Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 30 April 1960 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council.
Results
Legislative Council
Western Australian state election, 30 April 1960[1] Legislative Council |
Enrolled voters | 162,662 | | |
Votes cast | 65,821 | | Turnout | 44.5 | +1.3 |
Informal votes | 498 | | Informal | 0.8 | -0.3 |
Summary of votes by party |
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held |
| Labor | 29,830 | 45.7 | +8.0 | 5 | 13 |
| Liberal and Country | 23,718 | 36.3 | -14.0 | 2 | 9 |
| Country | 10,829 | 16.6 | +7.7 | 3 | 8 |
| Independent | 946 | 1.5 | +0.7 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 65,323 | | | 10 | 30 |
Retiring Members
Country
- Charles Latham (Central)
- Hugh Roche (South)
Candidates
Province | Held by | Labor candidates | LCL candidates | Country candidates | Independent candidates |
| | | | | |
Central | Country | | Arthur Kelly | Norm Baxter* Arthur Latham Allan McLean | |
Metropolitan | LCL | Percy Munday | Reg Mattiske | | |
Midland | Country | Oliver Sutherland | | Les Logan | |
North | Labor | Bill Willesee | Robert Lukis | | |
North-East | Labor | John Teahan | David Hoar | | Albert Gerick (Ind.) |
South | Country | | Charles Bolt | Sydney Thompson* Bill Robinson | Joseph Weir (Ind.) |
South-East | Labor | Jim Garrigan | Percival Millington | Alfred Walker | |
South-West | LCL | | Frank Willmott | | |
Suburban | Labor | Ruby Hutchison | Alfred Rosser | | |
West | Labor | Ron Thompson | Louis Joseph | | |
Election results
Central
Metropolitan
1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Metropolitan Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal and Country | Reg Mattiske | 7,728 | 59.7 | |
| Labor | Percy Munday | 5,215 | 40.3 | |
Total formal votes | 12,943 | 99.4 | |
Informal votes | 71 | 0.6 | |
Turnout | 13,014 | 32.1 | |
| Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
Midland
1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election, Midland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Country | Les Logan | 2,121 | 75.1 | |
| Labor | Oliver Sutherland | 704 | 24.9 | |
Total formal votes | 2,825 | 99.4 | |
Informal votes | 17 | 0.6 | |
Turnout | 2,842 | 52.8 | |
| Country hold | Swing | | |
North
1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labor | Bill Willesee | 959 | 65.1 | |
| Liberal and Country | Robert Lukis | 515 | 34.9 | |
Total formal votes | 1,474 | 99.5 | |
Informal votes | 8 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 1,482 | 76.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | | |
North-East
1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North-East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labor | John Teahan | 1,682 | 57.7 | |
| Liberal and Country | David Hoar | 927 | 31.8 | |
| Independent | Albert Gerick | 304 | 10.4 | |
Total formal votes | 2,913 | 99.1 | |
Informal votes | 25 | 0.9 | |
Turnout | 2,938 | 60.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
- Preferences were not distributed.
South
1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal and Country | Charles Bolt | 1,928 | 31.4 | |
| Country | Bill Robinson | 1,903 | 31.0 | |
| Country | Sydney Thompson | 1,663 | 27.1 | |
| Independent | Joseph Weir | 642 | 10.5 | |
Total formal votes | 6,136 | 98.9 | |
Informal votes | 66 | 1.1 | |
Turnout | 6,202 | 55.7 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result |
| Country | Sydney Thompson | 3,724 | 60.7 | |
| Liberal and Country | Charles Bolt | 2,412 | 39.3 | |
| Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
South-East
1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labor | Jim Garrigan | 2,401 | 55.5 | |
| Liberal and Country | Percival Millington | 978 | 22.6 | |
| Country | Alfred Walker | 949 | 21.9 | |
Total formal votes | 4,328 | 99.1 | |
Informal votes | 39 | 0.9 | |
Turnout | 4,367 | 61.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | | |
- Preferences were not distributed.
South-West
1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal and Country | Francis Drake Willmott | unopposed | | |
| Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
Suburban
1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Suburban Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labor | Ruby Hutchison | 9,776 | 57.5 | |
| Liberal and Country | Alfred Rosser | 7,241 | 42.5 | |
Total formal votes | 17,017 | 99.3 | |
Informal votes | 116 | 0.7 | |
Turnout | 17,133 | 42.9 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | | |
West
1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labor | Ron Thompson | 6,779 | 60.4 | |
| Liberal and Country | Louis Joseph | 4,401 | 39.4 | |
Total formal votes | 11,180 | 99.3 | |
Informal votes | 77 | 0.7 | |
Turnout | 11,257 | 47.2 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | | |
See also
References
- ^ Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia: membership register, electoral law and statistics 1890-1989. Perth, WA: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0730936414.