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class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1962_Western_Australian_state_election" title="1962 Western Australian state election">1962</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 50 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">Western Australian Legislative Assembly</a><br /><small>26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority</small></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0047AB;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DavidBrand1963.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Greenough" title="Electoral district of Greenough">Greenough</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Northam" title="Electoral district of Northam">Northam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">19 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">29 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">25 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">23 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>5.65 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Liberal/Country coalition">Liberal/Country coalition</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Elections were held in the <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> on 21 March 1959 to elect all 50 members to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a>. The result was a <a href="/wiki/Hung_parliament" title="Hung parliament">hung parliament</a>—the two-term <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)">Labor</a> government, led by <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Western_Australia" title="Premier of Western Australia">Premier</a> <a href="/wiki/Albert_Hawke" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Hawke">Albert Hawke</a>, was defeated with an average swing against it of about 7 per cent, but the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_and_Country_League_(Western_Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal and Country League (Western Australia)">Liberal</a>-<a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_(WA)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party of Australia (WA)">Country Party</a> coalition, led by <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Western_Australia)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Western Australia)">Opposition Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Brand" title="David Brand">David Brand</a>, won exactly half of the seats, and needed the support of at least one of the two Independent Liberal members to obtain a majority in the Assembly. The situation remained precarious throughout the term—while <a href="/wiki/Bill_Grayden" title="Bill Grayden">Bill Grayden</a> joined the LCL the following year, giving the Coalition a one-seat majority, the other Independent Liberal, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Oldfield" title="Edward Oldfield">Edward Oldfield</a>, joined the Labor Party. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_Western_Australian_state_election,_1959_(Legislative_Assembly)" class="mw-redirect" title="Results of the Western Australian state election, 1959 (Legislative Assembly)">Results of the Western Australian state election, 1959 (Legislative Assembly)</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="line-height: 1.25em; font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7" style="background-color:#C9D9E9;text-align:center;font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1em;"> <p>Western Australian state election, 21 March 1959<br /><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a> <br /> <small><a href="/wiki/1956_Western_Australian_state_election" title="1956 Western Australian state election"><< 1956</a>–<a href="/wiki/1962_Western_Australian_state_election" title="1962 Western Australian state election">1962 >></a></small> </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Enrolled voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;">292,596<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_cont1"><a href="#endnote_cont1">[1]</a></sup> </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="191"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Votes cast </td> <td style="text-align:right;">269,322 </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="60"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">92.05% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,937 </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Informal </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.58% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="background-color:#C9D9E9;text-align:center;font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 2em;">Summary of votes by party </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Party </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Primary votes </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">% </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Swing </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Seats </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Change </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Labor_Party" title="Western Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">117,861 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44.92% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–4.78% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">– 6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:3px">  </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_and_Country_League_(Western_Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal and Country League (Western Australia)">Liberal and Country</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">98,335 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">37.48% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.34% </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>17</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+ 6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#008000;width:3px">  </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_National_Party" title="Western Australian National Party">Country</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,179 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.55% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.31% </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>8</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#008080;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Labor_Party_(Australia,_1955)" title="Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)">Democratic Labor</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,436 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.12% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.12% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#6495ED;width:3px">  </td> <td>Ind. Lib. </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,008 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.81% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–2.92% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#C00000;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Australia" title="Communist Party of Australia">Communist</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,216 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.84% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.35% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,350 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.28% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–3.42% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"> <td colspan="2">Total </td> <td style="text-align:right;">262,385 </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td style="text-align:right;">50 </td> <td>  </td></tr> </tbody></table> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_cont1"><a href="#ref_cont1"><b><sup>1</sup></b></a></span> 362,629 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 11 seats (22% of the total) were uncontested—2 Labor seats (three less than 1956) representing 16,115 enrolled voters, 5 LCL seats (the same as 1956) representing 33,484 enrolled voters, and 4 Country seats (two less than 1956) representing 20,434 enrolled voters.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See 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href="/w/index.php?title=1894_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1894 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1896_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1896 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1897_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1897 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1898 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_1900_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="April 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href="/w/index.php?title=1908_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1908 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1912 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1914_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1914 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1916_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1916 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1918_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1918 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1920_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1940 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1944_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1944 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1944</a></li> <li><a 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Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1962 Western Australian Legislative Council election">1962</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Western_Australia" title="Local government areas of Western Australia">Local elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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