Electoral district of Ballajura

Ballajura; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1996–2008
Namesake	Ballajura
Demographic	East Metropolitan

Last updated December 30, 2020

Ballajura was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1996 to 2005.

Geography

Ballajura was a north-to-south elongated electorate squeezed between Alexander Drive and Beechboro Road. The district contained the suburbs of Ballajura, Malaga, Noranda and the lightly populated Cullacabardee. It also contained parts of the suburbs of Dianella, Morley, Noranda and Landsdale.

History

Ballajura was first contested at the 1996 state election. The seat was won by Liberal candidate Rhonda Parker, previously the member for Helena, which had been abolished. Parker was defeated one term later, at the 2001 state election by Labor candidate John D'Orazio, who had been the unsuccessful Labor candidate at the previous election.

D'Orazio won a second term at the 2005 state election, but broke with the Labor Party the following year. The redistribution ahead of the 2008 state election saw Ballajura abolished and divided between the new districts of Morley and West Swan. D'Orazio unsuccessfully contested Morley as an independent.

Members for Ballajura

	Party	Term
Rhonda Parker	Liberal	1996–2001
John D'Orazio	Labor	2001–2006
John D'Orazio	Independent	2006–2008

Election results

External links

Antony Green. "2005 Election Profile: Ballajura". ABC.
"Map of Ballajura (1996–2005)". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008.
"Map of Ballajura (2005–2008)". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013.

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