Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)

Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
General Secretary	Tim Picton
Leader	Mark McGowan
Deputy Leader	Roger Cook
Deputy Secretary	Ellie Whiteaker
President	Carolyn Smith
Founded	1899; 122 years ago (1899)
Headquarters	Level 1, 22 Eastbrook Terrace, East Perth, WA 6004
Youth wing	WA Young Labor
Political position	Centre[1] to Centre-left
National affiliation	Australian Labor Party
Legislative Assembly	53 / 59
Legislative Council	22 / 36
House of Representatives	5 / 16 (WA seats)
Senate	4 / 12 (WA seats)
Website
www.walabor.org.au
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The Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), commonly known as WA Labor, is the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party. It is the current governing party of Western Australia since winning the 2017 election under Mark McGowan.

History[]

The Western Australian state division of the Australian Labor Party was formed at a Trade Union Congress in Coolgardie in 1899.^[2] Shortly afterwards the federal Labor Party was formalised in time for Australian federation in 1901. The WA Labor Party achieved representation in the Western Australian Parliament in 1900 with six members, and four years later the party entered into minority government with Henry Daglish becoming the first Labor Premier of Western Australia.^[2]

Leadership[]

The current leaders of the party are:^[3]

• Parliamentary Leader: Mark McGowan (Premier)
• State President: Carolyn Smith
• State Secretary: Tim Picton^[4]
• State Treasurer: Naomi McLean

Election results for Legislative Assembly[]

Election	Leader	Seats	±	Votes	%	±%	Position
1897	No official leader	1 / 44	1	383	4.38%	4.38	Crossbench
1901		6 / 50	5	9,658	25.88%	21.50	Crossbench
1904	Robert Hastie	22 / 50	16	28,122	42.57%	16.70	Opposition
							Minority government (from 10 Aug 1904 - 25 Aug 1905)
							Opposition
1905	William Johnson	14 / 50	8	18,364	35.07%	7.50	Opposition
1908	Thomas Bath	22 / 50	8	28,325	37.80%	2.73	Opposition
1911	John Scaddan	34 / 50	12	47,558	52.64%	14.73	Majority government
1914		26 / 50	8	40,205	42.12%	10.42	Majority government
							Minority government (from 18 Dec 1915 - 27 Jul 1917)
							Opposition
1917	Philip Collier	15 / 50	11	20,867	24.79%	17.33	Opposition
1921		17 / 50	2	35,829	36.81%	11.99	Opposition
1924		27 / 50	10	39,679	40.39%	3.58	Majority government
1927		27 / 50	0	63,687	45.33%	4.94	Majority government
1930		23 / 50	4	52,824	38.44%	6.89	Opposition
1933		30 / 50	7	82,702	45.48%	7.04	Majority government
1936		26 / 50	4	57,055	42.33%	3.15	Majority government
1939	John Willcock	27 / 50	1	92,585	45.02%	2.63	Majority government
1943		30 / 50	3	77,567	43.28%	4.00	Majority government
1947	Frank Wise	23 / 50	7	64,377	39.38%	3.90	Opposition
1950		23 / 50	0	94,055	41.85%	2.47	Opposition
1953	Albert Hawke	26 / 50	3	93,157	49.76%	7.92	Majority government
1956		29 / 50	3	116,793	49.70%	0.07	Majority government
1959		23 / 50	6	117,861	44.92%	4.78	Opposition
1962		24 / 50	1	129,757	44.41%	0.51	Opposition
1965		21 / 50	3	128,025	42.64%	1.77	Opposition
1968	John Tonkin	23 / 51	2	145,605	45.35%	2.71	Opposition
1971		26 / 51	3	230,653	48.91%	3.56	Majority government
1974		22 / 51	4	248,395	48.10%	0.81	Opposition
1977	Colin Jamieson	22 / 55	0	257,730	44.22%	3.88	Opposition
1980	Ron Davies	23 / 55	1	270,165	45.95%	1.73	Opposition
1983	Brian Burke	32 / 57	9	342,536	53.16%	7.21	Majority government
1986		32 / 57	0	416,805	53.00%	0.16	Majority government
1989	Peter Dowding	31 / 57	1	341,931	42.46%	10.54	Majority government
1993	Carmen Lawrence	24 / 57	7	338,008	37.08%	5.38	Opposition
1996	Geoff Gallop	19 / 57	5	345,159	35.82%	1.26	Opposition
2001		32 / 57	13	382,308	37.24%	1.42	Majority government
2005		32 / 57	0	448,956	41.88%	4.65	Majority government
2008	Alan Carpenter	28 / 59	4	390,339	35.84%	6.05	Opposition
2013	Mark McGowan	21 / 59	7	392,448	33.13%	2.70	Opposition
2017		41 / 59	20	557,794	42.20%	9.07	Majority government
2021		53 / 59	12	846,116	59.92%	17.72	Majority government

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