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1986 Western Australian state election

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Field	Value
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
image1
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	0.16
last_election1	32 seats
seats1	32
seat_change1
image2
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	1.46
last_election2	20 seats
seats2	19
seat_change2	1
image3
leader3	Hendy Cowan
leader_since3	August 1978
party3	National Party of Australia (WA)
leaders_seat3	Merredin
popular_vote3	29,156
percentage3	3.71%
swing3	1.40
last_election3	5 seats
seats3	6
seat_change3	1
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	54.12%
1data2	45.88%
2data1	0.37
2data2	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)

and 17 (of the 34) seats to the Western Australian Legislative Council 29 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

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

| turnout % = 91.44% | informal % = 2.63% |votes % = 53.00% |votes % = 41.32% |votes % = 3.71% |votes % = 0.66% |votes % = 0.33% |votes % = 0.98% |2pp % 1 = 54.12% |2pp % 2 = 45.88% |}

Notes: : 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 article: Results of the Western Australian state election, 1986 (Legislative Council)

| turnout % = 91.42% | informal % = 3.29% |votes % = 45.13% |votes % = 41.97% |votes % = 4.76% |votes % = 8.13% |votes % = 0.01% |2pp % 1 = 53.54% |2pp % 2 = 46.25% |}

Seats changing parties

Seat	Post-1986	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Avon	Labor	Ken McIver	8.4*	N/A	1.8**	Max Trenorden	National
Mount Marshall	Liberal	Bill McNee	5.7***	N/A	3.3	Mort Schell	National
Subiaco	Independent	Tom Dadour	1.6**	3.3	1.7*	Carmen Lawrence	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

Opinion polling

Date	Primary vote	Leader's approval rating	Labor	Liberal-National	Labor	Liberal	19 February 1983 election	53.8	March–April 1983	58	70	May–June 1983	55	72	July–August 1983	51	68	September–October 1983	48	63	November–December 1983	56	63	January–February 1984	53	71	15 February 1984	March–April 1984	49	68	May–June 1984	54	66	July–August 1984	50	65	September–October 1984	57	69	November–December 1984	53	63	January–February 1985	49	58	March–April 1985	47	53	May–June 1985	48	61	July–August 1985	48	64	September–October 1985	49	61	November–December 1985	53	65	8 February 1986 election	53.2
44.2
37	44
41	48
43	47
47	43
40	45
42	37
Bill Hassell replaces Ray O'Connor as leader of the Liberal Party
46	38
41	38
46	40
38	39
42	41
45	39
45	36
45	37
47	34
45	32
40	32
44.9

References

(1988). "Burkie: A biography of Brian Burke". St. George Books.

Wikipedia Source

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