He had originally planned to retire at the 2008 election, but after the troubled seven-month leadership of Troy Buswell and generally poor opinion polls, Barnett was persuaded to reconsider (the nominated candidate for Cottesloe, Deidre Willmott, stood aside), and regained the leadership on 6 August 2008 on a unanimous party vote, one day before the 2008 election was called.
Willmott Dixon | Hugh George de Willmott Newman | Deidre Hall | Deidre Downs | Kevin Willmott | Deidre Willmott | Peter Willmott | Deidre Holland |