Electoral district of Murray-Wellington

Murray-Wellington
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Murray-Wellington; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Murray-Wellington (dark green) in Western Australia
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1890–present1
MP	Robyn Clarke
Party	Labor
Namesake	Murray River; Wellington Land District
Electors	30,395 (2021)
Area	4,352 km2 (1,680.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
	Electorates around Murray-Wellington:
Footnotes
	1known as Murray 1890–1911, 1950–1983, 1989–1996, 2005–2008

Last updated May 11, 2023

Murray-Wellington is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The seat's current member is Labor MLA Robyn Clarke.

Geography

In its present configuration, Murray-Wellington is a coastal electorate running from the eastern outskirts of Mandurah to the northern outskirts of Bunbury. It covers three local government areas – Shire of Murray, Shire of Waroona and the Shire of Harvey – including all of the latter two and the vast geographic majority of the former. Its major population centres include the towns of Dwellingup, Harvey, North Dandalup, North Yunderup, Pinjarra, South Yunderup and Waroona as well as the northern Bunbury suburbs of Australind and Leschenault.

History

The seat of Murray-Wellington (or Murray) has traditionally been a stronghold of the Liberal Party and its predecessor parties, but became a marginal seat held by Labor following the 2017 state election. The district's most famous member was Ross McLarty, Premier of Western Australia between 1947 and 1953, who held the seat from 1930 to 1962.

The seat's current Labor member, Robyn Clarke, arrived as a result of the 2017 state election. The seat's only other Labor member, Keith Read, won the vacant seat at the 1989 state election, even as his father and then Labor MP John Read was defeated in the neighbouring seat of Mandurah. Keith Read was defeated at the 1993 state election.

Members for Murray-Wellington

Murray (1890–1911)
Member		Party	Term
	William Paterson	Non-aligned	1890–1895
	William George	Opposition	1895–1902
	William Atkins	Independent	1902–1904
	John McLarty	Ministerial	1904–1909
	William George	Ministerial	1909–1911
Murray-Wellington (1911–1950)
	William George	Liberal	1911–1917
	William George	Nationalist	1917–1930
	Ross McLarty	Nationalist	1930–1945
		Liberal	1945–1949
		Liberal Country League	1949–1950
Murray (1950–1983)
	Ross McLarty	Liberal Country League	1950–1962
	Ewart Runciman	Liberal Country League	1962–1968
	Ewart Runciman	Liberal	1968–1974
	Richard Shalders	Liberal	1974–1983
Murray-Wellington (1983–1989)
	John Bradshaw	Liberal	1983–1989
Murray (1989–1996)
	Keith Read	Labor	1989–1993
	Arthur Marshall	Liberal	1993–1996
Murray-Wellington (1996–2005)
	John Bradshaw	Liberal	1996–2005
Murray (2005–2008)
	Murray Cowper	Liberal	2005–2008
Murray-Wellington (2008–present)
	Murray Cowper	Liberal	2008–2017
	Robyn Clarke	Labor	2017–present

Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: Murray-Wellington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robyn Clarke	14,486	57.9	+21.2
	Liberal	Michelle Boylan	6,099	24.4	−5.1
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Mark McCall	1,149	4.6	−1.5
	National	Leonie Lemmey	728	2.9	−7.6
	Legalise Cannabis	Shaun Carney	726	2.9	+2.9
	Greens	Vince Puccio	706	2.8	−1.5
	One Nation	Bernie Wansbrough	513	2.0	−9.3
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Aimee Herriot	281	1.1	+1.1
	Sustainable Australia	Andrew Brown	164	0.7	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jayden Staszewski	110	0.4	+0.4
	WAxit	Dinko Golem	66	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			25,028	95.2	+0.3
Informal votes			1,269	4.8	−0.3
Turnout			26,297	86.5	−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Robyn Clarke	16,816	67.2	+15.5
	Liberal	Michelle Boylan	8,193	32.8	−15.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+15.5

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References

↑ 2021 State General Election – Murray-Wellington District Results, WAEC

External links

ABC election profiles: 2005 2008
WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions

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[1] 2021 State General Election – Murray-Wellington District Results, WAEC

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v t e Electoral districts of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Labor (53)	Albany Armadale Balcatta Baldivis Bassendean Bateman Belmont Bicton Bunbury Burns Beach Butler Cannington Carine Churchlands Cockburn Collie-Preston Darling Range Dawesville Forrestfield Fremantle Geraldton Hillarys Jandakot Joondalup Kalamunda Kalgoorlie Kimberley Kingsley Kwinana Landsdale Mandurah Maylands Midland Mirrabooka Morley Mount Lawley Murray-Wellington Nedlands Perth Pilbara Riverton Rockingham Scarborough Southern River South Perth Swan Hills Thornlie Victoria Park Wanneroo Warnbro Warren-Blackwood West Swan Willagee
National (4)	Central Wheatbelt Moore North West Central Roe
Liberal (2)	Cottesloe Vasse