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.
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.
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.
^Antony Green (June 2001). "Western Australian State Election 1996" (PDF). Western Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
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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 1996 Western Australian state election 1993 14 December 1996 1996 12 14 2001 All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assemblyand all 34 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority First party Second party 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 3 5 Popular vote 440 335 345 159 Percentage 45 69 35 82 Swing 3 79 1 26 TPP 55 16 44 84 TPP swing 0 28 0 28Premier before election Richard Court Liberal National coalition Elected Premier Richard Court Liberal National coalition 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 ReferencesResults editLegislative Assembly edit See also Results of the Western Australian state election 1996 Legislative Assembly Western Australian state election 14 December 1996 1 Legislative Assembly lt lt 1993 2001 gt gt 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 edit See also Results of the Western Australian state election 1996 Legislative Council Western Australian state election 14 December 1996Legislative 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 editSeat 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 David Smith 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 Judyth Watson 2 6 4 1 1 5 Monica Holmes Liberal Post election pendulum editLiberal 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 Liz Constable IND 33 2 v ALPSee also editCandidates 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 AustraliaReferences edit Antony Green June 2001 Western Australian State Election 1996 PDF Western Australian Parliamentary Library Retrieved 24 April 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 Western Australian state election amp oldid 1220863352, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
