Electoral district of Swan Hills

Swan Hills
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Swan Hills; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Swan Hills (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1989–present
MP	Jessica Shaw
Party	Labor
Namesake	Swan Valley; Perth Hills
Electors	30,263 (2021)
Area	1,334 km2 (515.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
	Electorates around Swan Hills:

Last updated March 02, 2024

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

Geography

Based in the north-east corner of Perth's Metropolitan Region Scheme, Swan Hills covers large parts of the Swan Valley and Darling Scarp. The district takes in the communities of Aveley, Bailup, Belhus, Brigadoon, Bullsbrook, Chidlow Ellenbrook, Gidgegannup, Melaleuca, Mount Helena, Sawyers Valley, The Vines, Upper Swan and Wooroloo.^[1]

History

First contested at the 1989 state election, Swan Hills was created to replace the abolished seat of Mundaring. It was won on that occasion by Labor MP Gavan Troy, who had been the member for Mundaring since 1983. Troy retired at the 1993 state election, and the seat was picked up by the Liberal candidate June van de Klashorst when her party won government at the same election.

Two terms later, at the 2001 state election the seat again changed hands with a change of government. The new Labor MP was 24-year-old Jaye Radisich. Radisich retired at the 2008 state election, having failed to win Labor endorsement to contest a safer seat. The seat was then gained by Liberal candidate Frank Alban, continuing the pattern of seat going with the party that wins government.

Radisich died of cancer in 2012, and Labor recruited her brother, Ian Radisich, to challenge Alban at the 2013 state election. However, Alban easily won re-election as the Liberal-National government retained office with an increased majority. Alban was defeated by Jessica Shaw in the 2017 election by a large margin.

Members for Swan Hills

	Party	Term
Gavan Troy	Labor	1989–1993
June van de Klashorst	Liberal	1993–2001
Jaye Radisich	Labor	2001–2008
Frank Alban	Liberal	2008–2017
Jessica Shaw	Labor	2017–present

Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: Swan Hills^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jessica Shaw	17,255	69.8	+20.4
	Liberal	Rod Henderson	4,571	18.5	−9.6
	Greens	Melanye Wawrik	1,189	4.8	−2.7
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Timothy Bunton	782	3.2	+3.2
	Christians	Magdeleen Strauss	675	2.7	+2.5
	WAxit	Asif Ali	256	1.0	−0.6
Total formal votes			24,728	95.2	−0.5
Informal votes			1,245	4.8	+0.5
Turnout			25,973	85.8	+8.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jessica Shaw	19,069	77.1	+15.0
	Liberal	Rod Henderson	5,655	22.9	−15.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+15.0

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References

↑ "Proposed boundaries". gov.au. 2015. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
↑ 2021 State General Election – Swan Hills District Results, WAEC

External links

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

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[1] "Proposed boundaries". gov.au. 2015. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[2] 2021 State General Election – Swan Hills 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