Candidates of the 1956 Western Australian state election explained

The 1956 Western Australian state election was held on 7 April 1956.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Harry McCulloch (MLA) (Hannans)
• Herbert Styants (MLA) (Kalgoorlie)

LCL

• George Yates (MLA) (South Perth)
• Florence Cardell-Oliver (MLA) (Subiaco)

Country

• Victor Doney (MLA) (Narrogin)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	LCL candidate	Country candidate	Other candidates
					Leonard Hill Alfred Gulvin
				James Mann	John Stratton
			Colin Jamieson	John Alden
				John Hearman
			Arthur Moir
		Charles Webber		George Roberts
				Richard Marris
				Harold Crommelin Laurence Snook Charles North
			Harry May		Norman Coote	Norman Lacey (Comm.)
				Ross Hutchinson		Leonard Stratton (Ind.)
				Gerald Wild		Ivan Locke (Ind.)
					Ray Owen
			Herb Graham	Edmund Madigan
			Emil Nulsen
			Joseph Sleeman			Paddy Troy (Comm.)
			Daniel Norton	Kenneth Illingworth
			Bill Sewell	Arnold Devlin	Charles Eadon-Clarke	Joyce Webber (Ind.)
				David Brand
			John Brady			Albert Marks (Comm.)
				Iven Manning
				Percy Millington		Harold Illingworth (Ind.)
					Crawford Nalder
			John Rhatigan
			Ted Johnson	Les Nimmo
				Ellen Lulham		Herbert Robinson (Ind. Lib)
			John Tonkin			James Hart (Ind.)
			Lionel Kelly	Robert Loder	Alfred Walker
			James Hegney
					John Ackland
			Bill Hegney	William Bailey		William Anear (Comm.)
			Arthur Abbott			Edward Oldfield (Ind. Lib)
					George Cornell
			Everard O'Brien	Carlyle Newman
				Ross McLarty
		Percy Munday	Robert Farr		William Manning Bill Robinson Frank Ashworth
				Charles Court		David Grayden (Ind. Lib)
			Stan Lapham	Leslie Fawcett
			Albert Hawke			James Collins (Ind. Lib)
			Alec Rodoreda	Rowland Charlton
					Charles Perkins
			Dick Lawrence			Michael Robson (Ind. Labor)
		Francis French	James Smith			Bill Grayden (Ind. Lib) Cole Sangster (Ind.)
					Arthur Watts
				Edgar Paddick		Joseph Abrahams (Ind. Lib) Walter Richardson (Ind. Lib)
					Lindsay Thorn	John Rolinson (Ind. Labor)
				William Bovell
			Ron Davies	Benjamin Marshall
			Ernest Hoar
				Bertha Beecroft		Sydney Cheek (Ind. Lib) Les Laracy (Ind.)
			Stanley Heal	Raymond Nowland

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959
• 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election
• 1956 Western Australian state election

References

• Book: Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie. Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. 1997. Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. Perth, [W.A.]. 0730984095.