Results of the 1974 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 30 March 1974 Legislative Council
Enrolled voters		581,784[1]
Votes cast		523,182		Turnout	89.93%	–1.28%
Informal votes		25,072		Informal	4.79%	–0.33%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Labor	235,271	47.23%	+0.45%	5	9
	Liberal	226,288	45.43%	+18.07%	9	18
	Alliance (CP/DLP)	36,551	7.34%	–13.66%	1	3
	Independent			–5.86%	0	0
Total		498,110			15	30
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal/NA	267,672	51.90%
	Labor	248,040	48.10%

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1974 Western Australian state election.

Results by Electoral province

Central

1974 Western Australian state election: Central Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Alliance	Harry Gayfer	unopposed
	National Alliance hold		Swing

Lower Central

1974 Western Australian state election: Lower Central Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Hebbard	8,258	41.0
	Liberal	Sandy Lewis	6,023	29.9
	National Alliance	Eric James	5,882	29.2
Total formal votes			20,163	95.5
Informal votes			955	4.5
Turnout			21,118	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sandy Lewis	11,268	55.9
	Labor	Fred Hebbard	8,895	44.1
	Liberal gain from National Alliance		Swing

Lower North

1974 Western Australian state election: Lower North Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Berry	3,317	67.0
	Labor	Arthur Cole	1,631	33.0
Total formal votes			4,948	95.7
Informal votes			220	4.3
Turnout			5,168	85.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Lower West

1974 Western Australian state election: Lower West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Pratt	13,022	53.2
	Labor	Everald Cortis	11,467	46.8
Total formal votes			24,489	96.0
Informal votes			1,019	4.0
Turnout			25,508	91.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Metropolitan

1974 Western Australian state election: Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Medcalf	40,478	60.8
	Labor	Patricia Fowkes	26,056	39.2
Total formal votes			66,534	96.2
Informal votes			2,614	3.8
Turnout			69,148	88.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

North

1974 Western Australian state election: North Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Tozer	5,254	51.0
	Labor	John Hunt	5,044	49.0
Total formal votes			10,298	94.3
Informal votes			625	5.7
Turnout			10,923	81.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

North Metropolitan

1974 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roy Claughton	35,469	48.6
	Liberal	Bob Pike	31,403	43.0
	National Alliance	Marie Clarke	6,086	8.3
Total formal votes			72,958	94.9
Informal votes			3,931	5.1
Turnout			76,889	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roy Claughton	37,414	51.3
	Liberal	Bob Pike	35,544	48.7
	Labor hold		Swing

North-East Metropolitan

1974 Western Australian state election: North-East Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Cooley	31,386	55.0
	Liberal	Anne Cameron	25,713	45.0
Total formal votes			57,099	93.9
Informal votes			3,735	6.1
Turnout			60,834	90.0
	Labor hold		Swing

South

1974 Western Australian state election: South Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Alliance	Leonard Gleeson	7,980	38.7
	Liberal	Thomas Knight	6,694	32.4
	Labor	Albert Newman	5,956	28.9
Total formal votes			20,630	96.1
Informal votes			832	3.9
Turnout			21,462	91.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Thomas Knight	11,124	53.9
	National Alliance	Leonard Gleeson	9,506	46.1
	Liberal gain from National Alliance		Swing

South Metropolitan

1974 Western Australian state election: South Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ronald Thompson	36,894	64.2
	Liberal	Philip Pusey	20,589	35.8
Total formal votes			57,483	95.3
Informal votes			2,812	4.7
Turnout			60,295	90.1
	Labor hold		Swing

South-East

1974 Western Australian state election: South-East Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Claude Stubbs	9,453	51.3
	Liberal	Mick Cotter	8,990	48.7
Total formal votes			18,443	94.1
Informal votes			1,165	5.9
Turnout			19,608	88.7
	Labor hold		Swing

South-East Metropolitan

1974 Western Australian state election: South-East Metropolitan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Grace Vaughan	36,364	49.1
	Liberal	George Spalding	31,727	42.9
	National Alliance	David Milne	5,919	8.0
Total formal votes			74,010	95.2
Informal votes			3,696	4.8
Turnout			77,706	89.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Grace Vaughan	38,246	51.7
	Liberal	George Spalding	35,764	48.3
	Labor hold		Swing

South-West

1974 Western Australian state election: South-West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham MacKinnon	12,475	56.3
	Labor	Marion Kelleher	9,674	43.7
Total formal votes			22,149	95.9
Informal votes			948	4.1
Turnout			23,097	93.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Upper West

1974 Western Australian state election: Upper West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Margaret McAleer	7,965	41.2
	National Alliance	Charles Mildwaters	6,732	34.8
	Labor	Stanley Bell	4,633	24.0
Total formal votes			19,330	95.0
Informal votes			1,012	5.0
Turnout			20,342	89.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Margaret McAleer	11,409	59.0
	National Alliance	Charles Mildwaters	7,921	41.0
	Liberal gain from National Alliance		Swing

West

1974 Western Australian state election: West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Newell Jamieson	12,986	43.9
	Liberal	Gordon Masters	12,638	42.7
	National Alliance	Patrick Cranley	3,952	13.4
Total formal votes			29,576	94.9
Informal votes			1,508	5.1
Turnout			31,084	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gordon Masters	15,228	51.5
	Labor	Newell Jamieson	14,348	48.5
	Liberal gain from National Alliance		Swing

See also

• Results of the Western Australian state election, 1974 (Legislative Assembly)
• 1974 Western Australian state election
• Candidates of the 1974 Western Australian state election
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1974–1977