Candidates of the 1947 Western Australian state election

The 1947 Western Australian state election was held on 15 March 1947.

Retiring Members

Labor

Arthur Wilson (MLA) (Collie) John Willcock (MLA) (Geraldton) Harry Millington (MLA) (Mount Hawthorn) Frederick Withers (MLA) (Bunbury) Edward Holman (MLA) (Forrest)

Country

Sydney Stubbs (MLA) (Wagin)

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 Liberal candidate Country candidate Other candidates Albany Country William Martin Leonard Hill Egbert Shenton (Progressive)Avon Labor William Telfer George Cornell Beverley Country James Mann John Wilkinson (Ind.)Boulder Labor Philip Collier Brown Hill-Ivanhoe Labor Frederick Smith Bunbury Labor John Kirke James Murray Albert Scott Canning Labor Charles Cross George Yates Claremont Liberal William Carmody Charles North Collie Labor Harry May East Perth Labor Herb Graham James Collins (Ind. Liberal) Henry Mountjoy (Communist)Forrest Labor Alfred Reynolds David Johnstone Keith Porteous Fremantle Labor Joseph Sleeman Gascoyne Labor Frank Wise Geraldton Labor Bill Sewell Harold Daffen Edmund Hall Greenough Liberal Thomas Shanahan David Brand Guildford-Midland Labor William Johnson Arthur Thompson Alexander Jolly (Communist)Hannans Labor David Leahy Irwin-Moore Independent Luke Travers John Ackland Horace Berry (Ind.)Kalgoorlie Labor Herbert Styants Kanowna Labor Emil Nulsen Katanning Country John Powell Arthur Watts Kimberley Labor Aubrey Coverley Kimberley Durack (Ind.)Leederville Labor Alexander Panton Maylands Liberal Harry Shearn Middle Swan Labor James Hegney Bill Grayden Mary Hamersley Mount Hawthorn Labor William Beadle Les Nimmo Norman Hard Archibald Cruikshank (Ind.) Arthur WestMount Magnet Labor Lucien Triat Mount Marshall Country Hugh Leslie Murchison Labor William Marshall Murray-Wellington Liberal Ross McLarty Nedlands Liberal William Williams Norbert Keenan Nelson Labor Ernest Hoar Edward Cummins Northam Labor Albert Hawke Norm Baxter North Perth Liberal William Deal Arthur Abbott North-East Fremantle Labor John Tonkin Perth Labor Ted Needham Stanley Perry Carlyle Ferguson (Ind.)Pilbara Labor Bill Hegney Leonard Taplin (Ind.)Pingelly Country Harrie Seward Percy Munday (Ind.)Roebourne Labor Alec Rodoreda South Fremantle Labor Thomas Fox Subiaco Liberal Percival Potter Florence Cardell-Oliver Sussex Liberal Robert Hearne William Willmott Swan Independent Gerald Wild Edward Parker Ray Owen (Ind.)Toodyay Country Lindsay Thorn Victoria Park Independent Charles Johnson William Read (Ind.)Wagin Country Eric Kealley Crawford Nalder* Archibald Irving Gerald Piesse West Perth Liberal Robert McDonald Williams-Narrogin Country Moses Mowday Victor Doney Yilgarn-Coolgardie Labor Lionel Kelly York Country Colin Thorn Charles Perkins

See also Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1947 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950 1947 Western Australian state election

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