# Candidates of the 1965 Western Australian state election

The 1965 Western Australian state election was held on 20 February 1965.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* George Bennetts (MLC) (South-East)
* John Teahan (MLC) (North-East)

### LCL

* Reg Mattiske (MLC) (Metropolitan)
* James Murray (MLC) (South-West)

### Country

* Anthony Loton (MLC) (South)

## 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 | Labor | Jack Hall | Norman Swarbrick | Charles Johnson | |
| Avon | Country | | | Harry Gayfer | |
| Balcatta | Labor | Herb Graham | Terrence Browne | | |
| Bayswater | Labor | Merv Toms | Walter Bonnett | | |
| Beeloo | Labor | Colin Jamieson | Henry Watson | | |
| Belmont | Labor | James Hegney | Boyd Buttsworth | | |
| Blackwood | LCL | | John Hearman | | |
| Boulder-Eyre | Labor | Arthur Moir | | | |
| Bunbury | LCL | Edward Cooke | Maurice Williams | | |
| Canning | Labor | Don May | Ross Elliott | | Louis Raven (DLP) |
| Claremont | LCL | John Henshaw | Harold Crommelin | | |
| Cockburn | Labor | Henry Curran | | | |
| Collie | Labor | Harry May | Edward Cocker | | |
| Cottesloe | LCL | Richard Bryant | Ross Hutchinson | | |
| Dale | LCL | Donald Culley | Gerald Wild | | |
| Darling Range | LCL | Jack Metcalfe | Ken Dunn | Ray Owen | |
| East Melville | LCL | | John Hearman | | Louis Joseph (Ind) |
| Fremantle | Labor | Harry Fletcher | Ronald Shires | | |
| Gascoyne | Labor | Daniel Norton | Stewart Maver | | Neville Brandstater (Ind) |
| Geraldton | Labor | Bill Sewell | Charles Raynor | | Raymond Goss (Ind) |
| Greenough | LCL | | David Brand | | |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Tom Evans | | | |
| Karrinyup | LCL | Stan Lapham | Les Nimmo | | Gerardus Sappelli (DLP) |
| Katanning | Country | | | Crawford Nalder | |
| Kimberley | Labor | John Rhatigan | George Drysdale | | |
| Maylands | Labor | Edward Oldfield | Bob Marshall | | Francis Pownall (DLP) |
| Melville | Labor | John Tonkin | Albert Gainsford-Brackley | | |
| Merredin-Yilgarn | Labor | Lionel Kelly | Jack Stewart | Kenneth Jones | |
| Moore | Country | | | Edgar Lewis | Albert Tonkin (Ind) |
| Mount Hawthorn | Labor | Bill Hegney | James Ring | | |
| Mount Lawley | LCL | Mervyn Knight | Ray O'Connor | | |
| Mount Marshall | Country | | | George Cornell | |
| Murchison | LCL | Tom Hartrey | Richard Burt | | |
| Murray | LCL | | Ewart Runciman | | Dudley Tuckey (Ind) |
| Narrogin | Country | | | William Manning | Percy Munday (Ind) |
| Nedlands | LCL | Alastair Rae | Charles Court | | |
| Northam | Labor | Albert Hawke | Claude Roediger | | |
| Perth | Labor | Stanley Heal | Peter Durack | | Terence Merchant (DLP) |
| Pilbara | Labor | Arthur Bickerton | David Hughes | | |
| Roe | Country | | | Tom Hart | |
| South Perth | LCL | | Bill Grayden | | |
| Stirling | Country | | | Clayton Mitchell | |
| Subiaco | LCL | Frank Baden-Powell | Hugh Guthrie | | John Martyr (DLP) |
| Swan | Labor | John Brady | Lindsay Ellis | | Gordon Murray (Comm) |
| Toodyay | Country | | | James Craig | Charles Hooper (Ind) |
| Vasse | LCL | Colin Smith | William Bovell | | |
| Victoria Park | Labor | Ron Davies | Nicholas Di Lello | | |
| Warren | Labor | Joseph Rowberry | William Brockman | Gordon Errington | |
| Wellington | LCL | Ivor Hill | William Bovell | | |
| Wembley | LCL | Denis Kemp | Guy Henn | | |

## Legislative Council

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 |
| Central | Country | | | Norm Baxter | |
| Lower Central | Country | | | Thomas Perry | Bill Stretch (Ind) |
| Lower North | Labor | David Dellar | George Brand | | |
| Lower West | LCL | Fred Crockenberg | Neil McNeill | | |
| Metropolitan | LCL | Annette Aarons | James Hislop | | |
| North | Labor | Frank Wise | Francis Cameron | | |
| North Metropolitan | LCL | Ron Bertram | Arthur Griffith | | Frederick Simpson (Ind) |
| North-East Metropolitan | Labor | Ruby Hutchison | Douglas Klem | | |
| South | Country | Robin Faulkner | | Edward House | Francis Gomm (Ind) |
| South Metropolitan | Labor | Frederick Lavery | George Lithgo | | |
| South-East | Labor | Jim Garrigan | John Cunningham | | |
| South-East Metropolitan | LCL | Ethel Douglas | Clive Griffiths | | |
| South-West | LCL | Raymond Halden | Vic Ferry | | |
| Upper West | Country | Oliver Sutherland | | Jack Heitman | |
| West | LCL | Newell Jamieson | Charles Abbey | | |