Western Australian state election, 2005

Elections were held in the state

States and territories of Australia

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of Western Australia
Western Australia
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on 26 February 2005 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly

Western Australian Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth....

and all 34 members to the Legislative Council

Western Australian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the Legislative Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state...

. The Labor

Australian Labor Party

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government, led by Premier

Premier of Western Australia

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Geoff Gallop

Geoffrey Ian Gallop, AC is an Australian academic and former politician. He was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006. He currently resides in Sydney.-Early life and education:...

, won a second term in office against the Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

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, led by Opposition Leader

Leader of the Opposition (Western Australia)

The Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia is the leader of the largest minority political party or coalition of parties in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia. By convention, he or she is generally a member of the Legislative Assembly...

Colin Barnett

Colin James Barnett , Australian politician, is the leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party, the 29th and current Premier of Western Australia since the 2008 election and served as the Treasurer of Western Australia in 2010. He was sworn into office by Governor Ken Michael on 23 September 2008...

Legislative Assembly

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Notes:

The Independent member for Pilbara, Larry Graham

Larry Graham

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, and the Independent member for South Perth

Electoral district of South Perth

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, Phillip Pendal

Phillip Pendal

Phillip George Pendal was a Liberal and later Independent Western Australian politician, pro-life advocate, and historian.-Early life:...

, both retired at the 2005 election. The seats returned to the Labor and Liberal parties respectively.

Legislative Council

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By the time of the 2005 election, the One Nation Party actually held no seats, as the three members elected in 2001 election

Western Australian state election, 2001

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...

had resigned to sit as independents, later joining the New Country Party

New Country Party

The New Country Party is a minor political party in Australia. It emerged out of the internal divisions of the One Nation Party in Queensland and Western Australia in 2003 and was registered by the Australian Electoral Commission on 9 January 2004...

. None managed to retain their seats.

Seats changing hands

Seat	Pre-2005				Swing	Post-2005
Seat	Party		Member	Margin	Swing	Margin	Member	Party
Bunbury Electoral district of Bunbury The Electoral district of Bunbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district, taking in the city of Bunbury has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election...		Labor	Tony Dean Tony Dean Tony Dean was an American outdoors broadcaster, columnist and conservationist. Dean's real name was Anthony DeChandt....	0.2	0.8	0.6	John Castrilli John Castrilli Giovanni "John" Mario Castrilli was born 22 November 1950 in Roccamandolfi in Italy. He has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Bunbury after winning the seat in the 2005 election....	Liberal
Central Kimberley-Pilbara Electoral district of Central Kimberley-Pilbara The Electoral district of Pilbara is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Pilbara is named for the region of Western Australia in which it is located...		Independent	Larry Graham Larry Graham Larry Graham, Jr. is an African American bass guitar player, both with the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station...	16.2	N/A	13.8*	Tom Stephens Tom Stephens Thomas Gregory Stephens is a West Australian parliamentarian. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Parliament of Western Australia since 1982, serving in the Legislative Council from 1982 to 2004, and in the Legislative Assembly since 2005...	Labor
Greenough Electoral district of Greenough Greenough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 2008.Greenough was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was based in the northern part of Western Australia's Wheatbelt region...		Liberal	Jamie Edwards	0.9	12.6	11.7	Grant Woodhams Grant Woodhams Grant Allen Woodhams in Sydney, New South Wales is an Australian politician. He has been a National Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since February 2005....	National
Kingsley Electoral district of Kingsley -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:...		Liberal	Cheryl Edwardes	2.5	3.6	1.1	Judy Hughes Judy Hughes Judith Hughes née Verhagen is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2008, representing the electorate of Kingsley....	Labor
Murray		Labor	notional	0.7	1.2	0.5	Murray Cowper Murray Cowper Murray John Cowper is an Australian politician, having served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 2005 as the Liberal member for Murray-Wellington....	Liberal
South Perth Electoral district of South Perth South Perth is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is located in the suburbs immediately south of the Perth CBD....		Independent	Phillip Pendal Phillip Pendal Phillip George Pendal was a Liberal and later Independent Western Australian politician, pro-life advocate, and historian.-Early life:...	14.1	N/A	6.0*	John McGrath John McGrath (Western Australian politician) John Edwin McGrath is a Western Australian politician and has been the Liberal member for the electorate of South Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2005 election....	Liberal
Roe Electoral district of Roe Roe was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1983 and again from 1989 to 2008.The district was based in the rural south of Western Australia...		National	Ross Ainsworth	21.7	25.0	3.3	Graham Jacobs Graham Jacobs Graham Gibson Jacobs has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 2008.First elected to the seat of Roe at the 2005 election, he has been the member for Eyre since the 2008 election following the abolition of his former seat.Jacobs was born in Benalla, Victoria...	Liberal

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

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Seats changing hands

See also