Results of the 1965 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 20 February 1965 Legislative Assembly << 1962–1968 >>
Enrolled voters		335,633[1]
Votes cast		309,893		Turnout	92.33%	–0.76%
Informal votes		9,634		Informal	3.11%	+1.32%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal and Country	144,178	48.02%	+6.84%	21	+ 3
	Labor	128,025	42.64%	–1.77%	21	– 3
	Country	14,630	4.87%	–1.06%	8	± 0
	Democratic Labor	2,825	0.94%	–1.32%	0	± 0
	Communist	284	0.09%	–0.32%	0	± 0
	Ind. Lib.	4,630	1.54%	–0.02%	0	± 0
	Independent	5,687	1.89%	–2.38%	0	± 0
Total		300,259			50

This is a list of electoral district results of the 1965 Western Australian election.

Results by Electoral district

Albany

1965 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Hall	3,586	58.2	−6.1
	Liberal and Country	Norman Swarbrick	1,685	27.3	−8.4
	Country	Charles Johnson	890	14.5	+14.5
Total formal votes			6,161	98.0	−1.2
Informal votes			126	2.0	+1.2
Turnout			6,287	94.7	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Hall	3,675	59.6	−4.7
	Liberal and Country	Norman Swarbrick	2,486	40.4	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.7

Avon

1965 Western Australian state election: Avon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harry Gayfer	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Balcatta

1965 Western Australian state election: Balcatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herb Graham	6,787	53.7	−1.2
	Liberal and Country	Terrence Browne	5,844	46.3	+8.7
Total formal votes			12,631	97.0	−1.2
Informal votes			389	3.0	+1.2
Turnout			13,020	94.4	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.3

Bayswater

1965 Western Australian state election: Bayswater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Merv Toms	6,711	53.8	−46.2
	Liberal and Country	Walter Bonnett	5,758	46.2	+46.2
Total formal votes			12,469	96.7
Turnout			422	3.3
Turnout			12,891	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Beeloo

1965 Western Australian state election: Beeloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Jamieson	6,440	60.1	+1.5
	Liberal and Country	Henry Watson	4,271	39.9	+6.0
Total formal votes			10,711	95.9	−2.1
Informal votes			463	4.1	+2.1
Turnout			11,174	92.3	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Belmont

1965 Western Australian state election: Belmont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Hegney	5,743	52.3	−1.3
	Liberal and Country	Boyd Buttsworth	5,246	47.7	+47.7
Total formal votes			10,989	95.9	−0.4
Informal votes			464	4.1	+0.4
Turnout			11,453	93.2	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Blackwood

1965 Western Australian state election: Blackwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	John Hearman	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Boulder-Eyre

1965 Western Australian state election: Boulder-Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Moir	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bunbury

1965 Western Australian state election: Bunbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Maurice Williams	3,033	52.4	−1.3
	Labor	Edward Cooke	2,755	47.6	+1.3
Total formal votes			5,788	98.8	−0.7
Informal votes			71	1.2	+0.7
Turnout			5,859	94.7	+0.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−1.3

Canning

1965 Western Australian state election: Canning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don May	4,972	48.3	+0.9
	Liberal and Country	Ross Elliott	4,890	47.5	+8.4
	Democratic Labor	Louis Raven	434	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			10,296	96.9	−1.5
Informal votes			325	3.1	+1.5
Turnout			10,621	92.9	−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Ross Elliott	5,221	50.7	+1.9
	Labor	Don May	5,075	49.3	−1.9
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	+1.9

Claremont

1965 Western Australian state election: Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Harold Crommelin	7,171	77.0	+8.8
	Labor	John Henshaw	2,141	23.0	+23.0
Total formal votes			9,312	97.2	−0.4
Informal votes			265	2.8	+0.4
Turnout			9,577	91.1	−0.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+8.8

Cockburn

1965 Western Australian state election: Cockburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Curran	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Collie

