Candidates of the Western Australian state election, 2008

This article provides details on the candidates that stood at the 2008 Western Australian state election.

Retiring MPs

The following MPs did not contest the election.[1]

Labor

Liberal

Independent

Legislative Assembly

Incumbent members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate National candidate Greens candidate CDP candidate Other candidates
 
AlbanyLiberalPeter WatsonAndrew PartingtonSam HarmaDiane EversJustin MoseleyColin Pyle (FFP)
Alfred CoveIndependentCatherine BarrattChris BackMichael BennettStephen Wardell-JohnsonJanet Woollard (Ind)
ArmadaleLaborAlannah MacTiernanSteven InnesCaroline WielingaKevin Swarts
BalcattaLaborJohn KobelkeChris HattonIrma LachmundPeter SchofieldInge George (FFP)
BassendeanLaborMartin WhitelyBen SmithJennie CarterPaul Mewhor
BatemanLiberalTony StokesChristian PorterAndrea CallaghanKa-ren ChewWon-Sik Choi (Ind)
BelmontLaborEric RipperEdward RichardsLouise JudgeTasman GilbertJohn Gleeson (Ind)
John Yarrow (FFP)
Blackwood-StirlingNationalRay PhillipsWade DeCampoTerry RedmanLuke PetersonGraham LawnStephen Carson (FFP)
Ken Gunson (Ind)
Kevin Smith (Ind)
BunburyLaborPeter MacFarlaneJohn CastrilliPeter EckersleyEdward DabrowskiMandy Roberts (FFP)
CanningtonLaborBill JohnstonRyan ChorleyChristine CunninghamMark Staer
CarineLiberalJames Benson-LidholmTony KrsticevicRoss CopelandHenri ChewPeter Rose (FFP)
Bill Stewart (Ind)
Wayne Thompson (Ind)
Central WheatbeltNationalGerry SturmanStephen StrangeBrendon GryllsYvonne DolsRoss PattersonJudy Sudholz (CEC)
ChurchlandsIndependentSinisa KrsticGeorge CrispLiz Constable (Ind)
CockburnLaborFran LoganDonald BarrettAndrew SullivanMary Jenkins (Ind)
Collie-PrestonLaborMick MurraySteve ThomasRichard ChapmanWayne BarnettKeith Hopper (FFP)
CottesloeLiberalDave HumeColin BarnettGreg BolandPat Seymour
Darling RangeLaborLisa GriffithsTony SimpsonDenise HardieRachel Cabrera
DawesvilleLiberalMarion BlairKim HamesRebecca BrownMike Sutton-SmithRoger Blakeway (CEC)
Andrew Newhouse (FFP)
EyreLiberalJohn KeoghGraham JacobsSuzie WilliamsLinda ParkerArthur Harvey (CEC)
ForrestfieldLaborAndrew WaddellNathan MortonOwen DaviesJoel HammenLisa Saladine (FFP)
FremantleLaborJim McGintyBrian ChristieAdele CarlesJulie HollettAndriette du Plessis (FFP)
GeraldtonLiberalShane HillIan BlayneyAndrew ShortAdam VolkertsPhilip SpriggJane Foreman (FFP)
GirrawheenLaborMargaret QuirkJohn HalliganTamara Desiatov
GosnellsLaborChris TallentireChris FernandezLuke EdmondsMadeleine GoiranDave Bolt (FFP)
HillarysLiberalKym EndersbyRob JohnsonBarry RedheadNorman HenleyMoyna Rapp (FFP)
JandakotLaborAnne WoodJoe FrancisSerena BreadmoreBill HeggersDamon Fowler (FFP)
JoondalupLaborTony O'GormanMilly ZuvellaAnibeth DesiertoMargaret LaundyNathan Clifford (FFP)
KalamundaLiberalJuliana PlummerJohn DayToni WardenRob MerrellsIan Hopkinson (FFP)
KalgoorlieLiberalMathew CuomoNathaniel JamesTony CrookAndy HuntleyJohn Bowler (Ind)
KimberleyLaborCarol MartinRuth Webb-SmithJohn McCourtAnnabelle SandesJames Ockerby (CEC)
KingsleyLaborJudy HughesAndrea MitchellDiana MacTiernanBronwyn PhipsonFrank Hultgren (FFP)
KwinanaLaborRoger CookAlexander BellottiDawn JecksCarol Adams (Ind)
Malcolm George (FFP)
Peter Lambert (Ind)
MandurahLaborDavid TemplemanLeslie AtkinsClare NunanMichelle ShaveKeith Hallam (CEC)
Rhonda Hamersley (FFP)
MaylandsLaborLisa BakerAinslie GattHsien HarperDunstan Hartley
MidlandLaborMichelle RobertsPeter McDowellCaz BowmanLukas Butler
MindarieLaborJohn QuigleyMurray McLennanJohannes HerrmannAmanda VarleyDaniel Storey (FFP)
MooreLiberalPeter JohnsonGary SnookGrant WoodhamsDes PikeBernie WallaceBoyd Davey (FFP)
Norman Gay (CEC)
David Shier (Ind)
MorleyLaborReece WhitbyIan BritzaSally PalmerAndrew PartingtonJohn D'Orazio (Ind)
Azeem Shah (Ind)
Mount LawleyLaborKaren BrownMichael SutherlandChris DickinsonPaul ConnellyKay Warwick (FFP)
Murray-WellingtonLiberalAnthony MarinovichMurray CowperMichael RoseDeni FullerVivian HallAlycia Bermingham (Ind)
David Bolt (FFP)
Kevin Cloghan (Ind)
Brian McCarthy (CEC)
NedlandsLiberalColin CochraneBill MarmionLee HemsleyGail ForderBrian Langenberg (FFP)
Sue Walker (Ind)
NollamaraLaborJanine FreemanTrent Charlton-MaughanGlen GeorgeMarty Firth
North WestLaborVince CataniaRod SweetmanTom DayPeter ShawLex Fullarton (Ind)
Ocean ReefLaborLouise DurackAlbert JacobJustin WoodKevin MullenFrederick Hay (FFP)
PerthLaborJohn HydeChris EdwardsJonathan HallettGuennadi Moukine
PilbaraLaborTom StephensRosemary VrancicAlan CochraneKelly HowlettJoan Foley (FFP)
RivertonLaborTony McRaeMike NahanSol HannaDaniel OssevoortChristopher Boots (Ind)
Joy Drennan (FFP)
RockinghamLaborMark McGowanDavid SimpsonJames MummeRob Totten (CEC)
ScarboroughLiberalScott BlackwellLiza HarveySonja Lundie-JenkinsJenny WhateleyJim McCourt (FFP)
Elizabeth Re (Ind)
South PerthLiberalLeena MichaelJohn McGrathRos HarmanFrank Hough (Ind)
Jim Grayden (Ind)
Karen McDonald (FFP)
Southern RiverLaborPaul AndrewsPeter AbetzNicola WisemanScott KuipersRenise Judge (FFP)
Swan HillsLaborGraham GiffardFrank AlbanJenni BowmanKeith BlokCraig Watson (FFP)
VasseLiberalMarilyn ElsonTroy BuswellMitchella HutchinsGail Gifford
Victoria ParkLaborBen WyattBenjamin TraviaKim LissonSaskia MatthewsJames Olsen (FFP)
WaginNationalDouglas MelvilleSteve MartinTerry WaldronAdrian PriceJacky YoungJean Robinson (CEC)
WannerooLaborDianne GuisePaul MilesHeather AquilinaMary BirchRod Grasso (FFP)
Russell Sewell (Ind)
WarnbroLaborPaul PapaliaShane BathgateColin BoothMatt Pollock (FFP)
West SwanLaborRita SaffiotiRod HendersonMichael BoswellBarbara ButlerChris Fayle (Ind)
WillageeLaborAlan CarpenterMatt TaylorRobert Delves

