1996 Western Australian state election













Western Australian state election, 1996







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14 December 1996 (1996-12-14)
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All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
and all 34 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council
29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority






























































 
First party
Second party
 

Richard Court - Ambassador to Japan.jpg

Geoffrey Gallop Midland (cropped).jpg
Leader

Richard Court

Geoff Gallop
Party

Liberal/National coalition

Labor
Leader since
12 May 1992
15 October 1996
Leader's seat

Nedlands

Victoria Park
Last election
32 seats
24 seats
Seats won

35 seats
19 seats
Seat change

Increase3

Decrease5
Popular vote
530,603
431,245
Percentage
55.16%
44.84%
Swing

Decrease0.28

Increase0.28








Premier before election

Richard Court
Liberal/National coalition



Elected Premier

Richard Court
Liberal/National coalition




Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 14 December 1996 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Liberal–National coalition government, led by Premier Richard Court, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Dr Geoff Gallop since 15 October 1996.


The election resulted in the Liberals winning an outright majority for the first time in Western Australia's history. Although Court did not need the support of the Nationals, the coalition was retained. Meanwhile, Labor attracted its lowest share of the primary vote since 1901.




Contents






  • 1 Results


    • 1.1 Legislative Assembly


    • 1.2 Legislative Council




  • 2 Seats changing hands


  • 3 Post-election pendulum


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





Results



Legislative Assembly








































































































































Western Australian state election, 14 December 1996[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1993–2001 >>


Enrolled voters
1,119,992


Votes cast
1,007,835


Turnout
89.99%
–3.51%
Informal votes
44,229

Informal
4.39%
+0.26%
Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
 

Liberal
384,518
39.90%
–4.25%

29
+ 3
 

Labor
345,159
35.82%
–1.26%
19
– 5
 

National
55,817
5.79%
+0.46%

6
± 0
 

Democrats
48,985
5.08%
+2.76%
0
± 0
 

Greens
45,550
4.73%
+0.42%
0
± 0
 

Marijuana
3,245
0.34%
+0.34%
0
± 0
 
Other parties
6,929
0.72%
–4.35%
0
± 0
 

Independent[1]
74,179
7.70%
+1.21%
3
+ 2
Total
963,606
 
 
57
 

Two-party-preferred
 

Liberal/National
530,603
55.16%
–0.28%


 

Labor
431,245
44.84%
+0.28%



Notes:



1 At the 1993 election, Liberal Party member Phillip Pendal won the South Perth seat, whilst Labor Party member Ernie Bridge won Kimberley. Both members resigned from their parties during the term of parliament, and won their seats as independents in 1996.


Legislative Council


































































































































































Western Australian state election, 14 December 1996
Legislative Council


Enrolled voters
1,119,992


Votes cast
1,009,592


Turnout
90.14%
–3.53%
Informal votes
30,430

Informal
3.01%
–0.73%
Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
 

Liberal (metropolitan)
313,953
32.06%
–2.59%
7
– 1
 

Liberal/National[1]
140,933
14.39%
–0.24%
 
 
 
  Liberal (country)



7
± 0
 
  National



3
± 0
 

Labor
323,886
33.08%
–3.74%
12
– 2
 

Democrats
64,461
6.58%
+3.57%
2
+ 2
 

Greens
54,336
5.55%
+0.39%
3
+ 2
 

Marijuana
24,373
2.49%
+2.49%
0
± 0
 

Call to Australia
6,675
0.68%
+0.41%
0
± 0
 
Australia First Party
5,856
0.60%
+0.60%
0
± 0
 
Natural Law Party
5,514
0.56%
+0.56%
0
± 0
 
Racism No!
1,939
0.20%
+0.20%
0
± 0
 

Independent
37,236
3.80%
–0.38%
0
– 1
Total
979,162
 
 
34
 

1 In the Agricultural and South West regions, the Liberals and Nationals ran a joint ticket, and in Mining and Pastoral, they ran separately, with the Liberals attracting 18,635 of the 52,240 formal votes and the Nationals 5,087.



