title: Electoral results for the district of Wembley Beaches
text: # Electoral results for the district of Wembley Beaches
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Wembley Beaches in Western Australian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Wembley Beaches
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Les Nimmo | Liberal Country League | 1950–1956 |
  | Frederick Marshall | Labor | 1956–1959 |
  | Les Nimmo | Liberal Country League | 1959–1962 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1959 Western Australian state election: Wembley Beaches :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Les Nimmo | 7,884 | 52.0 | +14.5 |
  | | Labor | Frederick Marshall | 5,951 | 39.3 | -10.2 |
  | | Democratic Labor | William Coyne | 1,327 | 8.8 | +8.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,162 | 98.6 | +0.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 212 | 1.4 | -0.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,374 | 95.2 | +0.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Les Nimmo | | 59.4 | +11.3 |
  | | Labor | Frederick Marshall | | 40.6 | -11.3 |
  | | Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | +11.3 | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  1956 Western Australian state election: Wembley Beaches :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Frederick Marshall | 5,492 | 49.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Bertha Beecroft | 4,158 | 37.5 |
  | | Independent Liberal | Sydney Cheek | 919 | 8.3 |
  | | Independent | Les Laracy | 531 | 4.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,100 | 97.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 255 | 2.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,355 | 95.0 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Frederick Marshall | | 51.9 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Bertha Beecroft | | 48.1 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | |
  
  1953 Western Australian state election: Wembley Beaches :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Les Nimmo | 6,204 | 57.7 | -4.8 |
  | | Labor | Eric Hall | 4,556 | 42.3 | +4.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,760 | 98.8 | +0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 134 | 1.2 | -0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,894 | 95.5 | +3.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -4.8 | |
  
  1950 Western Australian state election: Wembley Beaches :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Les Nimmo | 4,830 | 62.5 |
  | | Labor | Richard Knox | 2,899 | 37.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,729 | 98.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 122 | 1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,851 | 91.9 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | |
  