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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/50px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/75px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/100px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2005_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2005 Western Australian state election">2005</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>6 September 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-09-06</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2013_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2013 Western Australian state election">2013</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 59 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">Western Australian Legislative Assembly</a><br />and all 36 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council" title="Western Australian Legislative Council">Western Australian Legislative Council</a><br /><small>30 Assembly seats were needed for a majority</small></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; 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class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #080CAB;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colin_Barnett_(formal)_crop_b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Colin_Barnett_%28formal%29_crop_b.jpg/108px-Colin_Barnett_%28formal%29_crop_b.jpg" decoding="async" width="108" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Colin_Barnett_%28formal%29_crop_b.jpg/163px-Colin_Barnett_%28formal%29_crop_b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Colin_Barnett_%28formal%29_crop_b.jpg/217px-Colin_Barnett_%28formal%29_crop_b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="431" data-file-height="596" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #008000;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brendon_Grylls.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Brendon_Grylls.jpg/104px-Brendon_Grylls.jpg" decoding="async" width="104" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Brendon_Grylls.jpg/156px-Brendon_Grylls.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Brendon_Grylls.jpg/209px-Brendon_Grylls.jpg 2x" data-file-width="503" data-file-height="723" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Carpenter" title="Alan Carpenter">Alan Carpenter</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Barnett" title="Colin Barnett">Colin Barnett</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Brendon_Grylls" title="Brendon Grylls">Brendon Grylls</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Western_Australian_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_(WA)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party of Australia (WA)">National</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="text-align:center"> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">25 January 2006<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2006-01-25</span>)</span> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 August 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-08-06</span>)</span> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">21 June 2005<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2005-06-21</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Willagee" title="Electoral district of Willagee">Willagee</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Cottesloe" title="Electoral district of Cottesloe">Cottesloe</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Central_Wheatbelt" title="Electoral district of Central Wheatbelt">Central Wheatbelt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">32 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>28</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">24 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting#Australia" title="Instant-runoff voting">First preference</a> vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">390,339 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>418,208</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">53,086 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">35.84% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>38.39%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4.87% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6.05 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.76 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.18 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Two-party_preferred_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-party preferred vote">TPP</a> </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>51.85%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">48.15% </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">TPP swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.13 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.13 </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Vote_Strength.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Vote_Strength.svg/400px-2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Vote_Strength.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Vote_Strength.svg/600px-2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Vote_Strength.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Vote_Strength.svg/800px-2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Vote_Strength.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1816" data-file-height="1006" /></a></span><div>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.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Western_Australia" title="Premier of Western Australia">Premier</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Alan_Carpenter" title="Alan Carpenter">Alan Carpenter</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)">Labor</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Resulting Premier</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Colin_Barnett" title="Colin Barnett">Colin Barnett</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Western_Australian_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)">Liberal</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2008 Western Australian state election</b> was held on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a> and 36 members to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council" title="Western Australian Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a>. The incumbent centre-left <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)">Labor Party</a> government, in power since the <a href="/wiki/2001_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2001 Western Australian state election">2001 election</a> and led since 25 January 2006 by <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Western_Australia" title="Premier of Western Australia">Premier</a> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Carpenter" title="Alan Carpenter">Alan Carpenter</a>, was defeated by the centre-right <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Western_Australian_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)">Liberal Party</a> opposition, led by <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Western_Australia)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Western Australia)">Opposition Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Colin_Barnett" title="Colin Barnett">Colin Barnett</a> since 6 August 2008. </p><p>The election resulted in a <a href="/wiki/Hung_parliament" title="Hung parliament">hung parliament</a> with no party gaining a majority. Labor was two seats short of a majority in the expanded legislature. Ultimately, the Liberals were able to form a <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition government</a> with the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_(WA)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party of Australia (WA)">WA Nationals</a>, supported by three independents. While both parties agreed to National demands that at least 25 percent of mining proceeds go to regional projects, the Nationals ultimately went with the Liberals. According to Nationals leader <a href="/wiki/Brendon_Grylls" title="Brendon Grylls">Brendon Grylls</a>, a Labor-National coalition would have required <a href="/wiki/Greens_Western_Australia" title="Greens Western Australia">Green</a> support to get mining legislation passed in the Legislative Council. The coalition agreement gave National Party ministers "the right to exempt [themselves] from Cabinet and vote against an issue on the floor of the Parliament if it's against the wishes of the people [they] represent",<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an explicit rejection of the pattern of former <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">non-Labor coalition</a> agreements under which the Nationals had been seen as virtual co-owners of Liberal policies. </p><p>The election was the first to be held since a major electoral redistribution was implemented in 2007. This redistribution involved significant changes to the geographic distribution of parliamentary seats and regions in Western Australia, and brought the state into line with the rest of Australia in adopting <a href="/wiki/One_vote_one_value" class="mw-redirect" title="One vote one value">one vote one value</a> for the lower house. </p><p>The election was called earlier than expected by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Carpenter" title="Alan Carpenter">Alan Carpenter</a>, who requested the Governor to dissolve parliament on 7 August 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative_Assembly">Legislative Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legislative Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_Western_Australian_state_election,_2008_(Legislative_Assembly)" class="mw-redirect" title="Results of the Western Australian state election, 2008 (Legislative Assembly)">Results of the Western Australian state election, 2008 (Legislative Assembly)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Simple_Results.