Results of the 1974 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)
# Results of the 1974 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 30 March 1974 Legislative Council :

| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 581,784 | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 523,182 | | Turnout | 89.93% | –1.28% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 25,072 | | Informal | 4.79% | –0.33% |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held |
| | Labor | 235,271 | 47.23% | +0.45% | 5 | 9 |
| | Liberal | 226,288 | 45.43% | +18.07% | 9 | 18 |
| | Alliance (CP/DLP) | 36,551 | 7.34% | –13.66% | 1 | 3 |
| | Independent | | | –5.86% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 498,110 | | | 15 | 30 |
| Two-party-preferred |||||||
| | Liberal/NA | 267,672 | 51.90% | | | |
| | Labor | 248,040 | 48.10% | | | |

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1974 Western Australian state election.

## Results by Electoral province

### Central

1974 Western Australian state election: Central Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | National Alliance | Harry Gayfer | unopposed | | |
| | National Alliance hold | National Alliance hold | Swing | | |

### Lower Central

1974 Western Australian state election: Lower Central Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Fred Hebbard | 8,258 | 41.0 |
| | Liberal | Sandy Lewis | 6,023 | 29.9 |
| | National Alliance | Eric James | 5,882 | 29.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,163 | 95.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 955 | 4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,118 | 92.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Sandy Lewis | 11,268 | 55.9 |
| | Labor | Fred Hebbard | 8,895 | 44.1 |
| | Liberal gain from National Alliance | Liberal gain from National Alliance | Swing | |

### Lower North

1974 Western Australian state election: Lower North Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | George Berry | 3,317 | 67.0 |
| | Labor | Arthur Cole | 1,631 | 33.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,948 | 95.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 220 | 4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,168 | 85.9 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Lower West

1974 Western Australian state election: Lower West Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Ian Pratt | 13,022 | 53.2 |
| | Labor | Everald Cortis | 11,467 | 46.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,489 | 96.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,019 | 4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,508 | 91.5 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Metropolitan

1974 Western Australian state election: Metropolitan Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Ian Medcalf | 40,478 | 60.8 |
| | Labor | Patricia Fowkes | 26,056 | 39.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 66,534 | 96.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,614 | 3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,148 | 88.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### North

1974 Western Australian state election: North Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | John Tozer | 5,254 | 51.0 |
| | Labor | John Hunt | 5,044 | 49.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,298 | 94.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 625 | 5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,923 | 81.2 |
| | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | |

### North Metropolitan

1974 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Roy Claughton | 35,469 | 48.6 |
| | Liberal | Bob Pike | 31,403 | 43.0 |
| | National Alliance | Marie Clarke | 6,086 | 8.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 72,958 | 94.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,931 | 5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,889 | 91.1 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Roy Claughton | 37,414 | 51.3 |
| | Liberal | Bob Pike | 35,544 | 48.7 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### North-East Metropolitan

1974 Western Australian state election: North-East Metropolitan Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Don Cooley | 31,386 | 55.0 |
| | Liberal | Anne Cameron | 25,713 | 45.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 57,099 | 93.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,735 | 6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,834 | 90.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### South

1974 Western Australian state election: South Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | National Alliance | Leonard Gleeson | 7,980 | 38.7 |
| | Liberal | Thomas Knight | 6,694 | 32.4 |
| | Labor | Albert Newman | 5,956 | 28.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,630 | 96.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 832 | 3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,462 | 91.2 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Thomas Knight | 11,124 | 53.9 |
| | National Alliance | Leonard Gleeson | 9,506 | 46.1 |
| | Liberal gain from National Alliance | Liberal gain from National Alliance | Swing | |

### South Metropolitan

1974 Western Australian state election: South Metropolitan Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Ronald Thompson | 36,894 | 64.2 |
| | Liberal | Philip Pusey | 20,589 | 35.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 57,483 | 95.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,812 | 4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,295 | 90.1 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### South-East

1974 Western Australian state election: South-East Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Claude Stubbs | 9,453 | 51.3 |
| | Liberal | Mick Cotter | 8,990 | 48.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,443 | 94.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,165 | 5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,608 | 88.7 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### South-East Metropolitan

1974 Western Australian state election: South-East Metropolitan Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Grace Vaughan | 36,364 | 49.1 |
| | Liberal | George Spalding | 31,727 | 42.9 |
| | National Alliance | David Milne | 5,919 | 8.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 74,010 | 95.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,696 | 4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 77,706 | 89.1 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Grace Vaughan | 38,246 | 51.7 |
| | Liberal | George Spalding | 35,764 | 48.3 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### South-West

1974 Western Australian state election: South-West Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Graham MacKinnon | 12,475 | 56.3 |
| | Labor | Marion Kelleher | 9,674 | 43.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,149 | 95.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 948 | 4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,097 | 93.5 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Upper West

1974 Western Australian state election: Upper West Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Margaret McAleer | 7,965 | 41.2 |
| | National Alliance | Charles Mildwaters | 6,732 | 34.8 |
| | Labor | Stanley Bell | 4,633 | 24.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,330 | 95.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,012 | 5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,342 | 89.8 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Margaret McAleer | 11,409 | 59.0 |
| | National Alliance | Charles Mildwaters | 7,921 | 41.0 |
| | Liberal gain from National Alliance | Liberal gain from National Alliance | Swing | |

### West

1974 Western Australian state election: West Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Newell Jamieson | 12,986 | 43.9 |
| | Liberal | Gordon Masters | 12,638 | 42.7 |
| | National Alliance | Patrick Cranley | 3,952 | 13.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 29,576 | 94.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,508 | 5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,084 | 91.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Gordon Masters | 15,228 | 51.5 |
| | Labor | Newell Jamieson | 14,348 | 48.5 |
| | Liberal gain from National Alliance | Liberal gain from National Alliance | Swing | |
