The 1956 Western Australian state election was held on 7 April 1956.
Retiring Members
Labor
Harry McCulloch (MLA) (Hannans) Herbert Styants (MLA) (Kalgoorlie)
LCL
George Yates (MLA) (South Perth) Florence Cardell-Oliver (MLA) (Subiaco)
Country
Victor Doney (MLA) (Narrogin)
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 Jack Hall Leonard Hill Alfred Gulvin Avon Valley LCL James Mann John Stratton Beeloo Labor Colin Jamieson John Alden Blackwood LCL John Hearman Boulder Labor Arthur Moir Bunbury LCL Charles Webber George Roberts Canning Labor Bill Gaffy Richard Marris Claremont LCL Harold Crommelin* Laurence Snook Charles North Collie Labor Harry May Norman Coote Norman Lacey (Comm.)Cottesloe LCL Ross Hutchinson Leonard Stratton (Ind.)Dale LCL Gerald Wild Ivan Locke (Ind.)Darling Range Country Ray Owen East Perth Labor Herb Graham Edmund Madigan Eyre Labor Emil Nulsen Fremantle Labor Joseph Sleeman Paddy Troy (Comm.)Gascoyne Labor Daniel Norton Kenneth Illingworth Geraldton Labor Bill Sewell Arnold Devlin Charles Eadon-Clarke Joyce Webber (Ind.)Greenough LCL David Brand Guildford-Midland Labor John Brady Albert Marks (Comm.)Harvey LCL Iven Manning Kalgoorlie Labor Tom Evans Percy Millington Harold Illingworth (Ind.)Katanning Country Crawford Nalder Kimberley Labor John Rhatigan Leederville Labor Ted Johnson Les Nimmo Maylands LCL Merv Toms Ellen Lulham Herbert Robinson (Ind. Lib)Melville Labor John Tonkin James Hart (Ind.)Merredin-Yilgarn Labor Lionel Kelly Robert Loder Alfred Walker Middle Swan Labor James Hegney Moore Country John Ackland Mount Hawthorn Labor Bill Hegney William Bailey William Anear (Comm.)Mount Lawley LCL Arthur Abbott Edward Oldfield* (Ind. Lib)Mount Marshall Country George Cornell Murchison Labor Everard O'Brien Carlyle Newman Murray LCL Ross McLarty Narrogin Country Percy Munday Robert Farr William Manning* Bill Robinson Frank Ashworth Nedlands LCL Charles Court David Grayden (Ind. Lib)North Perth Labor Stan Lapham Leslie Fawcett Northam Labor Albert Hawke James Collins (Ind. Lib)Pilbara Labor Alec Rodoreda Rowland Charlton Roe Country Charles Perkins South Fremantle Labor Dick Lawrence Michael Robson (Ind. Labor)South Perth LCL Francis French James Smith Bill Grayden* (Ind. Lib) Cole Sangster (Ind.)Stirling Country Arthur Watts Subiaco LCL Percival Potter Edgar Paddick Joseph Abrahams (Ind. Lib) Walter Richardson (Ind. Lib)Toodyay Country Lindsay Thorn John Rolinson (Ind. Labor)Vasse LCL William Bovell Victoria Park Labor Ron Davies Benjamin Marshall Warren Labor Ernest Hoar Wembley Beaches LCL Frederick Marshall Bertha Beecroft Sydney Cheek (Ind. Lib) Les Laracy (Ind.)West Perth Labor Stanley Heal Raymond Nowland
See also Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959 1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election 1956 Western Australian state election
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