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1953 Western Australian state election

Field	Value
election_name	1953 Western Australian state election
country	Western Australia
flag_year	1870
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1950 Western Australian state election
previous_year	1950
next_election	1956 Western Australian state election
next_year	1956
seats_for_election	All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
election_date	14 February 1953
image1	[[File:Albert_Hawke_1965.jpg	150x150px]]
leader1	Albert Hawke
leader_since1	3 July 1951
party1	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
leaders_seat1	Northam
percentage1	49.76%
swing1	7.92
last_election1	23 seats
seats1	26 seats
seat_change1	3
image2	[[File:Ross McLarty.jpg	150x150px]]
leader2	Ross McLarty
leader_since2	14 December 1946
party2	Liberal/Country coalition
leaders_seat2	Murray-Wellington
percentage2	42.86%
swing2	6.53
last_election2	24 seats
seats2	24 seats
seat_change2	0
title	Premier
before_election	Ross McLarty
before_party	Liberal/Country coalition
after_election	Albert Hawke
after_party	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)

26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

The election was notable in that 22 of the 50 seats were not contested at the election. Only two other elections—those held in 1890 and 1894—had a greater percentage or number of uncontested seats.

Key dates

Date	Event
7 January 1953	The Legislative Council was prorogued and the Legislative Assembly was dissolved.
23 January 1953	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
30 January 1953	Close of nominations.
14 February 1953	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
23 February 1953	The McLarty–Watts Ministry resigned and the Hawke Ministry was sworn in.
27 February 1953	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
6 August 1953	Parliament was summoned for business.

Results

| turnout % = 93.47% | informal % = 2.62% |votes % = 49.76% |votes % = 37.95% |votes % = 4.91% |votes % = 1.85% |votes % = 0.72% |votes % = 4.80% |}

: 319,941 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 22 seats (44% of the total) were uncontested—12 Labor seats (six more than 1950) representing 65,993 enrolled voters, 3 Liberal seats (one more than 1950) representing 14,297 enrolled voters, and 7 Country seats (three more than 1950) representing 34,007 enrolled voters.

References

(9 January 1953). "Prorogation of the Legislative Council and Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly. Proclamation.".
(23 January 1953). "The Electoral Act, 1907–1952. Legislative Assembly General Election, 1953.".
(13 May 1953). "Parliament Summoned to Meet for Business - Proclamation.".

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