title: Candidates of the 1971 Western Australian state election
text: # 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 | |
  