Candidates Of The 1965 Western Australian State Election
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1965 Western Australian state election Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 20 February 1965 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly and 15 members to the 30-seat Legislative Council. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David ...
was held on 20 February 1965.


Retiring Members


Labor

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George Bennetts George Bennetts (11 April 1890 - 27 March 1980) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1946 to 1965, representing South-East Province. Bennetts was born at Wallaroo ...
(MLC) ( South-East) *
John Teahan John Denis Teahan (28 August 1900 – 21 October 1968) was an Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1954 to 1965, representing North-East Province. Teahan was born in B ...
(MLC) (
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LCL

* Reg Mattiske (MLC) ( Metropolitan) * James Murray (MLC) (
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Country

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Anthony Loton Anthony Lloyd Loton (13 February 1904 – 14 May 1998) was an Australian politician who served as a Country Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1944 to 1965. He was President of the Legislative Council from 1954 ...
(MLC) ( South)


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.


Legislative Council

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.


See also

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Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1962–1965 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1962 to 1965: Notes : On 7 May 1962, the Liberal member for Murray, former Premier Sir Ross McLarty, resigned. Liberal candidate Ewart Runciman won the resultin ...
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Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1965–1968 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1965 to 1968: Notes : On 16 March 1965, the Liberal member for Dale, Gerald Wild, resigned to take up an appointment as Agent-General for Western Australia in Lo ...
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1962–1965 * Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1965–1968 *
1965 Western Australian state election Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 20 February 1965 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly and 15 members to the 30-seat Legislative Council. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David ...


References

* {{cite book, last=Prescott, first=David Black with the assistance of Valerie, title=Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996, year=1997, publisher=Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission, location=Perth, .A.isbn=0730984095 Candidates for Western Australian state elections