2005 Western Australian state election
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All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and all 34 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council 29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The map on the left shows the first party preference by electorate. The map on the right shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 26 February 2005 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Geoff Gallop, won a second term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Colin Barnett.
Results
[edit]Legislative Assembly
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| Western Australian state election, 26 February 2005[1][2] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 1,259,262 | |||||
| Votes cast | 1,131,265 | Turnout | 89.84% | –0.72% | ||
| Informal votes | 59,312 | Informal | 5.24% | +0.70% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 448,956 | 41.88% | +4.65% | 32 | ± 0 | |
| Liberal | 382,014 | 35.64% | +4.48% | 18 | + 2 | |
| Greens | 81,113 | 7.57% | +0.30% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| National | 39,548 | 3.69% | +0.43% | 5 | ± 0 | |
| Christian Democrats | 31,445 | 2.93% | +1.97% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Family First | 21,701 | 2.02% | +2.02% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| One Nation | 17,580 | 1.64% | –7.94% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Other parties | 4,997 | 0.46% | –0.04% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independent[1] | 44,599 | 4.16% | –1.41% | 2 | – 2 | |
| Total | 1,071,953 | 57 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred | ||||||
| Labor | 559,679 | 52.28% | –0.65% | |||
| Liberal/National | 510,937 | 47.72% | +0.65% | |||
Notes:
- 1 The Independent member for Pilbara, Larry Graham, and the Independent member for South Perth, Phillip Pendal, both retired at the 2005 election. The seats returned to the Labor and Liberal parties respectively.
Legislative Council
[edit]| Western Australian state election, 26 February 2005 | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 1,259,262 | |||||
| Votes cast | 1,133,400 | Turnout | 90.00% | –0.70% | ||
| Informal votes | 36,056 | Informal | 3.18% | +0.54% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 475,717 | 43.35% | +5.41% | 16 | + 3 | |
| Liberal | 407,306 | 37.12% | +3.16% | 15 | + 3 | |
| National | 23,985 | 2.19% | –0.21% | 1 | ± 0 | |
| Greens | 82,507 | 7.52% | –0.48% | 2 | – 3 | |
| Christian Democrats | 25,011 | 2.28% | +0.74% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Family First | 22,037 | 2.01% | +2.01% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| One Nation | 17,435 | 1.59% | –8.29% | 0 | – 3[1] | |
| Democrats | 10,180 | 0.93% | –2.79% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Other parties | 19,314 | 1.76% | +1.62% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independent | 13,852 | 1.26% | –1.18% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Total | 1,097,344 | 34 | ||||
Notes:
- 1 By the time of the 2005 election, the One Nation Party actually held no seats, as the three members elected in 2001 election had resigned to sit as independents, later joining the New Country Party. None managed to retain their seats.
Seats changing hands
[edit]| Seat | Pre-2005 | Swing | Post-2005 | ||||||
| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
| Bunbury | Labor | Tony Dean | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | John Castrilli | Liberal | ||
| Central Kimberley-Pilbara | Independent | Larry Graham | 16.2 | N/A | 13.8* | Tom Stephens | Labor | ||
| Greenough | Liberal | Jamie Edwards | 0.9 | 12.6 | 11.7 | Grant Woodhams | National | ||
| Kingsley | Liberal | Cheryl Edwardes | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.1 | Judy Hughes | Labor | ||
| Murray | Labor | notional | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Murray Cowper | Liberal | ||
| South Perth | Independent | Phillip Pendal | 14.1 | N/A | 6.0* | John McGrath | Liberal | ||
| Roe | National | Ross Ainsworth | 21.7 | 25.0 | 3.3 | Graham Jacobs | Liberal | ||
- Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
- *Figure is Labor vs. Liberal
Post-election pendulum
[edit]See also
[edit]- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 2001–2005
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 2005–2008
- Candidates of the 2005 Western Australian state election
References
[edit]- ^ "Parliament of Western Australia, Assembly election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ Antony Green (February 2006). "Western Australian State Election 2005" (PDF). Western Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 24 April 2013.