Western Australian Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly
42nd Parliament
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia
History
Founded	30 December 1890
Leadership
Speaker	Stephen Price, Labor ; since 8 April 2025
Deputy Speaker	Ali Kent, Labor ; since 8 April 2025
Leader of the House	David Michael, Labor ; since 8 April 2025
Manager of Opposition Business	Libby Mettam, Liberal ; since 8 April 2025
Government Whip	Terry Healy, Labor ; since 8 April 2025
Opposition Whip	Liam Staltari, Liberal ; since 8 April 2025
Structure
Seats	59
Political groups	Government (46); Labor (46); Opposition (13); Liberal (7); National (6)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Full preferential voting
First election	December 1890
Last election	8 March 2025
Next election	March 2029
Meeting place
	Legislative Assembly Chamber; Parliament House, Perth; Western Australia, Australia
Website
	WA Legislative Assembly

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. Members are elected using the preferential voting system. As with all other Australian states and territories, voting is compulsory for all Australian citizens over the legal voting age of 18.
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