The 1959 Western Australian state election was held on 21 March 1959.

Retiring Members

Labor

Joseph Sleeman (MLA) (Fremantle)

Country

Lindsay Thorn (MLA) (Toodyay)

Legislative Assembly Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used. Electorate Held by Labor candidate LCL candidate Country candidate Other candidates Albany Labor Jack Hall Roy Wellington Vincent Liddelow Charles Johnson (Ind.) Ernest Rogers (Ind.)Avon Valley LCL James Mann John Stratton Beeloo Labor Colin Jamieson Gordon Clark Patrick Riordan (DLP)Blackwood LCL John Hearman Duncan Muir Boulder Labor Arthur Moir Bunbury LCL Forrest Hay George Roberts Canning Labor Bill Gaffy Des O'Neil Michael O'Brien (DLP)Claremont LCL Harold Crommelin Collie Labor Harry May Norman Coote (Ind.)Cottesloe LCL Edmund Edwards Ross Hutchinson Dale LCL Gerald Wild Arthur Mills Andrew McPhail William Williams (Ind.)Darling Range Country Henry Harris John Kostera Ray Owen Michael Coyne (DLP)East Perth Labor Herb Graham John Martin John Deane (DLP)Eyre Labor Emil Nulsen Orlando Stuart Fremantle Labor Harry Fletcher Henry Miller (DLP) Paddy Troy (Comm.)Gascoyne Labor Daniel Norton Thomas Orr Geraldton Labor Bill Sewell Gerald Throssell Septimus Waldon (DLP)Greenough LCL David Brand Guildford-Midland Labor John Brady John Gandini (Comm.)Harvey LCL Iven Manning Kalgoorlie Labor Tom Evans Percy Millington Harold Illingworth (Ind.)Katanning Country Crawford Nalder Kimberley Labor John Rhatigan Nolan McDaniel Leederville Labor Ted Johnson Guy Henn John Antill (DLP)Maylands Labor Merv Toms Walter Bonnett Melville Labor John Tonkin Merredin-Yilgarn Labor Lionel Kelly Ronald Lee Middle Swan Labor James Hegney Francis Wilson Brian Peachey (DLP)Moore Country Edgar Lewis Mount Hawthorn Labor Bill Hegney Hugh O'Doherty Edward Zeffertt (Comm.)Mount Lawley Independent Alexander Barras Edward Oldfield* (Ind.) Ernest Parker (DLP)Mount Marshall Country George Cornell Murchison Labor Everard O'Brien Richard Burt George Jensen (DLP)Murray LCL Ross McLarty Narrogin Country Percy Munday William Manning Nedlands LCL Charles Court North Perth Labor Stan Lapham Ray O'Connor William Sawyer (DLP)Northam Labor Albert Hawke Lawrence Solomon Brian McGinty (DLP)Pilbara Labor Arthur Bickerton Neil Radley Roe Country Charles Perkins Edward Biglin (Ind.)South Fremantle Labor Dick Lawrence George Kendrick (Comm.)South Perth Independent George Strickland Bill Grayden (Ind. Lib)Stirling Country Arthur Watts Subiaco Labor Percival Potter Hugh Guthrie Ronald Bulbeck (DLP)Toodyay Country John Rolinson James Craig* Joseph Farrell John Acott (Ind. Lab)Vasse LCL William Bovell George Shervington (DLP)Victoria Park Labor Ron Davies David Hooper Harold Hawthorne (Ind.) William Carter (DLP)Warren Labor Joseph Rowberry Walter Muir Paul Brennan (DLP)Wembley Beaches Labor Frederick Marshall Les Nimmo William Coyne (DLP)West Perth Labor Stanley Heal Raymond Nowland

See also Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1959–1962 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election 1959 Western Australian state election

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