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[1]
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
 
CentralCountryCharles AbbeyNorm Baxter
MetropolitanLCLAlfred BugginsJames Hislop
MidlandCountryFrancis HorwoodCharles Simpson
NorthLaborFrank Wise
North-EastLaborWilliam HallIan RosenbergLincoln Sullivan
SouthCountryAnthony Loton
South-EastLaborGeorge BennettsHarold Illingworth (Ind.)
South-WestLCLJames Murray
SuburbanLCLHerbert FletcherArthur GriffithJoseph Martin (DLP)
WestLaborFrederick LaveryJames 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

References
  1. Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia: membership register, electoral law and statistics 1890-1989. Perth, WA: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0730936414.
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