# Candidates of the 1971 Western Australian state election

The 1971 Western Australian state election was held on 20 February 1971.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Arthur Moir (Boulder-Dundas)

### Liberal

* Stewart Bovell (Vasse)
* Richard Burt (Murchison-Eyre)
* Ken Dunn (Darling Range)
* Hugh Guthrie (Subiaco)
* Guy Henn (Wembley)
* Clayton Mitchell (Stirling)

### Country

* James Craig (Toodyay)
* Ron Kitney (Blackwood)

## Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Country candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Albany | Labor | Wyndham Cook | George Formby | | Peter Cameron | |
| Ascot | Labor | Merv Toms | | | Albert Ots | |
| Avon | Country | | | Harry Gayfer | Brian Marwick | Tom Ingham (Ind) |
| Balcatta | Labor | Herb Graham | | | Elmo Gugiatti | |
| Belmont | Labor | Colin Jamieson | | | Maxine Chamberlain | Arthur Pearson (Ind) |
| Blackwood | Country | Col Sumner | Del Francis Willmott | David Reid | John Fleeton | Peter Cracknell (UPGA) |
| Boulder-Dundas | Labor | Tom Hartrey | | | John Madden | Kevin Merriman (Ind) |
| Bunbury | Liberal | Robert Wells | Maurice Williams | | Michael Buswell | Charles Turner (Ind) |
| Canning | Labor | Tom Bateman | Neil Charles | | Bill Wallace | Victor Hawtin (Ind. Labor) |
| Clontarf | Labor | Donald May | Malcolm Atwell | | Bill O'Grady | |
| Cockburn | Labor | Alexander Taylor | | | Henry Miller | Victor Williams (Comm.) |
| Collie | Labor | Tom Jones | Iain Paterson | | Stan Johnston | |
| Cottesloe | Liberal | Howard Olney | Ross Hutchinson | | Keith Carton | |
| Dale | Liberal | Owen Hanlon | Cyril Rushton | | Rose Johnson | Ian Trainer (Ind) Joseph Hunt (Law Reform) |
| Darling Range | Liberal | Tom Howard | Ian Thompson | Walter Davey | Albert Ots | Robert Ravine (Ind) Percy Seaton (Ind) |
| East Melville | Liberal | Herman Maer | Des O'Neil | | Rosemary Lorrimar | |
| Floreat | Liberal | Leslie Park | Andrew Mensaros | | Bernard Flanagan | Joan Watters (Ind) |
| Fremantle | Labor | Harry Fletcher | Richard Utting | | William Kenneally | |
| Gascoyne | Labor | Daniel Norton | Keith Hasleby | | Kevin Courtney | Robert Phillips (Ind) |
| Geraldton | Labor | Bill Sewell | Ron Hamilton | | Lawrence Eaton | Joyce Webber (Ind Country) |
| Greenough | Liberal | Fredric Newman | Sir David Brand | | John Wade | Leonard Hamersley (UPGA) |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Tom Evans | Ian Wedgewood | | Geoffrey Sands | |
| Karrinyup | Labor | Stan Lapham | Jim Clarko | | John Poole | |
| Katanning | Country | Ray Francisco | | Crawford Nalder | John Carr | Hugh Carmichael-Smith (UPGA) Lloyd Nelson (Ind Country) Bill Stretch (Ind) |
| Kimberley | Liberal | Patrick Weir | Alan Ridge | | Maurice Bailey | |
| Maylands | Labor | John Harman | Ross Trobe | | Francis Pownall | |
| Melville | Labor | John Tonkin | Peter Whyte | | John O'Reilly | |
| Merredin-Yilgarn | Liberal | James Brown | Jack Stewart | Albert Fletcher | Ray Evans | Jeff Legge (Ind) |
| Mirrabooka | Liberal | Arthur Tonkin | Doug Cash | | Brian Preston | Pat Giles (DOGS) |
| Moore | Country | Michael Oxenburgh | | Edgar Lewis | Gavin Drew | Raymond Down (Ind Lib) Dawn Yates (UFGA) |
| Mount Hawthorn | Labor | Ron Bertram | John Bulbeck | | Patrick Cranley | |
| Mount Lawley | Liberal | Michael Helm | Ray O'Connor | | Keith Anderson | |
| Mount Marshall | Country | Kathleen Knopp | | Ray McPharlin | Ron Richards | Kenneth May (UFGA) |
| Murchison-Eyre | Liberal | Geoffrey Bailey | Peter Coyne | | Kevin Sauer | Bevan Hamersley (UFGA) |
| Murray | Liberal | Spencer Geroff | Ewart Runciman | Dudley Tuckey | Peter O'Shea | |
| Narrogin | Country | Malcolm Tucker | Harry Pennington | William Manning | Terry Stevenson | Malcolm McNaughton (UFGA) |
| Nedlands | Liberal | John Crouch | Sir Charles Court | | George Mazak | Paul Marsh (Comm.) Ralph von Paleske (Ind) |
| Northam | Labor | Ken McIver | Claude Roediger | | John van der Zanden | |
| Perth | Labor | Terry Burke | Bob Pike | | John Martyr | Tom Cain (Ind Labor) John Dawson (Ind) Francesco Nesci (Ind) |
| Pilbara | Labor | Arthur Bickerton | | | Michael Barry | |
| Roe | Country | | | Bill Young | Stephen Mulally | Leonard Gleeson (Ind) Marianne McCall (Ind) |
| South Perth | Liberal | William Johnson | Bill Grayden | | Emil Murray | Arthur Williams (Australia) |
| Stirling | Country | Ray Wood | Peter Drummond | Matt Stephens | Peter Sullivan | George Brookes (Ind) Duncan Hordacre (Ind Country) |
| Subiaco | Liberal | Dennis Kemp | Tom Dadour | | Francis Dwyer | Patrick Holland (DOGS) |
| Swan | Labor | John Brady | | | Paul McLaughlin | |
| Toodyay | Country | James Moiler | John Wagthorne | Joseph Wroth | Arthur White | Joseph O'Callaghan (Ind) |
| Vasse | Liberal | Alexander Hemsley | Barry Blaikie | Colin Fyfe | John Brennan | Edward Packard (Ind) |
| Victoria Park | Labor | Ron Davies | | | Benjamin Ballantyne | |
| Warren | Labor | David Evans | Murray Edwards | | Alfred Whiteside | |
| Wellington | Liberal | Les Fitcher | Iven Manning | Michael Glendon | Francis Cowcher | Francois Baljeu (Ind) |
| Wembley | Liberal | John Elsegood | Ray Young | | Brian Peachey | |

## Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Country candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Metropolitan Area |||||||
| Metropolitan | Liberal | Garry Kelly | Richard Williams* | | Peter McGowan | William Marks (Ind) |
| North Metropolitan | Liberal | Gilbert Currie | Arthur Griffith* | | Adrian Briffa | |
| North-East Metropolitan | Labor | Lyla Elliott* | Walter Staniforth | | | |
| South Metropolitan | Labor | Des Dans* | | | Yvonne van Wees | Shirley de la Hunty (Ind) |
| South-East Metropolitan | Liberal | Donald Bennewith | Clive Griffiths* | | Alan Crofts | |
| Agricultural, Mining and Pastoral Area |||||||
| Central | Country | Colin Paterson | Mervyn Cornish | Norm Baxter* | Jeoffry Carton | Frederick Keast (UF) |
| Lower Central | Country | Ross Field | Byron Hardie | Thomas Perry* | George Blake | Samuel Crook (Ind) Leon Day (UF) Murray Ward (Ind) |
| Lower West | Liberal | John Dawkins | Neil McNeill* | | Robert Burns | |
| South | Country | Sydney Hatfield | David Wordsworth* | Marshall Hood | Brian Burns | Thomas Oakey (UF) |
| South-East | Labor | Ron Leeson* | | | Leo McGuire | |
| South-West | Liberal | George Smart | Vic Ferry* | Keith Nix | Leslie Ramsay | Doris Callow (Ind) Rex Newbold (UF) |
| Upper West | Country | Jeffrey Carr | Jack Heitman* | Ronald Elphick | Daniel Carney | John Norris (UF) John Walton (Ind) |
| West | Liberal | Clifford Hunt | Charles Abbey* | George Spriggs | Johannes Jutte | |
| North West Area |||||||
| Lower North | Liberal | George Brand | Stan Dellar* | | George Jensen | |
| North | Labor | Robert Archer | Bill Withers* | | George Gaunt | |