1996 Western Australian state election
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.
Results
Legislative Assembly
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- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>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
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Western Australian state election, 14 December 1996 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Template:Australian party style | | Liberal (metropolitan) | 313,953 | 32.06% | –2.59% | 7 | – 1 |
| Template:Australian party style | | Liberal/National<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[1] | 140,933 | 14.39% | –0.24% | ||
| Template:Australian party style | | Liberal (country) | 7 | ± 0 | |||
| Template:Australian party style | | National | 3 | ± 0 | |||
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | 323,886 | 33.08% | –3.74% | 12 | – 2 |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | 64,461 | 6.58% | +3.57% | 2 | + 2 |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | 54,336 | 5.55% | +0.39% | 3 | + 2 |
| Template:Australian party style | | Marijuana | 24,373 | 2.49% | +2.49% | 0 | ± 0 |
| Template:Australian party style | | Call to Australia | 6,675 | 0.68% | +0.41% | 0 | ± 0 |
| Template:Australian party style | | Australia First Party | 5,856 | 0.60% | +0.60% | 0 | ± 0 |
| Template:Australian party style | | Natural Law Party | 5,514 | 0.56% | +0.56% | 0 | ± 0 |
| Template:Australian party style | | Racism No! | 1,939 | 0.20% | +0.20% | 0 | ± 0 |
| Template:Australian party style | | Independent | 37,236 | 3.80% | –0.38% | 0 | – 1 |
| Total | 979,162 | 34 | ||||
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>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 | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Ernie Bridge | 15.4 | N/A | 11.5 | Ernie Bridge | Independent | Template:Australian party style| |
| Mitchell | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | David Smith | 0.5 | +3.7 | 3.2 | Dan Sullivan | Liberal | Template:Australian party style| |
| Ningaloo | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Kevin Leahy | 1.2 | +1.9 | 0.7 | Rod Sweetman | Liberal | Template:Australian party style| |
| South Perth | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Phillip Pendal | 13.2 | N/A | 14.2 | Phillip Pendal | Independent | Template:Australian party style| |
| Southern River | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Judyth Watson | 2.6 | +4.1 | 1.5 | Monica Holmes | Liberal | Template:Australian party style| |
Post-election pendulum
| 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 | Liz 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
- McGinty v Western Australia
References
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