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Western Australian state election, 1950

Western Australian state election, 1950
Western Australia
← 1947 25 March 1950 (1950-03-25) 1953 →

All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Ross McLarty.jpg Honfrankjosephwise.jpg
Leader Ross McLarty Frank Wise
Party Liberal/Country coalition Labor
Leader since 14 December 1946 31 July 1945
Leader's seat Murray-Wellington Gascoyne
Last election 25 seats 23 seats
Seats won 24 seats 23 seats
Seat change Decrease1 Steady0
Percentage 49.39% 41.85%

Premier before election

Ross McLarty
Liberal/Country coalition

Resulting Premier

Ross McLarty
Liberal/Country coalition


Ross McLarty
Liberal/Country coalition

Ross McLarty
Liberal/Country coalition

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 25 March 1950 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Ross McLarty, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Frank Wise.

The election took place after a major redistribution.

Western Australian state election, 25 March 1950
Legislative Assembly
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