1953 Western Australian state election

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 14 February 1953 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The two-term Liberal-Country Party coalition government, led by Premier Sir Ross McLarty, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Albert Hawke.

1953 Western Australian state election
14 February 1953
All 50 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Albert Hawke Ross McLarty
Party Labor Liberal/Country coalition
Leader since 3 July 1951 14 December 1946
Leader's seat Northam Murray-Wellington
Last election 23 seats 24 seats
Seats won 26 seats 24 seats
Seat change 3 0
Percentage 49.76% 42.86%
Swing 7.92 6.53
Premier before election

Ross McLarty
Liberal/Country coalition

 Elected Premier

Albert Hawke
Labor

The election was notable in that 22 of the 50 seats were not contested at the election. Only two other elections—those held in 1890 and 1894—had a greater percentage or number of uncontested seats.

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