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Candidates of the 1950 Western Australian state election

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The 1950 Western Australian state election was held on 25 March 1950.

Retiring Members

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Labor

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LCL

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Legislative Assembly

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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 William Martin Alistair MacDonald Leonard Hill James Bolitho (Ind.)
Avon Valley LCL James Mann Keith Halbert
Milford Smith
Blackwood LCL William Eastcott John Hearman Alwyn Wagner John Smith (Ind.)
Boulder Labor Charlie Oliver
Bunbury LCL Frank Guthrie James Murray Percy Payne
Canning LCL Alfred Reynolds Arthur Griffith Carlyle Ferguson (Ind. Country)
Claremont LCL Charles North
Collie Labor Harry May
Cottesloe LCL John Vivian Ross Hutchinson
Dale LCL Ronald Knowler Gerald Wild John Ellis
Darling Range Country John Rolinson Colin Cameron Ray Owen*
Frederick Schoch
East Perth Labor Herb Graham Fred Book
Eyre Labor Emil Nulsen Roy Cunningham
Fremantle Labor Joseph Sleeman Lennox Dickson Kathleen Duff (Ind. Labor)
Kevin Healy (Comm.)
Gascoyne Labor Frank Wise Noel Butcher
Geraldton Country Bill Sewell Edmund Hall
Greenough LCL David Brand
Guildford-Midland Labor John Brady Irene Seaton Alexander Jolly (Comm.)
Hannans Labor Herbert McCulloch Roy Cunningham
Harvey LCL Robert McCallum Iven Manning Walter Eckersley
Kalgoorlie Labor Herbert Styants Albert Rogers
Katanning Country Crawford Nalder*
Wilhelm Beeck
Kimberley Labor Aubrey Coverley
Leederville Labor Alexander Panton George Melville
Maylands Independent John Gaffney Harry Shearn (Ind.)
Melville Labor John Tonkin Helen Brinkley
Merredin-Yilgarn Labor Lionel Kelly Charles Davies
Middle Swan LCL James Hegney Henry Hawkins
Moore Country John Ackland
Mount Hawthorn Labor Bill Hegney John Mann John Plummer-Leitch (Ind. Labor)
Mount Lawley LCL Arthur Abbott James Collins (Ind.)
Mount Marshall Country George Cornell
Murchison Labor William Marshall
Murray LCL Charles Cross Ross McLarty
Narrogin Country Victor Doney
Nedlands LCL Norbert Keenan
Cyril Bird
David Grayden* (Ind. Liberal)
John Symonds (Ind. Liberal)
North Perth LCL Ted Needham Alfred Spencer
Northam Labor Albert Hawke Thomas Letch
Pilbara Labor Alec Rodoreda Leonard Taplin
Roe Country Percy Munday Charles Perkins*
Harrie Seward
South Fremantle Labor Thomas Fox
South Perth LCL Samuel Lynn George Yates
Stirling Country Arthur Watts
Subiaco LCL Thomas Henley Florence Cardell-Oliver
Toodyay Country Archibald McNess Lindsay Thorn
Vasse LCL William Bovell Robert Leiper
Victoria Park Independent Hugh Andrew William Read (Ind.)
Warren Labor Ernest Hoar
Wembley Beaches LCL Richard Knox Les Nimmo
West Perth LCL Lucien Triat Joseph Totterdell

See also

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References

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  • 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.