Candidates of the 1996 Western Australian state election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1996 Western Australian state election, held on 14 December 1996.

Retiring Members

Labor

Liberal

Barry Blaikie MLA (Vasse)
Jim Clarko MLA (Marmion)
Richard Lewis MLA (Applecross)
Wayde Smith MLA (Wanneroo)
Clive Griffiths MLC (South Metropolitan)
Phil Lockyer MLC (Mining and Pastoral)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates

Albany	Liberal	Matt Benson-Lidholm	Kevin Prince (Lib)			Rob Moir (CALM)
Alfred Cove	Liberal	Louise Pratt	Doug Shave (Lib)			Lyn Edwards (Ind) Penny Hearne (Ind)
Armadale	Labor	Alannah MacTiernan	Tony Andretta (Lib)	Raelene Watson		Spike Fokkema (Ind)
Avon	National	Paul Andrews	Max Trenorden (Nat)			Stephen Bluck (Ind)
Ballajura	Liberal	John D'Orazio	Rhonda Parker (Lib)	Jim Kerr	Heather Aquilina	Robert Farrell (Ind) Raymond Nelson (Ind) Dave Sayer (AMP)
Bassendean	Labor	Clive Brown	Shane Shenton (Lib)	Kathy Ready
Belmont	Labor	Eric Ripper	Andrew Murfin (Lib)	Val Preston	Teresa Castillo
Bunbury	Liberal	Barry Down	Ian Osborne (Lib)	Ronald Hellyer	Joan Jenkins	Mary Collins (Ind) Joanne Hill (Ind)
Burrup	Labor	Fred Riebeling	Paul Ausburn (Nat) Barry Haase (Lib)
Carine	Liberal	Ros Harley	Katie Hodson-Thomas (Lib)		Catherine Goh	John Bombak (Ind) Peter Kyle (Ind)
Churchlands	Independent	Geoffrey Baker				Liz Constable (Ind)
Cockburn	Labor	Bill Thomas	Wendy Blake (Lib)	Jakica Zaknic	Nadine Lapthorne
Collie	National	Mick Murray	Hilda Turnbull (Nat)
Cottesloe	Liberal	Paul Cecchini	Colin Barnett (Lib)	Kim Meyer	Steve Walker
Darling Range	Liberal	Geoff Stallard	John Day (Lib)	Gail Kelly	Stewart Jackson
Dawesville	Liberal	John Hughes	Arthur Marshall (Lib)	Andrew Harrison		Alan Gent (Ind) Shelby Pearson (Ind)
Eyre	Labor	Julian Grill	Kathy Finlayson (Nat) Don Green (Lib)
Fremantle	Labor	Jim McGinty	Michael Mallis (Lib)	Corey Watts	Elisabeth Jones
Geraldton	Liberal	Laurie Graham	Bob Bloffwitch (Lib)	Stephan Gyorgy		Tony Cogan (Ind)
Girrawheen	Labor	Ted Cunningham	Avis Gobby (Lib)	Margaret Evans
Greenough	Liberal	Carl Reynolds	Kevin Minson (Lib)
Hillarys	Liberal	Tony O'Gorman	Rob Johnson (Lib)	Sylvia Smith
Innaloo	Liberal	Anne Barrett	George Strickland (Lib)	Peter Markham	Merilyn Keillor	Paul Shann (AMP)
Joondalup	Liberal	Dianne Guise	Chris Baker (Lib)	Sarah Gilfillan	Steve Magyar	Peter Rowlands (APP) Leigh Smith (AMP)
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Megan Anwyl	Doug Daws (Nat) Karen McGay (Lib)			Darby Renton (Ind)
Kimberley	Labor		James O'Kenny (Nat) David Parker (Lib)			Ernie Bridge* (Ind) Brian Martin (Ind)
Kingsley	Liberal	Jon Davies	Cheryl Edwardes (Lib)	Bert Toonen
Mandurah	Liberal	Kevin Holmes	Roger Nicholls (Lib)	Marjorie McKercher	Patricia Keddie	John Smith (Ind)
Maylands	Labor	Judy Edwards	Bev Brennan (Lib)	Pat Lim	Colin Speed
Merredin	National	Mick Cole	Hendy Cowan (Nat)
Midland	Labor	Michelle Roberts	Anne Fergusson-Stewart (Lib)	Michael Preston
Mitchell	Labor	Melissa Parke	Peter Prowse (Nat) Dan Sullivan* (Lib)	Morgan Wilde	Peter Eckersley
Moore	Liberal	Steve Kirby	Bill McNee (Lib)
Murdoch	Liberal	Monica Fitz	Mike Board (Lib)		Graham Lapthorne
Murray-Wellington	Liberal	Laurie Preston	John Bradshaw (Lib)	Les Taylor		Morris Bessant (AFP) Brian McCarthy (CEC)
Nedlands	Liberal	Neil Roberts	Richard Court (Lib)	Michael Barrett	Mark Lockett	Michael Parks (Ind)
Ningaloo	Labor	Kevin Leahy	Margaret Day (Nat) Rod Sweetman* (Lib)	Douglas Bearham	John Blinkhorn
Nollamara	Labor	John Kobelke	Brad Waghorn (Lib)	Sean Roda
Peel	Labor	Norm Marlborough	James O'Malley (Lib)	David Coombs	Paul Lewis	Bill Hall (Ind)
Perth	Labor	Diana Warnock	Janet Davidson (Lib)		Elena Jeffreys	Raymond Conder (Ind)
Pilbara	Labor	Larry Graham	Anne O'Donoghue (Nat) Domenick Palumbo (Lib)
Riverton	Liberal	Jane van den Herik	Graham Kierath (Lib)	Eric Speed		Abraham Lynx (Ind) Margot Ross (Ind)
Rockingham	Labor	Mark McGowan	Rob Brown (Lib)	Barbara Edwards	Bob Goodale	Arthur Galletly (Ind) Mal McFetridge (-) Frans Schutte (-)
Roe	National	June Belton	Ross Ainsworth (Nat)			Lesley Parker (Ind) Lance Shearer (Ind)
Roleystone	Liberal	Tom Hoyer	Fred Tubby (Lib)	Tony Bloomer	Catherine Hall
South Perth	Liberal	Kim Bryant	Peter Spencer (Lib)		Andrew Thomson	Phillip Pendal (Ind)
Southern River	Labor	Judyth Watson	Monica Holmes (Lib)	Celia Dines		Tim Dowsett (Ind) Michelle Shave (CTA)
Stirling	National	Barry Christy	Monty House (Nat)	Gaida Neggo	Paul Llewellyn
Swan Hills	Liberal	Peter Murray	June van de Klashorst (Lib)	Bobbie Moxham	Kathryn Driver	David Gunnyon (ARP)
Thornlie	Labor	Sheila McHale	Brian Brand (Lib)	Charlton Bailey	Rebecca Byrne
Vasse	Liberal	Linda Mullins	Bernie Masters* (Lib) Beryle Morgan (Nat)	Alf Denman		Ron Palmer (Ind) Mike Sully (Ind)
Victoria Park	Labor	Geoff Gallop	Bruce Stevenson (Lib)	Anne Millar	Phil Farren	John Collins (Ind)
Wagin	National	Phil Hogan	Bob Wiese (Nat)			Jean Robinson (CEC)
Wanneroo	Liberal	Liz Prime	Iain MacLean (Lib)	Jeanette Grieves	Miguel Castillo
Warren-Blackwood	Liberal	Nicholas Oaks	Paul Omodei (Lib)	Sally Johnston		Tony Drake (CEC)
Willagee	Labor	Alan Carpenter	Tony Seman (Lib)	Ilse Trewin	Eddie Speed
Yokine	Liberal	Nick Catania	Kim Hames (Lib)	Margot Clifford	Kim Herbert	Lucy Honan (AMP) Sam Piantadosi (Ind)

