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 Western Australian [Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]. The two-term Liberal and [Country League (Western Australia)|Liberal]-National Party of [Australia (WA)|Country Party] coalition government, led by Premier Sir Ross McLarty, was defeated by the Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor Party], led by Leader of [the Opposition (Western Australia)|Opposition Leader] Albert Hawke.
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 [Western Australian colonial election|1890] and 1894—had a greater percentage or number of uncontested seats.