1962 Western Australian Legislative Council election

State election in Australia April 2022 Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 12 May 1962 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council. This was the last time the Legislative Council elections were held separately to those of the Legislative Assembly. Results Legislative Council Western Australian state election, 12 May 1962Details of 1962 WA Upper House Election http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=1559 University of Western Australia 26 October 2016 Legislative Council yes 110,448 46,014 41.7 –2.8 193 0.4 –0.4 LCL WA 26,769 58.4 +18.6 3 10 Labor WA 18,988 41.4 –0.7 4 13 Country WA * * * 3 7 Independent Liberal WA 64 0.1 +0.1 0 0 45,821 10 30 |} Retiring Members No MLCs retired at this election. Candidates Province Held by Labor candidates LCL candidates Country candidates Independent candidates  Central Country Leslie Diver Metropolitan LCL Percy Munday Keith Watson Midland Country Ray Jones North Labor Harry Strickland North-East Labor Eric Heenan Grahame Jonas James Collins (Ind. Liberal)South Country Jack Thomson South-East LCL Claude Stubbs John Cunningham South-West LCL Daniel O'Keeffe Graham MacKinnon Suburban Labor George Jeffery Herbert Robinson West Labor Evan Davies Results by Province Central Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: Central Province Country WA Leslie Diver unopposed Country WA Metropolitan Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: Metropolitan Province LCL WA Keith Watson 10,862 70.1 +10.4 Labor WA Percy Munday 4,622 29.9 -10.4 15,484 99.5 +0.1 71 0.5 -0.1 15,555 38.4 +6.3 LCL WA +10.4 Midland Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: Midland Province Country WA Ray Jones unopposed Country WA North Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: North Province Labor WA Harry Strickland unopposed Labor WA North-East Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: North-East Province Labor WA Eric Heenan 1,868 62.2 +4.5 LCL WA Grahame Jonas 1,072 35.7 +3.9 Independent Liberal WA James Collins 64 2.1 +2.1 3,004 99.6 +0.5 11 0.4 -0.5 3,015 51.9 -8.9 Labor WA N/A South Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: South Province Country WA Jack Thomson unopposed Country WA N/A South-East Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: South-East Labor WA Claude Stubbs 1,682 51.6 -3.9 LCL WA John Cunningham 1,576 48.4 +25.8 3,258 99.7 +0.6 10 0.3 -0.6 3,268 60.7 -1.1 Labor WA LCL WA N/A South-West Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: South-West LCL WA Graham MacKinnon 3,664 65.1 -34.9 Labor WA Daniel O'Keefe 1,964 34.9 +34.9 5,628 99.9 20 0.1 5,648 38.2 LCL WA N/A Suburban Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: Suburban Province LCL WA Herbert Robinson 9,595 52.0 +9.5 Labor WA George Jeffery 8,852 48.0 -9.5 18,447 99.6 +0.3 81 0.4 -0.3 18,528 42.2 -0.7 LCL WA Labor WA +9.5 West Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: West Province Labor WA Evan Davies unopposed Labor WA See also 1962 Western Australian state election References Western Australia Category:Elections in Western Australia Category:1960s in Western Australia Category:May 1962 in Australia