Election Name: | 1993 Western Australian state election |
Country: | Western Australia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1989 Western Australian state election |
Previous Year: | 1989 |
Next Election: | 1996 Western Australian state election |
Next Year: | 1996 |
Seats For Election: | All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and all 34 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council 29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority |
Leader1: | Richard Court |
Leader Since1: | 12 May 1992 |
Party1: | Liberal/National coalition |
Leaders Seat1: | Nedlands |
Popular Vote1: | 450,796 |
Percentage1: | 44.86% |
Swing1: | 2.07 |
Last Election1: | 26 seats |
Seats1: | 32 |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Leader2: | Carmen Lawrence |
Leader Since2: | 12 February 1990 |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) |
Popular Vote2: | 338,008 |
Percentage2: | 37.08% |
Swing2: | 5.38 |
Last Election2: | 31 seats |
Seats2: | 24 |
Seat Change2: | 7 |
1Blank: | TPP |
2Blank: | TPP swing |
1Data1: | 55.45% |
1Data2: | 44.55% |
2Data1: | 3.07 |
2Data2: | 3.07 |
Premier | |
Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) |
After Election: | Richard Court |
After Party: | Liberal/National coalition |
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.
See also: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1993 (Legislative Assembly).
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Notes:
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.
See also: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1993 (Legislative Council).
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Seat | Pre-1993 | Swing | Post-1993 | |||||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | |||||||
Bunbury | Labor | Phil Smith | 1.5 | 3.1 | 1.6 | Ian Osborne | Liberal | |||||
Darling Range | Independent | Ian Thompson | N/A | N/A | N/A | John Day | Liberal | |||||
Dianella | Labor | Keith Wilson | 1.1 | 2.5 | 1.4 | Kim Hames | Liberal | |||||
Morley | Independent | Frank Donovan | N/A | N/A | N/A | Clive Brown | Labor | |||||
Murray | Labor | Keith Read | 0.9 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Arthur Marshall | Liberal | |||||
Perth | Independent | Ian Alexander | N/A | N/A | N/A | Diana Warnock | Labor | |||||
Swan Hills | Labor | Gavan Troy | 1.5 | 6.1 | 4.6 | June van de Klashorst | Liberal | |||||
Wanneroo | Labor | Jackie Watkins | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.3 | Wayde Smith | Liberal | |||||
Whitford | Labor | Pam Beggs | 1.7 | 7.8 | 6.1 | Rob Johnson | Liberal |
COLSPAN=4 align="center" | Labor seats (24) | ||
COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" | 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% |
COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" | 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% |
COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" | 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% |
COLSPAN=4 align="center" | Crossbench seats (1) | ||
Floreat | Liz Constable | IND | 12.8% v LIB |