# Western Australia election: Labor secures third-term victory as Liberals fail to claw back former strongholds

Roger Cook has declared he’s ready to get back to work after Western Australian Labor secured a third term with another massive victory.

Labor was on track to win 41 seats, the Liberals five and the Nationals four late on Saturday night, according to ABC News.

It follows an unprecedented triumph in 2021 when Labor won 53 of 59 seats in the WA lower house, putting it in a nearly unbeatable position for Saturday’s poll.

Cook was jubilant as he declared victory, telling supporters the party had been rewarded for delivering a sensible and stable government.

“We relentlessly pursued the creation of jobs and the delivery of infrastructure and services that people need and at times of global uncertainty,” the premier said after arriving at a hall in his electorate of Kwinana to a rock star welcome.

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The Liberals won 13 and the Nationals five in that poll.

The WA Liberal leader, Libby Mettam, said the rebuild of the party would continue.

“Is this the result I hoped for? Of course not,” she said in her concession speech.

“Is this what we have been working for? Absolutely not, and what we will take from tonight is lessons on how we can do better.”

The poor Liberal showing leaves Mettam’s leadership in doubt after high-profile Perth media personality and the city’s former lord mayor, Basil Zempilas, who is viewed as a future leader by many, edged closer to securing the seat of Churchlands.

“I would accept any position but, look, ultimately it will be up to my colleagues,” Mettam said ahead of conceding.

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