Lisa Munday never dreamed she would have such an overwhelming victory when she first became the Dawesville Labor candidate.
Yet in her first foray into politics she unseated an Opposition leader and won the Dawesville seat for the first time in Labor's history.
Zak Kirkup, who is the first WA party leader to lose his seat in 88 years, had a massive 15 per cent swing against him as Ms Munday recorded more than 58 per cent of the first preference vote.
The swing was replicated around the state and when looking at the political casualties for the Liberals, it is easier to point out who still remains with just Deputy Leader Libby Mettam and Cottesloe MP David Honey, the architect of the party's renewable energy plan, staying in the lower house.
Ms Munday said she was "absolutely blown away and so excited" when the election results rolled in on Saturday night.
"I felt like I was the opposite to everything Zak Kirkup was," she said.
"Here I am, 52, female, never been in politics before. I wasn't sure how the community was going to respond."
When the Mail first met the veteran paramedic and psychologist in July, she mentioned she was passionate about advocating for mental health, minimising Peel Health Campus ambulance ramping and wanted to ensure jobs were created for locals as the region recovered from the pandemic.
Now as the newly appointed Dawesville MP, she said the role would give her a new opportunity to advocate for what her and the community was passionate about.
"I don't envisage that I'm going to fix all the problems in 10 minutes but I'm certainly going to see if I can make Dawesville better every year," she said.
"Having a medical background is certainly going to come in handy to understand that you can't just put a bandaid on issues, it's going to take a little while to solve.
"I want residents to understand that I hear what they're saying, I'm here for them and they're more than welcome to come down and share their concerns, solutions and suggestions."
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Taking the win graciously, Ms Munday said whatever Mr Kirkup did in the future he would do well.
"From a community perspective there are a lot of people that had a lot of good things to say about him," she said.
"When he rang me at the end of the night to say congratulations, I just said 'you're young, you have a lot of future ahead of you and whatever you choose to do I'm sure you'll do it well'."
Mr Kirkup called it "an historic election and one like no other" in his concession speech.
He encouraged the community of Dawesville to embrace their newly-elected Labor candidate before announcing the end of his own political career.
"What has happened with respect to Dawesville is devastating and across the state," he told the party faithful. It is a result that guts me, obviously. In the greatest interest of our city and our state, we must do all we can to support the Liberal party going forward."
Mr Kirkup said the loss "will be difficult to bear" but hoped it marked the beginning of a new chapter for the Liberal party and not the end.
In Mandurah, MP David Templeman was selected to a sixth term with 68 per cent of the primary vote and in Murray-Wellington, MP Robyn Clarke won by a 2-1 margin over Liberal contender Michelle Boylan.
