1962 Western Australian Legislative Council election

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 1962 Legislative Council
Enrolled voters		110,448
Votes cast		46,014		Turnout	41.7	–2.8
Informal votes		193		Informal	0.4	–0.4
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Liberal and Country	26,769	58.4	+18.6	3	10
	Labor	18,988	41.4	–0.7	4	13
	Country	*	*	*	3	7
	Independent Liberal	64	0.1	+0.1	0	0
Total		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leslie Diver	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Metropolitan

Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Keith Watson	10,862	70.1	+10.4
	Labor	Percy Munday	4,622	29.9	−10.4
Total formal votes			15,484	99.5	+0.1
Informal votes			71	0.5	−0.1
Turnout			15,555	38.4	+6.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+10.4

Midland

Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: Midland Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ray Jones	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

North

Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: North Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Strickland	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

North-East

Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: North-East Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Heenan	1,868	62.2	+4.5
	Liberal and Country	Grahame Jonas	1,072	35.7	+3.9
	Independent Liberal	James Collins	64	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			3,004	99.6	+0.5
Informal votes			11	0.4	−0.5
Turnout			3,015	51.9	−8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

South

Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: South Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Thomson	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

South-East

Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: South-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Claude Stubbs	1,682	51.6	−3.9
	Liberal and Country	John Cunningham	1,576	48.4	+25.8
Total formal votes			3,258	99.7	+0.6
Informal votes			10	0.3	−0.6
Turnout			3,268	60.7	−1.1
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	N/A

South-West

Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: South-West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Graham MacKinnon	3,664	65.1	−34.9
	Labor	Daniel O'Keefe	1,964	34.9	+34.9
Total formal votes			5,628	99.9
Informal votes			20	0.1
Turnout			5,648	38.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Suburban

Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: Suburban Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Herbert Robinson	9,595	52.0	+9.5
	Labor	George Jeffery	8,852	48.0	−9.5
Total formal votes			18,447	99.6	+0.3
Informal votes			81	0.4	−0.3
Turnout			18,528	42.2	−0.7
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	+9.5

West

Western Australian Legislative Council election, 1962: West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Evan Davies	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

See also

• 1962 Western Australian state election