Ron Davies Brian Burke David Evans Mal Bryce A leadership spill of the Western Australian Labor Party occurred on 18 September 1981.

Over the 1970s, the Western Australian Labor Party failed to come close to defeating the Liberal/National Country Coalition led by Charles Court.

[1] Following the 1980 state election, Labor MPs Brian Burke, Arthur Tonkin, Mal Bryce, Jeff Carr and Bob Pearce formed a group to plan for the removal of Ron Davies as party leader and David Evans as deputy party leader.

[2] On 18 September 1981, at a party room meeting, a motion that all caucus positions be declared vacant was carried 18 votes to 13.

[5] The Labor Party went on to win the 1983 state election, and Burke served for five years as Premier of Western Australia before resigning.