A new independent political party could soon be launched with the aim of electing senators who will strongly stand up for the rights of Western Australia and focus on getting the state a better share of GST.

Former Perth lord mayor Chas Hopkins is planning to establish the Put Western Australia First Party, and said he hoped to run two or three Senate candidates at the next Federal election, due in 2019.

"I think it's time that Western Australia got a fair go, we've been dudded and things are really tough," he said.

Mr Hopkins said there was widespread voter dissatisfaction with both the major parties, and a general feeling that WA's current federal politicians were not doing enough to stand up for the state on a range of issues, particularly the GST.

"If you look at some of the other states, they've done very well with these micro parties — South Australia is one of them, Tasmania has also done well," he said.

"WA has got nothing because we haven't got anyone who is looking after us whatsoever.

"They just don't care about WA and we are just the forgotten state."

WA's share of GST has been an ongoing issue of debate, with successive premiers blaming it in part for the state's worsening economic situation.

The state will get just 34 cents for every GST dollar raised next financial year under a March determination of the Commonwealth Grants Commission.

'We are only interested in WA'

Mr Hopkins is a former member of the Labor Party and the uncle of WA Police Minister Michelle Roberts.

Aked how he planned to succeed where other major party politicians had failed and get WA a better GST share, Mr Hopkins said any significant power the party won in the Senate would mean it could refuse to pass government legislation, unless it delivered on a fairer deal for WA.

In contrast, the businessman said federal politicians from the major parties were unable to put WA's interests first because they had to toe the party line.

"We are only interested in Western Australian issues and what affects Western Australia," he said.

But Mr Hopkins said the Put Western Australia First Party would not be a single issue party and would campaign on other issues affecting WA people, including jobs.

One issue he plans to campaign on is getting WA a better share of the ship-building work on offer under the Federal Government's defence spend.

Mr Hopkins, who was lord mayor of Perth from 1988 to 1991, said he already had 200 members for his new party.

He needs 500 members for it to be officially registered under the law.

"I think that's going to come pretty easily because the sentiment out there is unbelievable," Mr Hopkins said.

Party 'could cause panic': analyst

Political analyst Peter Kennedy said if his party succeeded in becoming registered, it could do very well.

"I think there's a very strong feeling among West Australian voters about the GST issue at the moment," he said.

"Unless the major parties can pull a rabbit out of the hat between now and the next election, I think an independent WA First Party could win one of the six Senate seats and possibly two."

Mr Kennedy agreed with Mr Hopkins that the major parties had proved incapable of with dealing with the GST issue, and said a vacuum existed for a new "genuinely independent" political party to fill.

"A well-organised campaign … could cause panic among the major parties, and if a WA First candidate or two get elected to the Senate, they could hold the balance of power," he said.

"This could be absolutely crucial to the government of the day, whether it be Labor or Liberal."