Western Australian state election, 1983
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All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and 18 (of the 34) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council |
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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1983 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 18 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council.
The three-term Liberal-National Country coalition government, led by Premier Ray O'Connor since 25 January 1982 (after the retirement of Sir Charles Court) was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Brian Burke since 10 September 1981.
Contents
Results
Legislative Assembly
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Western Australian state election, 19 February 1983 |
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Enrolled voters | 744,986[1] | |||||
Votes cast | 663,153 | Turnout | 87.93% | +2.66% | ||
Informal votes | 18,799 | Informal | 2.83% | –0.69% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 342,536 | 53.16% | +7.21% | 32 | + 9 | |
Liberal | 256,846 | 39.86% | –3.89% | 20 | – 6 | |
National Country[2] | 22,148 | 3.44% | –0.86% | 3 | ± 0 | |
National[2] | 10,767 | 1.67% | –1.29% | 2 | – 1 | |
Democrats | 5,178 | 0.80% | –1.16% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Socialist | 905 | 0.14% | –0.12% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Other parties | 5,974 | 0.93% | +0.75% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 3,229 | 0.50% | –0.15% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 644,354 | 57 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Labor | 350,996 | 53.74% | +4.71% | |||
Liberal/NCP | 302,100 | 46.26% | –4.71% |
Notes:
- 1 754,226 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but one seat, Narrogin, held by the National Country Party's Peter Jones and representing 9,239 electors, was uncontested.
- 2 The National Country Party (NCP) and the National Party (NP) were two separate parties, the former in coalition with the Liberal Party, the latter an independent party which had split from the NCP on 10 August 1978.
Legislative Council
Western Australian state election, 19 February 1983[1] |
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Enrolled voters | 754,225 | |||||
Votes cast | 671,102 | Turnout | 88.98% | +0.57% | ||
Informal votes | 24,962 | Informal | 3.72% | –0.66% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held |
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Labor | 327,129 | 50.63% | +5.85% | 7 | 13 | |
Liberal | 268,626 | 41.57% | –5.93% | 9 | 19 | |
National Country[2] | 20,553 | 3.18% | –0.64% | 0 | 0 | |
National[2] | 20,336 | 3.15% | –0.28% | 1 | 1 | |
Democrats | 9,356 | 1.45% | +1.45% | 0 | 0 | |
Other parties | 0 | 0.00% | –0.47% | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 646,140 | 17 | 34 | |||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Labor | 341,236 | 52.81% | +5.17% | |||
Liberal/NCP | 304,904 | 47.19% | –5.17% |
Post-election pendulum
LIBERAL/NCP SEATS (23) | |||
Marginal | |||
Dale | Cyril Rushton | LIB | 0.06% |
Murchison-Eyre | Peter Coyne | LIB | 1.3% |
Subiaco | Tom Dadour | LIB | 1.6% |
Albany | Leo Watt | LIB | 2.3% |
Mount Lawley | Ray O'Connor | LIB | 3.4% |
Murdoch | Barry MacKinnon | LIB | 4.0% |
Clontarf | Rex Williams | LIB | 4.2% |
South Perth | Bill Grayden | LIB | 4.5% |
Mount Marshall | Bill McNee | LIB | 5.7% v NAT |
Karrinyup | Jim Clarko | LIB | 5.9% |
Fairly safe | |||
Cottesloe | Bill Hassell | LIB | 6.3% |
Darling Range | George Spriggs | LIB | 6.6% |
Murray-Wellington | John Bradshaw | LIB | 8.2% |
East Melville | Antony Trethowan | LIB | 8.9% |
Floreat | Andrew Mensaros | LIB | 9.6% |
Safe | |||
Kalamunda | Ian Thompson | LIB | 10.1% |
Gascoyne | Ian Laurance | LIB | 11.8% |
Moore | Bert Crane | NCP | 13.3% v LIB |
Nedlands | Richard Court | LIB | 14.1% |
Vasse | Barry Blaikie | LIB | 14.2% |
Greenough | Reg Tubby | LIB | 21.2% |
Katanning-Roe | Dick Old | NCP | 32.1% |
Narrogin | Peter Jones | NCP | Unopp |
NATIONAL SEATS (2) | |||
Stirling | Matt Stephens | NAT | 6.1% v LIB |
Merredin | Hendy Cowan | NAT | 15.0% v NCP |
See also
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1980–1983
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1983–1986