Western Australian state election, 1968

Western Australian state election, 1968

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.

Results

Legislative Assembly

Australian elections/Title row
title = Western Australian state election, 23 March 1968
house = Legislative Assembly
series = Western Australian state election
back = 1965
forward = 1971
enrolled = 359,790ref label|cont|1|1
total_votes = 331,325
turnout % = 92.09%
turnout chg = –0.24%
informal = 10,255
informal % = 3.10%
informal chg = –0.01%Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Labor
votes = 145,605
votes % = 45.35%
votes chg = +2.71%
seats = 23
seats chg = + 2Australian elections/Party summary
government = yes
party_id = Liberal
votes = 141,271
votes % = 44.00%
votes chg = –4.54%
seats = 19
seats chg = – 2Australian elections/Party summary
government = yes
party_id = Nationals
party = Country
votes = 16,879
votes % = 5.25%
votes chg = +0.38%
seats = 9
seats chg = + 1Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = DLP
votes = 10,456
votes % = 3.26%
votes chg = +2.32%
seats = 0
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Party summary
party = Democratic
votes = 2,216
votes % = 0.69%
votes chg = +0.69%
seats = 0
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Communist
votes = 1,694
votes % = 0.53%
votes chg = +0.44%
seats = 0
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Independent
votes = 2,949
votes % = 0.92%
votes chg = –1.98%
seats = 0
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Total row
total_votes = 321,070
total_seats = 51

:note label|cont|1|1 449,122 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 14 seats (27.45% of the total) were uncontested—five Liberal seats representing 32,810 enrolled voters, five Country seats representing 29,746 enrolled voters, and four Labor seats representing 26,776 enrolled voters.

Legislative Council

Australian elections/Title row
title = Western Australian state election, 23 March 1968
house = Legislative Council
enrolled = 208,417ref label|contLC|1|1
total_votes = 192,342
turnout % = 92.29%
turnout chg = +0.15%
informal = 8,631
informal % = 4.49%
informal chg = +0.22%Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Labor
votes = 85,674
votes % = 46.64%
votes chg =
seats = 6
seats held = 10Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Liberal
votes = 67,977
votes % = 37.00%
votes chg =
seats = 8
seats held = 12Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Nationals
party = Country
votes = 21,228
votes % = 11.56%
votes chg =
seats = 5
seats held = 8Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = DLP
votes = 4,502
votes % = 2.45%
votes chg =
seats = 0
seats chg = 0Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Independent
votes = 4,330
votes % = 2.36%
votes chg =
seats = 0
seats chg = 0Australian elections/Total row
total_votes = 183,711
total_seats = 15
total_held = 30

:note label|contLC|1|1 449,122 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 9 seats (60% of the total) were uncontested—three Liberal seats representing 99,137 enrolled voters, three Country seats representing 53,847 enrolled voters, and three Labor seats representing 86,198 enrolled voters.

ee also

* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1965–1968
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1968–1971

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