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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1977 to elect all 55 members to the Legislative Assembly and 17 members to the 32-seat Legislative Council. The Liberal-National Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir Charles Court, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Colin Jamieson.
The election produced a decisive victory for the Coalition, attributed by some observers to its strong and organised campaign, the Premier's ability in dealing with the media and good economic times built on resource exports, as contrasted against the Labor Opposition's often unfocussed campaign dwelling on the government's perceived autocratic methods and those sections of the general population which were not benefitting from the good times. [1]
Western Australian state election, 19 February 1977 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 663,113 | |||||
Votes cast | 601,975 | Turnout | 90.78% | +0.65% | ||
Informal votes | 19,148 | Informal | 3.18% | –0.90% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Liberal | 287,651 | 49.35% | +9.02% | 27 | + 4 | |
Labor | 257,730 | 44.22% | –3.88% | 22 | ± 0 | |
National Country [1] | 30,784 | 5.28% | –5.52% | 6 | ± 0 | |
Progress | 2,640 | 0.45% | +0.45% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Australia Party | 549 | 0.09% | –0.31% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 3,473 | 0.60% | +0.23% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 582,827 | 55 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal/NCP | 318,796 | 54.70% | +4.53% | |||
Labor | 264,031 | 45.30% | –4.53% |
Notes:
Western Australian state election, 19 February 1977 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 663,113 | |||||
Votes cast | 601,442 | Turnout | 90.70% | +0.76% | ||
Informal votes | 26,160 | Informal | 4.35% | –0.44% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | |
Liberal | 289,416 | 50.31% | +4.88% | 9 | 18 | |
Labor | 241,359 | 41.95% | –5.28% | 4 | 10 | |
National Country | 31,974 | 5.56% | –1.78% | 3 | 4 | |
Independent | 12,533 | 2.18% | +2.18% | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 575,282 | 16 | 32 | |||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal/NCP | 319,952 | 55.62% | +3.72% | |||
Labor | 255,330 | 44.38% | –3.72% |
Seat | Pre-1977 | Swing | Post-1977 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Clontarf | Labor | Don May | 2.2 | -9.8 | 7.6 | Tony Williams | Liberal | ||
Mundaring | Labor | James Moiler | 1.6 | -3.8 | 2.2 | Tom Herzfeld | Liberal | ||
Murdoch | Labor | Notional - new seat | 8.6 | -11.0 | 2.4 | Barry MacKinnon | Liberal | ||
Seat | 1974 election | 1976 redistribution | Swing | 1977 election | |||||||||
Party | Member | Margin | Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | |||||
Murray | Liberal | Richard Shalders | 1.8 | Labor | Notional | 1.0 | +11.3 | 10.3 | Richard Shalders | Liberal | |||
Scarborough | Liberal | Ray Young | 0.5 | Labor | Notional | 0.8 | +7.4 | 6.6 | Ray Young | Liberal | |||
Labor seats (22) | |||
Marginal | |||
Gosnells | Bob Pearce | ALP | 0.9% |
Canning | Tom Bateman | ALP | 3.1% |
Avon | Ken McIver | ALP | 3.8% |
Rockingham | Mike Barnett | ALP | 4.0% |
Dianella | Keith Wilson | ALP | 4.3% |
Maylands | John Harman | ALP | 4.6% |
Geraldton | Jeff Carr | ALP | 5.6% |
Warren | Hywel Evans | ALP | 5.8% |
Swan | Jack Skidmore | ALP | 6.0% |
Fairly safe | |||
Welshpool | Colin Jamieson | ALP | 6.2% |
Mount Hawthorn | Ronald Bertram | ALP | 7.5% |
Morley | Arthur Tonkin | ALP | 8.3% |
Ascot | Mal Bryce | ALP | 9.0% |
Victoria Park | Ron Davies | ALP | 9.6% |
Perth | Terry Burke | ALP | 9.7% |
Melville | Barry Hodge | ALP | 9.8% |
Safe | |||
Collie | Tom Jones | ALP | 11.1% |
Balcatta | Brian Burke | ALP | 11.3% |
Yilgarn-Dundas | Julian Grill | ALP | 12.7% |
Kalgoorlie | Tom Evans | ALP | 13.6% |
Fremantle | John Troy | ALP | 14.3% |
Cockburn | Don Taylor | ALP | 17.5% |
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