Electoral district of Kalamunda

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Kalamunda
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
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Electoral district of Kalamunda
Interactive map of district boundaries
State Western Australia
Dates current1974–1989; 2008–present
MP Matthew Hughes
Party Labor
Namesake Kalamunda
Electors 32,864 (2025)
Area893 km2 (344.8 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Electorates around Kalamunda:
Swan Hills Swan Hills Swan Hills
Midland
Forrestfield 		Kalamunda Swan Hills
Thornlie
Southern River 		Darling Range Central Wheatbelt

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

Contents

Politically, the district is a marginal one. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the seat was created with a Liberal Party majority of 50.2% to 49.8% versus the Labor Party. [1]

History

Kalamunda was first created for the 1974 election and abolished ahead of the 1989 election. [2] Despite the name, the seat was actually centred on Greenmount in the eastern Hills region, and Kalamunda itself was split between the Kalamunda seat and the neighbouring Darling Range. Despite being within the metropolitan area of Perth, it was regarded as non-metropolitan, and was assigned to the West Province in the Legislative Council. As a result, it had about half the enrolment of the neighbouring seat of Helena. Under the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, which reclassified "metropolitan" in the Electoral Act 1907 to include all land within the Metropolitan Region Scheme boundaries and at the same time increased overall metropolitan representation, Kalamunda was merged with Darling Range, and its member, Ian Thompson, won Darling Range on the new boundaries in 1989.

A new seat named Kalamunda was created for the 2008 state election when the number of metropolitan seats was increased in accordance with the new one vote one value legislation. The new district was drawn largely from Darling Range, but also from parts of Kenwick, Midland and Swan Hills.

Geography

Kalamunda is based in the eastern suburbs of Perth. Its boundaries cover two distinct areas. The northern area, centred on Kalamunda, includes Gooseberry Hill, Lesmurdie, Paulls Valley, Piesse Brook and Walliston along with tiny sections of Maida Vale and Forrestfield and all populated portions of Bickley and Carmel. A narrow section extends north to include all of Darlington. In the south, it includes much of Canning Mills, Martin and Orange Grove and the major residential portion of Maddington, excluding its commercial and industrial areas. [3]

The earlier incarnation included the districts of Boya, Darlington, Glen Forrest, Gooseberry Hill, Greenmount, Piesse Brook and Paulls Valley, as well as northern sections of the suburb of Kalamunda including its town centre.

Members for Kalamunda

Kalamunda (1974–1989)
MemberPartyTerm
  Ian Thompson Liberal 1974–1989
Kalamunda (2008–present)
  John Day Liberal 2008–2017
  Matthew Hughes Labor 2017–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Kalamunda.[ edit ]
2025 Western Australian state election: Kalamunda [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Karen Beale7,92632.6−21.5
Liberal Adam Hort7,74231.9+2.7
Greens Janelle Sewell3,54414.6+6.2
National Lisa Logan2,2239.2+9.2
One Nation Robert Critchley1,0814.4+3.2
Legalise Cannabis Penelope Young8043.3+3.3
Christians Shemma Timney6212.6−0.1
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers George Taylor3531.5+1.5
Total formal votes24,29496.5−0.1
Informal votes8783.5+0.1
Turnout 25,17276.6−14.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Adam Hort12,00350.2+14.7
Labor Karen Beale11,90549.8−14.7
Results are not final. Last updated on 15 March 2025 at 6:00 PM AWST

References

  1. ↑ Antony Green (2 August 2024). "2007 Western Australia Redistribution". ABC.
  2. ↑ "Electoral Districts Act 1947–1985 – Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339–1527.
  3. ↑ Western Australian Electoral Commission (29 October 2007). "Electoral Distribution – Final Boundaries – East Metropolitan – Kalamunda". Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
  4. ↑ 2025 State General Election – Kalamunda District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
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