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2001 Western Australian state election

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FieldValue
election_name2001 Western Australian state election
countryWestern Australia
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1996 Western Australian state election
previous_year1996
next_election2005 Western Australian state election
next_year2005
seats_for_electionAll 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
election_date
image1[[File:Geoffrey Gallop Midland (cropped) b.jpg140x140px]]
leader1Geoff Gallop
leader_since1
party1Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
leaders_seat1Victoria Park
percentage1**37.24%**
swing11.42
popular_vote1**382,308**
last_election119 seats
seats1**32**
seat_change113
image2[[File:Richard Court - Ambassador to Japan b.jpg140x140px]]
leader2Richard Court
leader_since2
party2Liberal/National coalition
leaders_seat2Nedlands
percentage234.42%
swing211.14
popular_vote2353,377
last_election235 seats
seats221
seat_change214
image3
leader3Janet Woollard
leader_since33 July 1999
party3Liberals for Forests
leaders_seat3Alfred Cove
*(won seat)*
popular_vote316,790
percentage31.64%
swing3*New*
last_election3
seats31
seat_change3*New*
1blankTPP
2blankTPP swing
1data1**52.92%**
1data247.08%
2data18.09
2data28.09
titlePremier
before_electionRichard Court
before_partyLiberal/National coalition
after_electionGeoff Gallop
after_partyAustralian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)

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

(won seat)

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, in a landslide.

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.

This was the first election in Western Australian history where the Australian Greens Party overtook the National Party in its share of the state vote.

Results

Legislative Assembly

| turnout % = 90.56% | informal % = 4.54% |votes % = 37.24% |votes % = 31.16% |votes % = 9.58% |votes % = 7.27% |votes % = 3.26% |votes % = 2.64% |votes % = 1.64% |votes % = 0.96% |votes % = 0.40% |votes % = 0.29% |votes % = 5.41% |votes % = 0.15% |2pp % 1 = 52.92% |2pp % 2 = 47.08% |}

Notes: : 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.

Legislative Council

| turnout % = 90.70% | informal % = 2.64% |votes % = 37.94% |votes % = 33.96% |votes % = 2.40% |votes % = 9.88% |votes % = 8.00% |votes % = 3.72% |votes % = 1.54% |votes % = 0.86% |votes % = 0.09% |votes % = 0.02% |votes % = 1.61% |}

Notes: : 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

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

Post-election pendulum

References

References

  1. Antony Green. (June 2001). "Western Australian State Election 2001". Western Australian Parliamentary Library.
  2. (23 January 2024). "Western Australian State Election 2001". Parliament of Western Australia.
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