2007 East Metropolitan Region Re-Count Details

2007 East Metropolitan Region Re-Count – Resignation of the Hon. Louise Clare Pratt MLC

On 6 November 2007, the Electoral Commissioner was informed by His Excellency the Governor that the Hon. Louise Clare Pratt MLC, Member for the East Metropolitan Region, had resigned and her position had subsequently become vacant.  The vacancy was advertised in accordance with section 156C(1)(a) of the Electoral Act 1907 on Thursday 8 November 2007 in The West Australian and The Australian newspapers. Nominations for the vacancy closed at 12 noon on Monday 19 November 2007.

At the close of nominations the Electoral Commissioner had received eight formal nominations from qualified persons and one nomination from a non eligible person.  The nominees for the purpose of this re-count were (in the order that their names appeared on the 2005 ballot paper):

Accordingly, the only candidates who could be declared elected at the re-count were the eight who nominated in the prescribed manner set out in section 156C and regulation 25 of the Electoral Act 1907.  Under the provisions of section 156D of the Act a full re-count of all ballot papers cast in the most recent Legislative Council election, on 26 February 2005, commenced after the close of nominations on Monday 19 November 2007.

The count was conducted pursuant to schedule 1 of the Act.  As votes at the 2005 State general election were counted electronically using a software program, a re-count was required to be conducted in the same manner pursuant to section 156D(4) of the Electoral Act 1907, having regard for the exclusion of the Hon. Louise Clare Pratt.

On completion of the count, the Electoral Commissioner declared Batong Vu Pham to be elected as the member of the Legislative Council for the East Metropolitan Region.  A summary of the count appears on the following pages.

Download a copy of the result of the East Metropolitan Region 2007 Re-Count. (PDF, 14 kB).