1989 Western Australian state election

none October 2025 April 2022 1989 Western Australian state election Western Australia parliamentary no 1986 Western Australian state election 1986 1993 Western Australian state election 1993 All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assemblyand all 34 seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority yes 1989 02 04 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1986–1989 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1989–1993 100px Peter Dowding 25 February 1988 Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) Maylands 341,931 42.46% 10.54 32 seats 31 1 100px Barry MacKinnon 25 November 1986 Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division) Jandakot 344,524 42.79% 1.47 19 seats 20 1 100px Hendy Cowan 1979 National Party of Australia (WA) Merredin 37,075 4.60% 0.89 6 seats 6 TPP TPP swing 47.62% 52.38% 6.50 6.50 Premier Peter Dowding Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) Peter Dowding Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 4 February 1989 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Peter Dowding, won a third term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Barry MacKinnon. The result was a major swing against the Labor Party, coming in the wake of revelations of dealings between Government and business that came to be known as WA Inc. The redistribution that took place in 1988, based upon the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987 which abolished several country and outer metropolitan electorates while creating new metropolitan ones, makes it difficult to assess how Labor would have performed on the old boundaries—while it lost four seats, it gained one Liberal-held seat and won several of the new seats, so in net terms, it only lost one seat despite the massive swing and the low two-party-preferred result. This was the first election in WA contested by the WA Green Party- a forerunner to the Australian Greens Party. Results Legislative Assembly Results of the Western Australian state election, 1989 (Legislative Assembly) Western Australian state election, 4 February 1989 Legislative Assembly Western Australian state election 1986 1993 957,939 869,100 90.73% –0.71% 63,870 7.35% +4.72% yes Labor WA 341,931 42.46% –10.54% 31 – 1 Liberal WA 344,524 42.79% +1.47% 20 + 1 Nationals WA 37,075 4.60% +0.89% 6 ± 0 Grey Power 41,525 5.16% +5.16% 0 ± 0 Democrats 11,509 1.43% +0.77% 0 ± 0 Greens WA 4,246 0.53% +0.53% 0 ± 0 Other parties 1,042 0.13% –0.20% 0 ± 0 Independent 23,378 2.90% +1.92% 0 ± 0 805,230 57 Labor WA Labor WA 383,422 47.62% –6.50% Liberal WA 421,808 52.38% +6.50% |} Legislative Council Results of the Western Australian state election, 1989 (Legislative Council) Western Australian state election, 4 February 1989 Legislative Council 957,939 870,996 90.92% –0.50% 24,061 2.76% –0.53% Labor WA 347,675 41.05% –4.08% 16 + 1 Liberal WA 350,053 41.33% –0.64% 15 ± 0 Nationals WA 42,328 5.00% +0.24% 3 – 1 Grey Power 34,055 4.02% +4.02% 0 ± 0 Democrats 28,113 3.32% –4.81% 0 ± 0 Greens WA 27,013 3.19% +3.19% 0 ± 0 One Australia Movement 7,391 0.87% +0.87% 0 ± 0 Independent 10,307 1.22% +1.21% 0 ± 0 846,935 34 |} Seats changing parties Seat Pre-1989 Swing Post-1989 Party Member Margin Margin Member Party Collie  Labor Tom Jones 4.2* 7.1 2.9** Hilda Turnbull National  Kingsley  Labor notional N/A N/A 7.6 Cheryl Edwardes Liberal  Mandurah  Labor John Read 9.4 10.5 1.1 Roger Nicholls Liberal  Melville  Labor Barry Hodge 19.5 19.6 0.1 Doug Shave Liberal  Murray  Liberal notional N/A N/A 0.9 Keith Read Labor  Riverton  Labor notional N/A N/A 4.5 Graham Kierath Liberal  Roe  Liberal notional N/A N/A 1.0*** Ross Ainsworth National  Roleystone  Labor notional N/A N/A 1.7 Fred Tubby Liberal  Scarborough  Labor Graham Burkett 10.3 11.9 1.6 George Strickland Liberal  Warren  Labor David Evans –1.0 9.8 10.8 Paul Omodei Liberal  A redistribution prior to the election had made the Labor-held seat of Warren notionally Liberal Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election. * figure is vs. National ** figure is vs. Labor *** figure is vs. Liberal Post-election pendulum Labor seats (31)Marginal GeraldtonJeff CarrALP0.2% Northern RiversKevin LeahyALP0.6% MurrayKeith ReadALP0.9% DianellaKeith WilsonALP1.1% PerthIan AlexanderALP1.2% BunburyPhil SmithALP1.5% Swan HillsGavan TroyALP1.5% WannerooJackie WatkinsALP1.6% WhitfordPam BeggsALP1.7% HelenaGordon HillALP2.6% ArmadaleBob PearceALP3.1% NollamaraJohn KobelkeALP3.7% BalcattaNick CataniaALP4.0% RockinghamMike BarnettALP4.1% GlendaloughCarmen LawrenceALP4.8%Fairly safe KenwickJudyth WatsonALP6.9% MitchellDavid SmithALP7.4% ThornlieYvonne HendersonALP7.4% Victoria ParkGeoff GallopALP7.4% AshburtonPam BuchananALP7.9% PeelNorm MarlboroughALP9.4%Safe MaylandsPeter DowdingALP10.1% BelmontEric RipperALP10.5% EyreJulian GrillALP11.2% KalgoorlieIan TaylorALP11.4% PilbaraLarry GrahamALP11.5% FremantleDavid ParkerALP12.4% MarangarooTed CunninghamALP12.4% MorleyFrank DonovanALP12.4% CockburnBill ThomasALP14.6% KimberleyErnie BridgeALP19.6% Liberal/National seats (26)MarginalMelvilleDoug ShaveLIB0.1%RoeRoss AinsworthNAT1.0% v LIBMandurahRoger NichollsLIB1.1%ScarboroughGeorge StricklandLIB1.6%RoleystoneFred TubbyLIB1.7%MooreBill McNeeLIB2.5% v NATCollieHilda TurnbullNAT2.9%RivertonGraham KierathLIB4.5%Fairly safeKingsleyCheryl EdwardesLIB7.6%SafeAlbanyLeon WattLIB10.1%WarrenPaul OmodeiLIB10.8%South PerthBill GraydenLIB11.3%MarmionJim ClarkoLIB14.3%JandakotBarry MacKinnonLIB14.6%StirlingMonty HouseNAT15.1% v LIBAvonMax TrenordenNAT16.0%CottesloeBill HassellLIB16.8%NedlandsRichard CourtLIB17.3%WellingtonJohn BradshawLIB17.5%Darling RangeIan ThompsonLIB17.7%WaginBob WieseNAT18.1% v LIBVasseBarry BlaikieLIB18.7%ApplecrossRichard LewisLIB19.1%FloreatAndrew MensarosLIB20.3%GreenoughKevin MinsonLIB21.3%MerredinHendy CowanNAT31.2% See also Candidates of the 1989 Western Australian state election Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1986–1989 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1989–1993 References Category:Elections in Western Australia Western Australian state election State election Western Australian state election