Western Australian state election, 2005

Western Australian state election, 2005

2001 ← 26 February 2005 (2005-02-26) → 2008

All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and all 34 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council.   First party Second party Third party   Leader Geoff Gallop Colin Barnett Max Trenorden Party Labor Liberal National Leader since 8 October 1996 (1996-10-08) 26 February 2001 (2001-02-26) 17 October 2001 (2001-10-17) Leader's seat Victoria Park Cottesloe Avon Last election 32 seats 16 seats 5 seats Seats won 32 seats 18 seats 5 seats Seat change 0 2 0 Percentage 41.88% 35.64% 3.69% Swing 4.65 4.48 0.43

Premier before election Geoff Gallop Labor Elected Premier Geoff Gallop Labor

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

Legislative Assembly

Western Australian state election, 26 February 2005 Legislative Assembly << 2001 — 2008 >>
Enrolled Voters		1,259,262
Votes Cast		1,131,269		Turnout	89.84%	–0.72%
Informal Votes		59,316		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
	WA Nationals	39,548	3.69%	+0.43%	5	± 0
	Greens WA	81,113	7.57%	+0.30%	0	± 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	44,599	4.16%	–1.41%	2	– 2
Total		1,071,953			57
Two-Party Preferred
	Labor	559,677	52.27%	–0.44%
	Liberal	510,966	47.73%	+0.44%

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

Western Australian state election, 26 February 2005 Legislative Council
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
	WA Nationals	23,985	2.19%	–0.21%	1	± 0
	Greens WA	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
	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

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 in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
• *Figure is Labor vs. Liberal

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 2001–2005
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 2005–2008
• Candidates of the Western Australian state election, 2005