1993 Western Australian state election

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All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
and all 34 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Council
29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
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Leader  | Richard Court | Carmen Lawrence
Party  | Liberal/National coalition | Labor
Leader since  | 12 May 1992  | 12 February 1990
Leader's seat  | Nedlands | Glendalough
Last election  | 26 seats  | 31 seats
Seats won  | 32 | 24
Seat change  | 6  | 7
Popular vote  | 450,796 | 338,008
Percentage  | 44.86% | 37.08%
Swing  | 2.07  | 5.38
TPP | 55.45% | 44.55%
TPP swing  | 3.07  | 3.07

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| Premier before election

Carmen Lawrence
Labor

| Elected Premier

Richard Court
Liberal/National coalition

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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 6 February 1993 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The three-term Labor government, led by Premier Dr Carmen Lawrence since 12 February 1990, was defeated by the Liberal–National coalition, led by Opposition Leader Richard Court since 12 May 1992.

## Results

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### Legislative Assembly

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See also: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1993 (Legislative Assembly)

Western Australian state election, 6 February 1993
Legislative Assembly
<< 1989–1996 >>

Enrolled voters  | 1,016,750  |  |
Votes cast  | 950,698  |  | Turnout | 93.50%  | +2.77%
Informal votes  | 39,220  |  | Informal  | 4.13%  | –3.22%
Summary of votes by party
Party  | Primary votes  | %  | Swing  | Seats  | Change
| Liberal | 402,402  | 44.15%  | +1.36%  | 26 | \+ 6
| Labor | 338,008  | 37.08%  | –5.38%  | 24  | – 7
| National | 48,394  | 5.31%  | +0.71%  | 6 | ± 0
| Greens | 39,300  | 4.31%  | +3.78%  | 0  | ± 0
| Democrats | 21,147  | 2.32%  | +0.89%  | 0  | ± 0
| Other parties  | 2,662  | 0.29%  | –4.90%  | 0  | ± 0
| Independent[1] | 59,182  | 6.49%  | +3.59%  | 1  | \+ 1
Total  | 911,478  |  |  | 57  |
Two-party-preferred
| Liberal/National | 505,391  | 55.45%  | +3.07%  |  |
| Labor | 406,087  | 44.55%  | –3.07%  |  |

Notes:

1 Andrew Mensaros, the former Liberal member for Floreat, resigned from parliament on 16 May 1991 due to ill health. Dr Liz Constable, who had Mensaros's support, ran as an Independent against the endorsed Liberal candidate in the resulting by-election on 20 July 1991, and won.

### Legislative Council

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See also: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1993 (Legislative Council)

Western Australian state election, 6 February 1993
Legislative Council

Enrolled voters  | 1,016,750  |  |
Votes cast  | 952,426  |  | Turnout | 93.67%  | +2.94%
Informal votes  | 35,643  |  | Informal  | 3.74%  | –3.61%
Summary of votes by party
Party  | Primary votes  | %  | Swing  | Seats  | Change
| Liberal | 418,039  | 45.60%  | +4.45%  | 15  | ± 0
| Labor | 337,554  | 36.82%  | –4.49%  | 14  | – 2
| National | 36,614  | 3.99%  | –1.01%  | 3  | ± 0
| Greens | 47,305  | 5.16%  | +1.97%  | 1  | \+ 1
| Democrats | 27,640  | 3.01%  | –0.31%  | 0  | ± 0
| Grey Power | 5,937  | 0.64%  | –3.38%  | 0  | ± 0
| Other parties  | 5,390  | 0.58%  | –0.29%  | 0  | ± 0
| Independent | 38,304  | 4.18%  | +2.96%  | 1  | ± 1
Total  | 916,783  |  |  | 34  |

## Seats changing parties

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Seat  | Pre-1993  | Swing  | Post-1993

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Party  | Member  | Margin  | Margin  | Member  | Party
Bunbury |  | Labor  | Phil Smith | 1.5  | 3.1  | 1.6  | Ian Osborne | Liberal  |
Darling Range |  | Independent  | Ian Thompson | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | John Day | Liberal  |
Dianella |  | Labor  | Keith Wilson | 1.1  | 2.5  | 1.4  | Kim Hames | Liberal  |
Morley |  | Independent  | Frank Donovan | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | Clive Brown | Labor  |
Murray |  | Labor  | Keith Read | 0.9  | 2.2  | 1.3  | Arthur Marshall | Liberal  |
Perth |  | Independent  | Ian Alexander | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | Diana Warnock | Labor  |
Swan Hills |  | Labor  | Gavan Troy | 1.5  | 6.1  | 4.6  | June van de Klashorst | Liberal  |
Wanneroo |  | Labor  | Jackie Watkins | 1.6  | 2.9  | 1.3  | Wayde Smith | Liberal  |
Whitford |  | Labor  | Pam Beggs | 1.7  | 7.8  | 6.1  | Rob Johnson | Liberal  |

* Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.

