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1956 Western Australian state election

Field	Value
election_name	1956 Western Australian state election
country	Western Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1953 Western Australian state election
previous_year	1953
next_election	1959 Western Australian state election
next_year	1959
seats_for_election	All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
election_date	7 April 1956
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	49.70%
swing1	0.07
last_election1	26 seats
seats1	29 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	38.37%
swing2	4.49
last_election2	24 seats
seats2	19 seats
seat_change2	5
title	Premier
before_election	Albert Hawke
before_party	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
after_election	Albert Hawke
after_party	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)

26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

Key dates

Date	Event
21 February 1956	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
29 February 1956	Close of nominations.
7 April 1956	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
20 April 1956	The Hawke Ministry was reconstituted.
23 April 1956	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results

| turnout % = 92.18 | informal % = 2.83 |votes % = 49.70 |votes % = 33.13 |votes % = 5.24 |votes % = 6.73 |votes % = 0.50 |votes % = 4.70 |}

: 342,018 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 16 seats (32% of the total) were uncontested—5 Labor seats (seven less than 1953) representing 24,951 enrolled voters, 5 Liberal seats (two more than 1953) representing 24,834 enrolled voters, and 6 Country seats (one less than 1953) representing 29,839 enrolled voters.

References

(24 February 1956). "The Electoral Act, 1907–1953. Legislative Assembly General Election, 1956.".

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