Electoral district of Scarborough

Scarborough Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
From the 2021 state election to 2025 From the 2025 state election Interactive map of district boundaries
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1974–1996; 2008–present
MP	Stuart Aubrey
Party	Labor
Namesake	Scarborough
Electors	31,370 (2025)
Area	19 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	31°53′S115°47′E / 31.89°S 115.78°E / -31.89; 115.78
Electorates around Scarborough: Indian Ocean Carine Balcatta Indian Ocean Scarborough Balcatta Indian Ocean Churchlands Churchlands

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

The district is a coastal electorate based in the northern suburbs of Perth and is named for the suburb of Scarborough. It also includes the suburbs of Doubleview, Innaloo, Osborne Park and parts of the suburbs of City Beach, Gwelup, Karrinyup and Trigg.

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 52.4% to 47.6% versus the Labor Party. ^[1]

History

Scarborough was first created at the 1972 redistribution, and was first contested at the 1974 election. ^[2] Although typically a Liberal-held seat, it was won by the Labor Party at the 1983 and 1986 elections. The district was abolished at the 1996 election, largely replaced by the seat of Innaloo. ^[3] Innaloo continued in the same trend as its predecessor, being won by Labor candidate John Quigley at the 2001 election before being abolished at the 2003 redistribution.

A new seat called Scarborough 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. Scarborough was formed from the territory of two existing electorates: the southern end of Carine and the northern end of Churchlands.

Members for Scarborough

Scarborough (1974–1996)
Member		Party	Term
	Ray Young	Liberal	1974–1983
	Graham Burkett	Labor	1983–1989
	George Strickland	Liberal	1989–1996
Scarborough (2008–present)
	Liza Harvey	Liberal	2008–2021
	Stuart Aubrey	Labor	2021–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Scarborough

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Scarborough.[ edit ]

2025 Western Australian state election: Scarborough ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stuart Aubrey	11,019	41.6	−7.5
	Liberal	Damien Kelly	10,199	38.5	+2.9
	Greens	Mark Twiss	3,270	12.4	+2.6
	National	Elizabeth Re	1,254	4.7	+4.7
	Animal Justice	Emily Stokes	725	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			26,467	97.0	−0.1
Informal votes			819	3.0	+0.1
Turnout			27,286	86.0	+4.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stuart Aubrey	14,563	55.0	−4.5
	Liberal	Damien Kelly	11,897	45.0	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.5

References

1. Antony Green. "2007 Western Australia Redistribution". ABC.
2. "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1965 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 14 June 1972. p. 1972:1833-1893.
3. "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.
4. 2025 State General Election – Scarborough District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

External links

• "Map of Scarborough (2015 redistribution)" (PDF). Office of the Electoral Distribution Commissioners. November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.