2008 Western Australian state election
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The <entity_0> was held on Saturday <entity_2> to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government, in power since the 2001 <entity_5> and led since 25 January 2006 by <entity_6> Alan Carpenter, was defeated by the centre-right Liberal Party opposition, led by Opposition Leader <entity_3> since <entity_2>. This redistribution involved significant changes to the geographic distribution of parliamentary seats and regions in <entity_1>, and brought the state into line with the rest of <entity_4> in adopting one vote one value for the lower house. The <entity_5> was called earlier than expected by Alan Carpenter, who requested the Governor to dissolve parliament on <entity_2>. The <entity_2> <entity_5> takes place with entirely new boundaries determined in a redistribution finalised on 29 October 2007 by the Western Australian Electoral Commission. The rate for the <entity_2> <entity_5> has been set at $1.56888 per vote. Prior to the <entity_2> <entity_5>, candidates could receive a refund of their nomination deposit only if they achieved 10% of the total primary vote. For this reason, members elected to the Legislative Council in the <entity_2> <entity_5> did not take their seats until May 2009.
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