Candidates of the 1956 Western Australian state election

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
Albany	Country	Jack Hall		Leonard Hill Alfred Gulvin
Avon Valley	LCL		James Mann	John Stratton
Beeloo	Labor	Colin Jamieson	John Alden
Blackwood	LCL		John Hearman
Boulder	Labor	Arthur Moir
Bunbury	LCL	Charles Webber	George Roberts
Canning	Labor	Bill Gaffy	Richard Marris
Claremont	LCL		Harold Crommelin* Laurence Snook Charles North
Collie	Labor	Harry May		Norman Coote	Norman Lacey (Comm.)
Cottesloe	LCL		Ross Hutchinson		Leonard Stratton (Ind.)
Dale	LCL		Gerald Wild		Ivan Locke (Ind.)
Darling Range	Country			Ray Owen
East Perth	Labor	Herb Graham	Edmund Madigan
Eyre	Labor	Emil Nulsen
Fremantle	Labor	Joseph Sleeman			Paddy Troy (Comm.)
Gascoyne	Labor	Daniel Norton	Kenneth Illingworth
Geraldton	Labor	Bill Sewell	Arnold Devlin	Charles Eadon-Clarke	Joyce Webber (Ind.)
Greenough	LCL		David Brand
Guildford-Midland	Labor	John Brady			Albert Marks (Comm.)
Harvey	LCL		Iven Manning
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Tom Evans	Percy Millington		Harold Illingworth (Ind.)
Katanning	Country			Crawford Nalder
Kimberley	Labor	John Rhatigan
Leederville	Labor	Ted Johnson	Les Nimmo
Maylands	LCL	Merv Toms	Ellen Lulham		Herbert Robinson (Ind. Lib)
Melville	Labor	John Tonkin			James Hart (Ind.)
Merredin-Yilgarn	Labor	Lionel Kelly	Robert Loder	Alfred Walker
Middle Swan	Labor	James Hegney
Moore	Country			John Ackland
Mount Hawthorn	Labor	Bill Hegney	William Bailey		William Anear (Comm.)
Mount Lawley	LCL		Arthur Abbott		Edward Oldfield* (Ind. Lib)
Mount Marshall	Country			George Cornell
Murchison	Labor	Everard O'Brien	Carlyle Newman
Murray	LCL		Ross McLarty
Narrogin	Country	Percy Munday	Robert Farr	William Manning* Bill Robinson Frank Ashworth
Nedlands	LCL		Charles Court		David Grayden (Ind. Lib)
North Perth	Labor	Stan Lapham	Leslie Fawcett
Northam	Labor	Albert Hawke			James Collins (Ind. Lib)
Pilbara	Labor	Alec Rodoreda	Rowland Charlton
Roe	Country			Charles Perkins
South Fremantle	Labor	Dick Lawrence			Michael Robson (Ind. Labor)
South Perth	LCL	Francis French	James Smith		Bill Grayden* (Ind. Lib) Cole Sangster (Ind.)
Stirling	Country			Arthur Watts
Subiaco	LCL	Percival Potter	Edgar Paddick		Joseph Abrahams (Ind. Lib) Walter Richardson (Ind. Lib)
Toodyay	Country			Lindsay Thorn	John Rolinson (Ind. Labor)
Vasse	LCL		William Bovell
Victoria Park	Labor	Ron Davies	Benjamin Marshall
Warren	Labor	Ernest Hoar
Wembley Beaches	LCL	Frederick Marshall	Bertha Beecroft		Sydney Cheek (Ind. Lib) Les Laracy (Ind.)
West Perth	Labor	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

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