Western Australian general election, 2001
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Elections to Parliament of Western Australia were held on Saturday, 10 February 2001. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and all of the four-year seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The Australian Labor Party led by Geoff Gallop defeated the incumbent Liberal-National Coalition led by Richard Court.
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[edit] Electoral system
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly consists of 57 members, elected in single-member electorates by preferential Instant-runoff voting.
The Western Australian Legislative Council consists of 34 members, elected for fixed four-year terms. Each member is elected using a proportional and preferential voting system using the single transferable vote method, and represents one of six multi-member regions. Two of the regions elect seven members, while four elect five.
[edit] Legislative Assembly results
In the Western Australian Legislative Assembly:
- the Australian Labor Party won 32 seats
- the Liberal Party of Australia won 16 seats
- the National Party of Australia won 5 seats
Independent candidates (those not affiliated to any party) won 4 seats.
For a list of members, see Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 2001-2005.
[edit] Legislative Council results
Elections were held for all seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council:
- the Australian Labor Party won 13 seats
- the Liberal Party of Australia won 12 seats
- the Greens WA won 5 seats
- the Pauline Hanson's One Nation won 3 seats
- the National Party of Australia won 1 seat
For a list of members elected, see Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 2001-2005.
[edit] References
- WA Electoral Commission - http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/frames.asp?section=state&content=2001_elected_members.htm
- University of Western Australia - http://elections.uwa.edu.au
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