1962 Western Australian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 12 May 1962 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council. This was the last time the Legislative Council elections were held separately to those of the Legislative Assembly.

Results

Legislative Council

Western Australian state election, 12 May 1962[1]
Legislative Council

Enrolled voters 110,448
Votes cast 46,014 Turnout 41.7 –2.8
Informal votes 193 Informal 0.4 –0.4
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats
won		 Seats
held
  Liberal and Country 26,769 58.4 +18.6 3 10
  Labor 18,988 41.4 –0.7 4 13
  Country * * * 3 7
  Independent Liberal 64 0.1 +0.1 0 0
Total 45,821     10 30

Retiring Members

No MLCs retired at this election.

Candidates
Province Held by Labor candidates LCL candidates Country candidates Independent candidates
 
CentralCountryLeslie Diver
MetropolitanLCLPercy MundayKeith Watson
MidlandCountryRay Jones
NorthLaborHarry Strickland
North-EastLaborEric HeenanGrahame JonasJames Collins (Ind. Liberal)
SouthCountryJack Thomson
South-EastLCLClaude StubbsJohn Cunningham
South-WestLCLDaniel O'KeeffeGraham MacKinnon
SuburbanLaborGeorge JefferyHerbert Robinson
WestLaborEvan Davies

Results by Province

Central
Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: Central Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leslie Diver unopposed
Country hold Swing

Metropolitan
Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Keith Watson 10,862 70.1 +10.4
Labor Percy Munday 4,622 29.9 -10.4
Total formal votes 15,484 99.5 +0.1
Informal votes 71 0.5 -0.1
Turnout 15,555 38.4 +6.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing+10.4

Midland
Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: Midland Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ray Jones unopposed
Country hold Swing

North
Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Strickland unopposed
Labor hold Swing

North-East
Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: North-East Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eric Heenan 1,868 62.2 +4.5
Liberal and Country Grahame Jonas 1,072 35.7 +3.9
Independent Liberal James Collins 64 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 3,004 99.6 +0.5
Informal votes 11 0.4 -0.5
Turnout 3,015 51.9 -8.9
Labor hold SwingN/A

South
Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: South Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Jack Thomson unopposed
Country hold SwingN/A

South-East
Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: South-East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Claude Stubbs 1,682 51.6 -3.9
Liberal and Country John Cunningham 1,576 48.4 +25.8
Total formal votes 3,258 99.7 +0.6
Informal votes 10 0.3 -0.6
Turnout 3,268 60.7 -1.1
Labor gain from Liberal and Country SwingN/A

South-West
Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: South-West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Graham MacKinnon 3,664 65.1 -34.9
Labor Daniel O'Keefe 1,964 34.9 +34.9
Total formal votes 5,628 99.9
Informal votes 20 0.1
Turnout 5,648 38.2
Liberal and Country hold SwingN/A

Suburban
Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: Suburban Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Herbert Robinson 9,595 52.0 +9.5
Labor George Jeffery 8,852 48.0 -9.5
Total formal votes 18,447 99.6 +0.3
Informal votes 81 0.4 -0.3
Turnout 18,528 42.2 -0.7
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing+9.5

West
Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Evan Davies unopposed
Labor hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "Details of 1962 WA Upper House Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
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