Electoral district of Thornlie

Thornlie
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Thornlie; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Thornlie (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1989–2005, 2017–present
MP	Chris Tallentire
Party	Labor
Namesake	Thornlie
Electors	29,687 (2021)
Area	28 km2 (10.8 sq mi)
Demographic	East Metropolitan
Coordinates	32°3′36″S115°58′12″E / 32.06000°S 115.97000°E Coordinates: 32°3′36″S115°58′12″E / 32.06000°S 115.97000°E

Last updated April 25, 2022

Thornlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It is located in Perth's southeastern suburbs, and is named after the suburb of Thornlie.

Thornlie was first created for the 1989 state election. It was abolished in a redistribution prior to the 2005 election, but was recreated for the 2017 election to replace the abolished seat of Gosnells. When Thornlie recreated it had a notional 1.8-point majority for the Labor Party (based on the results of the 2013 election), and was considered a marginal seat.^[1]

History

Thornlie was first created for the 1989 state election. It largely replaced the abolished district of Gosnells and was won by incumbent Gosnells MP Yvonne Henderson. It was held at all times by the Labor Party.

The district was abolished ahead of the 2005 state election. At that time, it included the entirety of the suburbs of Thornlie and Langford as well as parts of the suburbs of Canning Vale, Ferndale, Kenwick, Lynwood and Maddington. Its territory was divided between the existing districts of Riverton and Southern River, as well as the new district of Kenwick. Sitting MP Sheila McHale contested and won the seat of Kenwick.

Upon its recreation prior to the 2017 state election, Thornlie had a notional 1.8-point majority for the Labor Party.^[2] Incumbent Gosnells MP Chris Tallentire contested Thornlie and won the seat with a 14% swing in his favour, thus making Thornlie a safe Labor seat.

Members for Thornlie

First incarnation (1989–2005)
Member		Party	Term
	Yvonne Henderson	Labor	1989–1996
	Sheila McHale	Labor	1996–2005
Second incarnation (2017–present)
	Chris Tallentire	Labor	2017–present

Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: Thornlie^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	17,501	74.2	+21.5
	Liberal	Kevin McDonald	3,273	13.9	−11.1
	Greens	Rachel Wright	1,159	4.9	−2.0
	Christians	Madeleine Goiran	1,002	4.2	+0.7
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Rachael Hall	488	2.1	+2.1
	WAxit	J. S. Masih	177	0.8	−0.6
Total formal votes			23,600	95.8	+1.8
Informal votes			1,035	4.2	−1.8
Turnout			24,635	83.0	−2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	19,081	80.9	+15.1
	Liberal	Kevin McDonald	4,508	19.1	−15.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+15.1

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References

↑ Thornlie (Key Seat), WA Election 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
↑ Thornlie (Key Seat), WA Election 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
↑ 2021 State General Election – Thornlie District Results, WAEC

External links

"Map of Thornlie (1996–2005)". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008.

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[1] Thornlie (Key Seat), WA Election 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[2] Thornlie (Key Seat), WA Election 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[3] 2021 State General Election – Thornlie District Results, WAEC

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