1986 Western Australian state election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1986 Western Australian state election

| country = Western Australia

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1983 Western Australian state election

| previous_year = 1983

| next_election = 1989 Western Australian state election

| next_year = 1989

| seats_for_election = All 57 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
and 17 (of the 34) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council
29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1986|02|08}}

| image1 = {{Election image filler|Australian Labor Party|ALP}}

| leader1 = Brian Burke

| leader_since1 = 18 September 1981

| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)

| leaders_seat1 = Balga

| popular_vote1 = 416,805

| percentage1 = 53.00%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}0.16

| last_election1 = 32 seats

| seats1 = 32

| seat_change1 = {{steady}}

| image2 = {{Election image filler|Liberal Party of Australia|LIB}}

| leader2 = Bill Hassell

| leader_since2 = 15 February 1984

| party2 = Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)

| leaders_seat2 = Cottesloe

| popular_vote2 = 324,961

| percentage2 = 41.32%

| swing2 = {{increase}}1.46

| last_election2 = 20 seats

| seats2 = 19

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}1

| image3 = {{Election image filler|National Party of Australia|NAT}}

| leader3 = Hendy Cowan

| leader_since3 = August 1978

| party3 = National Party of Australia (WA)

| leaders_seat3 = Merredin

| popular_vote3 = 29,156

| percentage3 = 3.71%

| swing3 = {{decrease}}1.40

| last_election3 = 5 seats

| seats3 = 6

| seat_change3 = {{increase}}1

| 1blank = TPP

| 2blank = TPP swing

| 1data1 = 54.12%

| 1data2 = 45.88%

| 2data1 = {{increase}}0.37

| 2data2 = {{decrease}}0.37

| title = Premier

| before_election = Brian Burke

| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)

| after_election = Brian Burke

| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)

}}

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 8 February 1986 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 17 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Brian Burke, won a second term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Bill Hassell since 16 February 1984.

The election resulted in one of Labor's best state election results after World War II, and featured a united National Party for the first time since the 1977 election.

Results

=Legislative Assembly=

{{see also|Results of the Western Australian state election, 1986 (Legislative Assembly)}}

{{Australian elections/Title row

| title = Western Australian state election, 8 February 1986

| house = Legislative Assembly

| series = Western Australian state election

| back = 1983

| forward = 1989

| enrolled = 883,239

| total_votes = 807,634

| turnout % = 91.44%

| turnout chg = +3.51%

| informal = 21,240

| informal % = 2.63%

| informal chg = –0.20%

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|government = yes

|party_id = Labor WA

|votes = 416,805

|votes % = 53.00%

|votes chg = –0.16%

|seats = 32

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Liberal WA

|votes = 324,961

|votes % = 41.32%

|votes chg = +1.46%

|seats = 19

|seats chg = – 1

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Nationals WA

|party = National{{ref label|Nat|1|1}}

|votes = 29,156

|votes % = 3.71%

|votes chg = –1.40%

|seats = 6

|seats chg = + 1

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Democrats

|votes = 5,192

|votes % = 0.66%

|votes chg = –0.14%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party = Other parties

|votes = 2,630

|votes % = 0.33%

|votes chg = –0.73%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Independent

|votes = 7,650

|votes % = 0.98%

|votes chg = +0.48%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Total row |

|total_votes = 786,394

|total_seats = 57

|winner_id = Labor WA

}}

{{Australian elections/2PP summary |

|party id 1 = Labor WA

|2pp votes 1 = 427,704

|2pp % 1 = 54.12%

|2pp chg 1 = +0.37%

|party id 2 = Liberal WA

|2pp votes 2 = 362,642

|2pp % 2 = 45.88%

|2pp chg 2 = –0.37%

}}

Notes:

:{{note label|Nat|1|1}} The National Country Party (NCP) and the National Party (NP), which had been two separate parties from 1978 onwards, united in 1985 to form the National Party. Three sitting members who had previously identified as National Country Party stood for the Liberal Party in 1986, with two losing their seats to the Nationals, and the other (Bert Crane in Moore) retaining his seat. The Nationals also gained Avon from the Labor Party, and Mount Marshall from the Liberals, who had held it for a single term.

