The 1971 Western Australian state election was held on 20 February 1971.
Retiring Members
Labor
Liberal
- Stewart Bovell (Vasse)
- Richard Burt (Murchison-Eyre)
- Ken Dunn (Darling Range)
- Hugh Guthrie (Subiaco)
- Guy Henn (Wembley)
- Clayton Mitchell (Stirling)
Country
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text.
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Country candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
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Albany | Labor | Wyndham Cook | George Formby | Peter Cameron | ||
Ascot | Labor | Merv Toms | Albert Ots | |||
Avon | Country | Harry Gayfer | Brian Marwick | Tom Ingham (Ind) | ||
Balcatta | Labor | Herb Graham | Elmo Gugiatti | |||
Belmont | Labor | Colin Jamieson | Maxine Chamberlain | Arthur Pearson (Ind) | ||
Blackwood | Country | Col Sumner | Del Francis Willmott | David Reid | John Fleeton | Peter Cracknell (UPGA) |
Boulder-Dundas | Labor | Tom Hartrey | John Madden | Kevin Merriman (Ind) | ||
Bunbury | Liberal | Robert Wells | Maurice Williams | Michael Buswell | Charles Turner (Ind) | |
Canning | Labor | Tom Bateman | Neil Charles | Bill Wallace | Victor Hawtin (Ind. Labor) | |
Clontarf | Labor | Donald May | Malcolm Atwell | Bill O'Grady | ||
Cockburn | Labor | Alexander Taylor | Henry Miller | Victor Williams (Comm.) | ||
Collie | Labor | Tom Jones | Iain Paterson | Stan Johnston | ||
Cottesloe | Liberal | Howard Olney | Ross Hutchinson | Keith Carton | ||
Dale | Liberal | Owen Hanlon | Cyril Rushton | Rose Johnson | Ian Trainer (Ind) Joseph Hunt (Law Reform) | |
Darling Range | Liberal | Tom Howard | Ian Thompson | Walter Davey | Albert Ots | Robert Ravine (Ind) Percy Seaton (Ind) |
East Melville | Liberal | Herman Maer | Des O'Neil | Rosemary Lorrimar | ||
Floreat | Liberal | Leslie Park | Andrew Mensaros | Bernard Flanagan | Joan Watters (Ind) | |
Fremantle | Labor | Harry Fletcher | Richard Utting | William Kenneally | ||
Gascoyne | Labor | Daniel Norton | Keith Hasleby | Kevin Courtney | Robert Phillips (Ind) | |
Geraldton | Labor | Bill Sewell | Ron Hamilton | Lawrence Eaton | Joyce Webber (Ind Country) | |
Greenough | Liberal | Fredric Newman | Sir David Brand | John Wade | Leonard Hamersley (UPGA) | |
Kalgoorlie | Labor | Tom Evans | Ian Wedgewood | Geoffrey Sands | ||
Karrinyup | Labor | Stan Lapham | Jim Clarko | John Poole | ||
Katanning | Country | Ray Francisco | Crawford Nalder | John Carr | Hugh Carmichael-Smith (UPGA) Lloyd Nelson (Ind Country) Bill Stretch (Ind) | |
Kimberley | Liberal | Patrick Weir | Alan Ridge | Maurice Bailey | ||
Maylands | Labor | John Harman | Ross Trobe | Francis Pownall | ||
Melville | Labor | John Tonkin | Peter Whyte | John O'Reilly | ||
Merredin-Yilgarn | Liberal | James Brown | Jack Stewart | Albert Fletcher | Ray Evans | Jeff Legge (Ind) |
Mirrabooka | Liberal | Arthur Tonkin | Doug Cash | Brian Preston | Pat Giles (DOGS) | |
Moore | Country | Michael Oxenburgh | Edgar Lewis | Gavin Drew | Raymond Down (Ind Lib) Dawn Yates (UFGA) | |
Mount Hawthorn | Labor | Ron Bertram | John Bulbeck | Patrick Cranley | ||
Mount Lawley | Liberal | Michael Helm | Ray O'Connor | Keith Anderson | ||
Mount Marshall | Country | Kathleen Knopp | Ray McPharlin | Ron Richards | Kenneth May (UFGA) | |
Murchison-Eyre | Liberal | Geoffrey Bailey | Peter Coyne | Kevin Sauer | Bevan Hamersley (UFGA) | |
Murray | Liberal | Spencer Geroff | Ewart Runciman | Dudley Tuckey | Peter O'Shea | |
