2001 Western Australian state election













Western Australian state election, 2001







← 1996
10 February 2001 (2001-02-10)
2005 →


All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
and all 36 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council
29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority






























































 
First party
Second party
 

Geoffrey Gallop Midland (cropped).jpg

Richard Court - Ambassador to Japan.jpg
Leader

Geoff Gallop

Richard Court
Party

Labor

Liberal/National coalition
Leader since
8 October 1996 (1996-10-08)
12 May 1992 (1992-05-12)
Leader's seat

Victoria Park

Nedlands
Last election
19 seats
35 seats
Seats won

32 seats
21 seats
Seat change

Increase13

Decrease14
Popular vote
538,759
479,209
Percentage
52.92%
47.08%
Swing

Increase8.09

Decrease8.09








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.




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, 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
74,641
7.27%
+2.54%
0
± 0
 

National
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
 

National
25,204
2.40%
N/A[1]
1
– 2
 

One Nation
103,571
9.88%
+9.88%
3
+ 3
 

Greens
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%.


Seats changing hands










































































































































































































































Seat

Pre-2001

Swing

Post-2001

Party

Member

Margin

Margin

Member

Party

Albany
 
Liberal

Kevin Prince
11.9
15.6
3.7

Peter Watson
Labor
 

Alfred Cove
 
Liberal

Doug Shave
2.4
9.8
7.4

Janet Woollard
Independent
 

Ballajura
 
Liberal

Rhonda Parker
0.1
5.1
5.0

John D'Orazio
Labor
 

Bunbury
 
Liberal

Ian Osborne
5.3
6.8
1.5

Tony Dean
Labor
 

Collie
 
National

Hilda Turnbull
9.3
9.4
0.1

Mick Murray
Labor
 

Geraldton
 
Liberal

Bob Bloffwitch
7.0
11.3
4.3

Shane Hill
Labor
 

Innaloo
 
Liberal

George Strickland
4.0
8.5
4.5

John Quigley
Labor
 

Joondalup
 
Liberal

Chris Baker
5.5
6.3
0.8

Tony O'Gorman
Labor
 

Kalgoorlie
 
Labor

Megan Anwyl
4.4
5.5
1.1

Matt Birney
Liberal
 

Kimberley
 
Independent

Ernie Bridge
11.5
22.0
10.5

Carol Martin
Labor
 

Mandurah
 
Liberal

Roger Nicholls
3.0
7.9
4.9

David Templeman
Labor
 

Pilbara
 
Labor

Larry Graham
15.7
34.9
19.2

Larry Graham
Independent
 

Riverton
 
Liberal

Graham Kierath
6.7
9.7
3.0

Tony McRae
Labor
 

Roleystone
 
Liberal

Fred Tubby
7.2
12.1
4.9

Martin Whitely
Labor
 

Southern River
 
Liberal

Monica Holmes
1.5
4.9
3.4

Paul Andrews
Labor
 

Swan Hills
 
Liberal

June van de Klashorst
9.7
11.7
2.0

Jaye Radisich
Labor
 

Wanneroo
 
Liberal

Iain MacLean
1.6
7.5
5.9

Dianne Guise
Labor
 

Yokine
 
Liberal

Kim Hames
3.2
6.6
3.4

Bob Kucera
Labor
 

  • Members in italics did not contest their seat at this election.


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 2001 Western Australian state election

  • 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..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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