# 1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 30 April 1960 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council.

## Results
### Legislative Council

Western Australian state election, 30 April 1960 Legislative Council :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 162,662 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 65,821 | | Turnout | 44.5 | +1.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 498 | | Informal | 0.8 | -0.3 |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held |
| | Labor | 29,830 | 45.7 | +8.0 | 5 | 13 |
| | Liberal and Country | 23,718 | 36.3 | -14.0 | 2 | 9 |
| | Country | 10,829 | 16.6 | +7.7 | 3 | 8 |
| | Independent | 946 | 1.5 | +0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 65,323 | | | 10 | 30 |

## Retiring Members
### Country

* Charles Latham (Central)
* Hugh Roche (South)

## Candidates

| Province | Held by | Labor candidates | LCL candidates | Country candidates | Independent candidates |
| Central | Country | | Arthur Kelly | Norm Baxter* Arthur Latham Allan McLean | |
| Metropolitan | LCL | Percy Munday | Reg Mattiske | | |
| Midland | Country | Oliver Sutherland | | Les Logan | |
| North | Labor | Bill Willesee | Robert Lukis | | |
| North-East | Labor | John Teahan | David Hoar | | Albert Gerick (Ind.) |
| South | Country | | Charles Bolt | Sydney Thompson* Bill Robinson | Joseph Weir (Ind.) |
| South-East | Labor | Jim Garrigan | Percival Millington | Alfred Walker | |
| South-West | LCL | | Frank Willmott | | |
| Suburban | Labor | Ruby Hutchison | Alfred Rosser | | |
| West | Labor | Ron Thompson | Louis Joseph | | |

## Election results
### Central

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal and Country | Arthur Kelly | 2,314 | 35.6 |
| | Country | Norm Baxter | 2,258 | 34.7 |
| | Country | Arthur Latham | 1,230 | 18.9 |
| | Country | Allan McLean | 705 | 10.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,507 | 98.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 79 | 1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,586 | 50.2 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Country | Norm Baxter | 3,661 | 56.3 |
| | Liberal and Country | Arthur Kelly | 2,846 | 43.7 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | |

### Metropolitan

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Metropolitan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal and Country | Reg Mattiske | 7,728 | 59.7 |
| | Labor | Percy Munday | 5,215 | 40.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,943 | 99.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 71 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,014 | 32.1 |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | |

### Midland

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election, Midland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Country | Les Logan | 2,121 | 75.1 |
| | Labor | Oliver Sutherland | 704 | 24.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,825 | 99.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 17 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,842 | 52.8 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | |

### North

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Bill Willesee | 959 | 65.1 |
| | Liberal and Country | Robert Lukis | 515 | 34.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,474 | 99.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 8 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,482 | 76.8 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### North-East

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: North-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | John Teahan | 1,682 | 57.7 |
| | Liberal and Country | David Hoar | 927 | 31.8 |
| | Independent | Albert Gerick | 304 | 10.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,913 | 99.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 25 | 0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,938 | 60.8 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### South

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal and Country | Charles Bolt | 1,928 | 31.4 |
| | Country | Bill Robinson | 1,903 | 31.0 |
| | Country | Sydney Thompson | 1,663 | 27.1 |
| | Independent | Joseph Weir | 642 | 10.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,136 | 98.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 66 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,202 | 55.7 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Country | Sydney Thompson | 3,724 | 60.7 |
| | Liberal and Country | Charles Bolt | 2,412 | 39.3 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A |

### South-East

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Jim Garrigan | 2,401 | 55.5 |
| | Liberal and Country | Percival Millington | 978 | 22.6 |
| | Country | Alfred Walker | 949 | 21.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,328 | 99.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 39 | 0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,367 | 61.8 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### South-West

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: South-West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Francis Drake Willmott | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |

### Suburban

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: Suburban :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Ruby Hutchison | 9,776 | 57.5 |
| | Liberal and Country | Alfred Rosser | 7,241 | 42.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,017 | 99.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 116 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,133 | 42.9 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### West

1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election: West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Ron Thompson | 6,779 | 60.4 |
| | Liberal and Country | Louis Joseph | 4,401 | 39.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,180 | 99.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 77 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,257 | 47.2 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |