Richard Court Liberal/National coalition Richard Court Liberal/National coalition Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 14 December 1996 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council.

The Liberal–National coalition government, led by Premier Richard Court, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Dr Geoff Gallop since 15 October 1996.

The election resulted in the Liberals winning an outright majority for the first time in Western Australia's history.

Meanwhile, Labor attracted its lowest share of the primary vote since 1901.

Western Australian state election, 14 December 1996[1]Legislative Assembly << 1993–2001 >> Notes: Western Australian state election, 14 December 1996Legislative Council 1 In the Agricultural and South West regions, the Liberals and Nationals ran a joint ticket, and in Mining and Pastoral, they ran separately, with the Liberals attracting 18,635 of the 52,240 formal votes and the Nationals 5,087.