Electoral district of Armadale

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Armadale
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
WA Election 2021 - Armadale.png
Location of Armadale (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State Western Australia
Dates current1983–present
MP Tony Buti
Party Labor
Namesake Armadale
Electors 32,207 (2021)
Area47 km2 (18.1 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates 32°08′S116°00′E / 32.14°S 116.00°E / -32.14; 116.00 Coordinates: 32°08′S116°00′E / 32.14°S 116.00°E / -32.14; 116.00

Armadale is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district is named for the southeastern Perth suburb of Armadale, which falls within its borders.

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History

Armadale was created at the 1982 redistribution out of parts of the seats of Dale and Gosnells. [1] It was first contested in the 1983 election at which Labor member Bob Pearce, who had previously represented Gosnells, was successful. [2] The seat has been regarded as very safe for the Labor Party since its creation, and at the 2001 election, the Liberal Party did not even field a candidate for the seat. It was held from 1996 until 2010 by Alannah MacTiernan, the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure in the Gallop and Carpenter governments.

On 25 June 2010, MacTiernan resigned from the Western Australian Legislative Assembly to run for the federal seat of Canning. A by-election occurred on 2 October 2010 and Labor candidate Tony Buti was elected. Buti was re-elected at the state elections in 2013 and 2017. In the latter election, he increased his majority to 25.2 percent, making Armadale the safest seat in the legislature.

Geography

Armadale is bounded by the Tonkin Highway to the northwest, the Canning River to the northeast, and the limits of the Armadale suburban area to the south and southeast. Its boundaries include the suburbs of Armadale, Brookdale, Champion Lakes, Hilbert, Mount Nasura, Mount Richon, Seville Grove and Camillo, as well as Kelmscott west of the Canning River. [3]

The 2007 redistribution, which took effect at the 2008 election, resulted in the seat losing eastern Kelmscott as well as Wungong and Forrestdale. [4]

Members for Armadale

MemberPartyTerm
  Bob Pearce Labor 1983–1993
  Kay Hallahan Labor 1993–1996
  Alannah MacTiernan Labor 1996–2010
  Tony Buti Labor 2010–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Armadale.[ edit ]
2021 Western Australian state election: Armadale [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tony Buti 18,43474.4+7.7
Liberal Mahesh Arumugam1,8597.5−9.3
Christians Arthur Kleyn1,4245.7−0.6
Greens Jessica Openshaw1,1354.6−1.9
One Nation Jayden Carr6822.8+2.8
Western Australia Blake Clarke6492.6+2.6
No Mandatory Vaccination Lisa Moody4171.7+1.7
WAxit Eby Mathew1710.7+0.7
Total formal votes24,77195.3+0.8
Informal votes1,2294.7−0.8
Turnout 26,00080.7−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Buti 21,15985.5+10.3
Liberal Mahesh Arumugam3,59714.5−10.3
Labor hold Swing +10.3

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References

  1. ↑ "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1981 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 20 January 1982. p. 1982:113-173.
  2. ↑ Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth: Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. pp. 11–12. ISBN   0-7309-8409-5.
  3. ↑ Western Australian Electoral Commission (29 October 2007). "2007 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - East Metropolitan - Armadale". Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  4. ↑ Western Australian Electoral Commission (4 August 2003). "2003 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - East Metropolitan - Armadale". Archived from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  5. ↑ 2021 State General Election – Armadale District Results, WAEC
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