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Simple_Results.svg/220px-2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Simple_Results.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Simple_Results.svg/330px-2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Simple_Results.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Simple_Results.svg/440px-2008_Western_Australian_election_-_Simple_Results.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="905" data-file-height="799" /></a><figcaption>Winning party by electorate.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="line-height: 1.25em; font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7" style="background-color:#C9D9E9;text-align:center;font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1em;"> <p>Western Australian state election, 6 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a> <br /> <small><a href="/wiki/2005_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2005 Western Australian state election"><< 2005</a>–<a href="/wiki/2013_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2013 Western Australian state election">2013 >></a></small> </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Enrolled voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,330,399 </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="191"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Votes cast </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,150,497 </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="60"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">86.48% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–3.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">61,200 </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Informal </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.32% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="background-color:#C9D9E9;text-align:center;font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 2em;">Summary of votes by party </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Party </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Primary votes </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">% </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Swing </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Seats </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Change </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:3px">  </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Liberal_Party" title="Western Australian Liberal Party">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">418,208 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">38.39 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.76 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>24</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+ 6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Labor_Party" title="Western Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">390,339 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.84 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–6.05 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">28 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">– 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greens_Western_Australia" title="Greens Western Australia">Greens</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">129,827 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.92 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.35 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#008000;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_National_Party" title="Western Australian National Party">National</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">53,086 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.87 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.18 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">– 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#800080;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Australia)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Australia)">Christian Democrats</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">28,079 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.58 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.36 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#00CCFF;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Family_First_Party" title="Family First Party">Family First</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">21,204 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.95 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.08 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#666600;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Citizens_Electoral_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizens Electoral Council">Citizens Electoral Council</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,161 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.11 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">47,353 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.35 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.19 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+ 1 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"> <td colspan="2">Total </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,089,257 </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td style="text-align:right;">59 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="background-color:#C9D9E9;text-align:center;font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 2em;"><b><a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred_vote" title="Two-party-preferred vote">Two-party-preferred</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Western_Australian_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)">Liberal</a>/<a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_(WA)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party of Australia (WA)">National</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">564,490 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">51.85% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.13% </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"> </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Labor_Party" title="Western Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">524,149 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">48.15% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–4.13% </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"> </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative_Council">Legislative Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legislative Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_Western_Australian_state_election,_2008_(Legislative_Council)" class="mw-redirect" title="Results of the Western Australian state election, 2008 (Legislative Council)">Results of the Western Australian state election, 2008 (Legislative Council)</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="line-height: 1.25em; font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7" style="background-color:#C9D9E9;text-align:center;font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1em;"> <p>Western Australian state election, 6 September 2008<br /><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council" title="Western Australian Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a> <br /> </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Enrolled voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,330,399 </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="191"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Votes cast </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,151,482 </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="60"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">86.55% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–3.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">32,643 </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Informal </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.83% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="background-color:#C9D9E9;text-align:center;font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 2em;">Summary of votes by party </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Party </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Primary votes </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">% </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Swing </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Seats </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Change </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Liberal_Party" title="Western Australian Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">443,064 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">39.60 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.48 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+ 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Labor_Party" title="Western Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">404,389 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">36.14 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–7.21 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">– 5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greens_Western_Australia" title="Greens Western Australia">Greens</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">123,942 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.08 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.56 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+ 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#008000;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_National_Party" title="Western Australian National Party">National</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">59,505 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.32 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+ 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#00CCFF;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Family_First_Party" title="Family First Party">Family First</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">28,149 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.52 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.51 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#800080;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Australia)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Australia)">Christian Democrats</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">25,962 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.32 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#f36c21;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson%27s_One_Nation" title="Pauline Hanson's One Nation">One Nation</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,012 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.63 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.96 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:;width:3px">  </td> <td>Daylight Saving Party </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,806 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.61 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.61 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#666600;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Citizens_Electoral_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizens Electoral Council">Citizens Electoral Council</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,975 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.27 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.21 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Country_Party" title="New Country Party">New Country Party</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">555 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.05 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">–0.26 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,480 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.47 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.11 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">± 0 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"> <td colspan="2">Total </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,118,839 </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td style="text-align:right;">36 </td> <td>  </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary_of_results">Summary of results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Summary of results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td width="50%" valign="top"> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:300px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:blue; width:38.39%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">38.39%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labor</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:red; width:35.84%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">35.84%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Greens</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:11.92%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">11.92%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">National</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:blue; width:4.87%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.87%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:purple; width:8.98%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">8.98%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top"> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:300px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">% of the seats won</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal/National</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:blue; width:47.46%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">47.46%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labor</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:red; width:47.46%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">47.46%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:purple; width:5.08%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.08%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seats_changing_hands">Seats changing hands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Seats changing hands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>Seat</b> </td> <td colspan="4" style="text-align:center"><b>Pre-2008</b> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>Swing</b> </td> <td colspan="4" style="text-align:center"><b>Post-2008</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>Party</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>Member</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>Margin</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>Margin</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>Member</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>Party</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Albany" title="Electoral district of Albany">Albany</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td><i>notional</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Watson_(politician)" title="Peter Watson (politician)">Peter Watson</a> </td> <td>Labor </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Bunbury" title="Electoral district of Bunbury">Bunbury</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i>notional</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Castrilli" title="John Castrilli">John Castrilli</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Darling_Range" title="Electoral district of Darling Range">Darling Range</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i>notional</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Simpson" title="Tony Simpson">Tony Simpson</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Jandakot" title="Electoral district of Jandakot">Jandakot</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i>notional – new seat</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Francis_(politician)" title="Joe Francis (politician)">Joe Francis</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Kalgoorlie" title="Electoral district of Kalgoorlie">Kalgoorlie</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Matt_Birney" title="Matt Birney">Matt Birney</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9.6* </td> <td style="text-align:right;">53.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.6** </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Bowler_(politician)" title="John Bowler (politician)">John Bowler</a> </td> <td>Independent </td> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Kingsley" title="Electoral district of Kingsley">Kingsley</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Judy_Hughes" title="Judy Hughes">Judy Hughes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Mitchell_(politician)" title="Andrea Mitchell (politician)">Andrea Mitchell</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Moore" title="Electoral district of Moore">Moore</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Snook" title="Gary Snook">Gary Snook</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grant_Woodhams" title="Grant Woodhams">Grant Woodhams</a> </td> <td>National </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Morley" title="Electoral district of Morley">Morley</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i>notional – new seat</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Britza" title="Ian Britza">Ian Britza</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Mount_Lawley" title="Electoral district of Mount Lawley">Mount Lawley</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i>notional – new seat</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sutherland" title="Michael Sutherland">Michael Sutherland</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Ocean_Reef" title="Electoral district of Ocean Reef">Ocean Reef</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i>notional – new seat</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Jacob" title="Albert Jacob">Albert Jacob</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Riverton" title="Electoral district of Riverton">Riverton</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_McRae_(politician)" title="Tony McRae (politician)">Tony McRae</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nahan" title="Mike Nahan">Mike Nahan</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Southern_River" title="Electoral district of Southern River">Southern River</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Andrews_(Australian_politician)" title="Paul Andrews (Australian politician)">Paul Andrews</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Abetz" title="Peter Abetz">Peter Abetz</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Swan_Hills" title="Electoral district of Swan Hills">Swan Hills</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jaye_Radisich" title="Jaye Radisich">Jaye Radisich</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Alban" title="Frank Alban">Frank Alban</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Wanneroo" title="Electoral district of Wanneroo">Wanneroo</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Guise" title="Dianne Guise">Dianne Guise</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Miles_(politician)" title="Paul Miles (politician)">Paul Miles</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li>Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.</li> <li>* <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Kalgoorlie" title="Electoral district of Kalgoorlie">Kalgoorlie's</a> first margin figure is Liberal vs. Labor</li> <li>** <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Kalgoorlie" title="Electoral district of Kalgoorlie">Kalgoorlie's</a> second margin figure is Independent vs. National</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_changes">Electoral changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Electoral changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2008 election takes place with entirely new boundaries determined in a redistribution finalised on 29 October 2007 by the Western Australian Electoral Commission. Prior to the redistribution, the <i>Electoral Act 1907</i>, which governs elections in the state, specified that the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Region_Scheme" title="Metropolitan Region Scheme">metropolitan region</a> which includes <a href="/wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth, Western Australia">Perth</a> and its suburbs, was to be divided into 34 Assembly districts or 60% of the seats, while the rest of the state was to be divided into 23 or 40% of the seats. However, at the 2006 census, taken on 8 August 2006, 73.76% of Western Australians lived in the metropolitan region.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This meant that each member of the Legislative Assembly, as at 30 September 2007, was representing either 28,519 metropolitan voters or 14,551 country voters.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/One_vote_one_value" class="mw-redirect" title="One vote one value">One vote one value</a> had long been sought by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)">Labor Party</a>, that party claiming to be disadvantaged by the familiar reality that country constituencies have tended to elect non-Labor members. The <a href="/wiki/Brian_Burke_(Australian_politician)" title="Brian Burke (Australian politician)">Burke</a> Labor government (1983–1988), with the conditional support of the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_(WA)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party of Australia (WA)">National Party</a>, managed to achieve limited reform—through the <i>Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987</i>—in increasing the metropolitan quota from 29 to 34, redesigning the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council" title="Western Australian Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a> (or Upper House) into a <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senate</a>-style body with six uneven multi-member seats filled by a system of <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">STV</a> proportional representation, and creating a permanent, funded Electoral Commission as a body fully independent from Parliament and the executive.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between Burke's retirement from politics in 1988 and Labor's election loss five years later, the government faced a hostile upper house, considerable distractions by way of the <a href="/wiki/WA_Inc#The_royal_commission" title="WA Inc">WA Inc royal commission</a> and, after 1991, was a <a href="/wiki/Minority_government" title="Minority government">minority government</a> unable to achieve further electoral reform. </p><p>Following Labor's win at the 2001 election, the new premier <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Gallop" title="Geoff Gallop">Geoff Gallop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Attorney-General_of_Western_Australia" title="Attorney-General of Western Australia">attorney-general</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_McGinty" title="Jim McGinty">Jim McGinty</a> were committed to implementing 'one vote, one value'. By this time, all other states and territories had eliminated electoral <a href="/wiki/Malapportionment" class="mw-redirect" title="Malapportionment">malapportionment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike their predecessors, they could count on the support of half of the upper-house members for passage of the electoral legislation but, as the proposed legislation involved <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of Western Australia">constitutional</a> change, an <a href="/wiki/Absolute_majority" class="mw-redirect" title="Absolute majority">absolute majority</a> of the members was necessary. The Government went to the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Australia" title="High Court of Australia">High Court</a> in 2003 to determine whether the Legislative Council president's casting vote could be used to obtain the majority, but the High Court answered that it could not.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Change occurred, however, when the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Western_Australian_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)">Liberal Party</a>, which staunchly opposed the reform, failed to preselect one of their <a href="/wiki/Electoral_region_of_North_Metropolitan" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral region of North Metropolitan">North Metropolitan</a> MLCs, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Cadby" title="Alan Cadby">Alan Cadby</a>, in a bid to get <a href="/wiki/Peter_Collier_(politician)" title="Peter Collier (politician)">Peter Collier</a> into the Legislative Council at the <a href="/wiki/2005_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2005 Western Australian state election">2005 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cadby resigned from the Liberal Party and completed his term as an Independent, consenting to Labor's electoral legislation with some amendments. On 20 May 2005, just before newly elected upper-house members were to take their places, the <i>Electoral Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 (No.1 of 2005)</i> passed.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The passage of the <i>Electoral Reform (Electoral Funding) Act 2006</i> into law on 26 October 2006 means that, for the first time, candidates, parties and Legislative Council groups will be able to receive public funding based on their performance in terms of votes at the election as well as a refund of their nomination deposit if they receive over 4% of the primary vote, as is the case in several other states and in federal elections. The rate for the 2008 election has been set at $1.56888 per vote.