# Candidates of the 1953 Western Australian state election

The 1953 Western Australian state election was held on 14 February 1953.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Ted Needham (MLA) (North Perth)

### Independent

* William Read (MLA) (Victoria Park)

## 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 | Karl Schulze | | Leonard Hill | |
| Avon Valley | LCL | | James Mann | | |
| Blackwood | LCL | | John Hearman | | |
| Boulder | Labor | Arthur Moir | | | |
| Bunbury | Labor | Frank Guthrie | | | |
| Canning | LCL | Colin Jamieson | Arthur Griffith | | |
| Claremont | LCL | Clifton Scott | Charles North | | |
| Collie | Labor | Harry May | | | |
| Cottesloe | LCL | Diana Hart | Ross Hutchinson | | |
| Dale | LCL | Ronald Knowler | Gerald Wild | | |
| Darling Range | Country | John Rolinson | | Ray Owen | Herbert Small (Ind. Lib) |
| East Perth | Labor | Herb Graham | | | |
| Eyre | Labor | Emil Nulsen | | | |
| Fremantle | Labor | Joseph Sleeman | | | Paddy Troy (Comm.) |
| Gascoyne | Ind. Lib | Daniel Norton | Robert Iles | | Noel Butcher (Ind. Lib) |
| Geraldton | Labor | Bill Sewell | James McAleer Samuel Davey | | Joyce Webber (Ind.) |
| Greenough | LCL | James Clune | David Brand | | |
| Guildford-Midland | Labor | John Brady | | | Albert Marks (Comm.) |
| Hannans | Labor | Herbert McCulloch | | | Harold Illingworth (Ind.) |
| Harvey | LCL | Robert McCallum | Iven Manning | | |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Herbert Styants | | | |
| Katanning | Country | | | Crawford Nalder | |
| Kimberley | Labor | Aubrey Coverley | | | |
| Leederville | Labor | Ted Johnson | Jessie Robertson | | |
| Maylands | LCL | Owen Hanlon | Edward Oldfield | | Samuel Spence (Ind.) |
| Melville | Labor | John Tonkin | | | James Collins (Ind.) James Hart (Ind.) |
| Merredin-Yilgarn | Labor | Lionel Kelly | | | |
| Middle Swan | Labor | James Hegney | | |
| Moore | Country | | | John Ackland | |
| Mount Hawthorn | Labor | Bill Hegney | Leonard Seaton | | |
| Mount Lawley | LCL | | Arthur Abbott | | Edward Zeffertt (Ind.) |
| Mount Marshall | Country | | | George Cornell | |
| Murchison | Labor | Everard O'Brien | John Porteus John Thompson | | |
| Murray | LCL | Frederick Kidby | Ross McLarty | | |
| Narrogin | Country | | | Victor Doney | |
| Nedlands | Ind. Lib | Margaret Pitt Morison | Charles Court* Peter Aldred Sidney Bedells | | David Grayden (Ind. Lib) Noel Symington (Ind.) |
| North Perth | Labor | Stan Lapham | Florence Hummerston | | |
| Northam | Labor | Albert Hawke | | | |
| Pilbara | Labor | Alec Rodoreda | Rowland Charlton | | |
| Roe | Country | | | Charles Perkins | |
| South Fremantle | Labor | Dick Lawrence | | | |
| South Perth | LCL | Francis French | George Yates | | Carlyle Ferguson (Ind.) |
| Stirling | Country | | | Arthur Watts | |
| Subiaco | LCL | Thomas Henley | Florence Cardell-Oliver | | |
| Toodyay | Country | | | Lindsay Thorn | |
| Vasse | LCL | | William Bovell | | |
| Victoria Park | Ind. Lib | Hugh Andrew | George Kerr | | Harold Hawthorne (Ind.) Neil Payne (Comm.) |
| Warren | Labor | Ernest Hoar | | | |
| Wembley Beaches | LCL | Eric Hall | Les Nimmo | | |
| West Perth | LCL | Stanley Heal | Joseph Totterdell | | |