1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 7 April 1956 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council.

Results

Legislative Council

Retiring Members

LCL

Les Craig (South-West) Frank Gibson (Suburban)

Candidates

Province Held by Labor candidates LCL candidates Country candidates Independent candidates  Central Country Leslie Diver Metropolitan LCL Herbert Fletcher Keith Watson Ray O'Connor (Ind. Lib)Midland Country Ray Jones North Labor Harry Strickland Edmund Webb North-East Labor Eric Heenan James Boyd South Country Jack Thomson South-East LCL Archibald McGillivray John Cunningham South-West LCL Ernest Stapleton Graham MacKinnon Suburban LCL George Jeffery William McPherson West Labor Evan Davies

Election results

Central

Metropolitan

Preferences were not distributed.

Midland

North

North-East

South

South-East

South-West

Suburban

West

See also

Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1956–1958

References