1965 Western Australian state election: Collie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry May	2,990	60.9	+2.0
	Liberal and Country	Edward Cocker	1,923	39.1	+12.0
Total formal votes			4,913	97.7	−1.6
Informal votes			117	2.3	+1.6
Turnout			5,030	94.7	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.0

Cottesloe

1965 Western Australian state election: Cottesloe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ross Hutchinson	5,954	61.7	+4.9
	Labor	Richard Bryant	3,697	38.3	−4.9
Total formal votes			9,651	98.3	−0.7
Informal votes			162	1.7	+0.7
Turnout			9,813	91.6	−0.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+4.9

Dale

1965 Western Australian state election: Dale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Gerald Wild	3,536	59.8	+1.2
	Labor	Donald Culley	2,380	40.2	−1.2
Total formal votes			5,916	96.9	−2.0
Informal votes			187	3.1	+2.0
Turnout			6,103	92.1	−1.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.2

Darling Range

1965 Western Australian state election: Darling Range

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ken Dunn	2,635	41.6	+8.7
	Labor	Jack Metcalfe	1,927	30.4	−3.9
	Country	Ray Owen	1,768	27.9	−5.0
Total formal votes			6,330	97.9	−0.3
Informal votes			137	2.1	+0.3
Turnout			6,467	92.9	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Ken Dunn	3,857	60.9	+2.3
	Labor	Jack Metcalfe	2,473	39.1	−2.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+2.3

East Melville

1965 Western Australian state election: East Melville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Des O'Neil	6,773	59.4	−4.2
	Independent	Louis Joseph	4,630	40.6	+40.6
Total formal votes			11,403	95.1	−4.0
Informal votes			585	4.9	+4.0
Turnout			11,988	93.2	−1.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Fremantle

1965 Western Australian state election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Fletcher	6,647	67.4	+0.1
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Shires	3,221	32.6	+1.8
Total formal votes			9,868	95.8	−1.5
Informal votes			429	4.2	+1.5
Turnout			10,297	90.7	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.6

Gascoyne

1965 Western Australian state election: Gascoyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel Norton	1,064	62.5	−37.5
	Liberal and Country	Stewart Maver	556	32.7	+32.7
	Independent	Neville Brandstater	82	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			1,702	97.5
Informal votes			43	2.5
Turnout			1,745	85.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Daniel Norton	1,106	65.8	−2.2
	Liberal and Country	Stewart Maver	596	34.2	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.2

Geraldton

1965 Western Australian state election: Geraldton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Sewell	2,948	52.4	0.0
	Liberal and Country	Charles Raynor	2,450	43.6	+43.6
	Independent	Raymond Goss	224	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			5,622	97.4	−1.7
Informal votes			147	2.6	+1.7
Turnout			5,769	93.4	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Sewell	2,982	53.0	−2.5
	Liberal and Country	Charles Raynor	2,640	47.0	+47.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.5

Greenough

1965 Western Australian state election: Greenough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brand	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Kalgoorlie

1965 Western Australian state election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Evans	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Karrinyup

1965 Western Australian state election: Karrinyup

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Les Nimmo	6,291	51.8	+5.0
	Labor	Stan Lapham	5,247	43.2	−3.4
	Democratic Labor	Gerardus Sappelli	605	5.0	−1.6
Total formal votes			12,143	98.1	−1.0
Informal votes			230	1.9	+1.0
Turnout			12,373	93.3	−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Les Nimmo	6,805	56.0	+3.5
	Labor	Stan Lapham	5,338	44.0	−3.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+3.5

Katanning

1965 Western Australian state election: Katanning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Crawford Nalder	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Kimberley

1965 Western Australian state election: Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Rhatigan	1,368	61.6	−17.1
	Liberal and Country	George Drysdale	853	38.4	+38.4
Total formal votes			2,221	94.5	−1.6
Informal votes			130	5.5	+1.6
Turnout			2,351	79.9	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Maylands

