Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1983–1986 explained

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1986:

NamePartyDistrictYears in office
1974–1996
Labor 1968–1989
Labor 1983–1993
Labor 1968–1989
1971–1996
Liberal 1983–2005
Labor 1980–2001
Labor 1971–1988
Labor 1983–1992
Labor 1973–1988
Labor 1968–1987
Labor 1983–1989
Labor 1974–1991
Liberal 1984–1989
Liberal 1974–1996
Liberal 1982–2001
1974–2001
Liberal 1971–1986
NCP/Liberal 1974–1989
Liberal/Independent 1971–1986
Labor 1968–1989
Labor 1961–1986
Liberal 1947–1949; 1956–1993
Labor 1977–2001
Labor 1968–1986
Liberal 1977–1990
Labor 1983–1996
Labor 1982–1994
Labor 1977–1989
Labor 1984–1986
Labor 1953–1986
NCP/Liberal 1974–1986
Labor 1968–1989
Liberal 1974–1987
Labor 1968–1986
Liberal 1977–1993
Liberal 1983–1986; 1989–2005
Liberal 1968–1991
Liberal 1959–1984
NCP/Liberal 1974–1986
Labor 1980–1990
Labor 1977–1993
Labor 1983–1989
Liberal 1965–1988
Labor 1983–1996
Labor 1983–1993
Liberal 1977–1987
NP/National 1971–1989
Labor 1968–1984
Labor 1981–1996
Liberal 1971–1993
Labor 1971–1987
Liberal 1980–1986
Labor 1983–1993
Liberal 1975–1989
Labor 1983–1993
Liberal 1974–1993
Liberal 1977–1989
Labor 1977–1993

Notes

At the 1983 election, Labor candidate Gavan Troy won the seat of Mundaring by just 16 votes against the sitting member and Liberal candidate Tom Herzfeld. On 2 September 1983, the Court of Disputed Returns ordered a fresh election, which Troy won on 8 October.

In 1984, the Liberal member for Subiaco, Dr Tom Dadour, left his party. He served out his term as an independent.

On 17 August 1984, the Liberal member for Mount Lawley, former Premier Ray O'Connor, resigned. Liberal candidate George Cash won the resulting by-election on 17 November 1984.

On 31 August 1984, the Labor member for Cockburn, Don Taylor, resigned. Labor candidate Clive Hughes won the resulting by-election on 17 November 1984.

In 1978, the National Party split from the National Country Party over the coalition question, with the NCP remaining in coalition with the Liberal Party, and the NP occupying the cross-benches. In 1985, the two parties reunited as the National Party of Western Australia, affiliated to the National Party of Australia. However the three former NCP members, unhappy with some of the terms of the reunification, quit the new party and joined the Liberal Party.