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1993 Western Australian state election
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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 6 February 1993 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The three-term Labor government, led by Premier Dr Carmen Lawrence since 12 February 1990, was defeated by the Liberal–National coalition, led by Opposition Leader Richard Court since 12 May 1992.
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Legislative Assembly
Western Australian state election, 6 February 1993 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,016,750 | |||||
Votes cast | 950,698 | Turnout | 93.50% | +2.77% | ||
Informal votes | 39,220 | Informal | 4.13% | –3.22% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Liberal | 402,402 | 44.15% | +1.36% | 26 | + 6 | |
Labor | 338,008 | 37.08% | –5.38% | 24 | – 7 | |
National | 48,394 | 5.31% | +0.71% | 6 | ± 0 | |
Greens | 39,300 | 4.31% | +3.78% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Democrats | 21,147 | 2.32% | +0.89% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Other parties | 2,662 | 0.29% | –4.90% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent[1] | 59,182 | 6.49% | +3.59% | 1 | + 1 | |
Total | 911,478 | 57 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal/National | 505,391 | 55.45% | +3.07% | |||
Labor | 406,087 | 44.55% | –3.07% |
Notes:
- 1 Andrew Mensaros, the former Liberal member for Floreat, resigned from parliament on 16 May 1991 due to ill health. Dr Liz Constable, who had Mensaros's support, ran as an Independent against the endorsed Liberal candidate in the resulting by-election on 20 July 1991, and won.
Legislative Council
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Seats changing parties
- Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
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Post-election pendulum
Labor seats (24) | |||
Marginal | |||
Helena | Gordon Hill | ALP | 0.2% |
Perth | Diana Warnock | ALP | 0.3% |
Northern Rivers | Kevin Leahy | ALP | 1.8% |
Glendalough | Carmen Lawrence | ALP | 2.7% |
Mitchell | David Smith | ALP | 2.9% |
Kenwick | Judyth Watson | ALP | 4.0% |
Balcatta | Nick Catania | ALP | 4.4% |
Nollamara | John Kobelke | ALP | 4.7% |
Belmont | Eric Ripper | ALP | 4.8% |
Victoria Park | Geoff Gallop | ALP | 5.0% |
Armadale | Kay Hallahan | ALP | 5.3% |
Rockingham | Mike Barnett | ALP | 5.5% |
Thornlie | Yvonne Henderson | ALP | 5.7% |
Fairly safe | |||
Fremantle | Jim McGinty | ALP | 6.4% |
Maylands | Judy Edwards | ALP | 7.6% |
Morley | Clive Brown | ALP | 7.6% |
Kalgoorlie | Ian Taylor | ALP | 7.7% |
Ashburton | Fred Riebeling | ALP | 8.1% |
Eyre | Julian Grill | ALP | 8.5% |
Safe | |||
Peel | Norm Marlborough | ALP | 10.7% |
Marangaroo | Ted Cunningham | ALP | 12.3% |
Cockburn | Bill Thomas | ALP | 14.0% |
Kimberley | Ernie Bridge | ALP | 15.4% |
Pilbara | Larry Graham | ALP | 16.9% |
Crossbench seats (1) | |||
Floreat | Liz Constable | IND | 12.8% v LIB |
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