Seats changing hands














































































Seat

Pre-1996

Swing

Post-1996

Party

Member

Margin

Margin

Member

Party

Kimberley
 
Labor

Ernie Bridge
15.4
N/A
11.5

Ernie Bridge
Independent
 

Mitchell
 
Labor

Melissa Parke
0.5
+3.7
3.2

Dan Sullivan
Liberal
 

Ningaloo
 
Labor

Kevin Leahy
1.2
+1.9
0.7

Rod Sweetman
Liberal
 

South Perth
 
Liberal

Phillip Pendal
13.2
N/A
14.2

Phillip Pendal
Independent
 

Southern River
 
Labor

Kevin Leahy
2.6
+4.1
1.5

Monica Holmes
Liberal
 


Post-election pendulum


























































































































































































































LIBERAL/NATIONAL SEATS (35)

Marginal

Ballajura

Rhonda Parker
LIB
0.1%

Ningaloo

Rod Sweetman
LIB
0.7%

Southern River

Monica Holmes
LIB
1.5%

Wanneroo

Iain MacLean
LIB
1.6%

Carine

Katie Hodson-Thomas
LIB
2.2% v IND

Alfred Cove

Doug Shave
LIB
2.4% v IND

Mandurah

Roger Nicholls
LIB
3.0%

Yokine

Kim Hames
LIB
3.2%

Mitchell

Dan Sullivan
LIB
3.2%

Innaloo

George Strickland
LIB
4.0%

Bunbury

Ian Osborne
LIB
5.3%

Joondalup

Chris Baker
LIB
5.5%

Fairly safe

Riverton

Graham Kierath
LIB
6.7%

Geraldton

Bob Bloffwitch
LIB
7.0%

Roleystone

Fred Tubby
LIB
7.2%

Vasse

Bernie Masters
LIB
9.2% v NAT

Collie

Hilda Turnbull
NAT
9.3%

Swan Hills

June van de Klashorst
LIB
9.7%

Hillarys

Rob Johnson
LIB
9.9%

Dawesville

Arthur Marshall
LIB
9.9%

Safe

Kingsley

Cheryl Edwardes
LIB
10.2%

Albany

Kevin Prince
LIB
11.9%

Roe

Ross Ainsworth
NAT
12.0% v IND

Murray-Wellington

John Bradshaw
LIB
12.0%

Darling Range

John Day
LIB
12.9%

Nedlands

Richard Court
LIB
14.9%

Murdoch

Mike Board
LIB
15.1%

Avon

Max Trenorden
NAT
16.8%

Warren-Blackwood

Paul Omodei
LIB
17.1%

Cottesloe

Colin Barnett
LIB
19.8%

Greenough

Kevin Minson
LIB
22.1%

Stirling

Monty House
NAT
24.1%

Moore

Bill McNee
LIB
27.9%

Wagin

Bob Wiese
NAT
28.7%

Merredin

Hendy Cowan
NAT
31.2%












































































































































LABOR SEATS (19)

Marginal

Thornlie

Sheila McHale
ALP
1.5%

Burrup

Fred Riebeling
ALP
1.7%

Armadale

Alannah MacTiernan
ALP
4.0%

Midland

Michelle Roberts
ALP
4.3%

Kalgoorlie

Megan Anwyl
ALP
4.4%

Fairly safe

Maylands

Judy Edwards
ALP
7.1%

Belmont

Eric Ripper
ALP
7.5%

Rockingham

Mark McGowan
ALP
7.5%

Victoria Park

Geoff Gallop
ALP
7.8%

Perth

Diana Warnock
ALP
7.9%

Willagee

Alan Carpenter
ALP
8.8%

Nollamara

John Kobelke
ALP
8.9%

Safe

Cockburn

Bill Thomas
ALP
10.6%

Eyre

Julian Grill
ALP
11.0%

Peel

Norm Marlborough
ALP
11.2% v IND

Fremantle

Jim McGinty
ALP
11.3%

Bassendean

Clive Brown
ALP
12.0%

Girrawheen

Ted Cunningham
ALP
12.6%

Pilbara

Larry Graham
ALP
15.7%

CROSSBENCH SEATS (3)

Kimberley

Ernie Bridge
IND
11.5% v LIB

South Perth

Phillip Pendal
IND
14.2% v LIB

Churchlands

Elizabeth Constable
IND
33.2% v ALP



See also



  • Candidates of the 1996 Western Australian state election

  • Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1993–1996

  • Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1996–2001



References





  1. ^ Antony Green (June 2001). "Western Australian State Election 1996" (PDF). Western Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 24 April 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}










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