# 1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 10 May 1958 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council.

## Results
### Legislative Council

Western Australian state election, 10 May 1958 Legislative Council :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 150,671 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 53,284 | | Turnout | 43.2 | –30.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 609 | | Informal | 1.1 | -0.6 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held |
| | Liberal and Country | 26,472 | 50.3 | –2.0 | 4 | 9 |
| | Labor | 19,869 | 37.7 | –8.3 | 4 | 13 |
| | Country | 4,670 | 8.9 | * | 2 | 8 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1,253 | 2.4 | * | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent | 411 | 0.8 | –1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 52,675 | | | 10 | 30 |

## Retiring Members

* No sitting MLC's retired at this election.

## Candidates

| Province | Held by | Labor candidates | LCL candidates | Country candidates | Independent candidates |
| Central | Country | | Charles Abbey | Norm Baxter | |
| Metropolitan | LCL | Alfred Buggins | James Hislop | | |
| Midland | Country | | Francis Horwood | Charles Simpson | |
| North | Labor | Frank Wise | | | |
| North-East | Labor | William Hall | Ian Rosenberg | Lincoln Sullivan | |
| South | Country | | | Anthony Loton | |
| South-East | Labor | George Bennetts | | | Harold Illingworth (Ind.) |
| South-West | LCL | | James Murray | | |
| Suburban | LCL | Herbert Fletcher | Arthur Griffith | | Joseph Martin (DLP) |
| West | Labor | Frederick Lavery | James Collins | | |

## Election results
### Central

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal and Country | Charles Abbey | 2,662 | 51.0 |
| | Country | Norm Baxter | 2,559 | 49.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,221 | 98.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 66 | 1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,287 | 44.7 |
| | Liberal and Country gain from Country | Liberal and Country gain from Country | Swing | |

### Metropolitan

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Metropolitan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal and Country | James Hislop | 11,313 | 64.0 |
| | Labor | Alfred Buggins | 6,360 | 36.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,673 | 99.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 140 | 0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,813 | 45.4 |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | |

### Midland

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Midland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Country | Charles Simpson | 1,660 | 66.6 |
| | Liberal and Country | Francis Horwood | 834 | 33.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,494 | 99.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 21 | 0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,515 | 47.5 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | |

### North

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Frank Wise | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |

### North-East

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | William Hall | 1,378 | 50.5 |
| | Liberal and Country | Ian Rosenberg | 898 | 32.9 |
| | Country | Lincoln Sullivan | 451 | 16.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,727 | 98.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 33 | 1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,760 | 62.7 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### South

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Anthony Loton | unopposed | | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |

### South-East

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | George Bennetts | 2,031 | 83.2 |
| | Independent | Harold Illingworth | 411 | 16.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,442 | 99.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 21 | 0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,463 | 38.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### South-West

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | James Murray | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |

### Suburban

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Suburban :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal and Country | Arthur Griffith | 9,392 | 53.8 |
| | Labor | Herbert Fletcher | 6,817 | 39.0 |
| | Democratic Labor | Joseph Martin | 1,253 | 7.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,462 | 98.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 257 | 1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,719 | 49.0 |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### West

1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election: West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Frederick Lavery | 3,283 | 70.5 |
| | Liberal and Country | James Collins | 1,373 | 29.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,656 | 98.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 71 | 1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,727 | 23.6 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |