Electoral district of Willagee
Willagee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district is located in the southern suburbs of Perth.
Willagee Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location of Willagee (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area | |
State | Western Australia |
Dates current | 1996–present |
MP | Peter Tinley |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Willagee |
Electors | 27,173 (2019) |
Area | 34 km2 (13.1 sq mi) |
Demographic | South Metropolitan |
Willagee has at all times been a safe Labor seat.
Geography
Willagee is an electorate in Perth's south, to the east and south-east of Fremantle. It includes:
- the suburbs of Willagee, Kardinya and Murdoch from the City of Melville;
- the suburbs of O'Connor and Samson from the City of Fremantle;
- the suburbs of Coolbellup, Bibra Lake, North Lake and South Lake from the City of Cockburn.
History
Willagee was first created at the 1994 redistribution ahead of the 1996 state election. It was won by Labor candidate Alan Carpenter, who later served as Minister for Education and other portfolios in the Gallop Ministry. Following Geoff Gallop's retirement from politics in January 2006, Carpenter became Premier, which he remained until the 2008 state election, at which Labor lost its majority. He retired from politics effective 2 October 2009 and the resulting by-election, held on 28 November, was won by Labor candidate Peter Tinley.
Members for Willagee
Member | Party | Term | |
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Alan Carpenter | Labor | 1996–2009 | |
Peter Tinley | Labor | 2009–present | |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Peter Tinley | 11,229 | 52.7 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | Rebecca Aubrey | 6,547 | 30.7 | −13.2 | |
Greens | Felicity McGeorge | 2,470 | 11.6 | +0.7 | |
Christians | Robin Hosking | 514 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Micro Business | Paul Potter | 334 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Socialist Alliance | Corina Abraham | 212 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 21,306 | 95.7 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 957 | 4.3 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 22,263 | 88.5 | −2.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Tinley | 13,948 | 65.5 | +13.0 | |
Liberal | Rebecca Aubrey | 7,351 | 34.5 | −13.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +13.0 | |||
References
- Willagee District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.