Electoral district of Forrestfield

Forrestfield Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Nathan Morton
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Forrestfield
Area	57 km^2 (22.0 sq mi)
Demographic	East Metropolitan

Forrestfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia, based in the eastern suburbs of Perth.

Politically, the district is a marginal one.

Geography

Based in the eastern suburbs of Perth, the district has a north–south elongation covering three separate built up areas. In the north, the district takes in the suburbs of High Wycombe, Maida Vale and a small part of Gooseberry Hill; in the middle it covers most of Forrestfield, Wattle Grove and part of Kewdale; whilst to the south is the suburb of Kenwick plus part of Maddington.

History

Forrestfield 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 plurality of the new district's voters came from the district of Darling Range, which was radically redrawn. The northernmost part of the electorate was constructed from parts of Belmont and Midland, whilst the voters in the southern part of the district were drawn in from Kenwick.

Members for Forrestfield

Member		Party	Term
	Andrew Waddell	Labor	2008–2013
	Nathan Morton	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Western Australian state election, 2013: Forrestfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nathan Morton	9,866	46.4	+5.5
	Labor	Andrew Waddell	8,656	40.7	+1.2
	Greens	Peter Burrell	1,434	6.7	–5.7
	Family First	Mike Munro	678	3.2	–0.6
	Christians	Troy Eikelboom	633	3.0	–0.4
Total formal votes			21,267	93.0	-0.5
Informal votes			1,600	7.0	+0.5
Turnout			22,867	89.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Nathan Morton	11,076	52.1	+2.3
	Labor	Andrew Waddell	10,185	47.9	–2.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.3

References

External links

• Antony Green. "2008 Election Profile: Forrestfield". ABC.
• "Map of Forrestfield". boundarieswa.com.