1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election

April 2022 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 Western Australian state election, 7 April 1956Black 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 100,773 50,935 73.3 +24.3 855 1.7 +0.7 LCL WA 26,178 52.3 +12.1 3 9 Labor WA 23,018 46.0 –9.0 4 13 Country WA * * * 3 8 Independent 884 1.8 –2.2 0 0 50,080 10 30 |} 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 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Central Country WA Leslie Diver unopposed Country WA Metropolitan 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Metropolitan LCL WA Keith Watson 8,873 59.6 N/A Labor WA Herbert Fletcher 5,127 34.5 +34.5 Independent Liberal Ray O'Connor 884 5.9 +5.9 14,884 98.2 N/A 275 1.8 N/A 15,159 73.0 N/A LCL WA N/A Preferences were not distributed. Midland 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Midland Country WA Ray Jones unopposed Country WA North 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North Labor WA Harry Strickland 906 63.7 +12.2 LCL WA Edmund Webb 517 36.3 +2.7 1,423 98.7 +1.4 18 1.3 -1.4 1,423 82.4 +3.4 Labor WA N/A North-East 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North-East Labor WA Eric Heenan 2,113 65.8 +7.7 LCL WA James Boyd 1,098 34.2 -7.7 3,211 98.2 -0.8 58 1.8 +0.8 3,269 75.1 +2.0 Labor WA +7.7 South 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election South Country WA Jack Thomson unopposed Country WA South-East 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-East LCL WA John Cunningham 2,225 51.0 +3.3 Labor WA Archibald McGillivray 2,141 49.0 -3.3 4,366 98.9 +0.1 53 1.1 -0.1 4,419 75.9 +12.1 LCL WA +3.3 South-West 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-West LCL WA Graham MacKinnon 4,457 59.8 N/A Labor WA Ernest Stapleton 2,992 40.2 +40.2 7,449 98.5 N/A 115 1.5 N/A 7,564 67.7 N/A LCL WA N/A Suburban 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Suburban Labor WA George Jeffery 9,739 52.0 +4.0 LCL WA William McPherson 9,008 48.0 -4.0 18,747 98.2 -1.0 336 1.8 +1.0 19,083 74.5 +25.7 Labor WA LCL WA +4.0 West 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election: West Labor WA Evan Davies unopposed Labor WA See also Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1956–1958 References Category:1956 elections in Australia Category:Elections in Western Australia