Western Australian state election, 2001

Western Australian state election, 2001

10 February 2001

All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council.   First party Second party   Leader Geoff Gallop Richard Court Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Leader since 8 October 1996 12 May 1992 Leader's seat Victoria Park Nedlands Last election 19 seats 35 seats Seats won 32 seats 21 seats Seat change 13 14 Popular vote 538,759 479,209 Percentage 52.92% 47.08% Swing 8.09 8.09

Premier before election Richard Court Liberal/National coalition Elected Premier Geoff Gallop Labor

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 10 February 2001 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The two-term Liberal–National coalition government, led by Premier Richard Court, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Dr Geoff Gallop.

The election produced the biggest change of seats at any election since 1911, with Labor winning 14 seats from the Coalition as well as an Independent-held seat, while losing the seat of Kalgoorlie for the first time since 1923 to Liberal candidate Matt Birney. Meanwhile, a minister in the outgoing Government, Doug Shave, lost his seat of Alfred Cove to Independent candidate Dr Janet Woollard, who was also a member of the Liberals for Forests party.

Results

Legislative Assembly

Western Australian state election, 10 February 2001[1] Legislative Assembly << 1996 — 2005 >>
Enrolled voters		1,187,629
Votes cast		1,075,556		Turnout	90.56%	+0.57%
Informal votes		48,836		Informal	4.54%	+0.15%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	382,308	37.24%	+1.42%	32	+13
	Liberal	319,927	31.16%	–8.61%	16	–13
	One Nation	98,321	9.58%	+9.58%	0	± 0
	Greens WA	74,641	7.27%	+2.54%	0	± 0
	WA Nationals	33,450	3.26%	–2.53%	5	– 1
	Democrats	27,102	2.64%	–2.44%	0	± 0
	Christian Democrats	9,893	0.96%	+0.78%	0	± 0
	Other parties	5,142	0.50%	–0.38%	0	± 0
	Independent^[1]	75,936	7.40%	–0.30%	4	+ 1
Total		1,026,720			57
Two-party-preferred
	Labor	538,759	52.92%	+8.09%
	Liberal/National	479,209	47.08%	–8.09%

Notes:

¹ At the 1996 election, Labor Party member Larry Graham won the Pilbara seat. He resigned from the party during the term of parliament, and won his seat as an independent in 2001. The retirement of Labor independent Ernie Bridge, whose seat of Kimberley was subsequently won at the election by Labor candidate Carol Martin, and Woollard's defeat of Shave in Alfred Cove kept the numbers of Independents at four.

Legislative Council

Western Australian state election, 10 February 2001 Legislative Council
Enrolled voters		1,187,629
Votes cast		1,077,186		Turnout	90.70%	+0.56%
Informal votes		28,434		Informal	2.64%	–0.37%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	397,846	37.94%	+6.88%	13	+ 1
	Liberal	356,126	33.96%	N/A^[1]	12	– 2
	WA Nationals	25,204	2.40%	N/A^[1]	1	– 2
	One Nation	103,571	9.88%	+9.88%	3	+ 3
	Greens WA	83,883	8.00%	+2.45%	5	+ 2
	Democrats	38,968	3.72%	–2.86%	0	– 2
	Christian Democrats	16,105	1.54%	+0.86%	0	± 0
	Other parties	1,436	0.14%	–3.71%	0	± 0
	Independent	25,613	2.44%	–1.36%	0	± 0
Total		1,048,752			34

Notes:

¹ At the 1996 election, the Liberals and Nationals ran a combined ticket in two regions, ran separately in a third, and the Liberals ran alone in the remaining three. The two parties received a combined vote of 46.45%. As such, the swing against the Coalition in the Legislative Council was 10.09%.

Post-election pendulum

LABOR SEATS (32)
Marginal
Collie	Mick Murray	ALP	0.1%
Joondalup	Tony O'Gorman	ALP	0.8%
Bunbury	Tony Dean	ALP	1.5%
Swan Hills	Jaye Radisich	ALP	2.0%
Riverton	Tony McRae	ALP	3.0%
Southern River	Paul Andrews	ALP	3.4%
Yokine	Bob Kucera	ALP	3.4%
Albany	Peter Watson	ALP	3.7%
Geraldton	Shane Hill	ALP	4.3%
Innaloo	John Quigley	ALP	4.5%
Mandurah	David Templeman	ALP	4.9%
Roleystone	Martin Whitely	ALP	4.9%
Ballajura	John D'Orazio	ALP	5.0%
Wanneroo	Dianne Guise	ALP	5.9%
Fairly safe
Armadale	Alannah MacTiernan	ALP	7.1% v IND
Eyre	John Bowler	ALP	7.9%
Safe
Thornlie	Sheila McHale	ALP	10.4%
Kimberley	Carol Martin	ALP	10.5%
Perth	John Hyde	ALP	11.3%
Midland	Michelle Roberts	ALP	13.5%
Victoria Park	Geoff Gallop	ALP	13.8%
Maylands	Judy Edwards	ALP	14.5%
Belmont	Eric Ripper	ALP	14.7%
Burrup	Fred Riebeling	ALP	15.0%
Rockingham	Mark McGowan	ALP	15.6%
Willagee	Alan Carpenter	ALP	15.7%
Peel	Norm Marlborough	ALP	16.5%
Fremantle	Jim McGinty	ALP	17.2%
Nollamara	John Kobelke	ALP	17.3%
Cockburn	Fran Logan	ALP	18.3%
Girrawheen	Margaret Quirk	ALP	18.4%
Bassendean	Clive Brown	ALP	19.1%

LIBERAL/NATIONAL SEATS (21)
Marginal
Darling Range	John Day	LIB	0.3%
Hillarys	Rob Johnson	LIB	1.0%
Kalgoorlie	Matt Birney	LIB	1.1%
Ningaloo	Rod Sweetman	LIB	2.4%
Kingsley	Cheryl Edwardes	LIB	2.9%
Dawesville	Arthur Marshall	LIB	2.9%
Murray-Wellington	John Bradshaw	LIB	3.0%
Avon	Max Trenorden	NAT	4.8%
Nedlands	Richard Court	LIB	4.9% v IND
Vasse	Bernie Masters	LIB	5.5%
Wagin	Terry Waldron	NAT	5.9% v LIB
Fairly safe
Murdoch	Mike Board	LIB	6.6%
Mitchell	Dan Sullivan	LIB	8.2%
Greenough	Jamie Edwards	LIB	9.4%
Safe
Carine	Katie Hodson-Thomas	LIB	10.0%
Cottesloe	Colin Barnett	LIB	11.3%
Stirling	Monty House	NAT	12.4%
Warren-Blackwood	Paul Omodei	LIB	14.4%
Moore	Bill McNee	LIB	15.1%
Roe	Ross Ainsworth	NAT	21.7%
Merredin	Hendy Cowan	NAT	22.9%
CROSSBENCH SEATS (4)
Alfred Cove	Janet Woollard	IND	7.4% v LIB
South Perth	Phillip Pendal	IND	12.8% v LIB
Churchlands	Elizabeth Constable	IND	19.2% v LIB
Pilbara	Larry Graham	IND	19.2% v ALP

See also

• Candidates of the Western Australian state election, 2001
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1996–2001
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 2001–2005

References

1. Antony Green (June 2001). "Western Australian State Election 2001" (PDF). Western Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 24 April 2013.