The
2005 Western Australian state election
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 26 February 2005 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Geoff Gallop, won a second term ...
was held on 26 February 2005.
Retiring Members
Labor
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Clive Brown
Clive Morris Brown (born 31 December 1946) is an Australian former politician and minister in the Gallop Government. Brown was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between 1993 and 2005 for the electorates of Bassendean and ...
MLA (
Bassendean)
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John Cowdell
John Alexander Cowdell (born 24 May 1953) is a former Australian politician.
Born in Perth, Cowdell holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Education. He worked as a public servant and adviser to Kim Beazley before being appointed Assistant S ...
MLC (
South West
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Kevin Leahy MLC (
Mining and Pastoral)
Liberal
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Mike Board
Michael Francis Board (born 15 June 1952) is a former Australian politician.
He was born in Paddington in Sydney and worked as a clothing manufacturer and wholesaler. He arrived in Western Australia in 1985. In 1993 he was elected to the Weste ...
MLA (
Murdoch
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John Bradshaw MLA (
Murray
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* Murrays, an Australian bus company
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)
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Cheryl Edwardes
Cheryl Lynn Edwardes (; born 1 March 1950) is a former Australian politician.
She was born at Mount Hawthorn in Perth, Western Australia and was a barrister and solicitor before entering politics. In 1989 she was elected to the Western Austral ...
MLA (
Kingsley Kingsley may refer to:
People
* Kingsley (given name)
* Kingsley (surname)
Places Australia
* Kingsley, Western Australia
Canada
* Rural Municipality of Kingsley No. 124, Saskatchewan
England
* Kingsley, Cheshire
* Kingsley, Hampshire
*Kingsley ...
)
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Arthur Marshall MLA (
Dawesville)
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Bill McNee MLA (
Moore
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People
* Moore (surname)
** List of people with surname Moore
* Moore Crosthwaite (1907–1989), a British diplomat and ambassador
* Moore Disney (1765–1846), a senior officer in the British Army
* Moore Powell (died c. 1573 ...
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Rod Sweetman
Rodney Noel Sweetman (born 21 June 1953) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2005.
Sweetman was born in the Perth suburb of Subiaco. He was first elected to stat ...
MLA (
Ningaloo
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Peter Foss
Peter Gilbert da Conceição Foss KC (born 24 March 1946 in England) is a former Australian politician, who represented the Liberal Party.
Elected to parliament in the 1989 state election, he was a member of the Western Australian Legislati ...
MLC (
East Metropolitan)
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Bill Stretch MLC (
South West
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Derrick Tomlinson
Derrick Gordon Tomlinson (born 31 January 1941) is a former Australian politician.
Tomlinson was born at Subiaco and was a university lecturer before entering politics.
Career
He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council for ...
MLC (
East Metropolitan)
National
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Ross Ainsworth
Ross Andrew Ainsworth (born 25 September 1947) is an Australian politician. He was a National Party of Western Australia member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 2005, representing the electorate of Roe.
Ainsworth was b ...
MLA (
Roe
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Monty House
Montague Grant "Monty" House (born 16 August 1946) is a former Australian politician.
He was born in Perth, the son of politician Edward House, and was a farmer at Gnowangerup before entering politics. In 1986 he was elected to the Western Aus ...
MLA (
Stirling
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Greens
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Chrissy Sharp
Christine Sharp (18 November 1947 – 18 May 2021) was an Australian politician, who was a Greens member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing South West Region from 1997 to 2005.
Early life
Born in London, Sharp comple ...
MLC (
South West
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Independent
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Larry Graham
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MLA (
Pilbara
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Phillip Pendal
Phillip George Pendal (4 February 1947 – 3 June 2008) was a Liberal and later Independent Western Australian politician, an opponent of abortion rights, and historian.
Early life
Born in Bunbury, Western Australia, Phillip Pendal was raised an ...
MLA (
South Perth)
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Alan Cadby
Alan Alfred Cadby (born 4 October 1947) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2005, representing the Liberal Party from 2001 to 2004, and serving as an independent from 2004 to 20 ...
MLC (
North Metropolitan) – elected as Liberal
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Legislative Council
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).
Agricultural
Five seats were up for election. The
Labor Party was defending one seat. The
Liberal Party
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was defending one seat. The
National Party was defending one seat. The
Greens were defending one seat.
One Nation was defending one seat.
East Metropolitan
Five seats were up for election. The
Labor Party was defending three seats. The
Liberal Party
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was defending two seats.
Mining and Pastoral
Five seats were up for election. The
Labor Party was defending two seats. The
Liberal Party
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was defending one seat. The
Greens were defending one seat.
One Nation was defending one seat.
North Metropolitan
Seven seats were up for election. The
Labor Party was defending three seats. The
Liberal Party
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was defending three seats. The
Greens were defending one seat.
South Metropolitan
Five seats were up for election. The
Labor Party was defending two seats. The
Liberal Party
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__TOC__ Active liberal parties
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was defending two seats. The
Greens were defending one seat.
South West
Seven seats were up for election. The
Labor Party was defending two seats. The
Liberal Party
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was defending three seats. The
Greens were defending one seat.
One Nation was defending one seat.
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Labor
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* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
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Liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
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National
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
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* National, Maryland, ce ...
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One Nation candidates
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Adele Farina
Adele Farina (born 31 March 1964) is an Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2021, representing South West Region. She served as parliamentary secretary to three differ ...
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Barry House
Barry John House (born 27 November 1949) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1987 to 2017. He was President of the Legislative Council from 2009 to 2017, and prior t ...
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Robyn McSweeney*
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Nigel Hallett*
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Family First candidates
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Paddy Embry
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See also
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Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 2001–2005
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2005 Western Australian state election
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 26 February 2005 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Geoff Gallop, won a second term ...
References
Voting by District - Psephos, Adam Carr's Election ArchiveLegislative Council candidates - Western Australian Electoral Commission
Candidates for Western Australian state elections