Candidates of the 1983 Western Australian state election

The 1983 Western Australian state election was held on 19 February 1983.

Retiring Members

Liberal

• Brian Sodeman MLA (Pilbara)
• Neil McNeill MLC (Lower West)

National Country

• Norm Baxter MLC (Central)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Albany	Liberal	Josephine Lynch	Darrall Simpson (NCP) Leon Watt* (Lib)	John Chamberlain (Dem)
Armadale	Labor	Bob Pearce	Douglas Cable (Lib)
Ascot	Labor	Mal Bryce	Richard Dalgleish (Lib)
Avon	Labor	Ken McIver	Thomas Richards (Lib) Max Trenorden (NCP)
Balcatta	Labor	Ron Bertram	Vincenzo Allessandrino (Lib)
Balga	Labor	Brian Burke	Peter Nolan (Lib)
Bunbury	Liberal	Phil Smith	John Sibson (Lib)	Donald Stewart (Dem)
Canning	Labor	Tom Bateman	John Nagle (Lib)
Clontarf	Liberal	David Dale	Tony Williams (Lib)
Cockburn	Labor	Don Taylor	Gregory Bowler (Lib)
Collie	Labor	Tom Jones	Allen Mountford (NCP)
Cottesloe	Liberal	Leslie Heinrich	Bill Hassell (Lib)	Alfred Bussell (Ind) Marjorie McKercher (Dem)
Dale	Liberal	Philip Vincent	Cyril Rushton (Lib)	Joan Farrelly (Dem)
Darling Range	Liberal	Reginald Howard-Smith	George Spriggs (Lib)
East Melville	Liberal	Carmen Lawrence	Anthony Trethowan (Lib)	Shirley de la Hunty (Dem)
Esperance-Dundas	Labor	Julian Grill	Geoff Grewar (Lib) Robert Russell (NCP)
Floreat	Liberal	Peter Keating	Andrew Mensaros (Lib)	Robert Ward (Ind)
Fremantle	Labor	David Parker	Joseph Faliti (Lib)	Timothy Peach (SLL)
Gascoyne	Liberal	John Cunningham	Ian Laurance (Lib)
Geraldton	Liberal	Jeff Carr	Harold Driscoll (Lib)
Gosnells	Labor	Yvonne Henderson	Michael Mitchell (Lib)	Gordon Stapp (Ind)
Greenough	Liberal	Timothy Gamage	Reg Tubby (Lib)
Helena	Labor	Gordon Hill	Marianne McCall (Lib)
Joondalup	Labor	Jackie Watkins	Mick Nanovich (Lib)
Kalamunda	Liberal	Theraza Glindon	Ian Thompson (Lib)	Phillip Franzone (Dem)
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Ian Taylor	Ross Lightfoot (Lib)	Maxine Cable (Ind)
Karrinyup	Liberal	Richard Pitts	Jim Clarko (Lib)	Jean Jenkins (Dem)
Katanning-Roe	NCP	Marilyn Elson	Dick Old (NCP)
Kimberley	Labor	Ernie Bridge	Robert Whitton (Lib)
Mandurah	Liberal	John Read	Richard Shalders (Lib)	Leonard Attwill (Ind)
Maylands	Labor	John Harman	Wouterina Klein (Lib)
Melville	Labor	Barry Hodge	Judith Gleeson (Lib)
Merredin	National		Richard Cooper (Lib) Harold Lang (NCP)	Hendy Cowan* (Nat) Zoran Panzich (Ind)
Mitchell	Labor	David Smith	June Craig (Lib)
Moore	NCP	Michael O'Rourke	Bert Crane* (NCP) Ernest Twine (Lib)
Morley-Swan	Labor	Arthur Tonkin	Ramsay Bogunovich (Lib)	James Connolly (Ind)
Mount Lawley	Liberal	Desmond Hoffman	Ray O'Connor (Lib)	Cedric Beidatsch (CPA)
Mount Marshall	National	Robert Couzens	Bill McNee* (Lib) Ray McPharlin (NCP)	Ronald Aitkenhead (Nat)
Mundaring	Liberal	Gavan Troy	Tom Herzfeld (Lib)	Bryan Scott-Courtland (Dem)
Murchison-Eyre	Liberal	Frank Donovan	Peter Coyne (Lib)	Kevin Seivwright (Ind)
Murdoch	Liberal	Eric Ripper	Barry MacKinnon (Lib)	James Owen (Ind)
Murray-Wellington	Liberal	James Hersey	John Bradshaw (Lib)	Marius Loeffler (Ind)
Narrogin	NCP		Peter Jones (NCP)
Nedlands	Liberal	Saliba Sassine	Richard Court (Lib)
Nollamara	Labor	Keith Wilson	Gregory Wilson (Lib)
Perth	Labor	Terry Burke	Peter Bogue (Lib)
Pilbara	Liberal	Pam Buchanan	David Penny (Lib)	Vincent Cooper (Ind)
Rockingham	Labor	Mike Barnett	Maureen Mileham (Lib)
Scarborough	Liberal	Graham Burkett	Ray Young (Lib)
South Perth	Liberal	Sten Jakobsen	Bill Grayden (Lib)
Stirling	National		Thomas Buxton (NCP) Peter Skinner (Lib)	Matt Stephens (Nat)
Subiaco	Liberal	William Bartholomaeus	Tom Dadour (Lib)
Vasse	Liberal	Dane Carroll	Barry Blaikie (Lib)	Stewart Melville (Ind)
Victoria Park	Labor	Ron Davies	Pauline Iles (Lib)
Warren	Labor	David Evans	Noel Klopper (NCP) Ross Young (Lib)	Noel Duggan (Ind)
Welshpool	Labor	Colin Jamieson	Robert Gray (Lib)
Whitford	Liberal	Pam Beggs	Darryll Retallack (Lib)