=Legislative Council=

{{main|Results of the Western Australian state election, 1986 (Legislative Council)}}

{{Australian elections/Title row

| title = Western Australian state election, 8 February 1986

| house = Legislative Council

| staggered = yes

| enrolled = 883,239

| total_votes = 807,496

| turnout % = 91.42%

| turnout chg = +2.44%

| informal = 26,530

| informal % = 3.29%

| informal chg = –0.43%

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Labor WA

|votes = 352,437

|votes % = 45.13%

|votes chg = –5.50%

|seats = 9

|seats held = 15

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Liberal WA

|votes = 327,786

|votes % = 41.97%

|votes chg = +0.40%

|seats = 6

|seats held = 15

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Nationals WA

|votes = 37,194

|votes % = 4.76%

|votes chg = –1.59%

|seats = 2

|seats held = 4

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Democrats

|votes = 63,483

|votes % = 8.13%

|votes chg = +6.68%

|seats = 0

|seats held = 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Independent

|votes = 66

|votes % = 0.01%

|votes chg = +0.01%

|seats = 0

|seats held = 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Total row |

|total_votes = 780,966

|total_seats = 17

|total_held = 34

}}

{{Australian elections/2PP summary |

|party id 1 = Labor WA

|2pp votes 1 = 418,124

|2pp % 1 = 53.54%

|2pp chg 1 = +0.57%

|party id 2 = Liberal WA

|2pp votes 2 = 361,160

|2pp % 2 = 46.25%

|2pp chg 2 = –0.57%

}}

Seats changing parties

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2" \| Seat ! colspan="4" \| Pre-1986 ! rowspan="2" \| Swing ! colspan="4" \| Post-1986
colspan="2" \| Party ! Member ! Margin ! Margin ! Member ! colspan="2" \| Party
Avon \| {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Labor \| Ken McIver \| style="text-align:right;"\| 8.4* \| style="text-align:right;"\| N/A \| style="text-align:right;"\| 1.8** \| Max Trenorden \| National \| {{Australian party style\|National}}\|
Mount Marshall \| {{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| Liberal \| Bill McNee \| style="text-align:right;"\| 5.7*** \| style="text-align:right;"\| N/A \| style="text-align:right;"\| 3.3 \| Mort Schell \| National \| {{Australian party style\|National}}\|
Subiaco \| {{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \| Independent \| Tom Dadour \| style="text-align:right;"\| 1.6** \| style="text-align:right;"\| 3.3 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 1.7* \| Carmen Lawrence \| Labor \| {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\|

class="wikitable"

rowspan="2" | Seat

! colspan="4" | Pre-1986

! rowspan="2" | Swing

! colspan="4" | Post-1986

colspan="2" | Party

! Member

! Margin

! Member

! colspan="2" | Party

Avon

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

| Ken McIver

| style="text-align:right;"| 8.4*

| style="text-align:right;"| N/A

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.8**

| Max Trenorden

| National

| {{Australian party style|National}}|

Mount Marshall

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

| Bill McNee

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.7***

| style="text-align:right;"| N/A

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.3

| Mort Schell

| National

| {{Australian party style|National}}|

Subiaco

| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|

| Independent

| Tom Dadour

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.6**

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.3

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.7*

| Carmen Lawrence

| Labor

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
* figure is vs. Liberal
** figure is vs. Labor
*** figure is vs. National (pre-merger)

Post-election pendulum

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COLSPAN=4 align="center" |Labor seats (32)

COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" |Marginal

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Geraldton

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Jeff Carr

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |0.4%

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Subiaco

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Carmen Lawrence

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |1.7%

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Warren

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |David Evans

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |2.9%

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Collie

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Tom Jones

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |4.2%

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Mundaring

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Gavan Troy

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |5.3%

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Bunbury

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Phil Smith

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |5.4%

COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" |Fairly safe

align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" | Esperance-Dundas

| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |Judyth Watson

| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |7.1%

align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" | Mandurah

| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |John Read

| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |9.4%

align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" | Joondalup

| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |Jackie Watkins

| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |9.5%

align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" | Whitford

| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |Pam Beggs

| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |9.8%

align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" | Nollamara

| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |Keith Wilson

| align="left" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FF8D8D" |9.9%

COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" |Safe

align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" | Mitchell

| align="left" bgcolor="FF6B6B" |David Smith