Western Australian state election, 1986

8 February 1986 (1986-02-08)

All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and 17 (of the 34) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Brian Burke	Bill Hassell	Hendy Cowan
Party	Labor	Liberal	National
Leader since	18 September 1981	15 February 1984	August 1978
Leader's seat	Balga	Cottesloe	Merredin
Last election	32 seats	20 seats	5 seats
Seats won	32 seats	19 seats	6 seats
Seat change	0	1	1
Percentage	53.00%	41.32%	3.71%
Swing	0.16	1.46	1.40

Premier before election

Brian Burke
Labor

Elected Premier

Brian Burke
Labor

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 8 February 1986 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 17 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Brian Burke, won a second term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Bill Hassell since 16 February 1984.

The election resulted in Labor's best election result after World War II, and featured a united National Party for the first time since the 1977 election.

Results

Legislative Assembly

Western Australian state election, 8 February 1986 Legislative Assembly << 1983 — 1989 >>
Enrolled voters		883,239
Votes cast		807,634		Turnout	91.44%	+3.51%
Informal votes		21,240		Informal	2.63%	–0.20%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	416,805	53.00%	–0.16%	32	± 0
	Liberal	324,961	41.32%	+1.46%	19	– 1
	National^[1]	29,156	3.71%	–1.40%	6	+ 1
	Democrats	5,192	0.66%	–0.14%	0	± 0
	Other parties	2,630	0.33%	–0.73%	0	± 0
	Independent	7,650	0.98%	+0.48%	0	± 0
Total		786,394			57
Two-party-preferred
	Labor	427,704	54.12%	+0.37%
	Liberal	362,642	45.88%	–0.37%

Notes:

¹ The National Country Party (NCP) and the National Party (NP), which had been two separate parties from 1978 onwards, united in 1985 to form the National Party of Western Australia. Three sitting members who had previously identified as National Country Party stood for the Liberal Party in 1986, with two losing their seats to the Nationals, and the other (Bert Crane in Moore) retaining his seat. The Nationals also gained Avon from the Labor Party, and Mount Marshall from the Liberals, who had held it for a single term.

Legislative Council

Main article: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1986 (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 8 February 1986 Legislative Council
Enrolled voters		883,239
Votes cast		807,496		Turnout	91.42%	+2.44%
Informal votes		26,530		Informal	3.29%	–0.43%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Labor	352,437	45.13%	–5.50%	9	15
	Liberal	327,786	41.97%	+0.40%	6	15
	National	37,194	4.76%	–1.59%	2	4
	Democrats	63,483	8.13%	+6.68%	0	0
	Independent	66	0.01%	+0.01%	0	0
Total		780,966			17	34
Two-party-preferred
	Labor	418,124	53.54%	+0.57%
	Liberal	361,160	46.25%	–0.57%

Seats changing parties

Seat	Pre-1986				Swing	Post-1986
Seat	Party		Member	Margin	Swing	Margin	Member	Party
Avon		Labor	Ken McIver	8.4*	N/A	1.8**	Max Trenorden	National
Mount Marshall		Liberal	Bill McNee	5.7***	N/A	3.3	Mort Schell	National
Subiaco		Independent	Tom Dadour	1.6**	3.3	1.7*	Carmen Lawrence	Labor

Members in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
* figure is vs. Liberal
** figure is vs. Labor
*** figure is vs. National (pre-merger)

Post-election pendulum

LABOR SEATS (32)
Marginal
Geraldton	Jeff Carr	ALP	0.4%
Subiaco	Carmen Lawrence	ALP	1.7%
Warren	David Evans	ALP	2.9%
Collie	Tom Jones	ALP	4.2%
Mundaring	Gavan Troy	ALP	5.3%
Bunbury	Phil Smith	ALP	5.4%
Fairly safe
Esperance-Dundas	Judyth Watson	ALP	7.1%
Mandurah	John Read	ALP	9.4%
Joondalup	Jackie Watkins	ALP	9.5%
Whitford	Pam Beggs	ALP	9.8%
Nollamara	Keith Wilson	ALP	9.9%
Safe
Mitchell	David Smith	ALP	10.0%
Scarborough	Graham Burkett	ALP	10.3%
Welshpool	Bill Thomas	ALP	13.2%
Balcatta	Ron Bertram	ALP	13.4%
Helena	Gordon Hill	ALP	14.5%
Rockingham	Mike Barnett	ALP	14.6%
Pilbara	Pam Buchanan	ALP	14.7%
Gosnells	Yvonne Henderson	ALP	14.8%
Perth	Terry Burke	ALP	14.9%
Victoria Park	Ron Davies	ALP	14.9%
Armadale	Bob Pearce	ALP	15.7%
Canning	Tom Bateman	ALP	15.8%
Kimberley	Ernie Bridge	ALP	16.5%
Morley-Swan	Arthur Tonkin	ALP	16.9%
Maylands	Peter Dowding	ALP	17.1%
Ascot	Mal Bryce	ALP	18.2%
Melville	Barry Hodge	ALP	19.5%
Fremantle	David Parker	ALP	21.8%
Cockburn	Clive Hughes	ALP	24.7%
Balga	Brian Burke	ALP	29.6%
Kalgoorlie	Ian Taylor	ALP	30.1% v IND

LIBERAL/NATIONAL SEATS (25)
Marginal
Dale	Cyril Rushton	LIB	1.6%
Murchison-Eyre	Ross Lightfoot	LIB	1.6%
Avon	Max Trenorden	NAT	1.8%
Mount Lawley	George Cash	LIB	2.1%
Murdoch	Barry MacKinnon	LIB	2.3%
Albany	Leo Watt	LIB	3.3%
Mount Marshall	Mort Schell	NAT	3.3% v LIB
Fairly safe
Darling Range	George Spriggs	LIB	6.2%
Karrinyup	Jim Clarko	LIB	6.3%
South Perth	Bill Grayden	LIB	6.5%
Clontarf	Rex Williams	LIB	8.1%
Cottesloe	Bill Hassell	LIB	8.2%
Kalamunda	Ian Thompson	LIB	8.9%
Narrogin	Campbell Nalder	NAT	9.1% v LIB
Murray-Wellington	John Bradshaw	LIB	9.8%
Safe
East Melville	Richard Lewis	LIB	10.0%
Gascoyne	Ian Laurance	LIB	10.5%
Katanning-Roe	Monty House	NAT	11.2% v LIB
Stirling	Matt Stephens	NAT	12.2% v LIB
Vasse	Barry Blaikie	LIB	13.5%
Floreat	Andrew Mensaros	LIB	14.6%
Nedlands	Richard Court	LIB	14.9%
Greenough	Reg Tubby	LIB	23.6%
Moore	Bert Crane	LIB	24.5%
Merredin	Hendy Cowan	NAT	29.0%

References

Elections and referendums in Western Australia

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