## Post-election pendulum

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Liberal/National seats (32)

Marginal
Murray | Arthur Marshall | LIB  | 1.3%
Wanneroo | Wayde Smith | LIB  | 1.3%
Dianella | Kim Hames | LIB  | 1.4%
Bunbury | Ian Osborne | LIB  | 1.6%
Roleystone | Fred Tubby | LIB  | 4.0%
Swan Hills | June van de Klashorst | LIB  | 4.6%
Collie | Hilda Turnbull | NAT  | 5.5%
Moore | Bill McNee | LIB  | 5.8% v NAT
Fairly safe
Whitford | Rob Johnson | LIB  | 6.1%
Scarborough | George Strickland | LIB  | 6.2%
Mandurah | Roger Nicholls | LIB  | 8.6%
Geraldton | Bob Bloffwitch | LIB  | 9.6%
Safe
Albany | Kevin Prince | LIB  | 10.0%
Melville | Doug Shave | LIB  | 10.3%
Riverton | Graham Kierath | LIB  | 10.5%
Kingsley | Cheryl Edwardes | LIB  | 12.8%
South Perth | Phillip Pendal | LIB  | 13.2% v IND
Merredin | Hendy Cowan | NAT  | 15.6% v LIB
Jandakot | Mike Board | LIB  | 15.9%
Avon | Max Trenorden | NAT  | 16.0%
Wellington | John Bradshaw | LIB  | 17.2%
Darling Range | John Day | LIB  | 18.3%
Roe | Ross Ainsworth | NAT  | 18.6% v LIB
Warren | Paul Omodei | LIB  | 19.9%
Marmion | Jim Clarko | LIB  | 20.4%
Nedlands | Richard Court | LIB  | 20.7%
Cottesloe | Colin Barnett | LIB  | 21.2%
Vasse | Barry Blaikie | LIB  | 21.2%
Applecross | Richard Lewis | LIB  | 21.3%
Greenough | Kevin Minson | LIB  | 22.9%
Stirling | Monty House | NAT  | 25.3% v LIB
Wagin | Bob Wiese | NAT  | 27.7% v LIB
Labor seats (24)

Marginal
Helena | Gordon Hill | ALP  | 0.2%
Perth | Diana Warnock | ALP  | 0.3%
Northern Rivers | Kevin Leahy | ALP  | 1.8%
Glendalough | Carmen Lawrence | ALP  | 2.7%
Mitchell | David Smith | ALP  | 2.9%
Kenwick | Judyth Watson | ALP  | 4.0%
Balcatta | Nick Catania | ALP  | 4.4%
Nollamara | John Kobelke | ALP  | 4.7%
Belmont | Eric Ripper | ALP  | 4.8%
Victoria Park | Geoff Gallop | ALP  | 5.0%
Armadale | Kay Hallahan | ALP  | 5.3%
Rockingham | Mike Barnett | ALP  | 5.5%
Thornlie | Yvonne Henderson | ALP  | 5.7%
Fairly safe
Fremantle | Jim McGinty | ALP  | 6.4%
Maylands | Judy Edwards | ALP  | 7.6%
Morley | Clive Brown | ALP  | 7.6%
Kalgoorlie | Ian Taylor | ALP  | 7.7%
Ashburton | Fred Riebeling | ALP  | 8.1%
Eyre | Julian Grill | ALP  | 8.5%
Safe
Peel | Norm Marlborough | ALP  | 10.7%
Marangaroo | Ted Cunningham | ALP  | 12.3%
Cockburn | Bill Thomas | ALP  | 14.0%
Kimberley | Ernie Bridge | ALP  | 15.4%
Pilbara | Larry Graham | ALP  | 16.9%
Crossbench seats (1)
Floreat | Liz Constable | IND  | 12.8% v LIB

## See also

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* Candidates of the 1993 Western Australian state election
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1989–1993
* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1993–1996

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