Western Australian general election, 1996

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Elections to Parliament of Western Australia were held on Saturday 14 December 1996. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and all of the four-year seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The Liberal-National Coalition led by Richard Court defeated the Australian Labor Party.

Contents 1 Electoral system 2 Legislative Assembly results 3 Legislative Council results 4 References

[edit] Electoral system

Main article: Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories#Western Australia

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 regions elect five.

[edit] Legislative Assembly results

In the Western Australian Legislative Assembly:

• the Liberal Party of Australia won 29 seats
• the Australian Labor Party won 19 seats
• the National Party of Australia won 6 seats

Independent candidates (those not affiliated to any party) won 6 seats.

For a list of members, see Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1996-2001.

[edit] Legislative Council results

Elections were held for all seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council:

• the Australian Labor Party won 12 seats
• the Liberal Party of Australia won 9 seats in their own right
• the Greens WA won 3 seats
• the Australian Democrats won 3 seats
• the National and Liberals won 8 seats. The Liberal-National Party contested the Agricultural & South West Regions of Western Australia as a joint ticket. Five seats were held by the Liberals as a result, whilst the other three seats were held by the Nationals.

For a list of members elected, see Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1996-2001.

[edit] References

• WA Electoral Commission - http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/state/96summary.htm?section=state&content=96summary.htm
• University of Western Australia - http://elections.uwa.edu.au

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