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legislation, which was <a href="/wiki/Attorney-General_of_Western_Australia" title="Attorney-General of Western Australia">Attorney-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_McGinty" title="Jim McGinty">Jim McGinty</a>'s second attempt to introduce the measure, was explicitly based on the 1992 reforms of Queensland's Electoral Act and was intended to improve accountability and increase candidates' immunity, or perceived immunity, from outside influences.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the 2008 election, candidates could receive a refund of their nomination deposit only if they achieved 10% of the total primary vote. Earlier similar legislation had failed in November 2003, despite an in-principle agreement with then opposition leader Colin Barnett, owing to Liberal backbench opposition and a campaign against the proposal by the <i><a href="/wiki/The_West_Australian" title="The West Australian">West Australian</a></i> newspaper, which termed the measure as a '<a href="/wiki/Tax_per_head" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax per head">poll tax</a>'.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_electoral_system">The electoral system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The electoral system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">Western Australian Legislative Assembly</a> has a total of 59 seats, up from 57 in the last parliament. The last increase in seats, from 55 to 57, occurred before the <a href="/wiki/1983_Western_Australian_state_election" title="1983 Western Australian state election">1983 election</a>. Since the enactment of the <i>Electoral Act 1907</i>, each seat is filled by a single member selected using <a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">instant-runoff</a> preferential voting. In order for a valid vote to be cast, voters must number all candidates on the ballot paper in the order of their preference as with <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Australian House of Representatives</a> elections. At the election, 42 of the seats are located in the metropolitan area, 12 in the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_region_of_Agricultural" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral region of Agricultural">Agricultural</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electoral_region_of_South_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral region of South West">South West</a> regions, and 5 in the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_region_of_Mining_and_Pastoral" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral region of Mining and Pastoral">Mining and Pastoral</a> region in the north and east of the state. Seats in the Mining and Pastoral region are permitted to be under quota on account of their significant geographical size, but all other seats have a quota of 21,350 voters with a maximum variance of 10%. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council" title="Western Australian Legislative Council">Western Australian Legislative Council</a>, sometimes referred to as the 'upper house', consists of 36 members, with 6 elected from each of 6 multi-member regions (also known as constituencies).<sup id="cite_ref-2007Boundaries_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2007Boundaries-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system used for voting is known as <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">Single transferable vote</a>, which is a variant of the <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> system. The ballot paper (voting form), traditionally printed on pink coloured paper, is divided into two sections. The voter casts a vote in either one of two ways – by writing the numeral "1" on the left hand side corresponding to the party of choice, or by numbering all candidates on the right hand side of the form according to his/her preference. If the voter chooses the first method, the vote is then counted according to the publicly known preference listing for the party chosen by the voter.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same voting system is used for electing members to the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Australian Senate</a>. </p><p>Members of the Legislative Council, unlike those in the Legislative Assembly, hold their seats for a fixed term of four years. They take their seats in the house on 22 May following the date of their election. The Legislative Council is not dissolved prior to the end of each four-year term, even if a general election is held several months prior to the end of the term.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For this reason, members elected to the Legislative Council in the 2008 election did not take their seats until May 2009. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Counting_the_votes">Counting the votes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Counting the votes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>More than 100,000 electors (7.5% of the electorate) cast their votes prior to election day, either by post or in person.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Checking the eligibility of these votes commences 3 days prior to election day at the Count Centre in <a href="/wiki/Fremantle,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fremantle, Western Australia">Fremantle</a>. After the close of polls at 6:00 pm, ballot boxes are emptied and a provisional count of ordinary votes is conducted at each of the 800 polling places.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Preliminary results are telephoned to District and Regional Returning Officers, who forward aggregated results to the Tally Room at ABC's East Perth studios. </p><p>Election night results are provisional for several reasons. Firstly, there is insufficient time to conduct a full distribution of voter preferences in those Legislative Assembly seats that require it. The official count for all Assembly districts does not commence till after the closing date for postal votes which is the Thursday following the election.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Secondly, only ticket votes and first-preference votes for candidates on non-ticket ballots for the Legislative Council are counted on election night, providing only a notional distribution for each region.<sup id="cite_ref-CandidateGuideLC_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CandidateGuideLC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The high proportion of early votes cast in this election along with the large number of absentee votes cast on election day (caused by elector confusion arising from the recent changes to electoral boundaries) was expected to delay the determination of final results, particularly in closely fought seats. </p><p>Legislative Council ballot papers and all declaration (absentee and provisional) votes cast on election day are delivered to the Count Centre on Sunday where the official count of these votes continues for 7–10 days. Ticket votes are sorted (ticket/non-ticket/informal) then manually counted, while preferences on non-ticket ballots are entered into a computer database under the scrutiny of party officials.<sup id="cite_ref-CandidateGuideLC_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CandidateGuideLC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ticket vote results are added to the full preference results and the final result determined. Finally, all Legislative Assembly votes are officially counted by each District Returning Officer who then declares (announces) the successful candidate for the particular district.