Results of the Western Australian state election, 1965 (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 20 February 1965[1] Legislative Council << 1962 — 1968 >>
Enrolled voters		392,586
Votes cast		361,752		Turnout	92.2	+50.5
Informal votes		346,319		Informal	4.3	+3.9
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Liberal and Country	176,051	50.8	–7.6	8	12
	Labor	134,694	38.9	–2.6	4	10
	Country	20,030	5.8	*	3	8
	Communist	8,369	2.4	+2.4	0	0
	Independent Liberal	3,579	1.0	+1.0	0	0
	Conservative	1,749	0.5	+0.5	0	0
	Independent	1,847	0.5	+0.5	0	0
Total		346,319			15	30

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1965 Western Australian state election.

Results by Electoral province

Central

Western Australian state election, 1965: Central Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Norm Baxter	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Lower Central

Western Australian state election, 1965: Lower Central Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Thomas Perry	10,650	74.9
	Independent Liberal	William Stretch	3,579	25.1
Total formal votes			14,229	95.0
Informal votes			747	5.0
Turnout			14,976	92.8
	Country hold		Swing

Lower North

Western Australian state election, 1965: Lower North Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	George Brand	3,158	52.3
	Labor	David Dellar	2,879	47.7
Total formal votes			6,037	95.5
Informal votes			283	4.5
Turnout			6,320	86.3
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

Lower West

Western Australian state election, 1965: Lower West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Neill McNeill	9,565	59.4
	Labor	Fred Crockenberg	6,539	40.6
Total formal votes			16,104	95.9
Informal votes			691	4.1
Turnout			16,793	93.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1965: Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	James Hislop	37,487	81.7
	Communist	Annette Aarons	8,369	18.3
Total formal votes			45,856	93.5
Informal votes			3,192	6.5
Turnout			49,048	90.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

North

Western Australian state election, 1965: North Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Wise	2,533	69.3
	Liberal and Country	Francis Cameron	1,120	30.7
Total formal votes			3,653	94.3
Informal votes			220	5.7
Turnout			3,873	79.8
	Labor hold		Swing

North Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1965: North Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Griffith	25,104	54.4
	Labor	Ronald Bertram	19,327	41.9
	Conservative	Frederick Simpson	1,749	3.8
Total formal votes			46,180	96.4
Informal votes			1,733	3.6
Turnout			47,913	93.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

North-East Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1965: North-East Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ruby Hutchison	29,369	55.7
	Liberal and Country	Douglas Klem	23,364	44.3
Total formal votes			52,733	95.1
Informal votes			2,721	4.9
Turnout			55,454	92.6
	Labor hold		Swing

South

Western Australian state election, 1965: South Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Edward House	9,380	56.6
	Labor	Robin Faulkner	5,337	32.2
	Independent	Francis Gomm	1,847	11.2
Total formal votes			16,564	97.4
Informal votes			440	2.6
Turnout			17,004	93.8
	Country hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

South Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1965: South Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frederick Lavery	24,775	57.3
	Liberal and Country	George Lithgo	18,477	42.7
Total formal votes			43,252	96.9
Informal votes			1,362	3.1
Turnout			44,614	92.7
	Labor hold		Swing

South East

Western Australian state election, 1965: South-East Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jim Garrigan	7,946	54.5
	Liberal and Country	John Cunningham	6,625	45.5
Total formal votes			14,571	97.3
Informal votes			404	2.7
Turnout			14,975	90.4
	Labor hold		Swing

South-East Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1965: South-East Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Clive Griffiths	21,124	51.5
	Labor	Ethel Douglas	19,895	48.5
Total formal votes			41,019	96.0
Informal votes			1,690	4.0
Turnout			42,709	92.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

South West

Western Australian state election, 1965: South-West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Vic Ferry	8,952	62.5
	Labor	Raymond Halden	5,368	37.5
Total formal votes			14,320	96.7
Informal votes			485	3.3
Turnout			14,805	94.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Upper West

Western Australian state election, 1965: Upper West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Jack Heitman	10,771	71.4
	Labor	Oliver Sutherland	4,307	28.6
Total formal votes			15,078	96.8
Informal votes			502	3.2
Turnout			15,580	91.8
	Country hold		Swing

West

Western Australian state election, 1965: West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Charles Abbey	10,304	61.6
	Labor	Newell Jamieson	6,419	38.4
Total formal votes			16,723	94.6
Informal votes			963	5.4
Turnout			17,686	92.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

See also

• Results of the Western Australian state election, 1965 (Legislative Assembly)
• Western Australian state election, 1965
• Candidates of the Western Australian state election, 1965
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1965–1968

References

1. "Details of Australian election results in the Australian Politics and Elections Database". uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 20 June 2016.