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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 31 March 1962 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David Brand, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Albert Hawke.
The election resulted in a confirmation of the status quo, with the only apparent seat changes since the 1959 election being due to the changes of affiliation of the two Independent Liberal members. Edward Oldfield, representing Mount Lawley, had joined the Labor Party during the previous term, whilst Bill Grayden, representing South Perth, had joined the Liberal Party. Both were re-elected.
Two seats changed between the Country and LCL Parties. In Avon, the sitting member James Mann (LCL) retired after 32 years in Parliament, and Harry Gayfer, one of the two Country Party candidates, succeeded him in the seat. Meanwhile, in outer-metropolitan Darling Range, LCL candidate Ken Dunn defeated the sitting Country member Ray Owen. The Labor candidate (Jack Metcalfe) narrowly won the primary vote, whilst Dunn polled one vote ahead of Owen, meaning Owen was eliminated and his votes distributed between Dunn and Metcalfe. A petition was filed and the Court of Disputed Returns ordered a fresh election for 22 July 1962, which widened the gap to 15 votes.
Western Australian state election, 31 March 1962 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 319,594 [1] | |||||
Votes cast | 297,520 | Turnout | 93.09% | +1.05% | ||
Informal votes | 5,324 | Informal | 1.79% | –0.79% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 129,757 | 44.41% | –0.51% | 24 | + 1 | |
Liberal and Country | 120,267 | 41.16% | +3.68% | 18 | + 1 | |
Country | 17,339 | 5.93% | –0.61% | 8 | ± 0 | |
Democratic Labor | 6,601 | 2.26% | –2.86% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Ind. Lib. | 4,556 | 1.56% | –2.26% | 0 | – 2 | |
Communist | 1,201 | 0.41% | –0.43% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 12,475 | 4.27% | +2.99% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 292,196 | 50 |
LCL/Country seats (26) | |||
Marginal | |||
Karrinyup | Les Nimmo | LCL | 2.5% |
Subiaco | Hugh Guthrie | LCL | 2.6% |
Bunbury | George Roberts | LCL | 3.7% |
Fairly safe | |||
Cottesloe | Ross Hutchinson | LCL | 6.8% |
Avon | Harry Gayfer | CP | 7.2% v LCL |
Mount Lawley | Ray O'Connor | LCL | 8.4% |
Dale | Gerald Wild | LCL | 8.6% |
Darling Range | Ken Dunn | LCL | 8.6% |
Safe | |||
Murchison | Richard Burt | LCL | 10.9% |
Stirling | Clayton Mitchell | CP | 12.7% v IND |
East Melville | Des O'Neil | LCL | 13.6% |
Claremont | Harold Crommelin | LCL | 18.2% v IND |
Toodyay | James Craig | CP | 18.3% |
Murray | Ross McLarty | LCL | 18.7% v IND |
Roe | Tom Hart | CP | 19.7% v LCL |
Nedlands | Charles Court | LCL | 21.4% |
Blackwood | John Hearman | LCL | 24.1% v IND |
Greenough | David Brand | LCL | 45.4% v COM |
South Perth | Bill Grayden | LCL | undist. |
Katanning | Crawford Nalder | CP | unopp. |
Moore | Edgar Lewis | CP | unopp. |
Mount Marshall | George Cornell | CP | unopp. |
Narrogin | William Manning | CP | unopp. |
Vasse | William Bovell | LCL | unopp. |
Wellington | Iven Manning | LCL | unopp. |
Wembley | Guy Henn | LCL | unopp. |
Labor seats (24) | |||
Marginal | |||
Canning | Donald May | ALP | 1.0% |
Maylands | Edward Oldfield | ALP | 1.4% |
Perth | Stanley Heal | ALP | 4.3% |
Warren | Joseph Rowberry | ALP | 5.9% |
Fairly safe | |||
Balcatta | Herb Graham | ALP | 6.0% |
Mount Hawthorn | Bill Hegney | ALP | 6.2% |
Merredin-Yilgarn | Lionel Kelly | ALP | 8.1% |
Beeloo | Colin Jamieson | ALP | 9.7% |
Safe | |||
Melville | John Tonkin | ALP | 11.3% |
Victoria Park | Ron Davies | ALP | 13.9% |
Albany | Jack Hall | ALP | 14.3% |
Collie | Harry May | ALP | 15.9% |
Cockburn | Henry Curran | ALP | 16.1% |
Boulder-Eyre | Arthur Moir | ALP | 16.7% |
Fremantle | Harry Fletcher | ALP | 19.0% |
Kalgoorlie | Tom Evans | ALP | 26.3% |
Kimberley | John Rhatigan | ALP | 28.7% v IND |
Swan | John Brady | ALP | 41.8% v COM |
Belmont | James Hegney | ALP | undist. |
Geraldton | Bill Sewell | ALP | undist. |
Bayswater | Merv Toms | ALP | unopp. |
Gascoyne | Daniel Norton | ALP | unopp. |
Northam | Albert Hawke | ALP | unopp. |
Pilbara | Arthur Bickerton | ALP | unopp. |
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