1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election

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.

Western Australian state election, 30 April 1960^[1] Legislative Council
Enrolled voters		162,662
Votes cast		65,821		Turnout	44.5	+1.3
Informal votes		498		Informal	0.8	-0.3
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Labor	29,830	45.7	+8.0	5	13
	Liberal and Country	23,718	36.3	-14.0	2	9
	Country	10,829	16.6	+7.7	3	8
	Independent	946	1.5	+0.7	0	0
Total		65,323			10	30

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Kelly	2,314	35.6
	Country	Norm Baxter	2,258	34.7
	Country	Arthur Latham	1,230	18.9
	Country	Allan McLean	705	10.8
Total formal votes			6,507	98.8
Informal votes			79	1.2
Turnout			6,586	50.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Norm Baxter	3,661	56.3
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Kelly	2,846	43.7
	Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Reg Mattiske	7,728	59.7
	Labor	Percy Munday	5,215	40.3
Total formal votes			12,943	99.4
Informal votes			71	0.6
Turnout			13,014	32.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Les Logan	2,121	75.1
	Labor	Oliver Sutherland	704	24.9
Total formal votes			2,825	99.4
Informal votes			17	0.6
Turnout			2,842	52.8
	Country hold		Swing

Legislative Council

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Willesee	959	65.1
	Liberal and Country	Robert Lukis	515	34.9
Total formal votes			1,474	99.5
Informal votes			8	0.5
Turnout			1,482	76.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Teahan	1,682	57.7
	Liberal and Country	David Hoar	927	31.8
	Independent	Albert Gerick	304	10.4
Total formal votes			2,913	99.1
Informal votes			25	0.9
Turnout			2,938	60.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Charles Bolt	1,928	31.4
	Country	Bill Robinson	1,903	31.0
	Country	Sydney Thompson	1,663	27.1
	Independent	Joseph Weir	642	10.5
Total formal votes			6,136	98.9
Informal votes			66	1.1
Turnout			6,202	55.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Sydney Thompson	3,724	60.7
	Liberal and Country	Charles Bolt	2,412	39.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Jim Garrigan	2,401	55.5
	Liberal and Country	Percival Millington	978	22.6
	Country	Alfred Walker	949	21.9
Total formal votes			4,328	99.1
Informal votes			39	0.9
Turnout			4,367	61.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Francis Drake Willmott	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ruby Hutchison	9,776	57.5
	Liberal and Country	Alfred Rosser	7,241	42.5
Total formal votes			17,017	99.3
Informal votes			116	0.7
Turnout			17,133	42.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ron Thompson	6,779	60.4
	Liberal and Country	Louis Joseph	4,401	39.4
Total formal votes			11,180	99.3
Informal votes			77	0.7
Turnout			11,257	47.2
	Labor hold		Swing

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