1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 30 April 1960 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council.

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Results

Legislative Council

Western Australian state election, 30 April 1960 [1]
Legislative Council

Enrolled voters162,662
Votes cast65,821 Turnout 44.5+1.3
Informal votes498Informal0.8-0.3
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won		Seats
held
  Labor 29,83045.7+8.0513
  Liberal and Country 23,71836.3-14.029
  Country 10,82916.6+7.738
  Independent 9461.5+0.700
Total65,323  1030

Retiring Members

Country

Candidates

ProvinceHeld by Labor candidates LCL candidates Country candidates Independent candidates
 
Central Country Arthur Kelly Norm Baxter*
Arthur Latham
Allan McLean
Metropolitan LCL Percy Munday Reg Mattiske
Midland Country Oliver Sutherland Les Logan
North Labor Bill Willesee Robert Lukis
North-East Labor John Teahan David HoarAlbert Gerick (Ind.)
South Country Charles Bolt Sydney Thompson*
William Robinson		Joseph Weir (Ind.)
South-East Labor Jim Garrigan Percival MillingtonAlfred Walker
South-West LCL Frank Willmott
Suburban Labor Ruby Hutchison Alfred Rosser
West Labor Ron Thompson Louis Joseph

Election results

Central

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Kelly2,31435.6
Country Norm Baxter 2,25834.7
Country Arthur Latham1,23018.9
Country Allan McLean70510.8
Total formal votes6,50798.8
Informal votes791.2
Turnout 6,58650.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Norm Baxter 3,66156.3
Liberal and Country Arthur Kelly2,84643.7
Country hold Swing

Metropolitan

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Metropolitan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Reg Mattiske 7,72859.7
Labor Percy Munday5,21540.3
Total formal votes12,94399.4
Informal votes710.6
Turnout 13,01432.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Midland

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election, Midland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Les Logan 2,12175.1
Labor Oliver Sutherland70424.9
Total formal votes2,82599.4
Informal votes170.6
Turnout 2,84252.8
Country hold Swing

North

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Willesee 95965.1
Liberal and Country Robert Lukis51534.9
Total formal votes1,47499.5
Informal votes80.5
Turnout 1,48276.8
Labor hold Swing

North-East

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North-East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Teahan 1,68257.7
Liberal and Country David Hoar92731.8
Independent Albert Gerick30410.4
Total formal votes2,91399.1
Informal votes250.9
Turnout 2,93860.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

South

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Charles Bolt1,92831.4
Country William Robinson1,90331.0
Country Sydney Thompson 1,66327.1
Independent Joseph Weir64210.5
Total formal votes6,13698.9
Informal votes661.1
Turnout 6,20255.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Sydney Thompson 3,72460.7
Liberal and Country Charles Bolt2,41239.3
Country hold Swing N/A

South-East

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Garrigan 2,40155.5
Liberal and Country Percival Millington97822.6
Country Alfred Walker94921.9
Total formal votes4,32899.1
Informal votes390.9
Turnout 4,36761.8
Labor hold Swing

South-West

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Francis Drake Willmott unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Suburban

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Suburban
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ruby Hutchison 9,77657.5
Liberal and Country Alfred Rosser7,24142.5
Total formal votes17,01799.3
Informal votes1160.7
Turnout 17,13342.9
Labor hold Swing

West

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ron Thompson 6,77960.4
Liberal and Country Louis Joseph4,40139.4
Total formal votes11,18099.3
Informal votes770.7
Turnout 11,25747.2
Labor hold Swing

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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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