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All 51 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and 15 (of the 30) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council 26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 23 March 1968 to elect all 51 members to the Legislative Assembly and 15 members to the 30-seat Legislative Council. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David Brand, won a record fourth term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader John Tonkin.
Western Australian state election, 23 March 1968 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 359,790 [1] | |||||
Votes cast | 331,325 | Turnout | 92.09% | –0.24% | ||
Informal votes | 10,255 | Informal | 3.10% | –0.01% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 145,605 | 45.35% | +2.71% | 23 | + 2 | |
Liberal and Country | 141,271 | 44.00% | –4.54% | 19 | – 2 | |
Country | 16,879 | 5.25% | +0.38% | 9 | + 1 | |
Democratic Labor | 10,456 | 3.26% | +2.32% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Democratic | 2,216 | 0.69% | +0.69% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Communist | 1,694 | 0.53% | +0.44% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 2,949 | 0.92% | –1.98% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 321,070 | 51 |
Western Australian state election, 23 March 1968 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 208,417 [1] | |||||
Votes cast | 192,342 | Turnout | 92.29% | +0.15% | ||
Informal votes | 8,631 | Informal | 4.49% | +0.22% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 85,674 | 46.64% | 6 | 10 | ||
Liberal and Country | 67,977 | 37.00% | 4 | 12 | ||
Country | 21,228 | 11.56% | 5 | 8 | ||
Democratic Labor | 4,502 | 2.45% | 0 | 0 | ||
Independent | 4,330 | 2.36% | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 183,711 | 15 | 30 |
LCL/Country seats (28) | |||
Marginal | |||
Subiaco | Hugh Guthrie | LCL | 0.4% |
Kimberley | Alan Ridge | LCL | 2.2% |
Moore | Edgar Lewis | CP | 2.3% v IND |
Mirrabooka | Doug Cash | LCL | 2.8% |
Merredin-Yilgarn | Jack Stewart | LCL | 2.9% |
Murray | Ewart Runciman | LCL | 3.8% |
Blackwood | Ron Kitney | CP | 4.6% v LCL |
Toodyay | James Craig | CP | 4.7% |
Bunbury | Maurice Williams | LCL | 5.7% |
Fairly safe | |||
Roe | Bill Young | CP | 9.7% v LCL |
Safe | |||
Cottesloe | Ross Hutchinson | LCL | 10.0% |
Mount Lawley | Ray O'Connor | LCL | 10.0% |
Floreat | Andrew Mensaros | LCL | 14.6% |
Dale | Cyril Rushton | LCL | 15.4% |
Darling Range | Ken Dunn | LCL | 16.2% |
Nedlands | Charles Court | LCL | 26.6% |
South Perth | Bill Grayden | LCL | 28.6% v DLP |
East Melville | Des O'Neil | LCL | 30.3% v COM |
Avon | Harry Gayfer | CP | unopp. |
Greenough | David Brand | LCL | unopp. |
Katanning | Crawford Nalder | CP | unopp. |
Mount Marshall | Ray McPharlin | CP | unopp. |
Murchison-Eyre | Richard Burt | LCL | unopp. |
Narrogin | William Manning | CP | unopp. |
Stirling | Clayton Mitchell | CP | unopp. |
Vasse | Stewart Bovell | LCL | unopp. |
Wellington | Iven Manning | LCL | unopp. |
Wembley | Guy Henn | LCL | unopp. |
Labor seats (23) | |||
Marginal | |||
Canning | Tom Bateman | ALP | 0.5% |
Clontarf | Donald May | ALP | 2.2% |
Maylands | John Harman | ALP | 3.0% |
Northam | Ken McIver | ALP | 3.6% |
Mount Hawthorn | Ron Bertram | ALP | 4.2% |
Karrinyup | Stan Lapham | ALP | 4.3% |
Albany | Jack Hall | ALP | 5.4% |
Fairly safe | |||
Geraldton | Bill Sewell | ALP | 6.2% |
Perth | Terry Burke | ALP | 6.2% |
Collie | Tom Jones | ALP | 6.6% |
Warren | David Evans | ALP | 8.8% |
Safe | |||
Ascot | Merv Toms | ALP | 13.2% |
Balcatta | Herb Graham | ALP | 13.4% |
Gascoyne | Daniel Norton | ALP | 14.1% |
Belmont | Colin Jamieson | ALP | 14.5% |
Melville | John Tonkin | ALP | 17.5% |
Cockburn | Don Taylor | ALP | 18.6% |
Swan | Bill Haigh | ALP | 21.0% |
Fremantle | Harry Fletcher | ALP | 23.5% v DLP |
Boulder-Dundas | Arthur Moir | ALP | unopp. |
Kalgoorlie | Tom Evans | ALP | unopp. |
Pilbara | Arthur Bickerton | ALP | unopp. |
Victoria Park | Ron Davies | ALP | unopp. |
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