7 April 1956 1959 → 26 seats 24 seats 3 5 Start date April 7, 1956 | 3 July 1951 14 December 1946 29 seats 19 seats 49.70% 38.37% | |
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Winner Albert Hawke | ||
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 7 April 1956 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier Bert Hawke, won a second term in office against the Liberal-Country coalition, led by Sir Ross McLarty.
Results
1 342,018 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 16 seats (32% of the total) were uncontested—5 Labor seats (seven less than 1953) representing 24,951 enrolled voters, 5 Liberal seats (two more than 1953) representing 24,834 enrolled voters, and 6 Country seats (one less than 1953) representing 29,839 enrolled voters.References
Western Australian state election, 1956 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA