Parliament of Western Australia, Legislative Assembly election
Election of 26 February 2005
Government in office and parliamentary support before and after the election
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Western Australia, Legislative Assembly votes and seats won
Election held on 26 February 2005
Criteria for the inclusion of parties in this table are set out in the Glossary under 'listed party'
| Party Name | First preference vote n | First preference vote share % | Change from previous election % | Seats won n | Uncontested seats held n | Seat share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 448,956 | 41.88 | +4.65 | 32 | 0 | 56.14 |
| Liberal Party | 382,014 | 35.64 | +4.48 | 18 | 0 | 31.58 |
| Greens WA | 81,113 | 7.57 | +0.30 | 0 | ||
| Independents | 44,599 | 4.16 | -1.41 | 2 | 0 | 3.51 |
| National Party | 39,548 | 3.69 | +0.43 | 5 | 0 | 8.77 |
| Christian Democratic Party | 31,445 | 2.93 | +1.97 | 0 | ||
| Family First | 21,701 | 2.02 | * | 0 | ||
| One Nation | 17,580 | 1.64 | * | 0 | ||
| Community 1st | 2,859 | 0.27 | * | 0 | ||
| New Country Party | 1,225 | 0.11 | * | 0 | ||
| Citizens Electoral Council | 913 | 0.09 | * | 0 | ||
| Votes for other than listed parties | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Totals | 1,071,953 | 100.00 | 57 | 0 | 100.00 |
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* Party did not contest previous election or did not meet criteria for listing, or contested previous election under a different party name.
Notes
Premier in office at election: The Gallop Australian Labor Party majority government was returned at this election (2005) with its vote share increased by 4.7 percent but its majority in the Legislative Assembly unchanged.
Independents: The vote shown for independents at this election is the sum of votes cast for all candidates registered as Independents (39) and two candidates who ran for office without any registered party name, a total of 41 such candidates.
Two of the Independent candidates were elected; Elizabeth Constable (Churchlands) and Janet Woollard (Alfred Cove) were re-elected. Constable sat as an Independent Liberal in the Assembly. In spite of being being elected under the banner of the unregistered Liberals for Forests party in 2001, and this party label being registered as a political party in 2005, Woollard ran as an Independent at this election (2005); see Green, p. 3 in 'Sources', below.
Christian Democratic Party: This party, associated with the Reverend Fred Nile from New South Wales, was committed to Christian principles and pro-family and pro-life policies; the party fielded candidates in all 57 electoral districts at this election.
Family First: The party grouping was committed to family values and endorsed 34 candidates at this election; it had contested seats at other state and federal elections since 2002.
One Nation and Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party: Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party which endorsed candidates and won 9.58 percent of the vote at the previous (2001) WA Assembly election, was reorganized and changed its name to One Nation for the 2005 election. The new party fielded 45 candidates at this election.
Community 1st: This party grouping endorsed one candidate at this election.
New Country Party: This party endorsed 5 candidates at this election.
Citizens Electoral Council: This party grouping endorsed 9 candidates at this election.
References: For a survey of this election, see Peter van Onselen, ' The Western Australian Election of 26 February 2005: A Canal Too Far for the Coalition ', Australian Journal of Political Science, 40(30) September 2005: 453-459, and Harry C J Phillips and Liz Kerr, 'Western Australia', Australian Journal of Politics and History, Australian Political Chronicle, 51 (4) December 2005: 600-606 at 600-601.
Sources
Antony Green, Western Australian State Election 2005, Western Australian Parliamentary Library, Election Paper Series 2/2005 (Perth, Western Australian Parliamentary Library, 2006, ISBN 1920886664); also online at:
https://bit.ly/2JyHREJ [accessed 8 August 2010]
Note also David Black. An Index to Parliamentary Candidates in Western Australian Elections State and Federal 1890-2006, 2nd edition, (Perth: Parliament of Western Australia, 2006, ISBN 1920830774).