2005 Western Australian state election

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.

2005 Western Australian state election

26 February 2005
All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and all 34 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council 29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Leader Geoff Gallop Colin Barnett Max Trenorden Party Labor Liberal National Leader since 8 October 1996 26 February 2001 17 October 2001 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
The map on the left shows the first party preference by electorate. The map on the right shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate.
Premier before election Geoff Gallop Labor Elected Premier Geoff Gallop Labor

Results

Legislative Assembly

Winning party by electorate.

Western Australian state election, 26 February 2005[1][2] Legislative Assembly << 2001–2008 >>
Enrolled voters		1,259,262
Votes cast		1,131,265		Turnout	89.84%	–0.72%
Informal votes		59,312		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
	Greens	81,113	7.57%	+0.30%	0	± 0
	National	39,548	3.69%	+0.43%	5	± 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^[1]	44,599	4.16%	–1.41%	2	– 2
Total		1,071,953			57
Two-party-preferred
	Labor	559,679	52.28%	–0.65%
	Liberal/National	510,937	47.72%	+0.65%

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
	National	23,985	2.19%	–0.21%	1	± 0
	Greens	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^[1]
	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

Post-election pendulum

LABOR SEATS (32) Marginal Kingsley Judy Hughes ALP 0.8% Albany Peter Watson ALP 1.4% Riverton Tony McRae ALP 1.7% Geraldton Shane Hill ALP 2.1% Joondalup Tony O'Gorman ALP 3.3% Kimberley Carol Martin ALP 3.3% North West Coastal Fred Riebeling ALP 3.7% Swan Hills Jaye Radisich ALP 3.8% Mindarie John Quigley ALP 4.0% Fairly safe Wanneroo Dianne Guise ALP 6.7% Murchison-Eyre John Bowler ALP 8.1% Yokine Bob Kucera ALP 8.2% Midland Michelle Roberts ALP 8.5% Collie-Wellington Mick Murray ALP 9.3% Balcatta John Kobelke ALP 9.9% Safe Belmont Eric Ripper ALP 10.8% Southern River Paul Andrews ALP 11.8% Perth John Hyde ALP 12.0% Mandurah David Templeman ALP 12.3% Rockingham Mark McGowan ALP 12.3% Armadale Alannah MacTiernan ALP 13.0% Ballajura John D'Orazio ALP 13.5% Central Kimberley-Pilbara Tom Stephens ALP 13.6% Kenwick Sheila McHale ALP 13.6% Bassendean Martin Whitely ALP 13.7% Fremantle Jim McGinty ALP 14.4% Victoria Park Geoff Gallop ALP 16.0% Cockburn Fran Logan ALP 16.4% Willagee Alan Carpenter ALP 16.4% Maylands Judy Edwards ALP 16.5% Girrawheen Margaret Quirk ALP 23.4% LIBERAL/NATIONAL SEATS (23) Marginal Bunbury John Castrilli LIB 0.4% Murray Murray Cowper LIB 0.8% Vasse Troy Buswell LIB 0.9% v IND Serpentine-Jarrahdale Tony Simpson LIB 1.2% Greenough Grant Woodhams NAT 1.3% v LIB Darling Range John Day LIB 3.1% Dawesville Kim Hames LIB 4.1% Hillarys Rob Johnson LIB 4.2% Carine Katie Hodson-Thomas LIB 4.7% Roe Graham Jacobs LIB 5.6% v NAT South Perth John McGrath LIB 5.8% Murdoch Trevor Sprigg LIB 5.9% Fairly safe Stirling Terry Redman NAT 7.0% v LIB Leschenault Dan Sullivan LIB 7.7% Nedlands Sue Walker LIB 8.4% Capel Steve Thomas LIB 9.2% Kalgoorlie Matt Birney LIB 9.6% Safe Cottesloe Colin Barnett LIB 11.7% Warren-Blackwood Paul Omodei LIB 15.0% Merredin Brendon Grylls NAT 15.5% v LIB Moore Gary Snook LIB 17.3% Avon Max Trenorden NAT 22.1% Wagin Terry Waldron NAT 28.4% CROSSBENCH SEATS (2) Alfred Cove Janet Woollard IND 4.6% v LIB Churchlands Elizabeth Constable IND 20.7% v LIB

See also

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

References

1. "Parliament of Western Australia, Assembly election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
2. Antony Green (February 2006). "Western Australian State Election 2005" (PDF). Western Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 24 April 2013.