Electoral district of Bicton

Bicton
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Bicton; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Bicton (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2017–present
MP	Lisa O'Malley
Party	Labor
Namesake	Bicton
Electors	28,293 (2021)
Area	20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)
Coordinates	31°57′S115°58′E / 31.95°S 115.96°E Coordinates: 31°57′S115°58′E / 31.95°S 115.96°E

Last updated February 16, 2023

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

Geography

At the 2017 state election, Bicton includes the suburbs of Attadale, Bicton, and Melville in their entireties, most of East Fremantle and Palmyra, and smaller portions of Alfred Cove, Fremantle, and Myaree. It is bounded by Stirling Highway to the west, High Street and Leach Highway to the south, North Lake Road to the east and the Swan River to the north.^[1]

Members for Bicton

Bicton was created as a notionally safe Liberal seat with a majority of 10 percent over Labor, and was reckoned as the successor to the safe Liberal seat of Alfred Cove. However, in 2017, it was swept up in a massive Labor wave that swept through Perth, with Labor's Lisa O'Malley winning the seat on a swing of 13 percent. She defeated Matt Taylor, who had been the Liberal member for Bateman.

At the 2021 state election, O'Malley saw her margin swell to 15.6 percent, turning Bicton into a safe Labor seat in one stroke.

Member		Party	Term
	Lisa O'Malley	Labor	2017–present

Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: Bicton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lisa O'Malley	13,556	55.1	+15.2
	Liberal	Nicole Robins	7,559	30.7	−11.6
	Greens	Annie Hill Otness	2,450	10.0	−1.1
	One Nation	Jonathon Graham	297	1.2	+1.2
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Silvia Hirsbrunner	293	1.2	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Prinz	267	1.1	+1.1
	Christians	Deonne Kingsford	185	0.8	−0.3
Total formal votes			24,607	97.5	+0.5
Informal votes			628	2.5	−0.5
Turnout			25,235	89.2	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lisa O'Malley	16,136	65.6	+11.9
	Liberal	Nicole Robins	8,466	34.4	−11.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.9

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References

↑ 2015 Final Boundaries by Region and District, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
↑ 2021 State General Election – Bicton District Results, WAEC

External links

ABC election profiles: 2017
WAEC district maps: 2015

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[1] 2015 Final Boundaries by Region and District, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[2] 2021 State General Election – Bicton District Results, WAEC

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