Western Australian state election, 1953
- Western Australian state election, 1953
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 14 February 1953 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The two-term Liberal-Country Party coalition government, led by Premier Sir Ross McLarty, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Bert Hawke.
The election was notable in that 22 of the 50 seats were not contested at the election. Only two other elections—those held in 1890 and 1894—had a greater percentage or number of uncontested seats.
Results
Australian elections/Title row
title = Western Australian state election, 14 February 1953
house = Legislative Assembly
series = Western Australian state election
back = 1950
forward = 1956
enrolled = 205,644ref label|cont|1|1
total_votes = 192,225
turnout % = 93.47%
turnout chg = +0.86%
informal = 5,028
informal % = 2.62%
informal chg = +0.64%Australian elections/Party summary
government = yes
party_id = Labor
votes = 93,157
votes % = 49.76%
votes chg = +7.92%
seats = 26
seats chg = + 3Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Liberal
votes = 71,042
votes % = 37.95%
votes chg = –2.13%
seats = 15
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Nationals
party = Country
votes = 9,196
votes % = 4.91%
votes chg = –4.40%
seats = 9
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Nationalist
party = Ind. Lib.
votes = 3,458
votes % = 1.85%
votes chg = –0.40%
seats = 0
seats chg = – 2Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Communist
votes = 1,350
votes % = 0.72%
votes chg = +0.36%
seats = 0
seats chg = ± 0Australian elections/Party summary
party_id = Independent
votes = 8,994
votes % = 4.80%
votes chg = –1.35%
seats = 0
seats chg = – 1Australian elections/Total row
total_votes = 192,225
total_seats = 50
:note label|cont|1|1 319,941 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 22 seats (44% of the total) were uncontested—12 Labor seats (six more than 1950) representing 65,993 enrolled voters, 3 Liberal seats (one more than 1950) representing 14,297 enrolled voters, and 7 Country seats (three more than 1950) representing 34,007 enrolled voters.
ee also
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956
References
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