1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election

April 2022 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 1958Black David 1991 Legislative Council of Western Australia: membership register, electoral law and statistics 1890-1989 Perth, WA Western Australian Parliamentary History Project 0730936414 Legislative Council yes 150,671 53,284 43.2 –30.1 609 1.1 -0.6 LCL WA 26,472 50.3 –2.0 4 9 Labor WA 19,869 37.7 –8.3 4 13 Country WA 4,670 8.9 * 2 8 DLP 1,253 2.4 * 0 0 Independent 411 0.8 –1.0 0 0 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 LCL WA Charles Abbey 2,662 51.0 Country WA Norm Baxter 2,559 49.0 5,221 98.7 66 1.3 5,287 44.7 LCL WA Country WA Metropolitan 1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Metropolitan LCL WA James Hislop 11,313 64.0 Labor WA Alfred Buggins 6,360 36.0 17,673 99.2 140 0.8 17,813 45.4 LCL WA Midland 1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Midland Country WA Charles Simpson 1,660 66.6 LCL WA Francis Horwood 834 33.4 2,494 99.2 21 0.8 2,515 47.5 Country WA North 1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North Labor WA Frank Wise unopposed Labor WA North-East 1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North-East Labor WA William Hall 1,378 50.5 LCL WA Ian Rosenberg 898 32.9 Country WA Lincoln Sullivan 451 16.5 2,727 98.8 33 1.2 2,760 62.7 Labor WA Preferences were not distributed. South 1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South Country WA Anthony Loton unopposed Country WA South-East 1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-East Labor WA George Bennetts 2,031 83.2 Independent Harold Illingworth 411 16.8 2,442 99.1 21 0.9 2,463 38.0 Labor WA South-West 1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-West LCL WA James Murray unopposed LCL WA Suburban 1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Suburban LCL WA Arthur Griffith 9,392 53.8 Labor WA Herbert Fletcher 6,817 39.0 DLP Joseph Martin 1,253 7.2 17,462 98.5 257 1.5 17,719 49.0 LCL WA Preferences were not distributed. West 1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: West Labor WA Frederick Lavery 3,283 70.5 LCL WA James Collins 1,373 29.5 4,656 98.5 71 1.5 4,727 23.6 Labor WA See also Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1958–1960 References Category:1958 elections in Australia Category:Elections in Western Australia