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WA Liberal and National Parties Join Forces to Form New Opposition
The Western Australia Liberal and National parties have entered into a formal alliance as the new opposition to WA’s recently elected Labor party.
In a crushing defeat during the WA elections, the Liberals garnered only two seats less than the National party’s four making it the first time in WA election history that the Nationals surpassed the Liberals’ voting preference.
In contrast, Labor under Mark McGowan secured a dominating presence in the legislative assembly with an unprecedented victory of 53 out of 59 seats.
Nationals Leader Mia Davies and recently elected Liberal Leader David Honey signed the agreement on April 19, with Davies acting as leader of the opposition and Honey serving in the state development and energy portfolios.
WA Nationals, Liberals form alliance for opposition â just donât call it a coalition
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The WA Liberal and National parties have signed an alliance agreement that will see the next four years of opposition led by the head of the country party Mia Davies.
Both parties will keep their independence and be able to speak out on issues when the partners disagree but will also look to form joint policies and try to strategise together when it comes to how seats are approached in any possible by-elections and elections.
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The WA National and Liberal parties have entered into a formal alliance, after the Labor party s crushing election victory decimated the state opposition.
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The Liberals were reduced to just two MPs in the Lower House, and seven in the Upper House, while the Nationals have four seats in the Legislative Assembly and three in the Legislative Council.
With more seats in the Lower House, the Nationals won official opposition status, and Mia Davies was appointed Opposition Leader.
Switzer Daily
9 April 2021
Now that every vote has been counted and every seat
determined the time has come for me to give my thoughts on the results of the
Western Australian general elections held on Saturday 13 March. The first point
is to note the strength of the Labor vote which is without precedent. Labor
scored 59.9 per cent of the first preference vote for the Legislative Assembly.
The two other currently successful Labor premiers scored only 42.9 per cent in
Victoria in November 2018 (Daniel Andrews) while Annastacia Palaszczuk could
only get 39.6 per cent in Queensland in October 2020. In the two-party
preferred vote Mark McGowan secured 69.7 per cent. Andrews could only manage