20 February 1971 (1971-02-20) 1974 → 23 seats 28 seats 3 3 Start date February 20, 1971 | 1 January 1967 1 March 1957 26 seats 25 seats 48.91% 35.30% | |
Winner John Tonkin | ||
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 20 February 1971 to elect all 51 members to the Legislative Assembly and 15 members to the 30-seat Legislative Council. The four-term Liberal-Country Party coalition government, led by Premier David Brand, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader John Tonkin.
This was the first election in which no seats were uncontested since the introduction of responsible government in 1890. This was partly due to the Democratic Labor Party deciding to contest every seat up for election in both Houses.
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Western Australian state election, 1971 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA