Candidates of the 1977 Western Australian state election

The 1977 Western Australian state election was held on 19 February 1977.

Retiring Members

Labor

• John Tonkin MLA (Melville)
• Harry Fletcher MLA (Fremantle)
• Donald May MLA (Clontarf)
• Tom Hartrey MLA (Boulder-Dundas)

Liberal

• Ross Hutchinson MLA (Cottesloe)
• Arthur Griffith MLC (North Metropolitan)
• Charles Abbey MLC (West)

National Country

• Thomas Perry MLC (Lower Central)
• Jack Heitman MLC (Upper West) (died before term ended)

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	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Albany	Liberal	Ray Wood	Leon Watt (Lib)
Ascot	Labor	Mal Bryce	John Bamford (Lib)
Avon	Labor	Ken McIver	Kelvin Bulloch (Lib)
Balcatta	Labor	Brian Burke	Geoffrey Hasler (Lib)
Bunbury	Liberal	David Smith	John Sibson (Lib)
Canning	Labor	Tom Bateman	Richard Shellabear (Lib)
Clontarf	Labor	Colin Puls	Tony Williams (Lib)
Cockburn	Labor	Don Taylor	George Grljusich (Lib)
Collie	Labor	Tom Jones	Maurice Williams (Lib)
Cottesloe	Liberal	Howard Olney	Bill Hassell (Lib)
Dale	Liberal	Michael Marsh	Cyril Rushton (Lib)
Darling Range	Liberal	William O'Brien	George Spriggs (Lib)
Dianella	Labor	Keith Wilson	Peter Foeken (Lib)
East Melville	Liberal	Lionel Christensen	Des O'Neil (Lib)
Floreat	Liberal	Hilary Snell	Andrew Mensaros (Lib)	Frank Parry (Ind)
Fremantle	Labor	John Troy	Ernestine Rosenstein (Lib)
Gascoyne	Liberal	Robert Brown	Ian Laurance (Lib)	Robert Phillips (Ind)
Geraldton	Labor	Jeff Carr	John Grosse (Lib)	Fiona Ensor (Prog)
Gosnells	Labor	Bob Pearce	Brian Piesse (Lib)	Gordon Stapp (Ind)
Greenough	Liberal	Kenneth Davis	Reg Tubby (Lib)	Geoffrey McNeil (Prog)
Kalamunda	Liberal	Shane Baker	Ian Thompson (Lib)
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Tom Evans	Stuart Dunkley (Lib)	Graham Mills (Prog)
Karrinyup	Liberal	Peter Rose	Jim Clarko (Lib)
Katanning	NCP	Christopher Bothams	Peter Hatherly (Lib) Dick Old (NCP)*
Kimberley	Liberal	Ernie Bridge	Alan Ridge (Lib)	Allan Rees (Ind)
Maylands	Labor	John Harman	Brian Dillon (Lib)
Melville	Labor	Barry Hodge	Daryl Williams (Lib)
Merredin	NCP	George Banks	Garry Hawks (Lib) Hendy Cowan (NCP)*
Moore	NCP	Ewold Jager	Irwin Barrett-Lennard (Lib) Bert Crane (NCP)*
Morley	Labor	Arthur Tonkin	Madge Bicknell (Lib)
Mount Hawthorn	Labor	Ronald Bertram	Brian Morris (Lib)
Mount Lawley	Liberal	Athol Monck	Ray O'Connor (Lib)	Malcolm Hall (Ind)
Mount Marshall	NCP		Harold Lundy (Lib) Ray McPharlin (NCP)*
Mundaring	Labor	James Moiler	Tom Herzfeld (Lib)	Bryan Scott-Courtland (Prog)
Murchison-Eyre	Liberal	Patricia Logue	Peter Coyne (Lib)
Murdoch	Labor	Garry Kelly	Barry MacKinnon (Lib)
Murray	Labor	Noel Truman	Richard Shalders (Lib)
Narrogin	NCP		Francesco Buemi (Lib) Peter Jones (NCP)*
Nedlands	Liberal	Gordon Black	Charles Court (Lib)	John Hallam (AP) Graeme Pratt (Ind) James Croasdale (Ind)
Perth	Labor	Terry Burke	Hal Colebatch (Lib)
Pilbara	Liberal	Norm Marlborough	Brian Sodeman (Lib)
Rockingham	Labor	Mike Barnett	Ernest England (Lib)
Roe	Liberal	Dianne Jones	Geoff Grewar (Lib)* Owen Kirwan (NCP)
Scarborough	Labor	Desmond Moore	Ray Young (Lib)
South Perth	Liberal	Bill Johnson	Bill Grayden (Lib)
Stirling	NCP		Douglas Campbell (Lib) Matt Stephens (NCP)*
Subiaco	Liberal	Wendy Fatin	Tom Dadour (Lib)
Swan	Labor	Jack Skidmore	Peter Unger (Lib)
Vasse	Liberal	Peter Naughton	Barry Blaikie (Lib)	Alister Walker (Ind)
Victoria Park	Labor	Ron Davies	Michael Smith (Lib)
Warren	Labor	David Evans	Bill King (Lib)	Noel Duggen (Ind)
Wellington	Liberal	Robert Greeve	June Craig (Lib)
Welshpool	Labor	Colin Jamieson	Brian Rose (Lib)
Whitford	Liberal	Marilyn Anthony	Mick Nanovich (Lib)
Yilgarn-Dundas	Labor	Julian Grill	Douglas Daws (Lib)	Jillian van der Woude (Prog)

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.

Province	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Central	NCP		Evelyn Carter (Lib) Norm Baxter* (NCP)	Adam Nicol (Ind)
East Metropolitan	Labor	Fred McKenzie	Paul Nichols (Lib)
Lower Central	NCP	James Laffer	Anthony Sands (Lib) Winifred Piesse* (NCP)
Lower North	Labor	Stan Dellar	Norman Moore (Lib)
Lower West	Liberal	Patrick Weir	Neil McNeill (Lib)
Metropolitan	Liberal	Simon French	John Williams (Lib)	Syd Negus (Ind) Jeannette Forsyth (Ind)
North	Liberal	Eric Williams	Bill Withers (Lib)
North Metropolitan	Liberal	Graham Burkett	Bob Pike (Lib)
North-East Metropolitan	Labor	Lyla Elliott	Brian Breese (Lib)
South	Liberal		David Wordsworth* (Lib) Eric James (NCP)	Robert Burns (Ind)
South Metropolitan	Labor	Des Dans	Peter Shack (Lib)
South-East	Labor	Ron Leeson	Eric Bingley (Lib)
South-East Metropolitan	Liberal	Nicholas Clarke	Clive Griffiths (Lib)
South West	Liberal	Geoffrey Baker	Vic Ferry (Lib)	Stewart Melville (Ind)
Upper West	NCP	Alan Fewster	Michael Flanagan (Lib) Tom McNeil* (NCP)
West	Liberal	Graham Hawkes	Neil Oliver (Lib)

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1974–1977
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1977–1980
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1974–1977
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1977–1980
• 1977 Western Australian state election

References

• Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.