Legislative Council

Six candidates are elected in each region. Incumbent members in bold. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Agricultural Region

Labor candidates Liberal candidates National candidates Greens candidates CDP candidates Family First candidates
 
  1. Matt Benson-Lidholm*
  2. Darren West
  3. Vicky Peterson
  4. Alan McCallum
  1. Brian Ellis*
  2. Jim Chown*
  3. Chris Wilkins
  4. Jane Mouritz
  5. Jamie Falls
  1. Max Trenorden*
  2. Philip Gardiner*
  3. Mia Davies*
  4. Martin Aldridge
  5. Cathy Wood
  1. Dee Margetts
  2. Paul Connolly
  1. Mac Forsyth
  2. Lachlan Dunjey
  1. Anthony Fels
  2. Felly Chandra
CEC candidates Group B candidates Other candidates
 
  1. Stuart Smith
  2. Chris Pepper
  1. Shelly Posey
  2. Valerie Tan

Chris Dodoff (NCP)
Ross Paravicini (ON)

East Metropolitan Region

Labor candidates Liberal candidates National candidates Greens candidates CDP candidates Family First candidates
 
  1. Jock Ferguson*
  2. Ljiljanna Ravlich*
  3. Linda Savage
  4. Gary Carson
  5. Carolyn Burton
  6. Craig Comrie
  1. Helen Morton*
  2. Donna Faragher*
  3. Alyssa Hayden*
  4. Stephen Blizard
  5. Darryl Trease
  6. Guy Simpson
  1. Sean Wood
  2. Kevin Mangini
  1. Alison Xamon*
  2. Steve Wolff
  3. Damian Douglas-Meyer
  1. Dwight Randall
  2. Gerard Goiran
  1. Stephen Bolt
  2. Symia Hopkinson
CEC candidates Other candidates
 
  1. Neil Vincent
  2. Theresa Passmore

Conor Day (DSP)
James Hopkinson (ON)
Tom Hoyer (Ind)
Richard Nash (Ind)
John Tucak (Ind)

Mining and Pastoral Region

Labor candidates Liberal candidates National candidates Greens candidates CDP candidates CEC candidates Other candidates
 
  1. Jon Ford*
  2. Helen Bullock*
  3. Jim Murie
  4. Jodie Lynch
  5. Mike Anderton
  6. Terry Healy
  1. Norman Moore*
  2. Ken Baston*
  3. Mark Lewis
  4. Isabella Scott
  5. Ross Wood
  6. Alan Dungey
  1. Wendy Duncan*
  2. Dave Grills
  3. Alan Keeling
  4. Garry McGlinn
  1. Robin Chapple*
  2. Kate Davis
  1. Roger Mansell
  2. Peter Watt
  1. Lorraine Thomas
  2. Orm Girvan

Pat Cunneen (DSP)
David Larsen (NCP)
David Kidd (FFP)
Gavin Ness (ON)

North Metropolitan Region

Labor candidates Liberal candidates National candidates Greens candidates CDP candidates Family First candidates
 
  1. Ken Travers*
  2. Ed Dermer*
  3. Tim Daly
  4. Kelly Shay
  5. Iqbal Samnakay
  6. Bill Leadbetter
  1. Peter Collier*
  2. Michael Mischin*
  3. Liz Behjat*
  4. Colin Edwardes
  5. Judith Dowson
  1. Joanne Burges
  2. Cheryl Fahey
  1. Giz Watson*
  2. Cameron Poustie
  3. Brenda Roy
  1. Ruth Nicholls
  2. David Kingston
  1. Trona Young
  2. Doug Croker
CEC candidates Group A candidates Group F candidates Other candidates
 
  1. Ron McLean
  2. Paul Augustson
  1. Brian Peachey
  2. Joseph Nardizzi
  1. John Eyden
  2. Paul Young

George Gault (ON)
Julie Gray (Ind)
Douglas Greypower (Ind)
Eugene Hands (Ind)
Christopher King (Ind)
Ben MacKinnon (DSP)
Wally Morris (Ind)

South Metropolitan Region

Labor candidates Liberal candidates National candidates Greens candidates CDP candidates Family First candidates
 
  1. Sue Ellery*
  2. Kate Doust*
  3. Fiona Henderson
  4. Batong Pham
  5. Jack de Groot
  6. Andrew Vitolins
  1. Simon O'Brien*
  2. Nick Goiran*
  3. Phil Edman*
  4. Donna Gordin
  5. John Jamieson
  6. Michelle Verkerk
  1. Hilary Wheater
  2. Peter Wahlsten
  1. Lynn MacLaren*
  2. Scott Ryan
  1. Brent Tremain
  2. Linda Brewer
  1. Frank Lindsey
  2. Bev Custers
CEC candidates Group C candidates Group F candidates Other candidates
 
  1. Paul Ellison
  2. Barry Buschen
  1. Christopher Oughton
  2. Huw Grossmith
  1. Eric Miller
  2. Yolanda Nardizzi

Jeffrey Gidman (DSP)
Neil Gilmour (ON)
Steve Walker (Ind)

South West Region

Labor candidates Liberal candidates National candidates Greens candidates CDP candidates Family First candidates
 
  1. Sally Talbot*
  2. Adele Farina*
  3. John Mondy
  4. Wendy Perdon
  5. Christopher Hossen
  6. Elizabeth Nedela
  1. Robyn McSweeney*
  2. Nigel Hallett*
  3. Barry House*
  4. Paul Fitzpatrick
  5. Dennis Wellington
  6. Ross Ryan
  1. Colin Holt*
  2. Patricia Hughes
  1. Paul Llewellyn
  2. Rae McPherson
  1. John Lewis
  2. Ray Moran
  1. Dan Sullivan
  2. Linda Rose
CEC candidates Group E candidates Other candidates
 
  1. Ian Tuffnell
  2. Allan Dilley
  1. Elaine Green
  2. Terry O'Leary

Brian Burns (ON)
Filip Guglielmana (Ind)
Kara Pascoe (DSP)
Judy Pearce (NCP)

References

  1. ↑ Antony Green. "Retiring MPs". ABC.
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