1962 Western Australian state election information
1962 Western Australian state election
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31 March 1962 (1962-03-31)
1965 →
All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly 26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
David Brand
Albert Hawke
Party
Liberal/Country coalition
Labor
Leader since
1 March 1957
3 July 1951
Leader's seat
Greenough
Northam
Last election
25 seats
23 seats
Seats won
26 seats
24 seats
Seat change
1
1
Percentage
46.09%
44.41%
Swing
3.07
0.51
Premier before election
David Brand
Liberal/Country coalition
Elected Premier
David Brand
Liberal/Country coalition
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 31 March 1962 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David Brand, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Albert Hawke.
The election resulted in a confirmation of the status quo, with the only apparent seat changes since the 1959 election being due to the changes of affiliation of the two Independent Liberal members. Edward Oldfield, representing Mount Lawley, had joined the Labor Party during the previous term, whilst Bill Grayden, representing South Perth, had joined the Liberal Party. Both were re-elected.
Two seats changed between the Country and LCL Parties. In Avon, the sitting member James Mann (LCL) retired after 32 years in Parliament, and Harry Gayfer, one of the two Country Party candidates, succeeded him in the seat. Meanwhile, in outer-metropolitan Darling Range, LCL candidate Ken Dunn defeated the sitting Country member Ray Owen. The Labor candidate (Jack Metcalfe) narrowly won the primary vote, whilst Dunn polled one vote ahead of Owen, meaning Owen was eliminated and his votes distributed between Dunn and Metcalfe. A petition was filed and the Court of Disputed Returns ordered a fresh election for 22 July 1962, which widened the gap to 15 votes.
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