This is a list of candidates for the

2017 Western Australian state election The 2017 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 11 March 2017 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia, including all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council. The eight-an ...

. The election was held on 11 March 2017.

Redistribution and seat changes

*A redistribution was completed in 2015. The most significant changes were: **The Liberal-held seats of

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and Ocean Reef were renamed Bicton and Burns Beach respectively. **The Labor-held seat of Gosnells was renamed Thornlie. **The Liberal-held seat of Eyre and the National-held seat of Wagin were replaced by the notionally National seat of

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, while a new notionally Labor seat, Baldivis, was created. **The Labor-held seats of Collie-Preston and West Swan became notionally Liberal. *As a result of the redistribution: **

MLA

Dean Nalder Dean Cambell Nalder (born 5 February 1966) is an Australian former politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia for the Liberal Party from 2013 to 2021, representing the seat of Alfred Cove until 2017, and Bate ...

(Liberal) contested Bateman, while Bateman MLA Matt Taylor (Liberal) contested Bicton. ** Eyre MLA

Graham Jacobs Graham Gibson Jacobs (born 8 November 1949) is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2017. First elected to the seat of Roe at the 2005 election, he transferred ...

(Liberal) contested

. ** Gosnells MLA Chris Tallentire (Labor) contested Thornlie. ** Ocean Reef MLA

Albert Jacob Albert Paul Jacob (born 16 March 1980) is an Australian politician. He is the current mayor of the City of Joondalup. He was the member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Ocean Reef from 2008 to 2017, and the Minister for ...

(Liberal) contested Burns Beach. *A number of MLCs contested Assembly seats: **

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Nationals MLC

Paul Brown Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 – August 5, 1991) was an American American football, football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), the National Football League (NFL), and the American Football League (AFL). ...

contested

Geraldton Geraldton (Wajarri language, Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu language, Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West (Western Australia), Mid West region of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. As of the , Geraldt ...

. ** East Metropolitan Labor MLC

Amber-Jade Sanderson Amber-Jade Sanderson (born 25 October 1976) is an Australian Labor Party politician who is the member for Morley in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia. Since 21 December 2021, s ...

contested Morley. ** North Metropolitan Liberal MLC

Peter Katsambanis Peter Argyris Katsambanis (born 24 December 1965) is a former Australian politician. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2013 Western Australian state election, 2013 state election, representing the Liberal Party ...

contested Hillarys.

Retiring MPs

Liberal

* John Castrilli MLA ( Bunbury) – announced 14 March 2016 *

Kim Hames Kim Desmond Hames (born 24 March 1953) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2017. He served as a minister in the governments of Richard Co ...

MLA ( Dawesville) – announced 2 August 2014 * Liz Behjat MLC ( North Metropolitan) – lost preselection *

Barry House Barry John House (born 27 November 1949) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1987 to 2017. He was President of the Legislative Council from 2009 to 2017, and prior to ...

MLC ( South West Region) – announced 27 October 2015

National

Wendy Duncan Wendy Maxine Duncan (née Tonkin; born 7 October 1954) is an Australian politician who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2013 to 2017, representing the seat of Kalgoorlie. She was previously a me ...

MLA (

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) – announced 4 December 2015 *

Terry Waldron Terrence Keith "Terry" Waldron (born 17 February 1951) is an Australian politician. He was a The Nationals member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2017, representing the electorate of Wagin. Waldron was born in S ...

MLA ( Wagin) – announced 25 November 2014

Legislative Assembly

Incumbent members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Legislative Council

Six candidates were elected in each region. Incumbent members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Agricultural Region

The Labor Party was defending one seat. The

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was defending two seats. The

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was defending two seats. The

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was defending one seat.

East Metropolitan Region

The Labor Party was defending three seats. The

was defending three seats.

Mining and Pastoral Region

The Labor Party was defending one seat. The

was defending two seats. The

was defending two seats. The Greens were defending one seat.

North Metropolitan Region

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending four seats.

South Metropolitan Region

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending three seats. The Greens were defending one seat.

South West Region

The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending three seats, although sitting MLC Nigel Hallett was running for the

. The

was defending one seat.

Notes

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References

WA Electoral Commission - 2017 State ElectionWA Labor - CandidatesLiberal Party - Your ElectorateNationals WA - CandidatesThe Greens - WA CandidatesOne Nation - Candidates
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