2001 Western Australian state election information
2001 Western Australian state election
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10 February 2001 (2001-02-10)
2005 →
All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council 29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
LFF
Leader
Geoff Gallop
Richard Court
Janet Woollard
Party
Labor
Liberal/National coalition
Liberals for Forests
Leader since
8 October 1996 (1996-10-08)
12 May 1992 (1992-05-12)
3 July 1999
Leader's seat
Victoria Park
Nedlands
Alfred Cove (won seat)
Last election
19 seats
35 seats
—
Seats won
32
21
1
Seat change
13
14
New
Popular vote
382,308
353,377
16,790
Percentage
37.24%
34.42%
1.64%
Swing
1.42
11.14
New
TPP
52.92%
47.08%
TPP swing
8.09
8.09
Premier before election
Richard Court
Liberal/National coalition
Elected Premier
Geoff Gallop
Labor
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 10 February 2001 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The two-term Liberal–National coalition government, led by Premier Richard Court, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Dr Geoff Gallop, in a landslide.
The election produced the biggest change of seats at any election since 1911, with Labor winning 14 seats from the Coalition as well as an Independent-held seat, while losing the seat of Kalgoorlie for the first time since 1923 to Liberal candidate Matt Birney. Meanwhile, a minister in the outgoing Government, Doug Shave, lost his seat of Alfred Cove to Independent candidate Dr Janet Woollard, who was also a member of the Liberals for Forests party.
This was the first election in Western Australian history where the Australian Greens Party overtook the National Party in its share of the state vote.
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