Results of the 1968 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)
# Results of the 1968 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 23 March 1968 Legislative Council :

| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 208,417 | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 192,342 | | Turnout | 92.29% | +0.15% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 8,631 | | Informal | 4.49% | +0.22% |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | 85,674 | 46.64% | | 6 | 10 |
| | Liberal and Country | 67,977 | 37.00% | | 4 | 12 |
| | Country | 21,228 | 11.56% | | 5 | 8 |
| | Democratic Labor | 4,502 | 2.45% | | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent | 4,330 | 2.36% | | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 183,711 | | | 15 | 30 |

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 1968 Western Australian state election.

## Results by Electoral province

### Central

1968 Western Australian state election: Central Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Leslie Diver | unopposed | | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |

### Lower Central

1968 Western Australian state election: Lower Central Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Sydney Thompson | 11,397 | 72.5 |
| | Labor | Alfred Jacobs | 4,330 | 27.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,727 | 96.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 581 | 3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,308 | 93.6 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | |

### Lower North

1968 Western Australian state election: Lower North Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal and Country | George Berry | 1,725 | 49.2 |
| | Labor | Eric Heenan | 1,629 | 46.5 |
| | Democratic Labor | Dennis Sands | 151 | 4.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,505 | 96.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 119 | 3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,624 | 81.4 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | George Berry | 1,788 | 51.0 |
| | Labor | Eric Heenan | 1,717 | 49.0 |
| | Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | |

### Lower West

1968 Western Australian state election: Lower West Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal and Country | Graham MacKinnon | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |

### Metropolitan

1968 Western Australian state election: Metropolitan Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal and Country | Ian Medcalf | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |

### North

1968 Western Australian state election: North Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Harry Strickland | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |

### North Metropolitan

1968 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Roy Claughton | 28,454 | 50.4 |
| | Liberal and Country | Herbert R. Robinson | 28,040 | 49.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 56,494 | 95.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,662 | 4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,156 | 92.3 |
| | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | |

### North-East Metropolitan

1968 Western Australian state election: North-East Metropolitan Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | William Willesee | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |

### South

1968 Western Australian state election: South Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Jack Thomson | unopposed | | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |

### South-East

1968 Western Australian state election: South-East Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Claude Stubbs | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |

### South Metropolitan

1968 Western Australian state election: South Metropolitan Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Ron Thompson | 26,670 | 59.0 |
| | Liberal and Country | Albert Gainsford-Brackley | 18,544 | 41.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 45,214 | 95.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,114 | 4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,328 | 92.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### South-East Metropolitan

1968 Western Australian state election: South-East Metropolitan Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Jerry Dolan | 21,307 | 47.0 |
| | Liberal and Country | Nigel Guest | 19,668 | 43.4 |
| | Democratic Labor | Alan Crofts | 4,351 | 9.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 45,326 | 95.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,984 | 4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,310 | 91.6 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Jerry Dolan | 23,641 | 52.2 |
| | Liberal and Country | Nigel Guest | 21,685 | 47.8 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### South West

1968 Western Australian state election: South West Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal and Country | Francis Willmott | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |

### Upper West

1968 Western Australian state election: Upper West Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Les Logan | unopposed | | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |

### West

1968 Western Australian state election: West Province :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Fred White | 9,831 | 56.3 |
| | Labor | Owen Hanlon | 7,614 | 43.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,445 | 93.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,171 | 6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,616 | 94.8 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | |
