Electoral district of Burns Beach

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Burns Beach
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
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Electoral district of Burns Beach
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2021 state election to 2025
State Western Australia
Dates current2017–present
MP Mark Folkard
Party Labor
Namesake Burns Beach
Electors 29,974 (2021)
Area40 km2 (15.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates 33°20′S115°40′E / 33.33°S 115.66°E / -33.33; 115.66

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

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Geography

Burns Beach includes the suburbs of Burns Beach, Mindarie, Quinns Rocks, Clarkson, Tamala Park, Kinross, as well as portions of Currambine and Neerabup. It is bounded by Hampshire Drive, Marmion Avenue and Hester Avenue to the north; Wanneroo Road to the east; Joondalup Drive, Moore Drive and Burns Beach Road to the south; and the Indian Ocean to the west. [1]

History

Burns Beach was created by the Western Australian Electoral Commission in a 2015 redistribution, and gained its first member at the 2017 state election. It incorporates areas that previously fell into the seats of Butler, Joondalup and Ocean Reef.

The district boundaries were redistributed in 2019 and saw the suburbs of Iluka and part of Joondalup being removed while the suburb Quinns Rocks was added. [2]

Members for Burns Beach

MemberPartyTerm
  Mark Folkard Labor 2017–2025

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Burns Beach.[ edit ]
2021 Western Australian state election: Burns Beach [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mark Folkard 17,19370.1+25.8
Liberal Trish Botha4,54518.5−19.0
Greens Louis Marchant1,3555.5−3.6
Christians Graeme Offereins6252.5+0.5
No Mandatory Vaccination Meredith Campbell5852.4+2.4
WAxit Peter Rosengrave2230.9−0.3
Total formal votes24,52696.4+1.7
Informal votes9163.6−1.7
Turnout 25,44284.9+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mark Folkard 18,84976.9+21.5
Liberal Trish Botha5,66923.1−21.5
Labor hold Swing +21.5

References

  1. ↑ 2019 Final Boundaries by Region and District, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "State election boundary shake-up". Community News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. ↑ 2021 State General Election – Burns Beach District Results, WAEC
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