Election figures

1954 (29 May)

Enrolment 49,954 Total votes 48,568 (97.23%) Informal votes 722 (1.49%)

Valid votes 47,846

*Kim Edward Beazley

Labor

26,079

54.51%

Norman Douglas McPherson

Liberal

21,002

43.89%

Patrick Laurence Troy

Communist

765 1.50%

* Sitting member

Absolute majority for Beazley 4,312

Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision

 

Beazley

McPherson

Troy

Total valid votes

Claremont

39.46%

59.68%

0.86%

10,970

East Fremantle

55.72%

42.96%

1.32%

13,683

Fremantle

65.64%

30.40%

3.96%

2,576

North Fremantle

65.16%

32.67%

2.17%

3,502

South Fremantle

72.02%

25.48%

2.50%

7,809

Wembley Park

45.36%

54.01%

0.63%

4,910

Postal votes

44.30%

53.52%

2.18%

1,622

Absent votes

57.02%

41.09%

1.89%

2,757

Section votes

56.67%

43.33%

0.00%

90

Total

54.51%

43.89%

1.60%

47,846

 

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