Electoral district of Baldivis

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Baldivis
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
WA Election 2021 - Baldivis.png
Location of Baldivis (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State Western Australia
Dates current2017–present
MP Reece Whitby
Party Labor
Namesake Baldivis
Electors 32,554 (2021)
Area103 km2 (39.8 sq mi)
Coordinates 32°19′S115°49′E / 32.31°S 115.81°E / -32.31; 115.81 Coordinates: 32°19′S115°49′E / 32.31°S 115.81°E / -32.31; 115.81

Baldivis is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It is located in Perth's southern suburbs, and named after the suburb of Baldivis.

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Baldivis was created by the Western Australian Electoral Commission in a 2015 redistribution, and elected its first member at the 2017 state election. It incorporated areas that previously fell into the seats of Kwinana and Warnbro. Baldivis was estimated to have a notional 6.4-point majority for the Labor Party (based on the results of the 2013 election), and was considered a safe seat for that party. [1]

Geography

At the 2021 state election, Baldivis includes parts of the suburbs of Baldivis, Cooloongup, Leda, Waikiki and Wellard. [2]

Members for Baldivis

MemberPartyTerm
  Reece Whitby Labor 2017–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Baldivis.[ edit ]
2021 Western Australian state election: Baldivis [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Reece Whitby 21,13079.8+37.0
Liberal Luke Derrick2,1228.0−6.4
Greens Jody Freeman1,0373.9−1.3
Independent Andrea Tokaji9323.5+3.5
One Nation Martin Suter4641.8−5.8
No Mandatory Vaccination Chaz Rizzo3331.3+1.3
Liberal Democrats David Marshall3211.2+1.2
WAxit Brianna McLernon1490.6+0.6
Total formal votes26,48896.6+1.0
Informal votes9243.4−1.0
Turnout 27,41284.2+10.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Reece Whitby 23,01386.9+20.3
Liberal Luke Derrick3,46913.1−20.3
Labor hold Swing +20.3

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References

  1. ↑ Electorate: Baldivis, WA Election 2017, ABC News. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Final Boundaries by Region and District, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  3. ↑ 2021 State General Election – Baldivis District Results, WAEC
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