1959 Western Australian state election

April 2022 none October 2026 1959 Western Australian state election Western Australia parliamentary no 1956 Western Australian state election 1956 1962 Western Australian state election 1962 All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority yes 1959 03 21 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1959–1962 150x150px David Brand 1 March 1957 Liberal/Country coalition Greenough 44.03% 5.65 19 seats 25 seats 6 150x150px Albert Hawke 3 July 1951 Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) Northam 44.92% 4.78 29 seats 23 seats 6 Premier Resulting Premier Albert Hawke Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) David Brand Liberal/Country coalitionElections were held in the state of Western Australia on 21 March 1959 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The result was a hung parliament—the two-term Labor government, led by Premier Albert Hawke, was defeated with an average swing against it of about 7 per cent, but the Liberal-Country Party coalition, led by Opposition Leader David Brand, won exactly half of the seats, and needed the support of at least one of the two Independent Liberal members to obtain a majority in the Assembly. The situation remained precarious throughout the term—while Bill Grayden joined the LCL the following year, giving the Coalition a one-seat majority, the other Independent Liberal, Edward Oldfield, joined the Labor Party. Results Results of the Western Australian state election, 1959 (Legislative Assembly) Western Australian state election, 21 March 1959 Legislative Assembly Western Australian state election 1956 1962 292,596cont 1 1 269,322 92.05% –0.13% 6,937 2.58% –0.26% Labor WA 117,861 44.92% –4.78% 23 – 6 yes LCL WA 98,335 37.48% +4.34% 17 + 6 yes WA Country 17,179 6.55% +1.31% 8 ± 0 dlp 13,436 5.12% +5.12% 0 ± 0 Nationalist Ind. Lib. 10,008 3.81% –2.92% 2 ± 0 Communist 2,216 0.84% +0.35% 0 ± 0 Independent 3,350 1.28% –3.42% 0 ± 0 262,385 50 |} cont 1 1 362,629 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 11 seats (22% of the total) were uncontested—2 Labor seats (three less than 1956) representing 16,115 enrolled voters, 5 LCL seats (the same as 1956) representing 33,484 enrolled voters, and 4 Country seats (two less than 1956) representing 20,434 enrolled voters. See also Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1959–1962 Candidates of the 1959 Western Australian state election References Category:Elections in Western Australia Western Australian state election State election, 1959 Western Australian state election