The WA election has left the Liberals decimated and in the wilderness, facing a long road back

The West Australian Liberal Party lies in ruins.

For so long the dominant political force in this state, the Liberals have been sent a message by the electorate that is beyond brutal in its force.

Their leader is gone, blue-ribbon territory all over Perth has fallen into Labor hands and the Liberals’ Lower House ranks are now so minuscule that they could fit on a tandem bike, outnumbered by the Nationals.

And their stint in the political wilderness could last much longer than the four miserable years that now certainly await the Liberals, after an unmitigated disaster of an election night.