Results of the 2008 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)

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2008 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)
← 2005 6 September 2008 2013 →
All 36 seats in the Legislative Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Norman Moore Kim Chance
Party Liberal Labor
Leader's seat Mining and Pastoral Agricultural
Seats before 15 16
Seats won 16 11
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 5
Popular vote 443,064 404,389
Percentage 39.60% 36.14%
Swing Increase 2.48pp Decrease 7.21pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader None None
Party National Greens
Seats before 1 2
Seats won 5 4
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 2
Popular vote 59,505 123,942
Percentage 5.32% 11.08%
Swing Increase 3.13pp Increase 3.56pp

This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 2008 Western Australian state election.

Results by Electoral region[edit]

Agricultural[edit]

2008 Western Australian state election: Agricultural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 10,432
National 1. Max Trenorden (elected 1)
2. Philip Gardiner (elected 4)
3. Mia Davies (elected 6)
4. Martin Aldridge
5. Cathy Wood 		24,420 33.44 +14.1
Liberal 1. Brian Ellis (elected 2)
2. Jim Chown (elected 5)
3. Chris Wilkins
4. Jane Mouritz
5. Jamie Falls 		23,830 32.63 -5.9
Labor 1. Matt Benson-Lidholm (elected 3)
2. Darren West
3. Vickie Petersen
4. Alan McCallum 		15,772 21.60 -6.0
Greens 1. Dee Margetts
2. Paul Connolly 		3,721 5.10 +0.9
Family First 1. Anthony Fels
2. Felly Chandra 		2,080 2.85 +1.4
Christian Democrats 1. Mac Forsyth
2. Lachlan Dunjey 		1,692 2.32 +0.3
One Nation Ross Paravicini 624 0.85 -2.2
Independent 1. Shelly Posey
2. Valerie Tan 		493 0.68 +0.7
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Stuart Smith
2. Chris Pepper 		215 0.29 0.0
New Country Chris Dodoff 175 0.24 -2.1
Total formal votes 73,022 97.66 +0.5
Informal votes 1,746 2.34 -0.5
Turnout 74,768 88.43 -2.9

East Metropolitan[edit]

2008 Western Australian state election: East Metropolitan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 39,514
Labor 1. Jock Ferguson (elected 1)
2. Ljiljanna Ravlich (elected 3)
3. Linda Savage
4. Gary Carson
5. Carolyn Burton
6. Craig Comrie 		113,686 41.10 -9.3
Liberal 1. Helen Morton (elected 2)
2. Donna Faragher (elected 4)
3. Alyssa Hayden (elected 5)
4. Steve Blizard
5. Darryl Trease
6. Guy Simpson 		104,385 37.74 +5.5
Greens 1. Alison Xamon (elected 6)
2. Steve Wolff
3. Damian Douglas-Meyer 		32,228 11.65 +4.6
Family First 1. Stephen Bolt
2. Symia Hopkinson 		8,839 3.20 +1.0
Christian Democrats 1. Dwight Randall
2. Gerard Goiran 		8,094 2.93 0.0
National 1. Sean Wood
2. Kevin Mangini 		2,690 0.97 +1.0
One Nation James Hopkinson 2,051 0.74 -1.1
Independent Tom Hoyer 1,724 0.62 +0.6
  Daylight Savings Conor Day 1,665 0.60 +0.60
Independent Richard Nash 514 0.19 +0.2
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Neil Vincent
2. Theresa Passmore 		417 0.15 0.0
Independent John Tucak 298 0.11 -0.6
Total formal votes 276,591 96.74 +0.2
Informal votes 9,319 3.26 -0.2
Turnout 285,910 87.29 -4.0

Mining and Pastoral[edit]

2008 Western Australian state election: Mining and Pastoral
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,773
Labor 1. Jon Ford (elected 1)
2. Helen Bullock (elected 4)
3. Jim Murie
4. Jodie Lynch
5. Mike Anderton
6. Terry Healy 		18,554 34.10 -6.4
Liberal 1. Norman Moore (elected 2)
2. Ken Baston (elected 5)
3. Mark Lewis
4. Isabella Scott
5. Ross Wood
6. Alan Dungey 		16,227 29.82 -7.5
National 1. Wendy Duncan (elected 3)
2. Dave Grills
3. Alan Keeling
4. Garry McGlinn 		11,656 21.42 +18.6
Greens 1. Robin Chapple (elected 6)
2. Kate Davis 		4,869 8.95 +1.7
Christian Democrats 1. Roger Mansell
2. Peter Watt 		1,018 1.87 +0.3
Family First David Kidd 896 1.65 +1.4
One Nation Gavin Ness 528 0.97 -1.1
  Daylight Savings Pat Cunneen 392 0.72 +0.72
New Country David Larsen 160 0.29 +0.3
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Lorraine Thomas
2. Orm Girvan 		109 0.20 0.0
Total formal votes 54,409 97.04 0.0
Informal votes 1,661 2.96 0.0
Turnout 56,070 73.77 -1.9