1965 Western Australian state election: Maylands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Bob Marshall	4,849	48.6	+4.9
	Labor	Edward Oldfield	4,631	46.4	−4.1
	Democratic Labor	Francis Pownall	498	5.0	−0.9
Total formal votes			9,978	97.5	−1.0
Informal votes			254	2.5	+1.0
Turnout			10,232	93.3	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Bob Marshall	5,246	52.6	+4.0
	Labor	Edward Oldfield	4,732	47.4	−4.0
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	+4.0

Melville

1965 Western Australian state election: Melville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Tonkin	6,261	57.0	−4.3
	Liberal and Country	Albert Gainsford-Brackley	4,718	43.0	+4.3
Total formal votes			10,979	97.4	−1.9
Informal votes			293	2.6	+1.9
Turnout			11,272	94.0	−0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.3

Merredin-Yilgarn

1965 Western Australian state election: Merredin-Yilgarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Kelly	2,276	53.4	−4.7
	Liberal and Country	Jack Stewart	1,326	31.1	+31.1
	Country	Kenneth Jones	662	15.5	−26.4
Total formal votes			4,264	97.3	−1.6
Informal votes			118	2.7	+1.6
Turnout			4,382	91.6	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Kelly	2,342	54.9	−3.2
	Liberal and Country	Jack Stewart	1,922	45.1	+45.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.2

Moore

1965 Western Australian state election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edgar Lewis	3,383	68.0	−32.0
	Independent	Albert Tonkin	1,596	32.0	+32.0
Total formal votes			4,979	97.9
Informal votes			108	2.1
Turnout			5,087	91.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Hawthorn

1965 Western Australian state election: Mount Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Hegney	5,175	52.7	−3.5
	Liberal and Country	James Ring	4,641	47.3	+3.5
Total formal votes			9,816	96.3	−2.3
Informal votes			377	3.7	+2.3
Turnout			10,193	91.8	−1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.5

Mount Lawley

1965 Western Australian state election: Mount Lawley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ray O'Connor	6,189	63.6	+5.2
	Labor	Mervyn Knight	3,545	36.4	−5.2
Total formal votes			9,734	95.5	−3.2
Informal votes			461	4.5	+4.3
Turnout			10,195	91.1	−0.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+5.2

Mount Marshall

1965 Western Australian state election: Mount Marshall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Cornell	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Murchison

1965 Western Australian state election: Murchison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Richard Burt	2,824	63.5	+8.3
	Labor	Tom Hartrey	1,626	36.5	−1.7
Total formal votes			4,450	97.2	−1.8
Informal votes			128	2.8	+1.8
Turnout			4,578	86.7	−3.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+2.9

Murray

1965 Western Australian state election: Murray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ewart Runciman	3,181	63.8	+23.9
	Independent	Dudley Tuckey	1,808	36.2	+25.7
Total formal votes			4,989	95.9	−2.8
Informal votes			212	4.1	+2.8
Turnout			5,201	94.1	+4.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Narrogin

1965 Western Australian state election: Narrogin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Manning	3,958	80.5	−19.5
	Independent	Percy Munday	957	19.5	+19.5
Total formal votes			4,915	96.4
Informal votes			184	3.6
Turnout			5,099	93.3
	Country hold		Swing

Nedlands

1965 Western Australian state election: Nedlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Charles Court	7,790	80.9	+9.5
	Labor	Alastair Rae	1,835	19.1	−9.5
Total formal votes			9,625	97.1	−2.1
Informal votes			291	2.9	+2.1
Turnout			9,916	91.6	+1.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+9.5

Northam

1965 Western Australian state election: Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Hawke	3,078	57.9	−42.1
	Liberal and Country	Claude Roediger	2,240	42.1	+42.1
Total formal votes			5,318	99.2
Informal votes			43	0.8
Turnout			5,361	92.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Perth

