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Western Australia ALP Branch
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| Description | History of the ALP (WA Branch)
The Western Australian Labor Party was established by a Trade Union Congress, held in Coolgardie in 1899. Representatives of Trades and Labor Councils from around the State agreed to the formation of a political party to protect the interests of workers. The result was the Western Australian Labor Party.
1899: WA Labor Party was established by a Union Congress in Coolgardie. The First Platform was agreed upon.
1900: The Labor Party gained representation in the WA Parliament with the election of six members of the Legislative Assembly. Labor also became a federal party, and 24 Labor members were elected to the first Federal parliament.
1903: WA Labor became a state branch of the Australian Labor Federation.
1904: Labor won 22 Legislative Assembly seats and formed a minority government. Henry Daglish became the first Labor Premier of WA.
1911: Labor won a landslide electoral victory. John Scaddan became the second Labor Premier of WA. Scaddan lead Labor to a second electoral victory in 1914.
1916: The Conscription controversy split Labor both in WA and nationally. Labor governments at both levels were defeated in Parliament and at subsequent general elections.
1924: Labor was returned to power under the leadership of Phillip Collier (3rd Labor Premier). The Collier government was re-elected in 1927.
1925: May Holman was elected to the Legislative Assembly. She was the first Labor woman and second woman ever to be elected to an Australian parliament.
1930: The WA Labor government was defeated at a general election.
1933: The WA Labor Party was returned to government in a landslide, again under the leadership of Phillip Collier.
1935: John Curtin, the Federal Member for Fremantle, was elected Federal Parliamentary Leader. He is the first person from WA to be Leader of the Federal Labor Party.
1941: John Curtin became Prime Minister two months before the bombing of Pearl Harbour. He lead Labor to victory at the 1943 election on the basis of the government's war record.
1945: John Curtin died in July.
1971: Labor was returned to government in WA under the leadership of John Tonkin. Tonkin was Premier until 1974, when Labor lost the State Election, although he remained Leader until 1976.
1983: Labor was victorious in both the state and federal spheres, under the leadership of Brian Burke and Bob Hawke.
1988: Peter Dowding became Labor leader and Premier when Brian Burke retired.
1989: Peter Dowding lead Labor to a third successive electoral victory.
1990: Carmen Lawrence became WA Labor leader and the first woman Premier in Australia.
1993: Labor was defeated at a State election after 10 years in office.
1993: Ian Taylor replaces Carmen Lawrence as Labor leader. Carmen Lawrence stands for, and wins, the Federal seat of Fremantle in a by-election on 12th March.
1994: Jim McGinty becomes Leader of the Opposition.
1996: Geoff Gallop becomes Labor Leader. Labor is defeated in a December State Election.
1999: Marked the centenary of the WA Branch. A Centenary State Conference was held on May 8th and 9th, 1999, to reformulate the Branch's platform in preparation for a 2000-2001 State Election.
2001: Geoff Gallop led WA Labor to victory in the State Election held on 10 February.
WA Election Dates
27 Nov to 12 Dec, 1890
14 June to 3 July, 1894
27 April to 28 May, 1897
24 April, 1901
28 June, 1904
27 October, 1905
11 September, 1908
3 October, 1911
21 October, 1914
29 September, 1917
12 March, 1921
22 March, 1924
26 March, 1927
8 April, 1933
15 February, 1936
18 March, 1939
20 November, 1943
15 March, 1947
25 March, 1950
14 February, 1953
7 April, 1956
21 March, 1959
31 March, 1962
20 February, 1965
23 March, 1968
20 February, 1971
30 March, 1974
19 February, 1977
23 February, 1980
19 February, 1983
8 February, 1986
4 February, 1989
6 February, 1993
14 December, 1996
10 February, 2001
WA Labor Leaders
There have been sixteen Parliamentary leaders of the Labor Party in Western Australia, 11 of whom have served as Premier:
Henry Daglish - 1904-1905
Tom Bath - 1906-1910
John Scaddan - 1910-1916
Phillip Collier - 1917-1936
John Willcock - 1936-1945
Frank Wise - 1945-1951
Bert Hawke - 1951-1966
John Tonkin - 1967-1976
Colin Jamieson - 1976-1978
Ron Davies - 1978-1981
Brian Burke - 1981-1988
Peter Dowding - 1988-1990
Carmen Lawrence - 1990-1993
Ian Taylor - 1993-1994
Jim McGinty - 1994-1996
Geoff Gallop - 1996 -
WA Labor Premiers
Henry Daglish - 1904-05
John Scaddan - 1911-16
Phillip Collier - 1924-30
John Willcock - 1936-45
Frank Wise - 1945-47
Bert Hawke - 1953-59
John Tonkin - 1971-74
Brian Burke - 1983-88
Peter Dowding - 1988-90
Carmen Lawrence - 1990-93
Geoff Gallop - 2001 -
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