The next Western Australian election will be held on a Saturday between 3 February and 24 March 2001. The last election was held four years ago on 14 December 1996 and resulted in Richard Court’s Coalition Government being returned for a second term of office with an increased majority of 13 in the Legislative Assembly. The ALP first preference vote dropped to a low of 35.82% compared to 45.69% for the Coalition.However, the Coalition lost control of the Legislative Council for the first time wi…
