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The Parliament of Western Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Western Australia, which constitutes the legislative branch of the state's political system. The parliament consists of the King (represented by the governor ), the Legislative Council (the upper house) and the Legislative Assembly (the lower house). [ 1 ]
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state. The Parliament sits in Parliament House in the Western Australian capital, Perth. The Legislative Assembly today has 59 members, elected for four-year terms from single-member electoral districts.
It is also commonly referred to as the WA Government or the Western Australian Government. The Government of Western Australia, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy , was formed in 1890 as prescribed in its Constitution , as amended from time to time.
However, until 2005, the state used a zonally weighted electoral system for both houses of parliament. In Legislative Council elections, this meant a vote in Perth was worth around 47% of a rural vote. The WA Legislative Council is the last remaining State or Territory chamber in Australia to have a significant rural overweighting.
Parliament House, Perth is located on Harvest Terrace in West Perth, Western Australia. It is the home of the Parliament of Western Australia , including the Legislative Council (upper house) and Legislative Assembly (lower house).
In December 2024, it was reported that Kingston would seek re-election to the Legislative Council at the 2025 state election on a joint ticket called "Vote Independent WA". Kingston intends to run alongside fellow independent MLCs Ben Dawkins (originally a member of the Labor Party and later of One Nation ) and Sophia Moermond (originally a ...
This article provides a summary of results for elections to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, the lower house in Western Australia's bicameral state legislative body, the Parliament of Western Australia, which came into being in 1890 when Western Australia achieved responsible self-government.
Website www.parliament.wa.gov.au The President of the Western Australian Legislative Council , also known as the Presiding Officer of the Council, is the presiding officer of the Western Australian Legislative Council , the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia .