Electoral district of West Swan

West Swan 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	2008–present
MP	Rita Saffioti
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	West Swan
Electors	34,451 (2025)
Area	120 km2 (46.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	31°49′S115°56′E / 31.82°S 115.93°E / -31.82; 115.93
Electorates around West Swan: Landsdale Swan Hills Swan Hills Girrawheen West Swan Swan Hills Morley Bassendean Midland

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.

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

Member		Party	Term
	Rita Saffioti	Labor	2008–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of West Swan

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

2025 Western Australian state election: West Swan ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rita Saffioti	16,011	57.3	−21.2
	Liberal	Lucky Saini	4,990	17.9	+6.5
	Greens	Ben Hermann	2,947	10.6	+6.7
	One Nation	Cristina Pomana	1,651	5.9	+5.9
	Legalise Cannabis	Elliott Taylor	1,257	4.5	+4.5
	Christians	Dara Connors	1,077	3.9	+0.8
Total formal votes			27,933	94.9	−0.6
Informal votes			1,495	5.1	+0.6
Turnout			29,428	85.4	+5.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rita Saffioti	19,864	71.2	−13.6
	Liberal	Lucky Saini	8,054	28.8	+13.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−13.6

References

1. Antony Green. "2007 Western Australia Redistribution". ABC.
2. 2025 State General Election – West Swan District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

External links

• Antony Green. "2008 Election Profile: West Swan". ABC.
• "Map of West Swan". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008.