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Key_dates">Key dates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Key dates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Issue of writ: 6 pm, 7 August</li> <li>Nominations open: 8 August</li> <li>Close of nominations: 12 noon, 15 August</li> <li>Close of rolls: 6 pm, 15 August</li> <li>Postal voting commences: 18 August</li> <li>Pre-poll voting commences: 19 August</li> <li>Polling day: 6 September</li> <li>Return of writ: On or before 4 November</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a list of competing candidates and parties, see <a href="/wiki/Candidates_of_the_2008_Western_Australian_state_election" title="Candidates of the 2008 Western Australian state election">Candidates of the 2008 Western Australian state election</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polling">Polling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Western_Australian_state_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Newspoll" title="Newspoll">Newspoll</a> polling was conducted via random telephone number selection in city and country areas. <a href="/wiki/Sample_size" class="mw-redirect" title="Sample size">Sampling sizes</a> normally consist of around 800–900 electors, with the 10 – 14 August poll consisting of 1088 electors, and the 2 – 4 September poll consisting of 1802 electors. The <a href="/wiki/Margin_of_error" title="Margin of error">margin of error</a> was around ±3.5 percent, while the 2 – 4 September poll had a declared margin of error of ±2.3 percent. </p> <table class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="float:right; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90%;"> <caption><b>Better Premier ratings</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Labor<br /><i>Carpenter</i> </th> <th>Liberal<br /><i>Barnett</i> </th> <th>Uncommitted </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;">2008 election </th> <td style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;">– </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;">– </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;">– </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">2 – 4 Sep 2008 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">48% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">35% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">17% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">10 – 14 Aug 2008 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">49% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">31% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">20% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Apr – Jun 2008 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">64% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">14%<sup>1</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">22% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">Jan – Mar 2008 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">61% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">12%<sup>1</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">27% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Oct – Dec 2007 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">63% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">13%<sup>2</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">24% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">Jul – Sep 2007 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">59% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">14%<sup>2</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">27% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Apr – Jun 2007 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">59% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">14%<sup>2</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">27% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">Jan – Mar 2007 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">63% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">14%<sup>2</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">23% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Oct – Dec 2006 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">54% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">17%<sup>2</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">29% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">Jul – Sep 2006 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">52% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">15%<sup>2</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">33% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Apr – Jun 2006 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">58% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">12%<sup>2</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">30% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">Jan – Mar 2006 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">56% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">14%<sup>4</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">30% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Oct – Dec 2005 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">51%<sup>3</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">25%<sup>4</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">24% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"><a href="/wiki/2005_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2005 Western Australian state election">2005 election</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;">– </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;">– </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;">– </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">23 – 24 Feb 2005 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="FF6666">58%<sup>3</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">27%<sup>5</sup> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 80%" colspan="4" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080719023230/http://www.newspoll.com.au/cgi-bin/polling/display_poll_data.pl?url_caller=&mode=trend&page=show_polls&question_set_id=15">Polling</a> conducted by <a href="/wiki/Newspoll" title="Newspoll">Newspoll</a> and published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Australian" title="The Australian">The Australian</a></i>.<br /><sup>1</sup> Buswell, <sup>2</sup> Omodei, <sup>3</sup> Gallop, <sup>4</sup> Birney, <sup>5</sup> Barnett </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="float:left; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90%;"> <caption><b>Legislative Assembly opinion polling</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#" align="center"> </th> <th style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" colspan="5">Primary vote </th> <th style="background:#ebbce3; text-align:center;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred_vote" title="Two-party-preferred vote">2PP vote</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#" align="center">Date </th> <th style="background-color:#FF6666" align="center">ALP </th> <th style="background-color:#00bfff" align="center">Lib </th> <th style="background-color:#40C351" align="center">Nat </th> <th style="background-color:#90EE90" align="center">Grn </th> <th style="background-color:#FFFF00" align="center">Oth </th> <th style="background-color:#FF6666" align="center">ALP </th> <th style="background-color:#00BFFF" align="center">Lib/Nat </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="B0E9DB"><b>2008 election</b> </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="B0E9DB">35.8% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="B0E9DB">38.4% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="B0E9DB">4.9% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="B0E9DB">11.9% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="B0E9DB">9.0% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="B0E9DB">48.1% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="00BFFF">51.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">2 – 4 Sep 2008 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">35% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">37% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">6% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">12% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">10% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">50% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="00BFFF">50% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">10 – 14 Aug 2008 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="">42% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">37% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">5% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">10% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">6% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">51% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">49% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Apr – Jun 2008 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">41% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">31% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">4% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">16% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">8% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">54% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">46% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">Jan – Mar 2008 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="">42% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">35% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">3% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">12% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">8% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">53% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">47% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Oct – Dec 2007 