1956 Western Australian Legislative Council Election
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Elections were held in the
Australian state The states and territories are federated administrative divisions in Australia, ruled by regional governments that constitute the second level of governance between the federal government and local governments. States are self-governing ...
of Western Australia on 7 April 1956 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council.


Results


Legislative Council


Retiring Members


LCL

* Les Craig ( South-West) * Frank Gibson (
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)


Candidates


Election results


Central


Metropolitan

* Preferences were not distributed.


Midland


North


North-East


South


South-East


South-West


Suburban


West


See also

*
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1956–1958 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1956 to 21 May 1958. The chamber had 30 seats made up of ten provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would ...


References

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