Electoral district of Butler

Butler Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2013–present
MP	John Quigley
Party	ALP
Namesake	Butler
Demographic	North Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Butler is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district is named for the outer northern Perth suburb of Butler which falls within its borders.

History

Butler was created at the 2011 redistribution for the 2013 state election, essentially as Mindarie renamed; the locality of Mindarie was moved from the electorate and into the neighbouring district of Ocean Reef. The inclusion of the locality Banksia Grove accounting for continued population growth of the northern corridor in the Perth metropolitan area.

Geography

Coming into effect after the 2013 election, the boundaries of Butler stretch from the coastal boundary of the City of Wanneroo to its northern and eastern limits, and comprises 546 km² of land otherwise bounded in the south by the Kinross east-west boundary fence, Burns Beach Road, Wanneroo Road, Flynn Drive, Old Yanchep Road and Neaves Road. Its boundaries include the outposts of Yanchep and Two Rocks, the populated suburbs of Banksia Grove, Butler, Jindalee, Clarkson, Merriwa, Quinns Rocks and Ridgewood, the semi-rural localities of Carabooda, Neerabup, Nowergup, the growing locality of Alkimos and the largely unpopulated localities of Eglinton and Pinjar.^[1]

Members for Butler

Member		Party	Term
	John Quigley	Labor	2013–present

Election results

Western Australian state election, 2013: Butler[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Quigley	10,510	45.5	–4.4
	Liberal	Linda Aitken	9,991	43.3	+9.3
	Greens	Thomas Webster	2,067	8.9	–1.5
	Christians	Steven Leeder	529	2.3	+0.1
Total formal votes			23,097	93.1	–1.5
Informal votes			1,699	6.9	+1.5
Turnout			24,796	86.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Quigley	11,951	51.8	–8.6
	Liberal	Linda Aitken	11,136	48.2	+8.6
	Labor hold		Swing	–8.6

References

1. Western Australian Electoral Commission (22 December 2011). "2011 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - North Metropolitan - Butler". Retrieved 2013-02-20.
2. "2013 Butler District Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2013-03-24.