Electoral district of Gosnells
| Gosnells Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | Western Australia |
| Dates current | 1977–1989; 2008–present |
| MP | Chris Tallentire |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Gosnells |
| Area | 24 km2 (9.3 sq mi) |
| Demographic | East Metropolitan |
Gosnells is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
The district is based in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth. It includes almost all of the suburb of Gosnells, large parts of the suburbs of Huntingdale and Thornlie and a small part of the suburb of Martin.
Politically, Gosnells appears to be a safe Labor seat. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the district was created with a Labor Party majority of 61.5% to 38.5% versus the Liberal Party.[1] At the next state election in 2008 the majority dropped to 55.9% with the Australian Labor Party. and 44.5% with the Liberal Party of Australia.
History
Gosnells was first created for the 1977 state election and abolished ahead of the 1989 state election. It was largely replaced by the district of Thornlie, which sitting Gosnells MP Yvonne Henderson contested and won. Gosnells was held at all times by the Labor Party.
A new seat named Gosnells was created for the 2008 state election when the number of metropolitan seats was increased in accordance with the new one vote one value legislation. The new district was drawn from large parts of the electorates of Kenwick, which was abolished, and Southern River as well as a small part of Armadale.
Members for Gosnells
| Gosnells (1977–1989) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Bob Pearce | Labor | 1977–1983 | |
| Yvonne Henderson | Labor | 1983–1989 | |
| Gosnells (2008–present) | |||
| Chris Tallentire | Labor | 2008–present | |
Election results
| Western Australian state election, 2013: Gosnells | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Chris Tallentire | 9,237 | 44.8 | +2.1 | |
| Liberal | David Goode | 8,040 | 39.0 | +2.6 | |
| Greens | Luke Edmonds | 1,207 | 5.9 | –6.4 | |
| Independent | Chris Fernandez | 850 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
| Christians | Mark Staer | 782 | 3.8 | –0.7 | |
| Independent | Debbie Butler | 501 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,617 | 92.5 | -1.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,682 | 7.5 | +1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 22,299 | 89.3 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Chris Tallentire | 10,896 | 52.9 | –1.9 | |
| Liberal | David Goode | 9,701 | 47.1 | +1.9 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | –1.9 | |||
References
External links
- "Map of Gosnells". boundarieswa.com.
- "Profile of Gosnells". boundarieswa.com.