[Western Australia]: 2005 Western Australian State Election

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12 March 2005​

All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly All 34 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council 29 Assembly seats needed for a majority​

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Leader:	Colin Barnett	Geoff Gallop
Party:	Coalition: Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division) National Party of Australia (WA)	Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
Policies:	Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division): Liberal Conservatism Conservative Liberalism Classical Liberalism National Party of Australia (WA): Conservatism Agrarianism	Social Democracy Democratic Socialism
Leader since:	26 March 2001	15 October 1996
Leader's seat:	Cottesloe	Victoria Park
Last election (seats):	10	42
Last election (TPP percentage):	40.0%	60.0%
Seats won:
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Popular vote:
TPP Percentage:
TPP Swing:

Pre-Election Pendulum (Legislative Assembly, Labor)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Murdoch	Gavin Waugh	Australian Labor Party	0.5%
Vasse	Ross Bromell	Australian Labor Party	1.6%
Avon	Phil Shearer	Australian Labor Party	2.3%
Murray-Wellington	Patricia Briggs	Australian Labor Party	4.1%
Dawesville	John Hughes	Australian Labor Party	4.2%
Kingsley	Jon Davies	Australian Labor Party	4.2%
Ningaloo	Samantha Ogden	Australian Labor Party	4.7%
Kalgoorlie	Megan Anwyl	Australian Labor Party	6.0%
Hillarys	Lorraine Allen	Australian Labor Party	6.1%
Darling Range	Geoff Stallard	Australian Labor Party	6.8%
Collie	Mick Murray	Australian Labor Party	7.2%
Joondalup	Tony O'Gorman	Australian Labor Party	7.9%
Bunbury	Tony Dean	Australian Labor Party	8.6%
Swan Hills	Jaye Radisich	Australian Labor Party	9.1%
Riverton	Tony McRae	Australian Labor Party	10.1%
Southern River	Paul Andrews	Australian Labor Party	10.5%
Yokine	Bob Kucera	Australian Labor Party	10.5%
Albany	Peter Watson	Australian Labor Party	10.8%
Geraldton	Shane Hill	Australian Labor Party	11.4%
Innaloo	John Quigley	Australian Labor Party	11.6%
Mandurah	David Templeman	Australian Labor Party	12.0%
Roleystone	Martin Whitely	Australian Labor Party	12.0%
Ballajura	John D'Orazio	Australian Labor Party	12.1%
Wanneroo	Dianne Guise	Australian Labor Party	13.0%
Armadale	Alannah MacTiernan	Australian Labor Party	14.2% vs. IND
Eyre	John Bowler	Australian Labor Party	15.0%
Thornlie	Sheila McHale	Australian Labor Party	17.5%
Kimberley	Carol Martin	Australian Labor Party	17.6%
Perth	John Hyde	Australian Labor Party	18.4%
Midland	Michelle Roberts	Australian Labor Party	20.6%
Victoria Park	Geoff Gallop	Australian Labor Party	20.9%
Maylands	Judy Edwards	Australian Labor Party	21.6%
Belmont	Eric Ripper	Australian Labor Party	21.8%
Burrup	Fred Riebeling	Australian Labor Party	22.1%
Rockingham	Mark McGowan	Australian Labor Party	22.7%
Willagee	Alan Carpenter	Australian Labor Party	22.8%
Peel	Norm Marlborough	Australian Labor Party	23.6%
Fremantle	Jim McGinty	Australian Labor Party	24.3%
Nollamara	John Kobelke	Australian Labor Party	24.4%
Cockburn	Fran Logan	Australian Labor Party	25.4%
Girrawheen	Margaret Quirk	Australian Labor Party	25.5%
Bassandean	Clive Brown	Australian Labor Party	26.2%

Pre-Election Pendulum (Legislative Assembly, Coalition)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Mitchell	Dan Sullivan	Liberal Party of Australia	1.1%
Wagin	Judith Adams	Liberal Party of Australia	1.2% vs. NAT
Greenough	Jamie Edwards	Liberal Party of Australia	2.3%
Carine	Katie Hodson-Thomas	Liberal Party of Australia	2.9%
Cottesloe	Colin Barnett	Liberal Party of Australia	4.2%
Stirling	Monty House	National Party of Australia	5.3%
Warren-Blackwood	Paul Omodei	Liberal Party of Australia	7.3%
Moore	Bill McNee	Liberal Party of Australia	8.0%
Roe	Ross Ainsworth	National Party of Australia	14.6%
Merredin	Hendy Cowan	National Party of Australia	15.8%

Pre-Election Pendulum (Legislative Assembly, Crossbench)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Nedlands	Liz Davenport	Liberals for Forests	2.2% vs. LIB
Pilbara	Larry Graham	Independent	12.1% vs. ALP
Alfred Cove	Janet Wollard	Liberals for Forests	14.5% vs. LIB
South Perth	Phillip Pendal	Independent	19.9% vs. LIB
Churchlands	Liz Constable	Independent	26.3% vs. LIB

Pre-Election Pendulum (Legislative Council)​

Seat:	North Metropolitan (7):	South West (7):	South Metropolitan (5):	East Metropolitan (5):	Mining and Pastoral (5):	Agricultural (5):	TOTAL:
Liberal Party of Australia	George Cash Ray Halligan Alan Cadby	Barry House Bill Stretch	Barbara Scott	Peter Foss	Norman Moore	Bruce Donaldson	9
National Party of Australia	-	-	-	-	-	Murray Criddle	1
Australian Labor Party	Ed Dermer Ken Travers Graham Giffard	John Cowdell Adele Farina Matt Benson-Lidholm	Sue Ellery Kate Doust Sylvia Mortas	Nick Griffiths Ljiljanna Ravlich Louise Pratt John Carruthers	Tom Stephens Jon Ford Kevin Leahy	Kim Chance	17
One Nation Party	-	Paddy Embry	-	-	John Fischer	Frank Hough	3
Australian Greens	Giz Watson	Chrissy Sharp	Jim Scott	-	-	Dee Margetts	4

 

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Latest Liberal polling has the coalition ahead in Kimberley, Bunbury, Joondalup and Albany, with Riverton close behind. The big surprise is Kimberley, which Liberal research is showing as a likely win for its candidate, Broome identity Sos Johnston, over Labor’s Carol Martin despite what would appear to be a comfortable 17.6 per cent margin. The Liberal polling is thought to mirror Labor research which puts three seats – Albany, Bunbury and Joondalup – in serious trouble, with Swan Hills, Riverton, Murray and Geraldton also in danger. Labor is also believed to be concerned about Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan’s electorate of Armadale, which she holds by 14.2 per cent but which voted strongly for Peter Costello in the 2002 federal election … As well as Armadale and Kimberley, North-West Coastal, Mandurah, Murchison-Eyre and Yokine would be vulnerable if the Labor primary vote did not improve. But while the Liberals are buoyed by latest polling, there is disappointment that the marginal seats of Swan Hills, Murray and Geraldton are not showing up as well as expected. In one of the outer range seats nominated, the vast new electorate of Murchison-Eyre, the Liberal campaign has been thrown into confusion following media reports last week that candidate Colin Brand had withdrawn to make way for former MLC Greg Smith. This was allowed to stand unchallenged until the weekend when Brand emerged to tell the Kalgoorlie Miner that he merely "withdrew from the campaign because I could not continue with my own resources". The report quoted Liberal Party state director Paul Everingham confirming Brand’s versions of events, and saying the local party division had "misunderstood the agreement" – including the ambitious member for Kalgoorlie, Matt Birney, who had publicly announced his support for Smith’s preselection in place of Brand.