# 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 | |