Candidates of the 1959 Western Australian state election

The 1959 Western Australian state election was held on 21 March 1959.

Retiring Members

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Labor

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Country

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Legislative Assembly

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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.

Electorate Held by Labor candidate LCL candidate Country candidate Other candidates
Albany Labor Jack Hall Roy Wellington Vincent Liddelow Charles Johnson (Ind.)
Ernest Rogers (Ind.)
Avon Valley LCL James Mann John Stratton
Beeloo Labor Colin Jamieson Gordon Clark Patrick Riordan (DLP)
Blackwood LCL John Hearman Duncan Muir
Boulder Labor Arthur Moir
Bunbury LCL Forrest Hay George Roberts
Canning Labor Bill Gaffy Des O'Neil Michael O'Brien (DLP)
Claremont LCL Harold Crommelin
Collie Labor Harry May Norman Coote (Ind.)
Cottesloe LCL Edmund Edwards Ross Hutchinson
Dale LCL Gerald Wild Arthur Mills
Andrew McPhail
William Williams (Ind.)
Darling Range Country Henry Harris John Kostera Ray Owen Michael Coyne (DLP)
East Perth Labor Herb Graham John Martin John Deane (DLP)
Eyre Labor Emil Nulsen Orlando Stuart
Fremantle Labor Harry Fletcher Henry Miller (DLP)
Paddy Troy (Comm.)
Gascoyne Labor Daniel Norton Thomas Orr
Geraldton Labor Bill Sewell Gerald Throssell Septimus Waldon (DLP)
Greenough LCL David Brand
Guildford-Midland Labor John Brady John Gandini (Comm.)
Harvey LCL Iven Manning
Kalgoorlie Labor Tom Evans Percy Millington Harold Illingworth (Ind.)
Katanning Country Crawford Nalder
Kimberley Labor John Rhatigan Nolan McDaniel
Leederville Labor Ted Johnson Guy Henn John Antill (DLP)
Maylands Labor Merv Toms Walter Bonnett
Melville Labor John Tonkin
Merredin-Yilgarn Labor Lionel Kelly Ronald Lee
Middle Swan Labor James Hegney Francis Wilson Brian Peachey (DLP)
Moore Country Edgar Lewis
Mount Hawthorn Labor Bill Hegney Hugh O'Doherty Edward Zeffertt (Comm.)
Mount Lawley Independent Alexander Barras Edward Oldfield* (Ind.)
Ernest Parker (DLP)
Mount Marshall Country George Cornell
Murchison Labor Everard O'Brien Richard Burt George Jensen (DLP)
Murray LCL Ross McLarty
Narrogin Country Percy Munday William Manning
Nedlands LCL Charles Court
North Perth Labor Stan Lapham Ray O'Connor William Sawyer (DLP)
Northam Labor Albert Hawke Lawrence Solomon Brian McGinty (DLP)
Pilbara Labor Arthur Bickerton Neil Radley
Roe Country Charles Perkins Edward Biglin (Ind.)
South Fremantle Labor Dick Lawrence George Kendrick (Comm.)
South Perth Independent George Strickland Bill Grayden (Ind. Lib)
Stirling Country Arthur Watts
Subiaco Labor Percival Potter Hugh Guthrie Ronald Bulbeck (DLP)
Toodyay Country John Rolinson James Craig*
Joseph Farrell
John Acott (Ind. Lab)
Vasse LCL William Bovell George Shervington (DLP)
Victoria Park Labor Ron Davies David Hooper Harold Hawthorne (Ind.)
William Carter (DLP)
Warren Labor Joseph Rowberry Walter Muir Paul Brennan (DLP)
Wembley Beaches Labor Frederick Marshall Les Nimmo William Coyne (DLP)
West Perth Labor Stanley Heal Raymond Nowland

See also

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References

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  • Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.