Western Australian state election, 1956
- Western Australian state election, 1956
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 7 April 1956 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier Bert Hawke, won a second term in office against the Liberal-Country coalition, led by Sir Ross McLarty.
Results
Australian elections/Title row
title = Western Australian state election, 7 April 1956
house = Legislative Assembly
series = Western Australian state election
back = 1953
forward = 1959
enrolled = 262,384ref label|cont|1|1
total_votes = 241,863
turnout % = 92.18%
turnout chg = –1.30%
informal = 6,851
informal % = 2.83%
informal chg = +0.22%Australian elections/Party summary
government = yes
party_id = Labor
votes = 116,793
votes % = 49.70%
votes chg = –0.07%
seats = 29
seats chg = + 3Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Liberal
votes = 98,335
votes % = 33.13%
votes chg = –4.82%
seats = 11
seats chg = – 4Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Nationals
party = Country
votes = 12,319
votes % = 5.24%
votes chg = +0.33%
seats = 8
seats chg = – 1Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Nationalist
party = Ind. Lib.
votes = 15,822
votes % = 6.73%
votes chg = +4.89%
seats = 2
seats chg = + 2Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Communist
votes = 1,167
votes % = 0.50%
votes chg = –0.22%
seats = 0
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Independent
votes = 11,045
votes % = 4.70%
votes chg = –0.10%
seats = 0
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Total row
total_votes = 241,863
total_seats = 50
:note label|cont|1|1 342,018 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 16 seats (32% of the total) were uncontested—5 Labor seats (seven less than 1953) representing 24,951 enrolled voters, 5 Liberal seats (two more than 1953) representing 24,834 enrolled voters, and 6 Country seats (one less than 1953) representing 29,839 enrolled voters.
ee also
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959
References
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