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2001 Western Australian state election

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All 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
First party Second party Third party   LFF Leader Geoff Gallop Richard Court Janet Woollard Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Liberals for Forests Leader since 8 October 1996 (1996-10-08) 12 May 1992 (1992-05-12) 3 July 1999 Leader's seat Victoria Park Nedlands Alfred Cove (won seat) Last election 19 seats 35 seats — Seats won 32 21 1 Seat change 13 14 New Popular vote 382,308 353,377 16,790 Percentage 37.24% 34.42% 1.64% Swing 1.42 11.14 New TPP 52.92% 47.08% TPP swing 8.09 8.09
Premier before election Richard Court Liberal/National coalition Elected Premier Geoff Gallop Labor

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

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

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

See also

• Candidates of the 2001 Western Australian state election
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1996–2001
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 2001–2005

References

1. Antony Green (June 2001). "Western Australian State Election 2001" (PDF). Western Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
2. "Western Australian State Election 2001" (PDF). Parliament of Western Australia. 23 January 2024.

• Elections in Western Australia
• 2001 elections in Australia
• 2000s in Western Australia
• February 2001 events in Australia