# Candidates of the 1956 Western Australian state election

The 1956 Western Australian state election was held on 7 April 1956.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Harry McCulloch (MLA) (Hannans)
* Herbert Styants (MLA) (Kalgoorlie)

### LCL

* George Yates (MLA) (South Perth)
* Florence Cardell-Oliver (MLA) (Subiaco)

### Country

* Victor Doney (MLA) (Narrogin)

## 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 | LCL candidate | Country candidate | Other candidates |
| Albany | Country | Jack Hall | | Leonard Hill Alfred Gulvin | |
| Avon Valley | LCL | | James Mann | John Stratton | |
| Beeloo | Labor | Colin Jamieson | John Alden | | |
| Blackwood | LCL | | John Hearman | | |
| Boulder | Labor | Arthur Moir | | | |
| Bunbury | LCL | Charles Webber | George Roberts | | |
| Canning | Labor | Bill Gaffy | Richard Marris | | |
| Claremont | LCL | | Harold Crommelin* Laurence Snook Charles North | | |
| Collie | Labor | Harry May | | Norman Coote | Norman Lacey (Comm.) |
| Cottesloe | LCL | | Ross Hutchinson | | Leonard Stratton (Ind.) |
| Dale | LCL | | Gerald Wild | | Ivan Locke (Ind.) |
| Darling Range | Country | | | Ray Owen | |
| East Perth | Labor | Herb Graham | Edmund Madigan | | |
| Eyre | Labor | Emil Nulsen | | | |
| Fremantle | Labor | Joseph Sleeman | | | Paddy Troy (Comm.) |
| Gascoyne | Labor | Daniel Norton | Kenneth Illingworth | | |
| Geraldton | Labor | Bill Sewell | Arnold Devlin | Charles Eadon-Clarke | Joyce Webber (Ind.) |
| Greenough | LCL | | David Brand | | |
| Guildford-Midland | Labor | John Brady | | | Albert Marks (Comm.) |
| Harvey | LCL | | Iven Manning | | |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Tom Evans | Percy Millington | | Harold Illingworth (Ind.) |
| Katanning | Country | | | Crawford Nalder | |
| Kimberley | Labor | John Rhatigan | | | |
| Leederville | Labor | Ted Johnson | Les Nimmo | | |
| Maylands | LCL | Merv Toms | Ellen Lulham | | Herbert Robinson (Ind. Lib) |
| Melville | Labor | John Tonkin | | | James Hart (Ind.) |
| Merredin-Yilgarn | Labor | Lionel Kelly | Robert Loder | Alfred Walker | |
| Middle Swan | Labor | James Hegney | | |
| Moore | Country | | | John Ackland | |
| Mount Hawthorn | Labor | Bill Hegney | William Bailey | | William Anear (Comm.) |
| Mount Lawley | LCL | | Arthur Abbott | | Edward Oldfield* (Ind. Lib) |
| Mount Marshall | Country | | | George Cornell | |
| Murchison | Labor | Everard O'Brien | Carlyle Newman | | |
| Murray | LCL | | Ross McLarty | | |
| Narrogin | Country | Percy Munday | Robert Farr | William Manning* Bill Robinson Frank Ashworth | |
| Nedlands | LCL | | Charles Court | | David Grayden (Ind. Lib) |
| North Perth | Labor | Stan Lapham | Leslie Fawcett | | |
| Northam | Labor | Albert Hawke | | | James Collins (Ind. Lib) |
| Pilbara | Labor | Alec Rodoreda | Rowland Charlton | | |
| Roe | Country | | | Charles Perkins | |
| South Fremantle | Labor | Dick Lawrence | | | Michael Robson (Ind. Labor) |
| South Perth | LCL | Francis French | James Smith | | Bill Grayden* (Ind. Lib) Cole Sangster (Ind.) |
| Stirling | Country | | | Arthur Watts | |
| Subiaco | LCL | Percival Potter | Edgar Paddick | | Joseph Abrahams (Ind. Lib) Walter Richardson (Ind. Lib) |
| Toodyay | Country | | | Lindsay Thorn | John Rolinson (Ind. Labor) |
| Vasse | LCL | | William Bovell | | |
| Victoria Park | Labor | Ron Davies | Benjamin Marshall | | |
| Warren | Labor | Ernest Hoar | | | |
| Wembley Beaches | LCL | Frederick Marshall | Bertha Beecroft | | Sydney Cheek (Ind. Lib) Les Laracy (Ind.) |
| West Perth | Labor | Stanley Heal | Raymond Nowland | | |