The 1953 Western Australian state election was held on 14 February 1953.
Retiring Members
Labor
Ted Needham (MLA) (North Perth)
Independent
William Read (MLA) (Victoria Park)
Legislative Assembly 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 Karl Schulze Leonard Hill Avon Valley LCL James Mann Blackwood LCL John Hearman Boulder Labor Arthur Moir Bunbury Labor Frank Guthrie Canning LCL Colin Jamieson Arthur Griffith Claremont LCL Clifton Scott Charles North Collie Labor Harry May Cottesloe LCL Diana Hart Ross Hutchinson Dale LCL Ronald Knowler Gerald Wild Darling Range Country John Rolinson Ray Owen Herbert Small (Ind. Lib)East Perth Labor Herb Graham Eyre Labor Emil Nulsen Fremantle Labor Joseph Sleeman Paddy Troy (Comm.)Gascoyne Ind. Lib Daniel Norton Robert Iles Noel Butcher (Ind. Lib)Geraldton Labor Bill Sewell James McAleer Samuel Davey Joyce Webber (Ind.)Greenough LCL James Clune David Brand Guildford-Midland Labor John Brady Albert Marks (Comm.)Hannans Labor Herbert McCulloch Harold Illingworth (Ind.)Harvey LCL Robert McCallum Iven Manning Kalgoorlie Labor Herbert Styants Katanning Country Crawford Nalder Kimberley Labor Aubrey Coverley Leederville Labor Ted Johnson Jessie Robertson Maylands LCL Owen Hanlon Edward Oldfield Samuel Spence (Ind.)Melville Labor John Tonkin James Collins (Ind.) James Hart (Ind.)Merredin-Yilgarn Labor Lionel Kelly Middle Swan Labor James Hegney Moore Country John Ackland Mount Hawthorn Labor Bill Hegney Leonard Seaton Mount Lawley LCL Arthur Abbott Edward Zeffertt (Ind.)Mount Marshall Country George Cornell Murchison Labor Everard O'Brien John Porteus John Thompson Murray LCL Frederick Kidby Ross McLarty Narrogin Country Victor Doney Nedlands Ind. Lib Margaret Pitt Morison Charles Court* Peter Aldred Sidney Bedells David Grayden (Ind. Lib) Noel Symington (Ind.)North Perth Labor Stan Lapham Florence Hummerston Northam Labor Albert Hawke Pilbara Labor Alec Rodoreda Rowland Charlton Roe Country Charles Perkins South Fremantle Labor Dick Lawrence South Perth LCL Francis French George Yates Carlyle Ferguson (Ind.)Stirling Country Arthur Watts Subiaco LCL Thomas Henley Florence Cardell-Oliver Toodyay Country Lindsay Thorn Vasse LCL William Bovell Victoria Park Ind. Lib Hugh Andrew George Kerr Harold Hawthorne (Ind.) Neil Payne (Comm.)Warren Labor Ernest Hoar Wembley Beaches LCL Eric Hall Les Nimmo West Perth LCL Stanley Heal Joseph Totterdell
See also Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956 1953 Western Australian state election
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