Richard Fairfax Court is a former Australian politician and diplomat. He served as Premier of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001 and as Australian Ambassador to Japan from 2017 to 2020. A member of the Liberal Party,he represented the Perth-area electorate of Nedlands in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 2001. His father,Sir Charles Court,also served as state premier.
The Liberal–National Coalition,commonly known simply as "the Coalition" or informally as the LNP,is an alliance of centre-right political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics. The two partners in the Coalition are the Liberal Party of Australia and the National Party of Australia. Its main opponent is the Australian Labor Party (ALP);the two forces are often regarded as operating in a two-party system. The Coalition was last in government from the 2013 federal election,before being unsuccessful at re-election in the 2022 Australian federal election. The group is led by Peter Dutton,who succeeded Scott Morrison after the 2022 Australian federal election.
Colin James Barnett is a former Australian politician who was the 29th Premier of Western Australia. He concurrently served as the state's Treasurer at several points during his tenure and had previously held various other portfolios in Western Australia's Court–Cowan Ministry.
The Division of O'Connor is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. It is one of Western Australia's three rural seats,and one of the largest electoral constituencies in the world.
Merredin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 2008.
The Electoral district of Pilbara is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Pilbara is named for the region of Western Australia in which it is located. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia,with its first member having been elected to the Second Parliament of the Legislative Assembly at the 1894 elections.
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.
The National Party of Australia (WA) Inc,branded The Nationals WA,is a political party in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the National Party of Australia but maintains a separate structure and identity. Since the 2021 state election,the Nationals WA is the senior party in an opposition alliance with the WA Liberal Party in the WA Parliament. Prior to the election,the National Party was sitting in the crossbench and the Liberal Party was the sole opposition party. The election resulted in the National Party winning more seats than the Liberal Party and gaining official opposition status. Under the opposition alliance,the National Party leader and deputy leader would be the opposition leader and deputy opposition leader respectively,the first since 1947,and each party would maintain their independence from each other.
Donald Terence Redman is an Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from February 2005 to March 2021,representing the electorates of Stirling (2005–2008),Blackwood-Stirling (2008–2013),and Warren-Blackwood (2013–2021). He was leader of the Western Australia Nationals from 2013 to 2016.
Wendy Maxine Duncan is an Australian politician who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2013 to 2017,representing the seat of Kalgoorlie. She was previously a member of the Legislative Council,representing the Agricultural Region from 2008 to 2009 and the Mining and Pastoral Region from 2009 to 2013. She is a patron of the Earbus Foundation of Western Australia.
Kim Desmond Hames is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2017. He served as a minister in the governments of Richard Court and Colin Barnett,and was deputy premier to Barnett from 2008 to 2016. Hames retired from parliament at the 2017 state election.
The 2008 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government,in power since the 2001 election and led since 25 January 2006 by Premier Alan Carpenter,was defeated by the centre-right Liberal Party opposition,led by Opposition Leader Colin Barnett since 6 August 2008.
Royalties for Regions is a political policy formulated by the National Party in 2008 which involves the redirection of Western Australian state government spending from the major population centres,particularly Perth,into the rural areas of the state. This spending would be funded by setting aside 25% of the state's mining and petroleum royalty revenue.
Hendy John Cowan is a former deputy premier of Western Australia.
The 2013 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 9 March 2013 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council. The Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly for the first time since the election of 1996,retaining government with 31 seats. The Labor Party won 21 seats and the National Party won 7 seats. In the Legislative Council,the Liberals won 17 of the 36 seats.
Mia Jane Davies is an Australian politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition and leader of the National Party in Western Australia. She has been a member of the state Legislative Assembly since 2013,having previously served in the Legislative Council from 2009 to 2013. Davies was elected deputy leader of the Nationals in November 2013,and replaced Brendon Grylls as leader in March 2017 following his defeat at the 2017 state election. As a result of the Liberal Party's electoral wipeout at the 2021 state election,she became leader of the opposition after Premier Mark McGowan gave her party the official opposition party funding,the first member of her party to hold the role since Arthur Watts in 1947.
The Division of Durack is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia.
Anthony John Crook is a retired Australian politician. He was the member of the Australian House of Representatives seat of O'Connor for the National Party of Western Australia from the 2010 federal election until August 2013. Crook served as chairman of the Western Division of the Royal Flying Doctor Service for 10 years until his retirement in 2009.
This is a list of candidates for the 2013 Western Australian state election. The election was held on 9 March 2013.
The 2017 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 11 March 2017 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia,including all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council. The eight-and-a-half-year two-term incumbent Liberal–WA National government,led by Premier Colin Barnett,was defeated in a landslide by the Labor opposition,led by Opposition Leader Mark McGowan.
