Candidates of the 1956 Western Australian state election

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The 1956 Western Australian state election was held on 7 April 1956.

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Retiring Members

Labor

LCL

Country

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidate LCL candidate Country candidateOther candidates
Albany Country Jack Hall Leonard Hill
Alfred Gulvin
Avon Valley LCL James Mann John Stratton
Beeloo Labor Colin Jamieson John Alden
Blackwood LCL John Hearman
Boulder Labor Arthur Moir
Bunbury LCL Charles Webber George Roberts
Canning Labor Bill Gaffy Richard Marris
Claremont LCL Harold Crommelin*
Laurence Snook
Charles North
Collie Labor Harry May Norman CooteNorman Lacey (Comm.)
Cottesloe LCL Ross Hutchinson Leonard Stratton (Ind.)
Dale LCL Gerald Wild Ivan Locke (Ind.)
Darling Range Country Ray Owen
East Perth Labor Herb Graham Edmund Madigan
Eyre Labor Emil Nulsen
Fremantle Labor Joseph Sleeman Paddy Troy (Comm.)
Gascoyne Labor Daniel Norton Kenneth Illingworth
Geraldton Labor Bill Sewell Arnold DevlinCharles Eadon-ClarkeJoyce Webber (Ind.)
Greenough LCL David Brand
Guildford-Midland Labor John Brady Albert Marks (Comm.)
Harvey LCL Iven Manning
Kalgoorlie Labor Tom Evans Percy MillingtonHarold Illingworth (Ind.)
Katanning Country Crawford Nalder
Kimberley Labor John Rhatigan
Leederville Labor Ted Johnson Les Nimmo
Maylands LCL Merv Toms Ellen Lulham Herbert Robinson (Ind. Lib)
Melville Labor John Tonkin James Hart (Ind.)
Merredin-Yilgarn Labor Lionel Kelly Robert LoderAlfred Walker
Middle Swan Labor James Hegney
Moore Country John Ackland
Mount Hawthorn Labor Bill Hegney William BaileyWilliam Anear (Comm.)
Mount Lawley LCL Arthur Abbott Edward Oldfield* (Ind. Lib)
Mount Marshall Country George Cornell
Murchison Labor Everard O'Brien Carlyle Newman
Murray LCL Ross McLarty
Narrogin Country Percy MundayRobert Farr William Manning*
Bill Robinson
Frank Ashworth
Nedlands LCL Charles Court David Grayden (Ind. Lib)
North Perth Labor Stan Lapham Leslie Fawcett
Northam Labor Albert Hawke James Collins (Ind. Lib)
Pilbara Labor Alec Rodoreda Rowland Charlton
Roe Country Charles Perkins
South Fremantle Labor Dick Lawrence Michael Robson (Ind. Labor)
South Perth LCL Francis FrenchJames Smith Bill Grayden* (Ind. Lib)
Cole Sangster (Ind.)
Stirling Country Arthur Watts
Subiaco LCL Percival Potter Edgar PaddickJoseph Abrahams (Ind. Lib)
Walter Richardson (Ind. Lib)
Toodyay Country Lindsay Thorn John Rolinson (Ind. Labor)
Vasse LCL William Bovell
Victoria Park Labor Ron Davies Benjamin Marshall
Warren Labor Ernest Hoar
Wembley Beaches LCL Frederick Marshall Bertha BeecroftSydney Cheek (Ind. Lib)
Les Laracy (Ind.)
West Perth Labor Stanley Heal Raymond Nowland

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