1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election

April 2022 Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 30 April 1960 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council. Results Legislative Council Western Australian state election, 30 April 1960Black 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 162,662 65,821 44.5 +1.3 498 0.8 -0.3 Labor WA 29,830 45.7 +8.0 5 13 LCL WA 23,718 36.3 -14.0 2 9 Country WA 10,829 16.6 +7.7 3 8 Independent 946 1.5 +0.7 0 0 65,323 10 30 |} Retiring Members Country Charles Latham (Central) Hugh Roche (South) Candidates Province Held by Labor candidates LCL candidates Country candidates Independent candidates  Central Country Arthur Kelly Norm Baxter* Arthur Latham Allan McLean Metropolitan LCL Percy Munday Reg Mattiske Midland Country Oliver Sutherland Les Logan North Labor Bill Willesee Robert Lukis North-East Labor John Teahan David Hoar Albert Gerick (Ind.) South Country Charles Bolt Sydney Thompson* Bill Robinson Joseph Weir (Ind.)South-East Labor Jim Garrigan Percival Millington Alfred Walker South-West LCL Frank Willmott Suburban Labor Ruby Hutchison Alfred Rosser West Labor Ron Thompson Louis Joseph Election results Central 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Central LCL WA Arthur Kelly 2,314 35.6 Country WA Norm Baxter 2,258 34.7 Country WA Arthur Latham 1,230 18.9 Country WA Allan McLean 705 10.8 6,507 98.8 79 1.2 6,586 50.2 Country WA Norm Baxter 3,661 56.3 LCL WA Arthur Kelly 2,846 43.7 Country WA Metropolitan 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Metropolitan LCL WA Reg Mattiske 7,728 59.7 Labor WA Percy Munday 5,215 40.3 12,943 99.4 71 0.6 13,014 32.1 LCL WA Midland 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election, Midland Country WA Les Logan 2,121 75.1 Labor WA Oliver Sutherland 704 24.9 2,825 99.4 17 0.6 2,842 52.8 Country WA North 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North Labor WA Bill Willesee 959 65.1 LCL WA Robert Lukis 515 34.9 1,474 99.5 8 0.5 1,482 76.8 Labor WA North-East 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North-East Labor WA John Teahan 1,682 57.7 LCL WA David Hoar 927 31.8 Independent Albert Gerick 304 10.4 2,913 99.1 25 0.9 2,938 60.8 Labor WA N/A Preferences were not distributed. South 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South LCL WA Charles Bolt 1,928 31.4 Country WA Bill Robinson 1,903 31.0 Country WA Sydney Thompson 1,663 27.1 Independent Joseph Weir 642 10.5 6,136 98.9 66 1.1 6,202 55.7 Country WA Sydney Thompson 3,724 60.7 LCL WA Charles Bolt 2,412 39.3 Country WA N/A South-East 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-East Labor WA Jim Garrigan 2,401 55.5 LCL WA Percival Millington 978 22.6 Country WA Alfred Walker 949 21.9 4,328 99.1 39 0.9 4,367 61.8 Labor WA Preferences were not distributed. South-West 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-West LCL WA Francis Drake Willmott unopposed LCL WA Suburban 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Suburban Labor WA Ruby Hutchison 9,776 57.5 LCL WA Alfred Rosser 7,241 42.5 17,017 99.3 116 0.7 17,133 42.9 Labor WA West 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: West Labor WA Ron Thompson 6,779 60.4 LCL WA Louis Joseph 4,401 39.4 11,180 99.3 77 0.7 11,257 47.2 Labor WA See also Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1960–1962 References Category:1960 elections in Australia Category:Elections in Western Australia Category:April 1960 in Australia