Parliament of Western Australia

Parliament of Western Australia
Parliament of Western Australia
41st Parliament
	Coat of arms of Western Australia
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Legislative Council; Legislative Assembly
History
Founded	30 December 1890; 135 years ago
Leadership
Monarch	Template:Current Australian monarch ; since Template:Current Australian monarch
Governor	Chris Dawson ; since 15 July 2022
President of the Legislative Council	Alanna Clohesy, Labor ; since 25 May 2021
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Stephen Price, Labor ; since 8 April 2025
Premier	Roger Cook, Labor ; since 8 June 2023
Leader of the Opposition	Basil Zempilas, Liberal ; since 25 March 2025
Structure
Seats	96; 59 MLAs; 37 MLCs
Legislative Assembly political groups	Government (46); Labor (46); Opposition (13); Liberal (7); <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/N' not found.; color:;border:1px solid darkgray;"> National (6)
Legislative Council political groups	Government (16) ; Labor (16); Opposition (12); Liberal (10); <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/N' not found.; color:;border:1px solid darkgray;"> National (2); Crossbench (9); <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.; color:;border:1px solid darkgray;"> Greens (4); One Nation (2); Animal Justice (1); Christians (1); Legalise Cannabis (1)
Elections
Legislative Assembly voting system	Full preferential voting
Legislative Council voting system	Single transferable vote
Last general election	8 March 2025
Next general election	8 March 2029
Meeting place
	Parliament House,; Perth, Western Australia,; Australia
Website
	parliament.wa.gov.au

The Parliament of Western Australia is the legislature of Western Australia. It is bicameral, meaning it has two chambers: a lower house (the Legislative Assembly) and an upper house (the Legislative Council).

Parliament sits at Parliament House in Perth.

Parliament Of Western Australia Media

Bar chart showing the number of acts of the Parliament of Western Australia by year (1989-2024)

Notes

↑ After the 2025 election, the Nationals and Liberals formed an opposition alliance. However, it is not a formal coalition and both parties maintain their independence from each other.
↑ After the 2021 election, the Nationals and Liberals formed an opposition alliance. However, it is not a formal coalition and both parties maintain their independence from each other.

[fn1-1] After the 2025 election, the Nationals and Liberals formed an opposition alliance. However, it is not a formal coalition and both parties maintain their independence from each other.

[2] After the 2021 election, the Nationals and Liberals formed an opposition alliance. However, it is not a formal coalition and both parties maintain their independence from each other.

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