Electoral district of Darling Range

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Darling Range
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
WA Election 2021 - Darling Range.png
Electoral district of Darling Range
Interactive map of district boundaries
State Western Australia
Dates current1950–1974; 1977–present
MP Hugh Jones
Party Labor
Namesake Darling Range
Electors 31,150 (2021)
Area1,395 km2 (538.6 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates 32°13′S116°02′E / 32.22°S 116.03°E / -32.22; 116.03
Electorates around Darling Range:
Armadale
Oakford 		Thornlie Kalamunda
Kwinana
Baldivis 		Darling Range Central Wheatbelt
Secret Harbour Murray-Wellington Central Wheatbelt

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

Contents

The district is based to the east and south-east of Perth.

Geography

Darling Range is situated in the outer east and south-east of Perth. It is a mixture of suburbia and hinterland, falling inside the Metropolitan Region Scheme and running along most of its southern and eastern boundary. The district covers all of the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale as well as the less urbanised parts of the city of Armadale.

History

Darling Range was first created for the 1950 state election. The seat's first member was Country MP Ray Owen, who was previously the member for Swan. The district was abolished ahead of the 1974 state election. By this time its member was Liberal MP Ian Thompson, who went on to represent the new district of Kalamunda. Darling Range was recreated one term later for the 1977 state election.

The seat was radically redistributed ahead of the 2008 state election, with 15% of the voters in the redrawn district coming from its former configuration. Half of the district's voters—and indeed the vast majority of its territory—previously belonged to the abolished district of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, with the remainder coming from Armadale and Swan Hills. Thus, sitting Serpentine-Jarrahdale member, Liberal MP Tony Simpson became the new member for Darling Range at the 2008 election, whilst the former member for Darling Range, Liberal MP John Day, successfully contested the new seat of Kalamunda.

Simpson served as the MP for Darling Range until his defeat by Barry Urban at the 2017 state election. This result marked the first time that the Labor Party had ever won the seat. In May 2018, Urban resigned from parliament as the privileges committee recommended his expulsion over a series of false claims of his credentials. [1] At the subsequent by-election former East Metropolitan MLC Alyssa Hayden recovered the seat for the Liberals. [2] Hayden was defeated by Labor candidate Hugh Jones at the 2021 election, marking the second time Labor had won the seat.

Members for Darling Range

Darling Range (1950–1974)
MemberPartyTerm
  Ray Owen Country 1950–1962
  Ken Dunn Liberal Country League 1962–1968
  Liberal 1968–1971
  Ian Thompson Liberal 1971–1974
Darling Range (1977–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  George Spriggs Liberal 1977–1987
  Bob Greig Liberal 1987–1989
 Ian ThompsonLiberal 1989–1990
  Independent 1990–1993
  John Day Liberal 1993–2008
  Tony Simpson Liberal 2008–2017
  Barry Urban Labor 2017
 Independent2017–2018
  Alyssa Hayden Liberal 2018–2021
  Hugh Jones Labor 2021–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Darling Range.[ edit ]
2025 Western Australian state election: Darling Range [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Hugh Jones 10,98340.9−16.0
Liberal Paul Mansfield6,46224.1−3.5
One Nation Liam John Heerema2,1748.1+6.0
Greens Dominic Firmager2,1518.0+3.6
Christians Quintin Kleyn1,5405.7+1.1
National Morgan Byas1,5225.7+5.7
Legalise Cannabis Robert Peters1,3315.0+5.0
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Ian Blevin6652.5+2.5
Total formal votes26,82895.3−1.1
Informal votes1,3094.7+1.1
Turnout 28,13787.3+5.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Hugh Jones 14,76555.1−9.0
Liberal Paul Mansfield12,04644.9+9.0
Labor hold Swing −9.0

References

  1. ↑ Hondros, Nathan (8 May 2018). "Barry Urban quits WA parliament after committee moves for expulsion". WAtoday. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "Commentary, 2018 Darling Range by-election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. ↑ 2025 State General Election – Darling Range District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
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