Results of the Western Australian state election, 1968 (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 23 March 1968[1] Legislative Council
Enrolled voters		208,417^[1]
Votes cast		192,342		Turnout	92.29%	+0.15%
Informal votes		8,631		Informal	4.49%	+0.22%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	85,674	46.64%		6	10
	Liberal and Country	67,977	37.00%		8	12
	Country	21,228	11.56%		5	8
	Democratic Labor	4,502	2.45%		0	0
	Independent	4,330	2.36%		0	0
Total		183,711			15	30

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1968 Western Australian state election.

Results by Electoral province

Central

Western Australian state election, 1968: Central Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Leslie Diver	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Lower Central

Western Australian state election, 1968: Lower Central Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Sydney Thompson	11,397	72.5
	Labor	Alfred Jacobs	4,330	27.5
Total formal votes			15,727	96.4
Informal votes			581	3.6
Turnout			16,308	93.6
	Country hold		Swing

Lower North

Western Australian state election, 1968: Lower North Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	George Berry	1,725	49.2
	Labor	Eric Heenan	1,629	46.5
	Democratic Labor	Dennis Sands	151	4.3
Total formal votes			3,505	96.7
Informal votes			119	3.3
Turnout			3,624	81.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	George Berry	1,788	51.0
	Labor	Eric Heenan	1,717	49.0
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

Lower West

Western Australian state election, 1968: Lower West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Graham MacKinnon	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1968: Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Ian Medcalf	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

North

Western Australian state election, 1968: North Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry Strickland	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

North Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1968: North Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roy Claughton	28,454	50.4
	Liberal and Country	Herbert R. Robinson	28,040	49.6
Total formal votes			56,494	95.5
Informal votes			2,662	4.5
Turnout			59,156	92.3
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing

North-East Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1968: North-East Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Willesee	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

South

Western Australian state election, 1968: South Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Jack Thomson	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

South-East

Western Australian state election, 1968: South-East Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Claude Stubbs	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

South Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1968: South Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ron Thompson	26,670	59.0
	Liberal and Country	Albert Gainsford-Brackley	18,544	41.0
Total formal votes			45,214	95.5
Informal votes			2,114	4.5
Turnout			47,328	92.5
	Labor hold		Swing

South-East Metropolitan

Western Australian state election, 1968: South-East Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jerry Dolan	21,307	47.0
	Liberal and Country	Nigel Guest	19,668	43.4
	Democratic Labor	Alan Crofts	4,351	9.6
Total formal votes			45,326	95.8
Informal votes			1,984	4.2
Turnout			47,310	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jerry Dolan	23,641	52.2
	Liberal and Country	Nigel Guest	21,685	47.8
	Labor hold		Swing

South West

Western Australian state election, 1968: South West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Francis Willmott	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Upper West

Western Australian state election, 1968: Upper West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Les Logan	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

West

Western Australian state election, 1968: West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Fred White	9,831	56.3
	Labor	Owen Hanlon	7,614	43.7
Total formal votes			17,445	93.7
Informal votes			1,171	6.3
Turnout			18,616	94.8
	Country hold		Swing

See also

• Results of the Western Australian state election, 1968 (Legislative Assembly)
• Western Australian state election, 1968
• Candidates of the Western Australian state election, 1968
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1968–1971

References

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