Electoral district of Bateman

Bateman Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2025 state election
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Kim Giddens
Party	Labor
Namesake	Bateman
Electors	31,547 (2025)
Area	21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	32°02′S115°56′E / 32.03°S 115.93°E / -32.03; 115.93
Electorates around Bateman: Nedlands South Perth Bicton Bateman Riverton Bibra Lake Jandakot

Bateman is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district shares its name with the southern Perth suburb of Bateman, situated in the central part of the electorate. Both the electorate and the suburb are named after members of the Bateman family, who established their home, "Grasmere", at nearby Bulls Creek, in 1886. ^[1] The seat was created as a result of the 2007 electoral redistribution, largely replacing the former Murdoch electorate. Bateman was regarded as a safe Liberal seat, because Murdoch (itself largely replaced by Jandakot between 1989 and 1996 ^[2] ) had been held by the party since the seat's creation in 1977.

Members for Bateman

Member		Party	Term
	Christian Porter	Liberal	2008–2013
	Matt Taylor	Liberal	2013–2017
	Dean Nalder	Liberal	2017–2021
	Kim Giddens	Labor	2021–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bateman

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bateman.[ edit ]

2025 Western Australian state election: Bateman ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kim Giddens	11,093	40.2	−5.6
	Liberal	Nitin Vashisht	9,455	34.3	−2.7
	Greens	Juanita Doorey	2,910	10.5	+3.7
	National	Donna Gordin	1,689	6.1	+6.1
	Christians	Kirsty Robbie	1,000	3.6	+0.7
	One Nation	Michael Mabood	478	1.7	+0.9
	Independent	Tony Stokes	431	1.6	+1.6
	Animal Justice	Colleen Saporita	353	1.3	+1.3
	Libertarian	Anahita Ghassemifar	180	0.7	−0.6
Total formal votes			27,589	96.6	−0.6
Informal votes			962	3.4	+0.6
Turnout			28,551	90.5	+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kim Giddens	14,700	53.3	−3.4
	Liberal	Nitin Vashisht	12,881	46.7	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.4

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
2. An examination of the electoral boundaries of Murdoch and the former seat of Jandakot shows them to be similar. The newly created seat of Jandakot, though it takes in some areas currently within the Murdoch boundary, is much larger than its previous incarnation during the period 1989-96. See http://www.boundarieswa.com/2007/Final-Boundaries/South_Metropolitan/Jandakot/ Archived 16 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine .
3. 2025 State General Election – Bateman District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

External links

• Electorate profile Archived 15 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Antony Green, ABC)