ID 0137

Commonwealth Parliament, House of Representatives election in Western Australia

(for more information on this election see national summary for the House of Representatives)

Election of 22 November 1958


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House of Representatives votes and seats won in Western Australia

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Election held on 22 November 1958
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'

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Party Name First preference vote n First preference vote share % Change from previous election % Seats won n Uncontested seats held n Seat share %
Liberal Party  138,467  41.65  +0.43  77.78 
Australian Labor Party  116,302  34.98  -16.93  11.11 
Country Party  38,305  11.52  11.11 
Democratic Labor Party  34,933  10.51     
Independents  3,424  1.03  -5.15     
Votes for other than listed parties 1,062 0.32 -0.38       
Totals 332,493  100.00    100.00 


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* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.

Sources

Colin A Hughes and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra; Australian National University Press, 1968 (SBN 708102700); Gerard Newman, Federal Election Results 1949-2001, Canberra: Commonwealth Parliament, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Information and Research Services, Research Paper 9 2001-02, 2002 (ISSN 1328 7478).