Electoral district of West Swan

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West Swan
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
WA Election 2021 - West Swan.png
Location of West Swan (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State Western Australia
Dates current2008–present
MP Rita Saffioti
Party Labor Party
Namesake West Swan
Electors 32,247 (2021)
Area126 km2 (48.6 sq mi)
Demographic East Metropolitan

West Swan is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Perth.

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West Swan was considered a safe Labor seat at its creation, but after a redistribution prior to the 2017 state election became notionally Liberal. After its creation prior to the 2008 election, ABC electoral commentator Antony Green calculated a theoretical margin of 10.6% favouring Labor Party over the Liberal Party in two party preferred terms. [1] Rita Saffioti won the seat in 2008, holding it again with a margin of 1.9 points after the 2013 election. A redistribution in 2015 saw the seat with a notional 0.9 point Liberal margin, however Saffioti retained the seat at the 2017 election which saw a large swing to Labor.

Geography

The roughly oblong-shaped district is dominated by the bushland of Whiteman Park and Cullacabardee. The voters of West Swan are situated towards the eastern, southern and western edges of the district. To the north-west is the suburb of Landsdale. To the south lies Ballajura, Malaga and part of Beechboro. The suburbs of Henley Brook and West Swan lie to the west; whilst Caversham is situated in the south-west corner of the district.

History

West Swan was first contested at the 2008 state election. It was a new seat created as a result of the one-vote-one-value reforms. A majority of the new district's voters came from the abolished district of Ballajura; with the remainder drawn in from Bassendean, Wanneroo and Swan Hills.

Members for West Swan

MemberPartyTerm
  Rita Saffioti Labor 2008–present

Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: West Swan [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rita Saffioti 9,44678.0+19.3
Liberal Dave Nesbit1,43811.9−13.7
Greens Manjot Singh4703.9−2.3
Christians Brian Warburton3943.3+1.5
WAxit Lucky Saini1861.5+0.7
No Mandatory Vaccination Genevieve Cocliff1841.5+1.5
Total formal votes12,11895.4+0.7
Informal votes5904.6−0.7
Turnout 12,70839.4−50.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rita Saffioti 10,19384.2+15.7
Liberal Dave Nesbit1,91615.8−15.7
Labor hold Swing +15.7
Results are not final.

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References

  1. Antony Green. "2007 Western Australia Redistribution". ABC.
  2. 2021 State General Election – West Swan District Results, WAEC