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Province	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Central	NCP	Roy Little	Gordon Atkinson* (Lib) Arnold Byfield (NCP)	Eric Charlton (Nat)
Lower Central	NCP	John Bird	Winifred Piesse (NCP) Bill Stretch* (Lib)
Lower North	Liberal	Brian Wyatt	Norman Moore (Lib)	Frank Nesci (Ind)
Lower West	Liberal	Brian Coffey	Colin Bell (Lib)	Maxwell Barrington (Dem)
Metropolitan	Liberal	Graham Droppert	John Williams (Lib)
North	Labor	Tom Stephens	Peter Murray (Lib)
North Central Metropolitan	Labor	Sam Piantadosi	Michael Brazier (Lib)
North Metropolitan	Liberal	Graham Edwards	Bob Pike (Lib)	Bryan Lobascher (Dem)
North-East Metropolitan	Labor	Fred McKenzie	Douglas Ismail (Lib)	Kevin Trent (Dem)
South	Liberal	Ron Leeson	Leonard Newing (NCP) David Wordsworth* (Lib)	Leslie Stephens (Nat)
South Central Metropolitan	Liberal	Sydney Hickman	Clive Griffiths (Lib)	Richard Jeffreys (Dem)
South-East	Labor	Mark Nevill	Stanley Brown (Lib)
South-East Metropolitan	Labor	Kay Hallahan	Rodney Boland (Lib)
South Metropolitan	Labor	Des Dans	Colin Cashman (Lib)
South West	Liberal	Doug Wenn	Vic Ferry (Lib)
Upper West	National		Peter Browne (Lib) Gordon Garratt (NCP)	Tom McNeil (Nat)
West	Liberal	Nadeem Ramsay	Neil Oliver (Lib)

See also

• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1980–1983
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1983–1986
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1980–1983
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1983–1986
• 1983 Western Australian state election

References

• Prescott, David Black with the assistance of Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.