List of Western Australian Legislative Council casual vacancies

This is a list of casual vacancies in the Western Australian Legislative Council since 1989. Casual vacancies in the Legislative Council are filled by a countback of all votes.

Date	Electorate	Outgoing member	Party		Reason for vacancy	Incoming member	Party
19 September 2023	South West	James Hayward		National	Disqualified	Louise Kingston [1]		National
20 March 2023	South West	Alannah MacTiernan		Labor	Resigned	Ben Dawkins [2]		Independent
6 February 2017	North Metropolitan	Peter Katsambanis		Liberal	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of Hillarys	Elise Irwin		Liberal
5 February 2017	East Metropolitan	Amber-Jade Sanderson		Labor	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of Morley	Bill Leadbetter		Labor
29 August 2016	North Metropolitan	Ken Travers		Labor	Resigned	Laine McDonald		Labor
10 March 2015	North Metropolitan	Ljiljanna Ravlich		Labor	Resigned	Martin Pritchard		Labor
12 February 2013	Agricultural	Mia Davies		National	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of Central Wheatbelt	Martin Aldridge		National
12 February 2013	Mining and Pastoral	Wendy Duncan		National	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of Kalgoorlie	Dave Grills		National
13 February 2010	East Metropolitan	Jock Ferguson		Labor	Died in office	Linda Savage		Labor
12 August 2008	Mining and Pastoral	Vince Catania		Labor	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of North West	Shelley Eaton		Labor
11 August 2008	North Metropolitan	Graham Giffard		Labor	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of Swan Hills	Carolyn Burton		Labor
2 January 2008	Agricultural	Murray Criddle		National	Resigned	Wendy Duncan		National
29 October 2007	East Metropolitan	Louise Pratt		Labor	Resigned to contest the Senate	Batong Pham		Labor
22 June 2007	Agricultural	Margaret Rowe		Liberal	Resigned	Brian Ellis		Liberal
20 January 2005	South Metropolitan	Jim Scott		Greens	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of Fremantle	Lynn MacLaren		Greens
28 September 2004	Mining and Pastoral	Tom Stephens		Labor	Resigned to contest federal seat of Kalgoorlie	Kevin Leahy		Labor
20 January 2000	South Metropolitan	John Halden		Labor	Resigned to take up the position of Labor Party State President.	Graham Giffard		Labor
28 July 1998	Agricultural	Eric Charlton		National	Resigned	Dexter Davies		National
21 November 1996	East Metropolitan	Alannah MacTiernan		Labor	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of Armadale	Paul Sulc		Labor
19 November 1996	North Metropolitan	Iain MacLean		Liberal	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of Wanneroo	Alan Carstairs		Liberal
19 November 1996	North Metropolitan	Sam Piantadosi		Independent	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of Yokine	Ed Dermer		Labor
28 February 1995	East Metropolitan	Tom Butler		Labor	Resigned	Valma Ferguson		Labor
26 April 1994	North Metropolitan	Bob Pike		Liberal	Died in office	Iain MacLean		Liberal
14 January 1993	South Metropolitan	Phillip Pendal		Liberal	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of South Perth	Diane Airey		Liberal
13 January 1993	East Metropolitan	Kay Hallahan		Labor	Resigned to contest Legislative Assembly seat of Armadale	Valma Ferguson		Labor
3 March 1992	Agricultural	Jim Brown		Labor	Resigned	Kim Chance		Labor

References

1. "Legislative Council vacancy - South West Region". 19 September 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
2. "2023 Legislative Council Vacancy". 20 March 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

See also

• WA Electoral Commission - Past Elections
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council