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 West
Mount 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

References

• Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.