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1950 Western Australian state election

Field	Value
election_name	1950 Western Australian state election
country	Western Australia
flag_year	1870
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1947 Western Australian state election
previous_year	1947
next_election	1953 Western Australian state election
next_year	1953
seats_for_election	All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
election_date
image1	[[File:Ross McLarty.jpg	130px]]
leader1	Ross McLarty
leader_since1	14 December 1946
party1	Liberal/Country coalition
leaders_seat1	Murray-Wellington
percentage1	49.39%
last_election1	25 seats
seats1	24 seats
seat_change1	1
image2	[[File:Frank Wise c. 1945.jpg	130px]]
leader2	Frank Wise
leader_since2	31 July 1945
party2	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Gascoyne
percentage2	41.85%
last_election2	23 seats
seats2	23 seats
seat_change2	0
title	Premier
posttitle	Resulting Premier
before_election	Ross McLarty
before_party	Liberal/Country coalition
after_election	Ross McLarty
after_party	Liberal/Country coalition

26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

The election took place after a major redistribution.

Key dates

Date	Event
8 February 1950	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
17 February 1950	Close of nominations in the North West area.
3 March 1950	Close of nominations in all other areas.
25 March 1950	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
6 April 1950	The McLarty–Watts Ministry was reconstituted.
14 April 1950	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results

| turnout % = 92.61% | informal % = 1.98% |votes % = 41.85% |votes % = 40.08% |votes % = 9.31% |votes % = 2.25% |votes % = 0.36% |votes % = 6.15% |}

: 306,099 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 12 seats (24% of the total) were uncontested—6 Labor seats (9 less than 1947) representing 26,694 enrolled voters, 2 Liberal seats (the same as 1947) representing 13,278 enrolled voters, and 4 Country seats (two more than 1947) representing 18,538 enrolled voters. This change in distribution means that comparisons in vote percentages between 1947 and 1950 are largely meaningless; they have hence been omitted from the table.

References

(8 February 1950). "The Electoral Act, 1907–1949. Legislative Assembly General Elections, 1950.".
(6 April 1950). "Premier's Department".

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