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">40% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">41% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">4% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">8% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">7% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">49% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="00BFFF">51% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">Jul – Sep 2007 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="">44% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">38% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">5% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">6% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">7% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">51% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">49% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Apr – Jun 2007 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">44% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">35% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">3% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">8% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">10% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">54% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">46% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">Jan – Mar 2007 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="">39% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">35% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">4% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">10% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">12% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">51% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">49% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Oct – Dec 2006 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">38% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">40% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">2% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">7% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">13% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">49% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="00BFFF">51% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">Jul – Sep 2006 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="">42% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">37% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">3% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">6% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">12% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">52% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">48% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Apr – Jun 2006 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">42% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">37% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">3% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">4% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">14% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">52% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">48% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">Jan – Mar 2006 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="">42% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">35% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">4% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">8% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">11% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">53% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">47% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">Oct – Dec 2005 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">37% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="e9e9e9">39% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">4% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">5% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">15% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="e9e9e9">48% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="00BFFF">52% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="B0E9DB"><b><a href="/wiki/2005_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2005 Western Australian state election">2005 election</a></b> </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="B0E9DB">41.9% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="B0E9DB">35.6% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="B0E9DB">3.7% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="B0E9DB">7.6% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="B0E9DB">11.2% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">52.3% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="B0E9DB">47.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="">23 – 24 Feb 2005 </th> <td align="center" bgcolor="">45% </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="">36.5% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">3% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">7% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">8.5% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="FF6666">54% </td> <td align="center" width="" bgcolor="">46% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 80%" colspan="11" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080719023230/http://www.newspoll.com.au/cgi-bin/polling/display_poll_data.pl?url_caller=&mode=trend&page=show_polls&question_set_id=15">Polling</a> conducted by <a href="/wiki/Newspoll" title="Newspoll">Newspoll</a> and published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Australian" title="The Australian">The Australian</a></i>.<br /> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div 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href="/w/index.php?title=1922_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1940 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1944_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1944 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 Western Australian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1956 Western Australian Legislative Council election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1958 Western Australian Legislative Council election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1960 Western Australian Legislative Council election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1962 Western Australian Legislative Council election">1962</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Western_Australia" title="Local government areas of Western Australia">Local elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2001 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2005 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2013 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2017 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2021 Western Australian local elections (page does not exist)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Western_Australian_local_elections" title="2023 Western Australian local elections">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%931900_Australian_constitutional_referendums" title="1898–1900 Australian constitutional referendums">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1911_Western_Australian_local_option_referendum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1911 Western Australian local option referendum (page does not exist)">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1921_Western_Australian_local_option_referendum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1921 Western Australian local option referendum (page does not exist)">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Western_Australian_prohibition_referendum" title="1925 Western Australian prohibition referendum">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Western_Australian_secession_referendum" title="1933 Western Australian secession referendum">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Western_Australian_prohibition_referendum" title="1950 Western Australian prohibition referendum">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Western_Australian_daylight_saving_referendum" title="1975 Western Australian daylight saving referendum">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Western_Australian_daylight_saving_referendum" title="1984 Western Australian daylight saving referendum">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Western_Australian_daylight_saving_referendum" title="1992 Western Australian daylight saving referendum">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Western_Australian_retail_trading_hours_referendum" title="2005 Western Australian retail trading hours referendum">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Western_Australian_daylight_saving_referendum" title="2009 Western Australian daylight saving referendum">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a 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