Candidates of the 1950 Western Australian state election
The 1950 Western Australian state election was held on 25 March 1950.
Retiring Members
Labor
- Frederick Smith (MLA) (Brown Hill-Ivanhoe)
LCL
- Ross McDonald (MLA) (West Perth)
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.
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | LCL candidate | Country candidate | Other candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albany | Country | William Martin | Alistair MacDonald | Leonard Hill | James Bolitho (Ind.) |
Avon Valley | LCL | James Mann | Keith Halbert Milford Smith | ||
Blackwood | LCL | William Eastcott | John Hearman | Alwyn Wagner | John Smith (Ind.) |
Boulder | Labor | Charlie Oliver | |||
Bunbury | LCL | Frank Guthrie | James Murray | Percy Payne | |
Canning | LCL | Alfred Reynolds | Arthur Griffith | Carlyle Ferguson (Ind. Country) | |
Claremont | LCL | Charles North | |||
Collie | Labor | Harry May | |||
Cottesloe | LCL | John Vivian | Ross Hutchinson | ||
Dale | LCL | Ronald Knowler | Gerald Wild | John Ellis | |
Darling Range | Country | John Rolinson | Colin Cameron | Ray Owen* Frederick Schoch | |
East Perth | Labor | Herb Graham | Fred Book | ||
Eyre | Labor | Emil Nulsen | Roy Cunningham | ||
Fremantle | Labor | Joseph Sleeman | Lennox Dickson | Kathleen Duff (Ind. Labor) Kevin Healy (Comm.) | |
Gascoyne | Labor | Frank Wise | Noel Butcher | ||
Geraldton | Country | Bill Sewell | Edmund Hall | ||
Greenough | LCL | David Brand | |||
Guildford-Midland | Labor | John Brady | Irene Seaton | Alexander Jolly (Comm.) | |
Hannans | Labor | Herbert McCulloch | Roy Cunningham | ||
Harvey | LCL | Robert McCallum | Iven Manning | Walter Eckersley | |
Kalgoorlie | Labor | Herbert Styants | Albert Rogers | ||
Katanning | Country | Crawford Nalder* Wilhelm Beeck | |||
Kimberley | Labor | Aubrey Coverley | |||
Leederville | Labor | Alexander Panton | George Melville | ||
Maylands | Independent | John Gaffney | Harry Shearn (Ind.) | ||
Melville | Labor | John Tonkin | Helen Brinkley | ||
Merredin-Yilgarn | Labor | Lionel Kelly | Charles Davies | ||
Middle Swan | LCL | James Hegney | Henry Hawkins | ||
Moore | Country | John Ackland | |||
Mount Hawthorn | Labor | Bill Hegney | John Mann | John Plummer-Leitch (Ind. Labor) | |
Mount Lawley | LCL | Arthur Abbott | James Collins (Ind.) | ||
Mount Marshall | Country | George Cornell | |||
Murchison | Labor | William Marshall | |||
Murray | LCL | Charles Cross | Ross McLarty | ||
Narrogin | Country | Victor Doney | |||
Nedlands | LCL | Norbert Keenan Cyril Bird | David Grayden* (Ind. Liberal) John Symonds (Ind. Liberal) | ||
North Perth | LCL | Ted Needham | Alfred Spencer | ||
Northam | Labor | Albert Hawke | Thomas Letch | ||
Pilbara | Labor | Alec Rodoreda | Leonard Taplin | ||
Roe | Country | Percy Munday | Charles Perkins* Harrie Seward | ||
South Fremantle | Labor | Thomas Fox | |||
South Perth | LCL | Samuel Lynn | George Yates | ||
Stirling | Country | Arthur Watts | |||
Subiaco | LCL | Thomas Henley | Florence Cardell-Oliver | ||
Toodyay | Country | Archibald McNess | Lindsay Thorn | ||
Vasse | LCL | William Bovell | Robert Leiper | ||
Victoria Park | Independent | Hugh Andrew | William Read (Ind.) | ||
Warren | Labor | Ernest Hoar | |||
Wembley Beaches | LCL | Richard Knox | Les Nimmo | ||
West Perth | LCL | Lucien Triat | Joseph Totterdell |
See also
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953
- 1950 Western Australian state election
References
- 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.