Narrogin | Country | Malcolm Tucker | Harry Pennington | William Manning | Terry Stevenson | Malcolm McNaughton (UFGA) |
Nedlands | Liberal | John Crouch | Sir Charles Court | George Mazak | Paul Marsh (Comm.) Ralph von Paleske (Ind) | |
Northam | Labor | Ken McIver | Claude Roediger | John van der Zanden | ||
Perth | Labor | Terry Burke | Bob Pike | John Martyr | Tom Cain (Ind Labor) John Dawson (Ind) Francesco Nesci (Ind) | |
Pilbara | Labor | Arthur Bickerton | Michael Barry | |||
Roe | Country | Bill Young | Stephen Mulally | Leonard Gleeson (Ind) Marianne McCall (Ind) | ||
South Perth | Liberal | William Johnson | Bill Grayden | Emil Murray | Arthur Williams (Australia) | |
Stirling | Country | Ray Wood | Peter Drummond | Matt Stephens | Peter Sullivan | George Brookes (Ind) Duncan Hordacre (Ind Country) |
Subiaco | Liberal | Dennis Kemp | Tom Dadour | Francis Dwyer | Patrick Holland (DOGS) | |
Swan | Labor | John Brady | Paul McLaughlin | |||
Toodyay | Country | James Moiler | John Wagthorne | Joseph Wroth | Arthur White | Joseph O'Callaghan (Ind) |
Vasse | Liberal | Alexander Hemsley | Barry Blaikie | Colin Fyfe | John Brennan | Edward Packard (Ind) |
Victoria Park | Labor | Ron Davies | Benjamin Ballantyne | |||
Warren | Labor | David Evans | Murray Edwards | Alfred Whiteside | ||
Wellington | Liberal | Les Fitcher | Iven Manning | Michael Glendon | Francis Cowcher | Francois Baljeu (Ind) |
Wembley | Liberal | John Elsegood | Ray Young | Brian Peachey |
Legislative Council
Sitting members are shown in bold text.
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Country candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
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Metropolitan Area | ||||||
Metropolitan | Liberal | Garry Kelly | Richard Williams* | Peter McGowan | William Marks (Ind) | |
North Metropolitan | Liberal | Gilbert Currie | Arthur Griffith* | Adrian Briffa | ||
North-East Metropolitan | Labor | Lyla Elliott* | Walter Staniforth | |||
South Metropolitan | Labor | Des Dans* | Yvonne van Wees | Shirley de la Hunty (Ind) | ||
South-East Metropolitan | Liberal | Donald Bennewith | Clive Griffiths* | Alan Crofts | ||
Agricultural, Mining and Pastoral Area | ||||||
Central | Country | Colin Paterson | Mervyn Cornish | Norm Baxter* | Jeoffry Carton | Frederick Keast (UF) |
Lower Central | Country | Ross Field | Byron Hardie | Thomas Perry* | George Blake | Samuel Crook (Ind) Leon Day (UF) Murray Ward (Ind) |
Lower West | Liberal | John Dawkins | Neil McNeill* | Robert Burns | ||
South | Country | Sydney Hatfield | David Wordsworth* | Marshall Hood | Brian Burns | Thomas Oakey (UF) |
South-East | Labor | Ron Leeson* | Leo McGuire | |||
South-West | Liberal | George Smart | Vic Ferry* | Keith Nix | Leslie Ramsay | Doris Callow (Ind) Rex Newbold (UF) |
Upper West | Country | Jeffrey Carr | Jack Heitman* | Ronald Elphick | Daniel Carney | John Norris (UF) John Walton (Ind) |
West | Liberal | Clifford Hunt | Charles Abbey* | George Spriggs | Johannes Jutte | |
North West Area | ||||||
Lower North | Liberal | George Brand | Stan Dellar* | George Jensen | ||
North | Labor | Robert Archer | Bill Withers* | George Gaunt |
See also
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1968–1971
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1971–1974
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1968–1971
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1971–1974
- 1971 Western Australian state election