Results of the Western Australian state election, 1965 (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 20 February 1965[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1962 — 1968 >>

Enrolled voters 392,586
Votes cast 361,752 Turnout 92.2 +50.5
Informal votes 346,319 Informal 4.3 +3.9
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won		 Seats
held
  Liberal and Country 176,051 50.8 –7.6 8 12
  Labor 134,694 38.9 –2.6 4 10
  Country 20,030 5.8 * 3 8
  Communist 8,369 2.4 +2.4 0 0
  Independent Liberal 3,579 1.0 +1.0 0 0
  Conservative 1,749 0.5 +0.5 0 0
  Independent 1,847 0.5 +0.5 0 0
Total 346,319     15 30

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1965 Western Australian state election.

Results by Electoral province

Central

Western Australian state election, 1965: Central Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Norm Baxter unopposed
Country hold Swing

Lower Central

Western Australian state election, 1965: Lower Central Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Thomas Perry 10,650 74.9
Independent Liberal William Stretch 3,579 25.1
Total formal votes 14,229 95.0
Informal votes 747 5.0
Turnout 14,976 92.8
Country hold Swing

Lower North

Western Australian state election, 1965: Lower North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country George Brand 3,158 52.3
Labor David Dellar 2,879 47.7
Total formal votes 6,037 95.5
Informal votes 283 4.5
Turnout 6,320 86.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Lower West

Western Australian state election, 1965: Lower West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Neill McNeill 9,565 59.4
Labor Fred Crockenberg 6,539 40.6
Total formal votes 16,104 95.9
Informal votes 691 4.1
Turnout 16,793 93.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1965: Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country James Hislop 37,487 81.7
Communist Annette Aarons 8,369 18.3
Total formal votes 45,856 93.5
Informal votes 3,192 6.5
Turnout 49,048 90.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing

North

Western Australian state election, 1965: North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Wise 2,533 69.3
Liberal and Country Francis Cameron 1,120 30.7
Total formal votes 3,653 94.3
Informal votes 220 5.7
Turnout 3,873 79.8
Labor hold Swing

North Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1965: North Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Arthur Griffith 25,104 54.4
Labor Ronald Bertram 19,327 41.9
Conservative Frederick Simpson 1,749 3.8
Total formal votes 46,180 96.4
Informal votes 1,733 3.6
Turnout 47,913 93.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing

North-East Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1965: North-East Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ruby Hutchison 29,369 55.7
Liberal and Country Douglas Klem 23,364 44.3
Total formal votes 52,733 95.1
Informal votes 2,721 4.9
Turnout 55,454 92.6
Labor hold Swing

South

Western Australian state election, 1965: South Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Edward House 9,380 56.6
Labor Robin Faulkner 5,337 32.2
Independent Francis Gomm 1,847 11.2
Total formal votes 16,564 97.4
Informal votes 440 2.6
Turnout 17,004 93.8
Country hold Swing

South Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1965: South Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frederick Lavery 24,775 57.3
Liberal and Country George Lithgo 18,477 42.7
Total formal votes 43,252 96.9
Informal votes 1,362 3.1
Turnout 44,614 92.7
Labor hold Swing

South East

Western Australian state election, 1965: South-East Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Garrigan 7,946 54.5
Liberal and Country John Cunningham 6,625 45.5
Total formal votes 14,571 97.3
Informal votes 404 2.7
Turnout 14,975 90.4
Labor hold Swing

South-East Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1965: South-East Metropolitan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Clive Griffiths 21,124 51.5
Labor Ethel Douglas 19,895 48.5
Total formal votes 41,019 96.0
Informal votes 1,690 4.0
Turnout 42,709 92.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing

South West

Western Australian state election, 1965: South-West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Vic Ferry 8,952 62.5
Labor Raymond Halden 5,368 37.5
Total formal votes 14,320 96.7
Informal votes 485 3.3
Turnout 14,805 94.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Upper West

Western Australian state election, 1965: Upper West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Jack Heitman 10,771 71.4
Labor Oliver Sutherland 4,307 28.6
Total formal votes 15,078 96.8
Informal votes 502 3.2
Turnout 15,580 91.8
Country hold Swing

West

Western Australian state election, 1965: West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Charles Abbey 10,304 61.6
Labor Newell Jamieson 6,419 38.4
Total formal votes 16,723 94.6
Informal votes 963 5.4
Turnout 17,686 92.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Details of Australian election results in the Australian Politics and Elections Database". uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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