Labor leader Mark McGowan, 49, replaces 66-year-old Premier Colin Barnett, inheriting a state economy weighed down by the nation?s highest jobless rate and stuttering growth.
Future uranium projects in Western Australia are in doubt with the election of Labor, which opposes mining of the nuclear fuel in the state.
?I won?t let you down,? McGowan told supporters on Saturday in his victory speech.
Saturday?s defeat means the prime minister?s Liberals hold power in just two of the nation?s eight states and territories.
Barnett had ?managed the state during the largest resources boom in our history and its inevitable wind-down,? Turnbull said in a statement on Sunday.
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