Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)

Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
Leader Mike Nahan
Ideology Liberalism
Liberal conservatism
Classical liberalism
Political position centre-right
National affiliation Liberal Party of Australia
Legislative Assembly
14 / 59
Legislative Council
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Website
https://www.waliberal.org.au/

The Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division) is the division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Western Australia. Formed in 1945, the party has held power for five separate periods in coalition with the National Party (previously the Country party). The party has been in opposition in the state since the 2017 election.

Name

The party initially adopted the name Liberal Party. In 1949 the party changed the name to Liberal and Country League;[1] unlike the party of the same name in South Australia this did not involve a merger with the state Country Party although one individual MLA did defect from the Country Party to the Liberals. In 1968 the party changed its name to the Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division).[2]

Leaders

Leader Date started Date finished
Ross McDonald194514 December 1946
Ross McLarty14 December 19461 March 1957
David Brand1 March 19575 June 1972
Charles Court5 June 197225 January 1982
Ray O'Connor25 January 198215 February 1984
Bill Hassell15 February 198425 November 1986
Barry MacKinnon25 November 198612 May 1992
Richard Court12 May 199226 February 2001
Colin Barnett26 February 20019 March 2005
Matt Birney9 March 200524 March 2006
Paul Omodei24 March 200617 January 2008
Troy Buswell17 January 20084 August 2008
Colin Barnett4 August 200821 March 2017
Mike Nahan21 March 2017present

Election results

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1947 Ross McLarty 57,621 35.24
13 / 50
 Increase 6 Increase 2nd Coalition
1950 Ross McLarty 90,089 40.08
15 / 50
 Increase 2 Steady 2nd Coalition
1953 Ross McLarty 71,042 37.95
15 / 50
 Steady 0 Steady 2nd Opposition
1956 Ross McLarty 98,335 33.13
11 / 50
 Decrease 4 Steady 2nd Opposition
1959 David Brand 98,335 37.48
17 / 50
 Increase 6 Steady 2nd Coalition
1962 David Brand 120,267 41.16
18 / 50
 Increase 1 Steady 2nd Coalition
1965 David Brand 144,178 48.02
21 / 50
 Increase 3 Increase 1st Coalition
1968 David Brand 141,271 44.00
19 / 51
 Decrease 2 Decrease 2nd Coalition
1971 David Brand 139,865 29.66
17 / 51
 Decrease 2 Steady 2nd Opposition
1974 Charles Court 208,288 40.33
23 / 51
 Increase 6 Increase 1st Coalition
1977 Charles Court 287,651 49.35
27 / 55
 Increase 4 Steady 1st Coalition
1980 Charles Court 257,218 43.75
26 / 55
 Decrease 1 Steady 1st Coalition
1983 Ray O'Connor 256,846 39.86
20 / 57
 Decrease 6 Decrease 2nd Opposition
1986 Bill Hassell 324,961 41.32
19 / 57
 Decrease 1 Steady 2nd Opposition
1989 Barry MacKinnon 344,524 42.79
20 / 57
 Increase 1 Steady 2nd Opposition
1993 Richard Court 402,402 44.15
26 / 57
 Increase 6 Increase 1st Coalition
1996 Richard Court 384,518 39.90
29 / 57
 Increase 3 Steady 1st Coalition
2001 Richard Court 319,927 31.16
16 / 57
 Decrease 13 Decrease 2nd Opposition
2005 Colin Barnett 382,014 35.64
18 / 57
 Increase 2 Steady 2nd Opposition
2008 Colin Barnett 418,208 38.39
24 / 59
 Increase 6 Steady 2nd Coalition
2013 Colin Barnett 583,500 47.62
31 / 59
 Increase 7 Increase 1st Coalition
2017 Colin Barnett 412,710 31.23
13 / 59
 Decrease 18 Decrease 2nd Opposition

See also

  • Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia

References

  1. ↑ "Parliament of Western Australia, Assembly election 1950 - Details of Australian election results in the Australian Politics and Elections Database". Elections.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  2. ↑ "Parliament of Western Australia, Assembly election 1971 - Details of Australian election results in the Australian Politics and Elections Database". Elections.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
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