria Park Ind. Lib Hugh Andrew George Kerr Harold Hawthorne (Ind.)
Neil Payne (Comm.)
Warren Labor Ernest Hoar
Wembley Beaches LCL Eric Hall Les Nimmo
West Perth LCL Stanley Heal Joseph Totterdell

See also

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References

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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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