Electoral district of Dawesville

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Dawesville
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
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Electoral district of Dawesville
Interactive map of district boundaries
State Western Australia
Dates current1996–present
MP Lisa Munday
Party Labor
Namesake Dawesville
Electors 31,293 (2021)
Area66 km2 (25.5 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Coordinates 32°32′S115°51′E / 32.54°S 115.85°E / -32.54; 115.85
Electorates around Dawesville:
Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Mandurah
Indian Ocean Dawesville Murray-Wellington
Indian Ocean Murray-Wellington Murray-Wellington

Dawesville is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Dawesville is named for the southwestern Mandurah suburb of Dawesville, which falls within its borders.

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History

Dawesville was created at the 1994 redistribution due to the rapid population growth in the Mandurah region. It had previously been part of the seat of Murray, with a small portion in Mandurah. [1] Its initial member following its first contest at the 1996 election was Arthur Marshall, the former member for Murray. At the 2005 election, it was won by former Court minister Kim Hames, who had been the member for Yokine but lost to Labor's Bob Kucera in 2001. Despite being a smaller quota seat under the previous system of electoral malapportionment, the 2005 one vote one value reforms did not significantly affect the seat due to rapid population growth. In the 2021 state elections Lisa Munday defeated the sitting Liberal opposition leader, Zak Kirkup, turning it on paper into a safe Labor seat in one stroke. [2] Munday became the first Labor member ever to win the seat. She won the seat on first preferences, receiving 57% of first preference votes in the electorate.

Geography

Dawesville takes in the southwestern suburbs of Mandurah between the Harvey Estuary and the Indian Ocean, crossing the Dawesville Cut and including the suburbs of Halls Head, Erskine, Falcon, Wannanup, Dawesville, Bouvard and Herron. As of the 2007 redistribution it now includes areas immediately south of Mandurah's city centre such as Dudley Park and part of Coodanup, an area which is historically more Labor-oriented than the rest of the electorate. [3]

Members for Dawesville

MemberPartyTerm
  Arthur Marshall Liberal 1996–2005
  Kim Hames Liberal 2005–2017
  Zak Kirkup Liberal 2017–2021
  Lisa Munday Labor 2021–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Dawesville.[ edit ]
2025 Western Australian state election: Dawesville [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Lisa Munday 10,05942.1−14.9
Liberal Owen Mulder9,40539.3+6.6
One Nation Wayne Fuller1,6366.8+5.3
Greens Susanne Godden1,4436.0+2.9
Legalise Cannabis Sharlene Mavor6632.8+1.5
Christians Kerry Stewart3601.5+1.5
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Sam Walker3501.5+0.0
Total formal votes23,91696.6+0.3
Informal votes8473.4−0.3
Turnout 24,76378.6−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lisa Munday 12,20751.1−12.1
Liberal Owen Mulder11,69548.9+12.1
Labor hold Swing −12.1
Results are not final. Last updated on 12 March 2025 at 7:00 PM AWST

References

  1. ↑ "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 – Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 November 1994. p. 1994:6135-6327.
  2. ↑ "Zak Kirkup quits politics after crushing defeat in Dawesville electorate". 97.3 Coast FM. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Western Australian Electoral Commission (29 October 2007). "2003 Electoral Distribution – Final Boundaries – North Metropolitan – Cottesloe". Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
  4. ↑ 2025 State General Election – Dawesville District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
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