Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 10 May 1958 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council.
Results
Legislative Council
Western Australian state election, 10 May 1958[1] Legislative Council |
Enrolled voters | 150,671 | | |
Votes cast | 53,284 | | Turnout | 43.2 | –30.1 |
Informal votes | 609 | | Informal | 1.1 | -0.6 |
Summary of votes by party |
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held |
| Liberal and Country | 26,472 | 50.3 | –2.0 | 4 | 9 |
| Labor | 19,869 | 37.7 | –8.3 | 4 | 13 |
| Country | 4,670 | 8.9 | * | 2 | 8 |
| Democratic Labor | 1,253 | 2.4 | * | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 411 | 0.8 | –1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 52,675 | | | 10 | 30 |
Retiring Members
- No sitting MLC's retired at this election.
Candidates
Province | Held by | Labor candidates | LCL candidates | Country candidates | Independent candidates |
| | | | | |
Central | Country | | Charles Abbey | Norm Baxter | |
Metropolitan | LCL | Alfred Buggins | James Hislop | | |
Midland | Country | | Francis Horwood | Charles Simpson | |
North | Labor | Frank Wise | | | |
North-East | Labor | William Hall | Ian Rosenberg | Lincoln Sullivan | |
South | Country | | | Anthony Loton | |
South-East | Labor | George Bennetts | | | Harold Illingworth (Ind.) |
South-West | LCL | | James Murray | | |
Suburban | LCL | Herbert Fletcher | Arthur Griffith | | Joseph Martin (DLP) |
West | Labor | Frederick Lavery | James Collins | | |
Election results
Central
1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Central Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal and Country | Charles Abbey | 2,662 | 51.0 | |
| Country | Norm Baxter | 2,559 | 49.0 | |
Total formal votes | 5,221 | 98.7 | |
Informal votes | 66 | 1.3 | |
Turnout | 5,287 | 44.7 | |
| Liberal and Country gain from Country | Swing | | |
Metropolitan
1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Metropolitan Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal and Country | James Hislop | 11,313 | 64.0 | |
| Labor | Alfred Buggins | 6,360 | 36.0 | |
Total formal votes | 17,673 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 140 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 17,813 | 45.4 | |
| Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
Midland
1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Midland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Country | Charles Simpson | 1,660 | 66.6 | |
| Liberal and Country | Francis Horwood | 834 | 33.4 | |
Total formal votes | 2,494 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 21 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 2,515 | 47.5 | |
| Country hold | Swing | | |
North
1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labor | Frank Wise | unopposed | | |
| Labor hold | Swing | | |
North-East
1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North-East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labor | William Hall | 1,378 | 50.5 | |
| Liberal and Country | Ian Rosenberg | 898 | 32.9 | |
| Country | Lincoln Sullivan | 451 | 16.5 | |
Total formal votes | 2,727 | 98.8 | |
Informal votes | 33 | 1.2 | |
Turnout | 2,760 | 62.7 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | | |
- Preferences were not distributed.
South
1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Country | Anthony Loton | unopposed | | |
| Country hold | Swing | | |
South-East
1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labor | George Bennetts | 2,031 | 83.2 | |
| Independent | Harold Illingworth | 411 | 16.8 | |
Total formal votes | 2,442 | 99.1 | |
Informal votes | 21 | 0.9 | |
Turnout | 2,463 | 38.0 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | | |
South-West
1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal and Country | James Murray | unopposed | | |
| Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
Suburban
1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Suburban Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal and Country | Arthur Griffith | 9,392 | 53.8 | |
| Labor | Herbert Fletcher | 6,817 | 39.0 | |
| Democratic Labor | Joseph Martin | 1,253 | 7.2 | |
Total formal votes | 17,462 | 98.5 | |
Informal votes | 257 | 1.5 | |
Turnout | 17,719 | 49.0 | |
| Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
- Preferences were not distributed.
West
1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labor | Frederick Lavery | 3,283 | 70.5 | |
| Liberal and Country | James Collins | 1,373 | 29.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,656 | 98.5 | |
Informal votes | 71 | 1.5 | |
Turnout | 4,727 | 23.6 | |
| 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.