1980 Western Australian state election information
1980 Western Australian state election
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23 February 1980 (1980-02-23)
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All 55 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and 16 (of the 32) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council 28 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Charles Court
Ron Davies
Hendy Cowan
Party
Liberal/NCP coalition
Labor
National
Leader since
5 June 1972
21 February 1978
1979
Leader's seat
Nedlands
Victoria Park
Merredin
Last election
30 seats
22 seats
3 seats
Seats won
29
23
3
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
282,478
270,165
17,411
Percentage
48.05%
45.95%
2.96%
Swing
3.71
1.73
0.09
TPP
50.97%
49.03%
TPP swing
3.73
3.73
Premier before election
Charles Court
Liberal/NCP coalition
Elected Premier
Charles Court
Liberal/NCP coalition
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 23 February 1980 to elect all 55 members to the Legislative Assembly and 16 members to the 32-seat Legislative Council. The Liberal-National Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir Charles Court, won a third term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Ron Davies.
The election produced very little in terms of the balance of the parties in Parliament—Labor won Kimberley from the Liberals in the Assembly, and a North Province seat in the Council, but lost two Council seats to the Liberals—one each in North Metropolitan and South-East Metropolitan. However, Labor received a substantial swing overall, increasing majorities in seats it already held, and reducing Liberal majorities in western suburban seats and pushing the key seats of Bunbury and Pilbara into marginal status.[1] Despite a vigorous campaign against each other, the National Country and National parties, which had split in August 1978, failed to gain any seats off each other, each retaining three seats in the Assembly, and the former retaining one in the Council.
^Watt, Edward David (December 1980). "Australian Political Chronicle: January–June 1980 (Western Australia)". Australian Journal of Politics and History. 26 (3): 443–446. ISSN 0004-9522.
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