The Australian Sports Party's Wayne Dropulich is set to pinch a Senate seat in a shock poll result. Source: The Courier-Mail
LIKE all good sportsmen, potential West Australian senator Wayne Dropulich is refusing to celebrate a win until he hears the final siren.
In a shock outcome, the Australian Sports Party is predicted to win a place in the senate out of WA, despite polling just 0.22 per cent of the initial vote as counting continues.
The micro-party is set to benefit from a slew of preferences to potentially deliver Mr Dropulich into a seat, on the back of a campaign championing a growth of grassroots sport and a push for more active children.
"We are in with a good shot for a first-time party,'' Mr Dropulich said.
"But it is just a case of wait and see for now. We are happy with the position and hopeful it continues.''
Mr Dropulich, a former Australian gridiron representative player who still plays for a seniors team, said he would have a healthy message to take to Canberra if given the chance.
"It is about giving people the opportunity to enjoy and participate in grassroots sport and the positive impact it can have on individuals and communities,'' he said.
And in a diplomatic answer, Mr Dropulich refused to reveal his AFL preferences in the football-mad state.
But he did say he had been delighted to see the Fremantle Dockers prevail against Geelong in the AFL preliminary final on election day.
"I was very pleased to see them win - it is great for the state.''
Status quo in WA, despite some new voices
Status quo was the election headline in Western Australia - but there will still be several new voices on the state's political stage.
Despite Labor's primary vote slumping to a miserable 29 per cent in WA, the party looked set to retain their three WA legislative seats, with former frontbenchers Gary Gray and Melissa Parke hanging on, and Alannah MacTiernan finally getting to Canberra.
But major damage was still done to WA Labor, with the ousted government poised to lose one of their Senate seats and a greater swing away from Labor in the west than in Queensland.
According to deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop and WA Premier Colin Barnett, that shows the apparent contempt in which the Labor party is held in Perth and beyond.
Barnett wants better deal for WA
Only one federal WA seat looked likely to change hands, with Liberal candidate Rick Wilson holding a slight lead in O'Connor against Nationals hopeful Chub Witham.
And Ms MacTiernan, a former high-profile state Labor minister, said the "Greek tragedy'' of the ALP's leadership battle outweighed any policy positives, but a strong Labor voice was still possible.
"I think that we can form a very credible opposition and rebuild for the future,'' Ms MacTiernan said.
Christian Porter, a former state rival of Ms MacTiernan, was elevated to the federal ranks in Pearce, despite a slight awing away from the Liberals in his seat.
And in time he will hope to join the four WA MPs tipped for ministerial positions - Ms Bishop, Stirling MP Michael Keenan and senators David Johnston and Mathias Cormann.
Disappointment for the Nationals echoed across the state, with the party failing to win Durack, and the bid for a Senate seat on a knife edge - even with former AFL star David Wirrpanda in the ranks.
Despite public goodwill, Wirrpanda failed to generate the popularity he enjoyed as a premiership player for West Coast, with the Nationals' Senate vote in WA languishing behind the Palmer United Party late with counting continuing.
And Labor's decision to put former union stalwart Joe Bullock on top of their senate ticket in WA looks to have cost Senator Louise Pratt her job.
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