I’m answering my own question, “When’s the earliest the WA Labor Party can call an election?”
Via Australian Policy Online, this APH note on Australian election timetables has pointers to earliest and latest possible election dates, both State and Federal.
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States and territories: next election dates |
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Most recent |
Actual/Fixed date |
Earliest date |
Latest date |
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ACT |
16 October 2004 |
18 October 2008 |
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WA |
26 February 2005 |
21 June 2008 |
2 May 2009[5] |
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NT |
18 June 2005 |
5 July 2008 |
27 June 2009 |
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QLD |
9 September 2006 |
5 December 2009 |
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SA |
18 March 2006 |
20 March 2010 |
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TAS |
18 March 2006 |
22 May 2010 |
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VIC |
25 November 2006 |
27 November 2010 |
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NSW |
24 March 2007 |
26 March 2011 |
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Commonwealth: next election dates |
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Last election |
Earliest date |
Latest date |
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Simultaneous half-Senate and House of Representatives |
24 November 2007 |
7 August 2010 |
16 April 2011 |
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House of Representatives |
16 April 2011 |
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Half-Senate |
7 August 2010 |
21 May 2011 |
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Double dissolution |
16 October 2010 |
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