Electoral district of Thornlie

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Thornlie
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
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Electoral district of Thornlie
Interactive map of district boundaries
State Western Australia
Dates current1989–2005, 2017–present
MP Colleen Egan
Party Labor
Namesake Thornlie
Electors 31,959 (2025)
Area69 km2 (26.6 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates 32°04′S115°58′E / 32.06°S 115.97°E / -32.06; 115.97
Electorates around Thornlie:
Cannington Forrestfield Kalamunda
Cannington Thornlie Kalamunda
Jandakot Southern River Kalamunda

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.

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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)
MemberPartyTerm
  Yvonne Henderson Labor 1989–1996
  Sheila McHale Labor 1996–2005
Second incarnation (2017–present)
  Chris Tallentire Labor 2017–2025

Election results

2025 Western Australian state election: Thornlie [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Colleen Egan 8,67447.1−26.7
Liberal Mahesh Arumugam2,62214.2+0.1
Independent Kevin McDonal2,08211.3+11.3
Greens Adam Abdul Razak1,88010.2+5.3
One Nation Timothy Larcombe1,4668.0+8.0
Christians Madeleine Goiran1,0135.5+1.2
Legalise Cannabis Fred Mulholland6823.7+3.7
Total formal votes18,41994.9−1.0
Informal votes9955.1+1.0
Turnout 19,41460.7−17.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Colleen Egan 12,88370.2−10.3
Liberal Mahesh Arumugam5,46629.8+10.3
Labor hold Swing −10.3
Results are not final. Last updated on 12 March 2025 at 2:00 PM AWST

References

  1. Thornlie (Key Seat), WA Election 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. Thornlie (Key Seat), WA Election 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  3. 2025 State General Election – Thornlie District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 12 March 2025.