Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 89

89 .         Failure or partial failure of election

        (1)         If no candidate is nominated for an election, or if no candidate is returned as elected at an election, the election shall be deemed to have wholly failed, and a new writ shall forthwith be issued for a supplementary election.

        (2)         If an insufficient number of candidates is nominated for an election in a region where the relevant number is more than one, or if an insufficient number of candidates is returned as elected at such an election, the election shall be deemed to have partially failed, and a new writ shall forthwith be issued for a supplementary election to fill the remaining vacancy or vacancies, as the case may be.

        [Section 89 inserted by No. 18 of 1940 s. 4; amended by No. 40 of 1987 s. 51.]

        [Heading amended by No. 63 of 1948 s. 16; No. 36 of 2000 s. 48(5).]