Candidates of the 1974 Western Australian state election
# Candidates of the 1974 Western Australian state election

The 1974 Western Australian state election was held on 30 March 1974.

## Retiring Members

### Labor

* John Brady MLA (Swan)
* Bill Sewell MLA (Geraldton)
* Stan Lapham MLA (Karrinyup)
* Daniel Norton MLA (Gascoyne)
* Bill Willesee MLC (North-East Metropolitan)
* Jerry Dolan MLC (South-East Metropolitan)

### Liberal

* Iven Manning MLA (Wellington)
* Ewart Runciman MLA (Murray)
* Sandy Lewis MLA (Blackwood)
* Francis Willmott MLC (South-West)

### National Alliance

* Crawford Nalder MLA (Katanning)
* William Manning MLA (Narrogin)
* Edgar Lewis MLA (Moore)
* Harry Gayfer MLA (Avon)
* Les Logan MLC (Upper West)
* Jack Thomson MLC (South)
* Leslie Diver MLC (Central)
* Sydney Thompson MLC (Lower Central)

## Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Alliance candidate | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albany | Labor | Wyndham Cook | Leon Watt | Leslie Dean | |
| Ascot | Labor | Mal Bryce | Robert Carter | | |
| Avon | Labor | Ken McIver | Owen Bloomfield | Albert Llewellyn | |
| Balga | Labor | Brian Burke | Neil Beck | Kenneth Austin | Ralph Brockman (Ind) |
| Boulder-Dundas | Labor | Tom Hartrey | Eric Bingley | John Madden | |
| Bunbury | Liberal | Robert Wells | John Sibson | | |
| Canning | Labor | Tom Bateman | John Sinclair | Paul Clune | Robert Russell-Brown (Aust) |
| Clontarf | Labor | Donald May | Tony Williams | Anne-Marie Loney | |
| Cockburn | Labor | Don Taylor | Lloyd Read-Brain | Clifford Webb | |
| Collie | Labor | Tom Jones | Brian Menzies | Hilda Turnbull | |
| Cottesloe | Liberal | Graham Rattigan | Ross Hutchinson | Oldham Prestage | Charles Pierce (Aust) |
| Dale | Liberal | Reginald Ewers | Cyril Rushton | June Fitzgerald | |
| East Melville | Liberal | Percy Johnson | Des O'Neil | Rosemary Taboni | |
| Floreat | Liberal | Peter Coyle | Andrew Mensaros | Peter McGowan | |
| Fremantle | Labor | Harry Fletcher | Michael Coakley | Peter Moorhouse | |
| Gascoyne | Liberal | Frank Davis | Ian Laurance | Wilson Tuckey | Robert Phillips (Ind) |
| Geraldton | Labor | Jeff Carr | Joseph Willoughby | Victor Askew | Phillip Cooper (Ind) |
| Greenough | Liberal | Frederic Newman | David Brand | | |
| Kalamunda | Liberal | Michael Marsh | Ian Thompson | Benjamin Ballantyne | Francesco Nesci (Ind) |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Tom Evans | Max Finlayson | Geoffrey Sands | |
| Karrinyup | Labor | Mervyn Knight | Jim Clarko | Laurence Butterly | |
| Katanning | Alliance | Kenneth Gawn | Peter Hatherly | Dick Old | |
| Kimberley | Liberal | Robert Baker | Alan Ridge | Keith Wright | |
| Maylands | Labor | John Harman | Pauline Iles | Edward Barlow | |
| Melville | Labor | John Tonkin | Cedric Smith | Barney Foley | |
| Merredin-Yilgarn | Labor | James Brown | Brian Cahill | Hendy Cowan | |
| Moore | Alliance | | Terence Millstead | Bert Crane | |
| Morley | Labor | Arthur Tonkin | Lloyd Stewart | | |
| Mount Hawthorn | Labor | Ron Bertram | Timothy Foley | Peter Tilley | |
| Mount Lawley | Liberal | Arthur Chauncy | Ray O'Connor | John Poole | |
| Mount Marshall | Alliance | | | Ray McPharlin | |
| Mundaring | Labor | James Moiler | Andrew Hugh | Ivan Sands | |
| Murchison-Eyre | Liberal | Julian Grill | Peter Coyne | | |
| Murray | Liberal | Geoffrey Dix | Richard Shalders | Wayne McRostie | |
| Narrogin | Alliance | Gordon Appleton | Robert Farr | Peter Jones | |
| Nedlands | Liberal | Christopher Thompson | Charles Court | | |
| Perth | Labor | Terry Burke | Julius Re | Robert Burns | William Barrett (Aust) |
| Pilbara | Labor | Arthur Bickerton | Brian Sodeman | | Ian Kelly (Aust) |
| Rockingham | Labor | Mike Barnett | Reginald Ritchie | Ronald Harman | Eric Edwards (Ind) |
| Roe | Alliance | John Byrne | Geoff Grewar | Bill Young | |
| Scarborough | Labor | Des Moore | Ray Young | Adrian Briffa | |
| South Perth | Liberal | Garry Kelly | Bill Grayden | Bill Wallace | |
| Stirling | Alliance | Eric Bromilow | Glen Mitchell | Matt Stephens | |
| Subiaco | Liberal | Phillip Hall | Tom Dadour | Francis Dwyer | Ronald Hislop (Aust) |
| Swan | Labor | Jack Skidmore | Douglas Ismail | Pietro Bendotti | |
| Toodyay | Labor | Clifford Hunt | Mick Nanovich | Albert Tonkin | George Gaunt (Aust) |
| Vasse | Liberal | Robert Goddard | Barry Blaikie | Ronald Loughton | |
| Victoria Park | Labor | Ron Davies | Frank Marciano | Paul Daly | |
| Warren | Labor | David Evans | Maurice Thompson | John Dempster | |
| Wellington | Liberal | Andrew Thomson | June Craig | John Chidlow | |
| Welshpool | Labor | Colin Jamieson | George Fisher | Laurence Eaton | |

## Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Alliance candidate |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Central | Alliance | | | Harry Gayfer |
| Lower Central | Alliance | Fred Hebbard | Sandy Lewis | Eric James |
| Lower North | Liberal | Arthur Cole | George Berry | |
| Lower West | Liberal | Everald Cortis | Ian Pratt | |
| Metropolitan | Liberal | Patricia Fowkes | Ian Medcalf | |
| North | Labor | John Hunt | John Tozer | |
| North Metropolitan | Labor | Roy Claughton | Bob Pike | Marie Clarke |
| North-East Metropolitan | Labor | Don Cooley | Anne Cameron | |
| South | Alliance | Albert Newman | Thomas Knight | Leonard Gleeson |
| South Metropolitan | Labor | Ronald Thompson | Philip Pusey | |
| South-East | Labor | Claude Stubbs | Mick Cotter | |
| South-East Metropolitan | Labor | Grace Vaughan | George Spalding | David Milne |
| South-West | Liberal | Marion Kelleher | Graham MacKinnon | |
| Upper West | Alliance | Stanley Bell | Margaret McAleer | Charles Mildwaters |
| West | Alliance | Newell Jamieson | Gordon Masters | Patrick Cranley |
