Electoral district of Mindarie

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Mindarie
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
WA Election 2025 - Mindarie.svg
Electoral district of Mindarie
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2025 state election
State Western Australia
Dates current2005–2013; 2025–
MP Mark Folkard
Party Labor
Namesake Mindarie
Electors 32,160 (2025)
Area38 km2 (14.7 sq mi)
DemographicOuter Metropolitan
Coordinates 31°41′S115°42′E / 31.69°S 115.70°E / -31.69; 115.70
Electorates around Mindarie:
Butler Butler Wanneroo
Indian Ocean Mindarie Wanneroo
Indian Ocean Joondalup Joondalup

Mindarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district is named for the outer northern Perth suburb of Mindarie, which falls within its borders. The district was in use from 2005 to 2013, and was recreated for the 2025 Western Australian state election. [1]

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History

Mindarie was originally created at the 2003 redistribution out of parts of Wanneroo and Joondalup, accounting for significant population growth in the City of Wanneroo which had pulled the Wanneroo district northwards and eastwards in order to keep all seats at a roughly equal population. [2] The seat was first contested in the 2005 election at which Labor member John Quigley, who had formerly represented the abolished inner-northern seat of Innaloo, was successful.

Mindarie was abolished by the 2011 redistribution, replaced by the electorate of Butler at the 2013 state election. The change was necessitated by the move of the namesake suburb into the neighbouring electorate of Ocean Reef, later renamed Burns Beach.

The electoral district of Burns Beach was renamed Mindarie prior to the 2025 Western Australian state election when Mark Folkard was elected. The change was necessitated by the move of the namesake suburb into the neighbouring electorate of Joondalup. [3]

Geography

The first iteration of Mindarie stretched from the coastal boundary of the City of Wanneroo to its northern and eastern limits, and comprised 547 km² of land otherwise bounded in the south by the Kinross east-west boundary fence, Burns Beach Road, Wanneroo Road, Flynn Drive, Old Yanchep Road and Neaves Road. Its boundaries include the outposts of Yanchep and Two Rocks, the populated suburbs of Butler, Jindalee, Clarkson, Merriwa, Mindarie, Quinns Rocks and Ridgewood, the semi-rural localities of Carabooda, Neerabup, Nowergup, and the unpopulated localities of Alkimos, Eglinton, Pinjar and Tamala Park. [4]

The 2007 redistribution, which took effect at the 2008 election, radically changed the boundaries—the seat then only included the southern part of Quinns Rocks and all of Clarkson, Mindarie and Tamala Park of the region now included within it. The rest of the seat, within the City of Joondalup, included the suburbs of Burns Beach, Currambine, Iluka, Kinross, Ocean Reef and a small northwestern section of Mullaloo. Those regions were placed the new seat of Ocean Reef. [5]

With more residential development occurring since then, the post-2023 iteration of Mindarie is smaller, containing only the six populated suburbs of Clarkson, Merriwa, Mindarie, Quinns Rocks and Ridgewood in the City of Wanneroo; as well as Kinross in the City of Joondalup. The semi-rural localities of Neerabup and Tamala ParK are also included.

Members for Mindarie

MemberPartyTerm
  John Quigley Labor 2005–2013
Seat abolished (2013–2025)
  Mark Folkard Labor 2025–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Mindarie.[ edit ]
2025 Western Australian state election: Mindarie [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mark Folkard 11,45444.7−26.6
Liberal Paul Miles 6,60625.8+8.2
Greens Scott McCarthy2,4189.4+3.9
One Nation John Burton1,7987.0+7.0
Legalise Cannabis Lee Hunt1,3255.2+5.2
Animal Justice Penelope Hall9133.6+3.6
Christians Patrick Thomas8203.2+0.8
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Christian Mellon3061.2+1.2
Total formal votes25,64095.3−1.0
Informal votes1,2774.7+1.0
Turnout 26,91783.7+3.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mark Folkard 15,71061.3−16.6
Liberal Paul Miles 9,91038.7+16.6
Labor hold Swing −16.6

References

  1. ↑ "Current Boundaries | Electoral Boundaries WA". www.boundaries.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Electoral Regions and Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 4 August 2003. p. 2003:3475-3566.
  3. ↑ "Mindarie - WA Electorate, Candidates, Results". www.abc.net.au. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Western Australian Electoral Commission (29 October 2007). "2007 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - North Metropolitan - Mindarie". Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  5. ↑ Western Australian Electoral Commission (4 August 2003). "2003 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - North Metropolitan - Mindarie". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  6. ↑ 2025 State General Election – Mindarie District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
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