North Metropolitan[edit]

2008 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 40,034
Liberal 1. Peter Collier (elected 1)
2. Michael Mischin (elected 3)
3. Liz Behjat (elected 5)
4. Colin Edwardes
5. Judith Dowson 		129,709 46.29 +4.2
Labor 1. Ken Travers (elected 2)
2. Ed Dermer (elected 4)
3. Tim Daly
4. Kelly Shay
5. Iqbal Samnakay
6. Bill Leadbetter 		91,512 32.66 -7.8
Greens 1. Giz Watson (elected 6)
2. Cameron Poustie
3. Brenda Roy 		36,413 12.99 +4.1
Christian Democrats 1. Ruth Nicholls
2. David Kingston 		6,302 2.25 -0.1
Family First 1. Trona Young
2. Doug Croker 		4,329 1.54 -0.3
Independent 1. Brian Peachey
2. Joseph Nardizzi 		3,936 1.40 +1.4
National 1. Joanne Burges
2. Cheryl Fahey 		2,181 0.78 +0.8
  Daylight Savings Ben MacKinnon 2,062 0.74 +0.74
Independent 1. John Eyden
2. Paul Young 		1,112 0.40 +0.4
One Nation George Gault 1,098 0.39 -0.5
Independent Julie Gray 576 0.21 +0.2
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Ron McLean
2. Paul Augustson 		432 0.15 +0.2
Independent Eugene Hands 203 0.07 +0.1
Douglas Greypower 172 0.06 +0.1
Independent Wally Morris 143 0.05 +0.1
Christopher King 55 0.02 +0.0
Total formal votes 280,235 97.42 +0.3
Informal votes 7,428 2.58 -0.3
Turnout 287,663 86.61 -3.9

South Metropolitan[edit]

2008 Western Australian state election: South Metropolitan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 40,084
Labor 1. Sue Ellery (elected 1)
2. Kate Doust (elected 3)
3. Fiona Henderson
4. Batong Pham
5. Jack de Groot
6. Andrew Vitolins 		113,957 40.61 -6.6
Liberal 1. Simon O'Brien (elected 2)
2. Nick Goiran (elected 4)
3. Phil Edman (elected 5)
4. Donna Gordin
5. John Jamieson
6. Michelle Verkerk 		108,229 38.57 +3.0
Greens 1. Lynn MacLaren (elected 6)
2. Scott Ryan 		33,426 11.91 +4.5
Family First 1. Frank Lindsey
2. Bev Custers 		5,981 2.13 +0.1
Christian Democrats 1. Brent Tremain
2. Linda Brewer 		5,605 2.00 -0.2
Independent 1. Christopher Oughton
2. Huw Grossmith 		2,679 0.95 +1.0
  Daylight Savings Jeffrey Gidman 2,061 0.73 +0.73
National 1. Hilary Wheater
2. Peter Wahlsten 		1,966 0.70 +0.7
Independent Steve Walker 1,782 0.64 +0.6
One Nation Neil Gilmour 1,716 0.61 -0.6
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Paul Ellison
2. Barry Bushen 		1,597 0.57 +0.6
Independent 1. Eric Miller
2. Yolanda Nardizzi 		1,584 0.56 +0.6
Total formal votes 280,583 97.11 +0.5
Informal votes 8,339 2.89 -0.5
Turnout 288,922 87.20 -3.3

South West[edit]

2008 Western Australian state election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 17,908
Liberal 1. Robyn McSweeney (elected 1)
2. Nigel Hallett (elected 3)
3. Barry House (elected 6)
4. Paul Fitzpatrick
5. Dennis Wellington
6. Ross Ryan 		60,684 39.41 +0.3
Labor 1. Sally Talbot (elected 2)
2. Adele Farina (elected 4)
3. John Mondy
4. Wendy Perdon
5. Christopher Hossen
6. Elizabeth Nedela 		50,908 33.06 -4.4
National 1. Colin Holt (elected 5)
2. Patricia Hughes 		16,592 10.77 +5.2
Greens 1. Paul Llewellyn
2. Rae McPherson 		13,285 8.63 +1.0
Family First 1. Dan Sullivan
2. Linda Rose 		6,024 3.91 +0.9
Christian Democrats 1. John Lewis
2. Ray Moran 		3,251 2.11 +0.4
One Nation Brian Burns 995 0.65 -1.5
Independent 1. Elaine Green
2. Terry O'Leary 		881 0.57 +0.6
  Daylight Savings Kara Pascoe 626 0.41 +0.41
Independent Filip Guglielmana 328 0.21 +0.2
New Country Judy Pearce 220 0.14 -0.5
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Ian Tuffnell
2. Allan Dilley 		205 0.13 +0.1
Total formal votes 153,999 97.38 +0.7
Informal votes 4,150 2.62 -0.7
Turnout 158,149 88.45 -2.7

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