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Agricultural

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The National Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	Natural Law candidates

Kim Chance* Dale Piercey Debbie Helm	Bruce Donaldson* (Lib) Eric Charlton* (Nat) Murray Nixon* (Lib) Murray Criddle* (Nat) Fran Weller (Lib) Dexter Davies (Nat) Anthony Fels (Lib) Barbara Morrell (Nat)	Lea Logie Geoff Taylor	Gary Nelson Anne Leishman

East Metropolitan

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Greens candidates	CTA candidates	Natural Law candidates	Ungrouped candidates

Nick Griffiths* Ljiljanna Ravlich* Kate Doust Jane Saunders Brad George Paul Sulc	Peter Foss* Derrick Tomlinson* Nick Bruining Kent Murphy Kristine McConnell	Norm Kelly* Julie Ward	Rowena Skinner Wayne Dierden	Gerard Goiran Derk Gans	Jody Nielsen Patti Roberts	Graeme Harris (Ind) Mark Schneider (AMP)

Mining and Pastoral

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	Natural Law candidates

Tom Stephens* Mark Nevill* Tom Helm* Peter McKerrow Jon Ford Omega Porteous	Norman Moore* Greg Smith* Ken Baston Les Moss John Fawcett	Dudley Maslen Maxine Cable Kevin Williams	Patti Turney Shaaron du Bignon	Lesley Maher Jennifer Andrews

North Metropolitan

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. Independent MLC Reg Davies was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Greens candidates	Natural Law candidates	Marijuana candidates

Ed Dermer* Ken Travers* Mark Cuomo Nick Agocs Pauline O'Connor June Galea	George Cash* Max Evans* Ross Lightfoot* Ray Halligan Cam Tinley Lesley Goudie Michael Sutherland	Helen Hodgson* Stephen Crabbe	Giz Watson* Robin Chapple	George Kailis Elenora Kailis	Gordon Huntley Michael Solonec
Independent candidates		Ungrouped candidates

Reg Davies Adam Davies	Chris Burke Joan Samuel	Fred Rieben (AFP)

South Metropolitan

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Greens WA were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	Democrats candidates	Natural Law candidates	Racism No! candidates

John Halden* Cheryl Davenport* Geoff Donegan Graham Giffard Dermot Buckley Andy Fitzgerald	Simon O'Brien* Barbara Scott* Peter Bacich Patricia Waghorn Anthony Jarvis	Jim Scott* Mary Jenkins	Don Millar Shirley de la Hunty	Cindy Hollings David Norman	Clarrie Isaacs Arun Pradhan
Independent candidates	Ungrouped candidates

Huw Grossmith Mark Grossmith	Russell Aubrey (Ind) Alison de Garis (AMP)

South West

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The National Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Greens candidates	Democrats candidates	Natural Law candidates	CTA candidates	Ungrouped candidates

Bob Thomas* John Cowdell* Lois Anderson Marilyn Elson Gary De Jager	Barry House* (Lib) Bill Stretch* (Lib) Muriel Patterson* (Lib) Murray Montgomery* (Nat) John Silcock (Lib) Robyn McSweeney (Lib) Rick Beatty (Nat) Pauline McLeod (Lib) Steve Thomas (Lib) Nigel Hallett (Lib)	Chrissy Sharp* Basil Schur Len Howard	Malcolm McKercher Helen van Noort	Ian Sandwell Elspeth Clairs	Justin Moseley Laurie Sugg	J J Amelia (AFP) Paul Roth (AMP)

References

Green, Antony. 1996 Western Australian election results. Australian Broadcasting Corporation