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1971 Western Australian state election

1971 Western Australian election

Field	Value
election_name	1971 Western Australian state election
country	Western Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1968 Western Australian state election
previous_year	1968
next_election	1974 Western Australian state election
next_year	1974
seats_for_election	All 51 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
and 15 (of the 30) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council
26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
election_date
image1	[[File:JohnTonkin1964crop.jpg	150x150px]]
leader1	John Tonkin
leader_since1	1 January 1967
party1	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
leaders_seat1	Melville
percentage1	48.91%
swing1	3.56
last_election1	23 seats
seats1	26 seats
seat_change1	3
image2	[[File:DavidBrand1963.jpg	150x150px]]
leader2	David Brand
leader_since2	1 March 1957
party2	Liberal/Country coalition
leaders_seat2	Greenough
percentage2	35.30%
swing2	13.95
last_election2	28 seats
seats2	25 seats
seat_change2	3
title	Premier
before_election	David Brand
before_party	Liberal/Country coalition
after_election	John Tonkin
after_party	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)

and 15 (of the 30) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council 26 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 20 February 1971 to elect all 51 members to the Legislative Assembly and 15 members to the 30-seat Legislative Council. The four-term Liberal-Country Party coalition government, led by Premier David Brand, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader John Tonkin.

This was the first election in which no seats were uncontested since the introduction of responsible government in 1890. This was partly due to the Democratic Labor Party deciding to contest every seat up for election in both Houses.

There was a large increase in the number of electors, because this was the first election after 18 year olds had been given the vote.

Results

Legislative Assembly

| turnout % = 91.31% | informal % = 3.85% |votes % = 48.91% |votes % = 29.66% |votes % = 5.64% |votes % = 10.71% |votes % = 0.74% |votes % = 0.48% |votes % = 0.57% |votes % = 3.28% |}

Legislative Council

| turnout % = 91.21% | informal % = 5.12% |votes % = 46.78% |votes % = 27.36% |votes % = 5.39% |votes % = 14.61% |votes % = 1.24% |votes % = 4.62% |}

Post-election pendulum

References

(22 February 1971). "Swing to Labor threatens WA Govt". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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