Sir Charles Walter Michael Court was an Australian politician who was the 21st premier of Western Australia from 1974 to 1982. He was a member of the Western Australian Liberal Party from 1972 to 1982.
Colin James Barnett is an Australian former 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.
Matthew John Birney is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2008,serving as Leader of the Opposition from 2005 to 2006.
Raymond James O'Connor was an Australian politician who served as the premier of Western Australia from 25 January 1982 to 25 February 1983. He was a member of the Parliament of Western Australia from 1959 to 1984,and a minister in the governments of David Brand and Charles Court. O'Connor was born in Perth and attended schools in the Wheatbelt towns of Narrogin and York as well as St Patrick's Boys' School in Perth,leaving school at the age of 14. He competed in athletics and played Australian rules football as a teenager and young adult,including playing 14 matches for East Perth in the Western Australian National Football League. During World War II,he served in the Second Australian Imperial Force in New Britain and Bougainville.
Cottesloe is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Cottesloe is named for the western Perth suburb of Cottesloe,which falls within its borders. Its previous member,Colin Barnett,was the 29th Premier of Western Australia. The current member,David Honey,was elected in a by-election after Barnett resigned in 2018.
Nedlands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Nedlands is named for the inner western Perth suburb of Nedlands,which falls within its borders.
Paul Domenic Omodei is an Australian politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia from 24 March 2006 until 17 January 2008.
Brendon John Grylls is an Australian politician who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2001 to 2017. Grylls became leader of the National Party in Western Australia from 2005 to 2013,and again from 2016,however he lost his seat at the state election in 2017.
Troy Raymond Buswell is an Australian former politician who was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2014,representing the seat of Vasse. He was Treasurer of Western Australia in the Barnett Ministry from 2008 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2014,and also held several other portfolios.
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.
John Howard Dadley Day is a West Australian state politician. He was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 2017.
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.
Michael Dennis Nahan is a former Australian politician who was Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia's Western Australian branch and Leader of the Opposition from the 2017 state election until his resignation in June 2019. He served as Treasurer of Western Australia under the Barnett Ministry from March 2014 until the government's fall in March 2017. Nahan was also the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Riverton from 2008 until 2021,when he was succeeded by Labor's Jags Krishnan.
William Richard Marmion is an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia between 2008 and 2021,representing the seat of Nedlands. He served as a minister in the government of Colin Barnett from 2010 to 2017. He later served as deputy leader of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2019 to 2020.
The 1982 Nedlands state by-election was a by-election held on 13 March 1982 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Nedlands in the western suburbs of Perth.
David Charles Parker is an Australian former politician from Western Australia,serving as a minister in the Burke Ministry (1983–1988),then as Deputy Premier in the Dowding Ministry (1988–1990). He later served a jail term for perjury for evidence given to the WA Inc royal commission.
A by-election for the seat of Nedlands in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 9 June 2001. It was triggered by the resignation of Richard Court,the sitting Liberal member and a former premier,on 27 April 2001. The Liberal candidate at the by-election,Sue Walker,retained the seat with 53.4 percent of the two-candidate-preferred (2CP) vote,a negative swing of 1.5 points from the 2001 state election. The Greens made the final 2CP count for only the second time in their history.
The 2021 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday,March 13,to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia,where all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election.
Katrina Stratton is a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Nedlands for the Australian Labor Party. She won her seat at the 2021 Western Australian state election. In July 2024,Stratton announced she would be leaving the Nedlands and taking the Legislative Council seat vacated by Sally Talbot.