1965 Western Australian state election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Peter Durack	4,428	47.4	+7.0
	Labor	Stanley Heal	4,422	47.3	−6.1
	Democratic Labor	Terence Merchant	491	5.3	−0.9
Total formal votes			9,341	96.0	−1.5
Informal votes			392	4.0	+1.5
Turnout			9,733	87.5	−2.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Peter Durack	4,774	51.1	+5.4
	Labor	Stanley Heal	4,567	48.9	−5.4
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	+5.4

Pilbara

1965 Western Australian state election: Pilbara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Bickerton	976	67.2	−32.8
	Liberal and Country	David Hughes	476	32.8	+32.8
Total formal votes			1,383	95.5
Informal votes			69	4.5
Turnout			1,521	79.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Roe

1965 Western Australian state election: Roe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Hart	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

South Perth

1965 Western Australian state election: South Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Bill Grayden	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Stirling

1965 Western Australian state election: Stirling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Clayton Mitchell	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Subiaco

1965 Western Australian state election: Subiaco

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Hugh Guthrie	5,274	53.3	+5.7
	Labor	Frank Baden-Powell	4,040	40.9	−2.5
	Democratic Labor	John Martyr	573	5.8	−3.1
Total formal votes			9,887	97.5	−1.1
Informal votes			258	2.5	+1.1
Turnout			10,145	91.7	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Hugh Guthrie	5,761	58.3	+3.2
	Labor	Frank Baden-Powell	4,126	41.7	−3.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+3.2

Swan

1965 Western Australian state election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Brady	6,863	66.3	−25.5
	Liberal and Country	Lindsay Ellis	3,208	31.0	+31.0
	Communist	Gordon Murray	284	2.7	−5.5
Total formal votes			10,355	95.6	+3.5
Informal votes			474	4.4	−3.5
Turnout			10,829	92.6	−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Brady	7,119	68.7	−23.1
	Liberal and Country	Lindsay Ellis	3,236	36.3	+36.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Toodyay

1965 Western Australian state election: Toodyay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Craig	3,588	74.2	+12.2
	Independent	Charles Hooper	1,244	25.8	+25.8
Total formal votes			4,832	93.8	−4.3
Informal votes			317	6.2	+4.3
Turnout			5,149	91.2	+0.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Vasse

1965 Western Australian state election: Vasse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William Bovell	3,588	70.4	−29.6
	Labor	Colin Smith	1,515	29.6	+29.6
Total formal votes			5,093	98.7
Informal votes			65	1.3
Turnout			5,158	95.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Victoria Park

1965 Western Australian state election: Victoria Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Davies	6,183	64.0	+0.1
	Liberal and Country	Nicholas Di Lello	3,482	36.0	−0.1
Total formal votes			9,665	96.0	−3.0
Informal votes			401	4.0	+3.0
Turnout			10,066	92.1	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

Warren

1965 Western Australian state election: Warren

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Rowberry	2,491	52.3	−3.6
	Liberal and Country	William Brockman	1,887	39.6	−4.5
	Country	Gordon Errington	381	8.0	+8.0
Total formal votes			4,759	97.4	−1.6
Informal votes			126	2.6	+1.6
Turnout			4,885	94.5	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joseph Rowberry	2,529	53.1	−2.8
	Liberal and Country	William Brockman	2,230	46.9	+2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.8

Wellington

1965 Western Australian state election: Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Iven Manning	3,521	63.6	−36.4
	Labor	Ivor Hill	2,013	36.4	+36.4
Total formal votes			5,534	96.0
Informal votes			229	4.0
Turnout			5,763	92.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Wembley

1965 Western Australian state election: Wembley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Guy Henn	8,466	69.6	−30.4
	Labor	Denis Kemp	3,702	30.4	+30.4
Total formal votes			12,168	98.8
Informal votes			142	1.2
Turnout			12,310	94.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• 1965 Western Australian state election
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1965–1968
• Candidates of the 1965 Western Australian state election